Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
Chef/restaurateur Levi Goode’s newly-launched fried chicken venture, Goode Bird, has already proven so wildly successful at Goode Co.’s Armadillo Palace kitchen on Kirby that he is taking wing to The Woodlands for two days of pop-ups. If al…
Read MoreCOVID-19 notwithstanding, we simply cannot stand it any longer. We must see our friends. We are driven to answer our inherent need for socialization. Thus, those of us who are resisting the temptation of bars and restaurants are turning to at-home dinn…
Read MoreUpended by COVID-19 last spring, the Salvation Army Reflections on Style fashion show and luncheon is rescheduled for early September with a very different twist on the action. The traditional River Oaks Country Club luncheon, fashion show and chic bo…
Read MoreWhen builder Bill Hughes and decorator Nancy Charbonneau joined forces to redevelop a 1980s house in The Woodlands into a stylish 21st century abode to go on the market, they never imagined that the project would develop into something of a love story …
Read MoreIt should have come as no surprise to the foursome behind White Elm Cafe Bakery that on its official first day of business, they were “slammed.” The Memorial Drive at Kirkwood restaurant had been holding occasional pop-up dinners months bef…
Read MoreNot long after COVID-19 sent everyone home from work for an endless new normal of home officing, there was a slow but certain sea change in our thinking about work clothes. We quickly moved from expected office attire to pajamas. What was the point of …
Read MoreHouston-based Southern Smoke Foundation, created by James Beard Award-winning chef Chris Shepherd, has dished out almost $3 million since mid-March in emergency relief funds nationwide for restaurant, bar and coffee shop workers devastated financially…
Read MoreWhen the spring Bayou City Art Festival, traditionally held in Memorial Park, was cancelled due to COVID-19 only weeks before its March 29 scheduled opening, (its sponsor) the Art Colony Association (ACA) began planning for the fall festival which typi…
Read MoreHouston Grand Opera’s annual Opening Night Gala in October has been, through the years, one of the loveliest black-tie evenings on the calendar. Celebrations under a party tent on Fish Plaza in front of Wortham Theater Center have been gilded aff…
Read MoreLet’s just say what’s good for the bride is good for the groom. We’re talking wedding day attire. Interestingly, since the onset of COVID-19, the demand for custom wedding suits for gents has steadily increased. Just ask Corrie Doming…
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