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NEVER STOPPED SERVING CUSTOMERS
Underhanded tow truck games: Fusion Taco owner's car is towed while she cooks
By Caroline Gallay
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 4:02 PM
The lot used for Wednesday lunches by Fusion Taco at 3440 Richmond had some unwelcome guests this week. Tow trucks hauled three cars from the vacant lot, including ...
I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE
Is shirtless wonder Matthew McConaughey changing his image? Or did Dolce & Gabbana go too far?
By Sarah Rufca
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 3:19 PM
If Dolce and Gabbana wanted to present Matthew McConaughey in his natural state, they would have photographed him on Venice Beach, shirtless and preferably playing the bongos. But ...
FIRE IN THE GULF
Who is Mariner Energy? Houston firm that owns the latest oil rig to explode has Enron and BP ties
By Sarah Rufca
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 1:14 PM
Just over four months after an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig caused the largest oil spill in history, tensions are running high with the news of ...
HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT
No. 1 with a Bullet: Country superstar Miranda Lambert showcases Houstonian's unique jewelry line
By Clifford Pugh
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 1:05 PM
Houston's Bullet Girl sure gets around. InStyle magazine reports that country music sensation Miranda Lambert wore a Bullet Girl necklace crafted by Houston designer Jessica Meyer when ...
CULTUREMAP EXCLUSIVE
First picture of the Mariner Energy oil rig fire
By Chris Baldwin
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 12:39 PM
CultureMap acquired the first picture of the Mariner Energy oil rig fire. The photo taken from a distance shows the platform burning. Thirteen workers were rescued from the ...
MFAH SCREENINGS ALL WEEKEND
Metropolis finally gets its happy ending: The mother of all science fiction movies is reborn
By Joe Leydon
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 11:47 AM
Call it the mother of all science-fiction movies, and you won’t be far off the mark. To view Metropolis, Fritz Lang’s deliriously extravagant 1927 allegory of ...
ONE INJURED, ALL SAFE
Updated: Mariner Energy oil rig explodes in the Gulf, oil spotted in the water
By Sarah Rufca
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 10:53 AM
Update at 1:14 p.m.: A Coast Guard officer now tells Bloomberg News that a one-mile oil sheen from the platform is already visible in the water ...
GREEN CHA-CHING
Texas' energy-efficient appliance rebate party gets a do-over
By Steven Thomson
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Ever tried to throw a blowout party, only to find yourself overwhelmed with an onslaught of guests without an appropriate welcome committee? The thing about parties is that ...
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Houston Fashion Week is set: Project Runway winners & up-and-comers plan October catwalk debut
By Heather Staible
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Talk about making an entrance. After much chatter and speculation, Fashion Houston is set to unveil plans for five days of runway shows and parties Oct. 11-15 at ...
FIRST TASTE
Let there be light: Samba Grille injects hope into post-Angelika Bayou Place with South American swagger
By Sarah Rufca
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 7:46 AM
By opening day, Bayou Place's new Samba Grille was already nearly an old haunt to many well-connected foodies. Between the well-connected quartet of managing partners Estella Erdman ...
THE RUMBLE PART II
Heights Walmart heats up: Mayor Annise Parker won't defend the project, notes she's no SuperCenter shopper
By Carolina Astrain
Sep 2nd, 2010 at 12:54 AM
Traffic was one major concern at the public meeting Mayor Annise Parker held on the Heights Walmart plans Wednesday night at the High School for Law Enforcement and ...
A TOWN SAVER?
A full house: Galveston businesses press for casino gambling
By Caroline Gallay
Sep 1st, 2010 at 7:09 PM
In a survey conducted by Texas A&M University of 499 members of Galveston's Chamber of Commerce (which is owned by local business leaders), an enormous 79 ...
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Joseph Campana
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September 2, 2010
Crossing over to the other side: Big D offers a feast for your art eyes and foodie stomach
If Big “D” is for Dallas, then the little “a” that comes next is definitely for the “arts.” Or so it seemed on a quick weekend getaway to Houston’s ...
TATTERED JEANS
The real story of dispersant in the Gulf and its magic trick of horrors
By Katie Oxford - September 1st, 2010
Editor's note: Katie Oxford is on the ground and in the boats in Louisiana, reporting from the heart of the Gulf oil spill disaster. This is her 11th column ...
More than a naked snow man: Dance with Camera blurs the line between artist and lens
By Nancy Wozny - September 1st, 2010
A naked man dances in the snow, while the late modern dance legend Merce Cunningham sits motionless at the opposite end of the room. A tarantella ritual explodes with a ...
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Caroline Gallay
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September 1, 2010
B Corps take hold in Houston: Companies like New Living make doing good a rule
There's a new breed of business in town, literally. Benefit Corporations continue to gain notoriety — the concept was profiled in depth in Esquire earlier this month — but the term ...
Style points: Why we fall for fashion any time of the year
In the fashion world, September is the most wonderful time of the year. After the long hot summer, there's a hint of fall in the air in the fashion ...
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
A doggy dilemma for Houston: Restaurant pet ordinances create confusion, Annise Parker wonders if there's a better way
By Marene Gustin - August 31st, 2010
A lamb lollipop is, and isn’t, what you think. At Hotel ZaZa’s Monarch it is simply a perfectly cooked little lamp chop on a frenched bone. They come ...
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