Top Burgers 2013

Top Burgers 2013 <p class="p1">Robb Walsh eats his way through the city and brings you the best patties H-town has to offer. Plus a farewell toast to Hans Graf, how to get your hands on an art car for (almost) nothing, xeriscaping with the mayor, and much more.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Classical Music

A Farewell Toast

Maestro Hans Graf ends his 12 seasons as music director of the Houston Symphony with Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony

05/17/2013 By Michael Hardy

Art Car Parade

Art Cars for Dummies

Our guide to making (or faking) your very own colorful, bizarre automotive masterpiece.

05/10/2013 By Michael Hardy

Book Readings

Last Man Writing

Literary lion James Salter helps Inprint celebrate its 30th anniversary by reading from a new novel, his first in 34 years.

05/06/2013 By Stewart Oksenhorn

The De Menils

Slow Dancing with the Muse

William Middleton landed a contract to write a biography of John & Dominique de Menil in 2002. After more than a decade and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of supplemental fundraising in support of the project, there’s still no book. What happened?

04/29/2013 By John Lomax

On the Town

The King’s Reach

Cyrus the Great’s 2,600-year-old declaration of human rights goes on display at the MFAH.

04/25/2013 By Michael Hardy

Eat & Drink

Best of the City

The Top Tastiest Burgers in Houston

From Tejano to totem, Greek to gator, carwash to café burgers, and back again.

04/29/2013 By Robb Walsh Photography by Shannon O’Hara and Tam Vo

Top Burgers 2013

What's Your Beef?

A glossary of terms.

04/29/2013 By Robb Walsh

The Pour

What’s Old Is New

Pouring an 8th Wonder Hopston IPA as an ice house rises again.

04/26/2013 By Catherine Matusow

On the Table

Shooting Star

Chef Philippe Verpiand’s classic, slightly Americanized French cooking shines at Étoile.

04/25/2013 By Robb Walsh

Editor’s Note

Editor's Note

Outside-In

No one typifies Houston's way of turning outsiders into insiders quite like the de Menils.

04/25/2013 By John Wilburn

Home & Real Estate

Gardening

Cactomania

Everything’s coming up prickly.

04/25/2013 By Vernon Caldera

Trends

Cloud Covers

Desperate for an on-trend cutting board? May showers us with with-it housewares galore.

04/25/2013 By Kerry H.

News & City Life

Perfect Party

Taylor Swift, the NRA, and a Dog Whisperer

The people we’d most like at our dinner table this month.

04/29/2013 Illustrations by Charlie Powell By Alese Pickering

Essay

Strip Search

God and Man on Boone Road.

04/25/2013 By Peter Holley

H-Town Diary

Fiesta Patrias

Sometimes, home is where the groceries are.

04/25/2013 By Javier O. Huerta

Bayougraphy

Setting the Bar

A chat with Carolyn Wenglar, dowager queen of Houston nightlife.

04/25/2013 By John Lomax

Women in Combat

Don’t Ask, Compel

How Washington cemetery views the sea change in Washington, DC.

04/25/2013 By John Lomax

Poop Cruise

That Ship Cray

A Katy native was aboard the Carnival Triumph's fateful voyage—and lived to tell the tale .

04/25/2013 By Catherine Matusow

The AR-15

Silence Emboldens

Losing our innocence to America’s favorite firearm.

04/25/2013 By Kerry H.

The Drawl

For Your Amusement

04/23/2013 Illustrations by John Patrick Thomas

Style & Shopping

Elements of Style

High Polish

Our monthly primer on the city's best-dressed begins with fashionista Duyen Huynh.

04/25/2013 By Kerry H.

Travel & Outdoors

Open Road

Oasis of Quiet

Soaking up West Texas at Chinati Hot Springs and Big Bend Ranch State Park.

04/15/2013 By Brittanie Shey