The 10 Best Places to Live in Houston

Our 10 favorite places to live in Houston for 2017. Our 10 favorite places to live in Houston for 2017. Plus: Our spring fashion guide, and can Univision 45, Houston’s Spanish-language news leader, keep its edge?

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Ice House

How Did the Houston Children's Festival Become Such a Big Freakin' Deal?

With 50,000 annual visitors, the downtown fest even made Frommer's 300 Unmissable Events and Festivals Around the World.

03/21/2017 By Marianella Orlando

Dance

Shake It Up at Houston's Dance Salad Festival

Audiences will get a taste of different types of dance from around the world in April.

03/21/2017 By Jeanne Lyons Davis

Eat & Drink

Slightly Less than One Dozen Egg Dishes to Try for Easter

Embrace the versatility of the egg with these diverse restaurants' hot takes.

03/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

The 10 Best Restaurants for Late-Night Nosh

For when need some grub to soak up the night's festivities (or you're just craving breakfast tacos at 1 a.m. — no judgment, we've been there).

03/21/2017 By Brooke Viggiano

Restaurant Review

You Won't Find Your Grandma's Gulf Coast Cuisine at These Two New Restaurants

Ritual and Eloise Nichols Grill & Liquors are redefining Gulf Coast cooking with modern menus and highly local ingredients.

03/21/2017 By Alice Levitt

Keeping Kosher for Passover? Try These 3 Spots

You won't find chametz at these kashrut-keeping Meyerland restaurants.

03/21/2017 By Alice Levitt

Beer-asana

Now You Can Do Downward Dog and Have a Drink, Too

Houston breweries are now offering yoga and beer classes.

03/21/2017 By Marianella Orlando

Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

When a Flooded House Actually Turns out to Be a Good Thing

The story of a cracked house, a flock of birds, and Tropical Storm Allison.

03/21/2017 By Catherine Matusow

Home & Real Estate

Real Estate

Neighborhoods by the Numbers 2017

From average commute times to public school rankings, we’ve got everything you need to know about Houston’s 147 neighborhoods.

03/24/2017 By Houstonia Staff

Meet the Neighbors

Our 10 Favorite Places to Live in Houston for 2017

These neighborhood stewards told us why they’ve chosen to put down roots where they did.

03/21/2017 By Roxanna Asgarian Photography by Jack Thompson, Max Burkhalter, and Michael Paulsen

News & City Life

The Nightly Noticias

Can Univision 45, Houston's Spanish-Language News Leader, Keep Its Edge?

As it jockeys month-by-month with Telemundo for Houston’s ratings crown, Univision looks to the future in more ways than one.

03/21/2017 By Adam Doster

Ice House

April's Perfect Party: Who's Adorable Edition

Adoration might be a strong word, but we definitely appreciate the good things these Houstonians have been doing lately.

03/21/2017 By Catherine Matusow

Ice House

How Much Will the Border Wall Actually Cost?

We break down Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall plan, in terms of both dollars and sense.

03/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Ice House

Meet the Houston Woman Compelled to Rescue "Homeless" Heirlooms

“If you love history, genealogy can swallow you whole,” says Janet Foster.

03/21/2017 By Elise Rambaud Marrion

Ice House

Have You Spotted These 3 Houston Easter Eggs?

Our newly slightly-more-walkable city has led us to rediscover these hidden treasures.

03/21/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Ice House

Carlos Beltran Returns to Houston, with a World Series in Mind

Could the Astros be the Lastros no more?

03/21/2017 By Adam Doster

Ice House

Welcome to Houston, the Armored Car Robbery Capital of the World

Houston doesn’t have particularly high rates of other violent crimes, so why is it that our town has suddenly become The Town?

03/21/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

The Drawl

A Look Back to 180 Years Ago, When Houston Was the Capital of Texas

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

03/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Bayougraphy

Bill Worrell, Play-by-Play Announcer, on His Iconic Sports Broadcasting Career

After three-plus decades with the Rockets and the Astros, few have witnessed sports changing the way Worrell has.

03/21/2017 By Jeff Balke

H-Town Diary

Waffles: The World's Worst Dog

She may be a nightmare, but she’s mine.

03/21/2017 By Katharine Shilcutt

Style & Shopping

Fashion

Spring Fashion 2017: Town Meets Country

Strong but feminine, simple yet chic, spring fashion is tailor-made for the modern pioneer woman.

03/21/2017 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen Styled by Leslie Rivas Kelly Photography by Cody Bess

Travel & Outdoors

Travel

Wild Eating in the Hills of Crete

The world's healthiest cuisine, on one of the world's most beautiful islands.

03/21/2017 By Claudia Kolker