H-Town Diary

What’s a Houston?

A special graphic feature by Mat Johnson explores what it means to call Houston home.

09/30/2013 By Mat Johnson Illustrations by Jarrod Perez

Bad Luck And Trouble

The Dirty Dozen: Houston's 12 Jinxed Restaurant Spots

Looking back on a five-year-old list and seeing if any of these Bermuda triangles have turned around.

09/25/2013 By John Lomax

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Greater Houston Partnership’s Annual Gala, “Soirée”

09/24/2013

Primordial Houston

Waught's Up

A first trip to the Waugh Drive bat colony.

09/24/2013 By Nick Panzarella

All Good Things

ICYMI: Watch the Downtown Macy’s Implosion

In the dawn of Sunday morning, an era came to an end.

09/22/2013 By Dan Derozier

Suburban Sojourns

Staycationing In The Woodlands

Town Center takes us forward to the past.

09/18/2013 By John Lomax

Essays

Ike’s Peak

A singularly harrowing account of Hurricane Ike’s fury and the four souls whose lives it nearly took.

09/03/2013 By John Lomax

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Planned Parenthood Young Leaders Benefit

08/28/2013

Emergency Clinics

License to Bill

At a loss to explain your medical costs? So are doctors, insurance companies, and pretty much everyone else involved.

08/01/2013 By Jeff Balke

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Airtist Wanted

07/01/2013

The Drawl

Airtist Wanted

Public art proposals for Bush Intercontinental Airport.

07/01/2013 By Scott Vogel Illustrations by Chi Birmingham

Ice House

Action Item: Houston Needs Its Song

We want our anthem.

07/01/2013 By John Lomax

Recommendations

Seven Dates Under $20

Want to take your significant other on the town without breaking the bank? Not to worry: Houstonia has you covered.

06/17/2013 By Katherine Morris and Erika Vazquez

Houstonia 101

What’s in a (Street) Name?

Houston’s street names can be a linguistic minefield.

06/01/2013

HIV/AIDS

Epidemic of Silence

With one in 250 Houstonians infected with HIV/AIDS, is the epidemic over, or have we just stopped paying attention?

06/01/2013 By Michael Hardy Photography by Alyssa Orr

The Perfect Party

Contradictions: from Macklemore to Orbit

Five people with whom we’d like to spoon in June

06/01/2013 By Catherine Matusow

The Drawl

For Your Amusement

04/23/2013 Illustrations by John Patrick Thomas

Discovery Green

Celebrate Houston! Celebrate Klineberg!

This year, Stephen Klineberg's annual area survey rates a downtown party

04/19/2013 By Eric Harrison

Cover Story

250 Reasons to Love Houston

Or how a town with bad traffic, little natural beauty, not much history, and unfortunate weather became the greatest place on Earth

03/14/2013

A Living Mosaic

We’re No. 1! We’re No. 1!

Examining Houston's newly-discovered diversity dominance

03/14/2013 By Kerry H.