Texas Medical Center

Tours We'd Rather Not Take

Fort Bend Transit Has A Charmingly Naive Trust In Its Customers

Train In Vain?

Main street's light rail is on it's way, and boosters hope to see passengers lining up for a ride

A Night in the Tub

An angel named Grace, a doctor who's a real Trip and fresh gore flooding the ER -- the new Ben Taub gets old quick

Bad Judge; Worse Security Guard

The Med Center gives Mansfield the boot

Westward Whoa!

Stem cell restrictions could send Texas Medical Center researchers fleeing to California

The Park at the Heart of Our City

Redesigning Hermann Park so it's not just isolated compounds for special interests

Hermann Park or Parking?

City and Harris County hospital officials play let's make a deal

Third Ward Rising

One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

Press Picks

One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

Seeking the Cure

One of Houston's most venerable communities is set for redevelopment. Before that happens, though, perhaps one question needs to be answered: Whose community?

Night & Day

October 15 - 21, 1998

Shamrock Hotel, We Hardly Knew Ye

Today at 9 am, near the corner of Main & Holcombe, a small group of dedicated fans will once again pour out some Irish whiskey and toast the demise of the Shamrock Hotel.Today marks the 60th anniversary of the legendary hotel's opening. The dream of Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy, the place epitomi ... More >>

Family Unfriendly

How Hermann Hospital and the Texas Medical Center left employees' kids high and dry

Bye-bye, Baby, Bye-bye

Another day care plans to close in the Texas Medical Center

Best View

Chase Tower

Carl Landry Shot in Leg, Not by Own Gun

Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back int ... More >>

Beautifully Drunk

Photo by dubswede Carl Landry, the second year Rockets forward, was shot in the leg while driving home early this morning. And, no, he did not Plaxico Burress himself in the leg, somebody else shot him. The shooting happened at about 2:30 this morning. Landry was heading home after getting back int ... More >>

Mucho Mayo

Cinco de Mayo festivities abound around town

Best Restoration Project

Houston region in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Allison

Best Hotel

The Warwick

Doctoring Dinner

Trevísio's Alan Ashkinaze

Here Comes "Trouble"

Roll up to Everyone's Art Car Parade

Changes in Attitude

When voters elected Martha Wong, they thought they were sending a moderate Republican to Austin. Critics say once there, she took a right turn. Now her district is rethinking its representation.

These Kids Go to the Best Public High School in Houston

This week: Our first- through fifth-place finishers

He Won't Back Down

The mayor was threatened -- or maybe he wasn't

Critical Condition

Expect the Iraq war to worsen the Medical Center's reduction in Arab patients

All Duct Up

From leftist camps and corporate security to semi-panic and port patrols, Houstonians tackle terrorism threats. Sort of.

All I Want for Christmas Is...

A shopping list for your favorite political types

Gutless Politicians

Plus: Med Center Madness?, Cover Convicts, Force of Hobbit

Booster Shot

A proposed Medical Center project gets big, big play

Leaning on Caduceus

When your baby's sick, you don't want a mere doctor, you want the magic wand of Hermes

Tit for Tat

A big anonymous boob bars a large fake breast from the medical center food drive

Ana's Angel

Jay Hamburger rushed in where others feared to tread ... only to find that no good deed goes unpunished

Treat Mom Right on Mother's Day

Mother's Day is quickly approaching, and if you've already made plans to take your dear, sainted mother out to a lovely meal on Sunday...wonderful! You're ahead of about 90 percent of us. Make us all look bad, why don't you? If you're like the rest of us, you're probably still trying to deci ... More >>

Houston: From Moron Metropolis to Genius City In Two Short Months

​Two months ago, the Daily Beast ranked all American cities according to their estimation of each place's municipal IQ.They measured how many residents had bachelor's and graduate degrees, nonfiction book sales, the ration of institutions of higher education, and political engagement, as measured ... More >>

