July 2016

100 Ways to Stay Cool This Summer
Summer may be our winter, but at least no one has to shovel the sunshine, so chill out—we’ll show you how.
In this issue:
Arts & Culture

Play It Cool
Ways to Stay Cool This Summer: Hot Tickets

Cabinet of Curiosities
You Now Have Permission to Snoop Through This Museum

Ice House
I Hear America Singing: Houston Edition
Eat & Drink

Editor's Picks
Our Top 10 Spots for Keeping It Halal
Editor’s Note

Editor’s Note
One Cool Trick for Your Dog—and You
Home & Real Estate

Play It Cool
Easy Summer Recipes for Heat-Hardy Plants
News & City Life

Play It Cool
A Look Back at Houston's Cool Past

Play It Cool
Ways to Stay Cool This Summer: Waterpark Wars

Let the Games Begin
Ready, Set, Rio: Meet Houston’s Olympians

Port Authority
The Strange Case of a Port and Its City

Play It Cool
100 Ways to Beat the Houston Heat

Elements of Style
Anika Jackson: the Party Girl’s Party Girl

Pretty in Pink
At MD Anderson, Putting on a Prom for Teen Cancer Patients

Ice House
July’s Perfect Party

Liquid Courage
Houston’s Hottest New Hangover Cure Comes in a Bag—an IV Bag

Dept. of Bad PR
How Can Anyone Hate a Possum? Here’s Why You Shouldn’t

Who You Gonna Call?
Houston’s 311 Calls: The Common, Unusual and Service Requests

Dept. of Partially Solved Mysteries
Whatever Happened to the Fifth Ward Recovery Center?
Style & Shopping

Play It Cool
Ways to (Look) Cool This Summer

Clutch City
Oil Is Still Booming—in the Beauty World
Travel & Outdoors

Food Worth Flying For