News & City Life

Perfect party

May's Perfect Party: The Skype Happy Hour Edition

This month we're inviting the leaders who've helped Houston navigate the COVID-19 crisis.

05/01/2020 By Catherine Matusow

Time to Burn

The Houstonian's Guide to Staying In

What to read, watch, ponder, and drink right now.

05/01/2020 By Craig Hlavaty

Keep Bringing It On Home

Our Favorite Takeout Food Experiences, Part 2

It’s been a few weeks. Here’s where we’re getting grub we love lately.

04/30/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Classy, bougie, ratchet

Beyoncé and Megan Thee Stallion Broke the Internet with Savage Remix

Proceeds from the new collab will go to a Houston charity.

04/30/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Game Reset

Things to Know If You're Planning to Eat at a Restaurant

You'll enter a whole new world starting Friday, but there's good reason for it.

04/30/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Good Vibrations

Two Random Acts of (Houston!) Kindness You Can Do to Vastly Improve Your Day

Send a hopeful note to a pediatric cancer patient or a comforting card to a senior citizen.

04/30/2020 By Gwendolyn Knapp

Drink From Home

Will Texas Restaurants Be Able to Sell Alcohol To-Go Forever?

Gov. Abbott's tweet hints at a future where it might be so.

04/29/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Plans on Pause

Meet Houstonians Opening Small Businesses in the Time of COVID-19

Despite the economic upheaval, several Bayou City residents are forging ahead with new entrepreneurial endeavors.

04/29/2020 By Craig Hlavaty

So Much Sanitizer

Slowly, but Surely, Houston's Museums Are Re-Opening

Institutions in the Museum District are taking precautions to keep staff and guests safe.

04/29/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Still Not Dead

Willie Nelson Still Loves Making Music with His Friends

The outlaw country legend dominated the stage in what might've been his final rodeo performance.

04/29/2020 By Chris Gray

Meat Back at Home

7 Sizzling Steakhouses for Takeout and Pick-up

From cuts you can grill yourself to caviar (yes, caviar), you can have it all.

04/29/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Dream, Dream, Dream

What 2020 Should Have Been

One Houstonia writer dreams about life in a Houston without COVID-19.

04/28/2020 By Craig Hlavaty

Headspace

We're Living in Traumatic Times Thanks to Coronavirus, So Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself

Houston mental health experts discuss how the pandemic is affecting our brains, and what that means.

04/28/2020 By Emma Schkloven

Cover It Up

How Grocery Stores Are Handling Mask Policy

We asked a few of the major local chains if they're enforcing the city order.

04/28/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

A Range of Opinions

Food Establishments Can Reopen Friday: How Restaurants Are Reacting

Why some folks will open their dining rooms, and why others won't.

04/28/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Step By Step

6 Kit-style Meals Bringing Fun into the Kitchen

Local restaurants are offering the opportunity to make your own (insert food here).

04/27/2020 By Joanna O'Leary

What Is Sitting?

Restaurants Can Re-open May 1

Establishments can only maintain 25 percent occupancy during a first phase.

04/27/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

Choices, Choices, Choices

Houston, We Have Recommendations: Round 2

Houstonia staff share what we’re reading, watching, and listening to now, a month into social distancing.

04/27/2020 By Emma Schkloven

COVID-19

Restaurateurs Readying for the Day They Can Re-open

Dining rooms have been closed for more than a month. But that could change soon.

04/24/2020 By Timothy Malcolm

6 feet of separation

Scenes from a Socially Distanced Houston

Life as we once knew it has changed as Houstonians navigate the Coronavirus crisis.

04/24/2020 By Catherine Wendlandt Photography by Daniel Kramer

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