BrewsterMcCloud: Your Chance To See 1970s Houston Through Robert Altman's Eyes

Roger Ebert is a happy man: "Altman's "Brewster McCloud" is *finally* on DVD!" he's just tweeted.You should be happy, too, if you have any interest in seeing old Houston.The 1970 film -- which, frankly, we haven't heard great things about -- was filmed in Houston. It's known for the semi-iconic scen ... More >>

Houston Is A Global City, Foreign Policy Magazine Declares

Photo courtesy GHCVBA global city....with a disappointing football team​Foreign Policy magazine, desperate to hike pageviews now that their "Hottest Women of Diplomacy" issue is a thing of the past (or of our imagination) has ranked the 65 "Global Cities" of the world.The magazine looked at 65 cit ... More >>

Early Warning: No Light Rail This Weekend

Get on the bus​If you're planning to be all urban and hip and modern by rocking the light rail system this weekend, forget about it. You're back on the bus. Metro is closing the system starting at 8 p.m. Friday, and it won't be back up until midnight Sunday. The Texas Children's Hospital is ... More >>

Some Good Metro News: Light Rail Will Be Working This Weekend!

Metro's light rail will actually be working this weekend​Hey, here's some good news for a change from Metro: the light rail system will be working this weekend! Hey, you take your good news any way you can these days. All of you saying, "Shouldn't a light rail system be designed to work on a ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords: From Hobby to TMC by Helicopter

Gabrielle Giffords will get a veterans' motorcycle escort for the flight to Houston​No OJ-type newschopper hovering for Gabrielle Giffords's planned move to a Texas Medical Center facility tomorrow. Her office has just announced details of the move, and it says the congresswoman will arrive ... More >>

Rhode Island Wants a Medical Center Like Ours

Rhode Island: Almost as many square miles as Harris County​Lincoln Chafee, the former senator from Rhode Island who is now the (barely a) state's governor, announced today he wants to build a presumably mini-version of the Texas Medical Center. A "knowledge center" would be developed on land ... More >>

Gabrielle Giffords's Set List: A Critical Appraisal

Gabrielle Giffords: An eclectic, but marred, set list​It's difficult to imagine anyone not happy with the progress being made at the Texas Medical Center by Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. She's walking, talking and, according to an e-mail from her mother obtained by the Houston Chronicle, ... More >>

Metro Etiquette

Five rules that should be added to light rail.

Gabrielle Giffords Walks Up Steps to Board Jet

In case you were skeptical of the progress made by Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at the Texas Medical Center's TIRR rehab clinic, long-distance video showed her climbing the stairs to board the jet that's taking her to watch her husband's shuttle launch. KHOU's camera shows Giffords, with assistance, wal ... More >>

Tropical Storm Allison, 10 Years Later: Where Were You?

​Ten years ago today it began. A Friday that didn't seem to hold any particular weather interest, maybe some rain, and then -- if you were in the wrong spot -- a rain to end all rains, it seems. Portions of Houston flooded like never before; other parts of the area didn't get hit much harder ... More >>

Rush Hour and a Big Soccer Game at Reliant: Metro Says It's Ready

Keep your traffic fingers crossed.​There's a big soccer doubleheader at Reliant Stadium tomorrow, including both Team USA and the star-studded Mexico squad. They're not playing each other, but combined they'll bring enough fans to pack the place. Which could be a problem, since the first game ... More >>

Blues on the Light Rail: Ensemble Theatre to Ride & Sing

Making waiting for the train entertaining.​Well my mama told me, my papa told me too Now my mama told me, papa told me too Well I shouldn't be here tryin' to sing these railroad blues. Metro will ignore this parental advice Wednesday when they partake in a stunt that actually sounds like it c ... More >>

Bike Nazis at the Texas Medical Center

ARGH! DON'T YOU DARE PARK YOUR BIKE AT THE TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER OR ELSE! ​Before going to the office this morning, I cycled over to the Texas Medical Center to visit Chris Gray, the Press's whiz-bang music editor who is recovering from an apparent heart attack. I greatly enjoyed sharing laughs ... More >>

The Rest of the Best: Houston's Top 5 Hidden Treasures

Photo by Troy FieldsScallops and grits at our No. 1 pick.​For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had heft ... More >>