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  Rockets New Season, New Food

  October 23 at 4 a.m.

  Recently, the Houston Press was invited to check out some of the new menu items which will be on offer at the Toyota Center when the Rockets start their new season October 24. "Sure," I thought, "I'll eat some nachos and hot dogs. Big sweater weather is here, anyway." My...

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  Historic Eppes House Back On Market, Ready to Enter Its Second Century

  October 22 at 4 a.m.

  Those in search of a new estate home will instantly become part of Houston's history with the Italian Renaissance Villa at 5322 Institute Lane. The Eppes House is named for its original owner, concrete pioneer Ned Alwin Eppes, and the home is one of our city's first residences made from...

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  Houston By the Neighborhood: Historic Washington East/Sabine Market Area

  October 8 at 4 a.m.

  If you can plead guilty to binge-watching more than a few episodes of Fixer Upper, Property Brothers, or This Old House, then the Washington East/Sabine market area just might be the neighborhood for you. The area includes the Old Sixth Ward Historic District, which has the largest concentration of Victorian...

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  Eat, Drink and Be Greek at the 2019 Original Greek Festival

  October 6 at 7:51 a.m.

  You don't have to read Socrates to know that the Greeks do it best. After a rocky, rainy start Saturday the skies cleared at the 53rd annual Original Greek Festival on Yoakum. The dust has settled, and festival goers saw the renovated and expanded Cathedral. The festival continues Sunday, giving Houstonians one more chance to experience Greek culture, handmade Greek food and desserts, authentic folk dancing and live music. Opa!
  (Photos by Mark Reyes)

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  Catch a Glimpse of the New Giraffe Baby at the Houston Zoo

  October 2 at 2:50 p.m.

  Looking as distinguished as any baby giraffe could be, a 128-pound male Masai giraffe was born at the Houston Zoo on Monday. Weighing in at 128 pounds with a height of just over 6 feet tall, the as-yet-unnamed calf is sticking close to his mother Kamili and hasn't made a...

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  Houston By the Neighborhood: Cross Creek Ranch in Fulshear

  October 1 at 4 a.m.

  While Texas still has its fair share of wide open spaces, it's rare to find a 3,200-acre tract in the Houston metropolitan area. But Johnson development Corporation found just that with Cross Creek Ranch, a master-planned community in Fulshear, minutes west of the Grand Parkway. The parcel of land spans...