The Cyclist’s Guide to Houston

Me, Myself and Bike

Discovering the Houston that drivers never see

07/09/2015 By Kyle Nielsen as told to Sarah Rufca

H-Town Diary

Growing Up a Gamer Girl

To be a gamer and a girl is to inhabit a world packed with traps, landmines and adversaries all its own.

05/31/2015 Illustrations by Dan Page By Maggie Berardo

essay

In Praise of Kitsch

Houston is the town too busy for taste, where the only relevant question is, "Does it look cool?"

05/04/2015 By Cort McMurray

Going Solo

Five Incredible Things That Happen When You’re Traveling Alone

Go on, take a chance.

05/04/2015 By Kayla Stewart

H-Town Diary

After Years, Learning to Let Go of Dallas’ Sky-High Beauty Standards

I am from Dallas. It wasn’t until I moved to Houston that I learned what that means.

02/08/2015 By Sarah Rufca Nielsen

H-Town Diary

Society of Friends(wood)

For author Rene Steinke, returning home to Friendswood has a way of plunging her back in time.

11/30/2014 By René Steinke

H-Town Diary

When Driver’s Ed Lessons Go Wrong

You’ll never learn to fly if you can’t forget how to drive.

09/30/2014 By Andrew Husband

H-Town Diary

The Moving Story of a Houston Nomad

The only relationship that matters is the one with your town.

09/01/2014 By Katharine Shilcutt

A Family Guide to Houston

How to Be the World’s Best Aunt

One woman’s story

08/03/2014 By Catherine Matusow

H-Town Diary

A Roll New World

The past is not in the cards.

06/30/2014 By Jeff Balke

Newsfix

Video: Growing Up In a Family of Snake Lovers

Houstonia editor Cathy Matusow reflects on how her unique childhood along the bayou changed the way she looks at the world.

06/12/2014

H-Town diary

Growing Up Among the Lizard People

O brother’s snake, where art thou?

06/02/2014 By Catherine Matusow

H-Town Diary

Memoirs of a Daily Dog-Walker

The upside of being invisible? You get to see everything.

04/30/2014 By David Stuart Maclean

H-Town Diary

Holding On

Even Houston has a past.

03/03/2014 By Katherine Center

Letters Home

A Camper-Turned-Counselor Speaks

“And then one day I was the person 15 girls wanted to be like.”

03/03/2014 By Alex Vaio

Travel

Ageless Cancun

Finding God, Man, and margaritas

12/31/2013 By Scott Vogel

H-Town Diary

Race Against Time

A biracial couple conducts a 10-year unscientific study.

12/31/2013 By Gwendolyn Zepeda

Good Ideas

Spending 24 Hours at the Galleria: A Diary

We challenged one of our writers to spend one full day at the Galleria. Will he survive?

12/01/2013 By Michael Hardy

H-Town diary

The Vision Thing

Houston, blindness, MasterChef, fame

12/01/2013 By Christine Ha

Essay

The Time I Nearly Burned Down Halloween

Or why an 11-year-old shouldn't be allowed to play with matches

10/31/2013 By Katharine Shilcutt

Houstonia Magazine

Essays

Me, Myself and Bike

Growing Up a Gamer Girl

In Praise of Kitsch

Five Incredible Things That Happen When You’re Traveling Alone

After Years, Learning to Let Go of Dallas’ Sky-High Beauty Standards

Society of Friends(wood)

When Driver’s Ed Lessons Go Wrong

The Moving Story of a Houston Nomad

How to Be the World’s Best Aunt

A Roll New World

Video: Growing Up In a Family of Snake Lovers

Growing Up Among the Lizard People

Memoirs of a Daily Dog-Walker

Holding On

A Camper-Turned-Counselor Speaks

Ageless Cancun

Race Against Time

Spending 24 Hours at the Galleria: A Diary

The Vision Thing

The Time I Nearly Burned Down Halloween