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Houston Couture

Jewels and Justice

David Yurman yanks a local dealer into court over sales

Waving the White Tablecloth

Cafe Perrier adopts America's casual attitude with its new brasserie concept

Film Forums

Independent-film fans promised three new screens

America, America

Independent-film fans promised three new screens

Dudes, Time To Get That Thoughtful Anniversary Gift

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

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Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

Unbelievable! Fabulous! World Class! Outstanding!

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

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Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

Alison Cook looks back at 1997: The Year That Bit

Annoyed because you're not able to stand in long, long lines for the Obama inaugural?Why not wait in long, long lines for free make-up?As a result of a court settlement, several of the nation's fancier chain stores -- including ones in Houston -- are giving away free make-up in order to "make up" (h ... More >>

Packed at Saks

The good news: Grille 5115's food is terrific. The bad news: There's no room to eat it.

Conversion Experience

I was a doubter, but Cafe Beignet won me over

Dish

I was a doubter, but Cafe Beignet won me over

Exit Strategy

Deena Nichols organized everything in her life. And when life spun out of control, she organized her death.

Sweet Sorrow

You can't eat everything but at Cafe Perrier, you want to try

Houston's Best Recipe for Success

Chef Monica Pope at MacGregor Elementary School. Photos by Carlos Meltzer There's alot of talk these days about problems and solutions. The economy, the environment, healthcare, education. But as we all know there appears to be a lot more problems than there are solutions. And alot more talk th ... More >>

Ladies Light in The Women

Once grand, this story is now just another chick flick

Man, Oh Man! Another Tie?

Men's gifts

Homeless on the Range

The Oven's short-circuit has local punks crisscrossing the city in search of anarchy

The Cheap Secrets of Harwin

Beyond the Galleria, beyond Target - and sometimes beyond the law - lies Houston's last untamed wilderness of shopping

You Can Quote Me

A Conroe man is ready to help the nation's Enron reporters

Let There Be Gifts

If you want to honor this preacher's wife, don't be cheap

Wild, Then Crazy

Steve Martin's May-December romance turns unseasonably cold

Creepy Couture

Steve Martin's May-December romance turns unseasonably cold

Live Through This

Where were you when Kennedy was shot? Nellie Connally was in the car with him

Best Sole Revival

Shoe Savers

Moving On Up

A new social club helps affluent young African-Americans to a rich piece of the nightlife pie

What A Girl Wants, What A Girl Needs

Women's gifts

Full-Body Homage

A fitness expo for all body types -- as long as they're fit and thin

You Say Potato; I Say Pomme de Terre

Ruggles Grill

All's Dell

So long to slackers and laid-back lifestyles. Now that cash-rich techies have taken over, can Austin survive the great digital divide?

Playing with Food

The Cordóa brothers share the last laugh with their deliciously silly Amazon Grill

Carlos Chaves, Mall Surgeon

Sure, an unlicensed doctor was performing liposuction at a hair salon. Stranger still: Clients kept showing up.

Ford Fatigue

Harrison plods through the flat Pollack mystery Random Hearts

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Harrison plods through the flat Pollack mystery Random Hearts

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Harrison plods through the flat Pollack mystery Random Hearts

In Case You Missed It: A Little Bit Of The Public News Returns

​Our thread on all the favorite things gone from (The) Montrose garnered a lot of great replies, as people remembered a mystical time 10 or 15 years ago when townhomes were not on every block.One caught our eye, not only for its snappy prose style but for its byline: one Mel Sharkskin.It may not r ... More >>

Our New Favorite Blogger Is Also Her Own Favorite Blogger

​To say that rsvp713.com "fashion columnist" Leslie Tyler-Fink is arrogant, thoughtless and elitist is probably being too kind. A recent ellipses-filled "Glam Life" column is filled with air-headed socialite idiocies that sound like dialogue written for Zsa Zsa Gabor's character on Green Acres.Exa ... More >>

Bond No. 9: A Perfume That Smells Like Texas. 10 Things It's Missing

Bond No. 9: Smells like Texas spirit​CultureMap, which gets all of the very finest press releases that plebes like us don't, has news on a new, exclusive Texas perfume about to go on sale at Saks Fifth Avenue.Bond No. 9 (Motto: "Be mysterious, like our idiotic name") will have a limited Texas edit ... More >>

Dr. Michael Brown, TV Star, Arrestee, And Chron Society Page Fave

A photo the Chron doesn't use on its society pages​The Houston Chronicle had the story yesterday about the latest arrest of Dr. Michael Brown, this time accused of assaulting his wife.Everytime the Chron mentions Brown, we think of the 2002 Houston Press story on his druggy, wife-abusing ways (if ... More >>

Dining for a Cause: 5115's Pink Menu

Crispy spring rolls.​Looking for an excuse to enjoy a gourmet three-course meal while giving back to the community? All through October, 51fifteen Restaurant and Lounge (5115 Westherimer Rd, inside Saks Fifth Avenue) is hosting "Dine With Us and Donate," benefiting the Susan G. Komen for the ... More >>

Eating Out on Easter Sunday

​Ahhh Easter, a pastel-colored day filled with stale marshmallow candy, uncomfortable clothing, hard-boiled eggs and magical hares. And when the Easter Bunny comes to town, many of us go out to eat. So many, in fact, that Easter Sunday is currently the second most popular day for dining out (M ... More >>