5 to Try

How to Fake Your Summer Glow All Winter Long

We put 5 self-tanners to the test to see which are best at faking that just-back-from-vacay glow.

08/15/2016 By Beth Levine

Fitness Friday

It’s All Fun and Games at My House Fitness

Houstonians love this recess-inspired team sweat session.

08/12/2016 By Andrea Park

Float On

The Best Way to Book a Cruise

You can spend less traveling by sea than by land—if you know how to find the best deals.

08/12/2016 Photography by Bill Wiatrak

Weekly Deals

Spend Less than $100 on Flights This Week

One-way flights to Atlanta, Cincinnati, Denver or Vegas

08/10/2016 By Marianella Orlando

Dolly Would

Moonshine, Batmobiles and Dolly Parton: Welcome to Tennessee

There's more to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg than Dollywood—but, of course, there's that too.

08/08/2016 By Bill Wiatrak

Smoke Signals

Travelers in China Don't Have to Forego Texas Barbecue

American-style smoked meat is popping up all over the (Chinese) map.

08/05/2016 By Joanna O'Leary

Purrfect Pairings

Get a Pop-Up Preview of Houston's First Cat Café

Mix and mingle with cats and cat lovers before El Gato Coffeehouse opens in 2017.

08/02/2016 By Abby Eastman

Ghost of a Chance

Ecto Cooler is Back!

With the return of a childhood favorite, it's 1987 all over again, but have we outgrown it?

07/29/2016 By Alice Levitt

Inner Beauty

How to Kick That Summertime Sadness

How mindfulness, meditation and positive psychology can help us beat the summer blues.

07/28/2016 By Miranda Proctor

Play It Cool

Easy Summer Recipes for Heat-Hardy Plants

You need to figure out something to do with all that basil, after all.

07/25/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

Vive La France

Project Dance Performs in France

With the recent tragedies in Houston's Sister City, dancers honor Nice with performances in the City of Light this weekend.

07/22/2016 By Liz Hardaway

Fitness Friday

Body by YouTube: The 5 Best Online Workout Channels

Who doesn't want a workout that's challenging, flexible, personalized and totally free?

07/22/2016 By Ayshe Tayfun

Bayou City Beauty

The 5 Beauty Products You Need to Survive a Houston Summer

Including one you can buy in bulk for under $3.

07/21/2016 By Katharine Shilcutt

The Fearless Femme

I Tried It: Double Nose Piercing

I figured a second hole in my nose wouldn't hurt (except, okay, maybe literally it will).

07/20/2016 By Hala Daher

Poké Poaching

Yelp Now Assists With Pokémon Hunting

Add a little Charmander to your meal.

07/19/2016 By Ross Livingston

Texas Travel

Essential Texas Trips: Rediscovering San Antonio

Time machines both literal and metaphorical abound in the Alamo City.

07/18/2016 By Bill Wiatrak

Shopping

Don't Miss These Major Summer Sales

After-Christmas sales have nothing on the bargains we're seeing on the racks right now.

07/18/2016 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

Crime

The Harris County DA Invites Law-Breaking Citizens to "Make It Right"

A new program allows those with non-violent misdemeanors to have offenses and warrants removed from their records.

07/18/2016 By Liz Hardaway

Bite Me

The Mosquitos Diaries: Tales from the Trenches of a Brutal, Month-Long Battle

Just die already.