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002houston | march 2013 | volume 15 | issue 171

hip.current.cool guide

SPRING BEAUTY

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DANIEL ANGUILU

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letter from the editor

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PUBLISHER alejandro martinéz ext 2 a.martinez@002mag.com EDITOR-IN-CHIEF | CREATIVE DIRECTOR carla valencia de martinéz ext 3 c.valencia@002mag.com CONTRIBUTING EDITOR victoria bartlett ART DIRECTOR alex rosa ext 4 arosa@002mag.com ASSOCIATE EDITOR pixie ibañez ext 6 pixie@002mag.com

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hether or not you agree with someone’s religion, culture, beliefs, lifestyle choices it doesn’t change that that person is another human just like you and deserves the same respect and quality of life as any other person. More and more I struggle with humanity and the things I see on the news and in life.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t expect fairness for all, this just isn’t the way life works. We are born into circumstances and opportunities or disadvantages, which pave the road for the life we live.

But this is what makes the world so interesting, diverse and culturally rich.

Living in Houston affords us so much of what the world has to offer in terms of our population. All it takes is talking to the people we encounter every day. Open your mind to what Houston has to offer, be kind to one another and try to understand someone else’s views although they may differ drastically from your norm.

It’s human nature to judge; we can’t help it, we are human! But it’s not our place to.

Thank goodness that at the end of the day there is only one who will judge you and what you did or didn’t do with this life. I for one plan on going with a good clean heart!

So, open you heart and mind as you read and learn about a local well-known curator whose photography hobby has turned into an exhibit, in this month’s For Art’s Sake. Or how one man, with personal experience with the stigma associated with HIV, started a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating that stigma for those who follow in his footsteps. Or a Venezuelan artist creating art that crosses borders. There’s also a charity bar called OKRA making waves in Downtown and so much more.

In case you haven’t noticed, Houston is a huge city jam-packed with things to do daily.

Thanks for letting 002houston help you navigate your month.

Enjoy this issue of art+culture in our city.

Carla Valencia de Martinéz

Editor-in-Chief | Creative Director

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Artist Daniel Daniel Anguilu shot on location in East Downtown by Anthony Rathbun, Assited by Dhyana Leyton 002houston Magazine is published monthly by NODO Magazine, L.L.C., 1824 Spring Street, Studio 002, Houston, TX 77007. Copyright © 2013 by NODO Magazine L.L.C. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. 002houston Magazine does not knowingly accept false or misleading advertising or editorial, nor do the publishers assume responsibility should such advertising or editorial appear.

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table of contents MARCH 2013

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TOBY KAMPS

20 LIVE

34 ART + CULTURE

CONSORTIUM

photographer anthony rathbun

46 VANITY

48 BELIZE | KA’ANA

LOUNGE

SPECIAL: DOMENIC LAURENZO

BEHIND the SCENES OF OUR COVER

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a chilly morning in February, 002houston contributing photographer Anthony Rathbun met up with our cover subject, Daniel Angilu, to capture our cover. Shot in East Downtown at the East Side Social Center, Rathbun’s car became an instant mobile studio, and along with his assistant Dhyana and direction from our art director Alex Rosa, they were able to suspend a moment in time. The image captures Angilu’s larger than life murals. “I not only was humbled to be asked to shoot the cover, but that I would be working with such a vibrant person as Daniel. I had seen Daniel’s incredibly complex, intelligent and richly colored works before and, in some cases, on very large projects taking up whole building sides. I never knew who was responsible for this spectacular art, and now I would get to work with the artist,” shared photographer Rathbun. On site was Angilu’s trusty sidekick, his boxer Biggie.

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE 4 letter from the editor 6 table of contents 7 party pics 8 on our radar 10 gish at the movies 11 party pics 12 calendar 14 museum district 16 for art‘s sake: toby kamps 18 art houses + museums + exhibits 20 nonprofit: live consortium 22 phone shot 23 fresh arts scene 24 born cool, grow hip 25 party pics 26 people of houston

28 costume for cocktails 29 party pics 30 barber shop 32 beauty, set, go 34 art + culture 40 002deals 42 things I ♥ 44 architecture + design: arhaus 45 party pics 46 retail wrap: vanity lounge 48 destination: belize | ka’ana 50 tools + toys + gadgets 59 mentertainment 60 dinewrite: antonio’s flying pizza 62 chef’s special: domenic laurenzo 64 open

66 the scene 74 houston map 75 party pics 76 downtown map 77 uptown + galleria map 78 restaurant listings 81 tastes of the town 82 washington + heights way 85 recording: otenki 87 mac® tips 86 club + lounge review: okra 88 002 nightlife 90 party pics + crossword puzzle

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EVENT A MARDI GRAS TRADITION WHY UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS ANNUAL GALA WHERE ROYAL SONESTA HOTEL WHEN FEBRUARY 12

Oniel and Jan Mendenhall Photography by Kim Coffman

More than 400 donors, alumni and friends of St. Thomas celebrated Fat Tuesday in a room decorated with purple, green and gold. Chairs Gina and Dr. Devinder Bhatia welcomed guests and celebrated the giving spirit of the largest UST scholarship fundraiser of the year. Emcee Sonia Aza introduced the live auctioneer who rallied the group to open up their hearts and pocket books, successfully raising more than $800,000 to support University scholarships. A trip to England with the Robert and Marianne Ivany was the most bid-on prize. Ten guests will visit Newtown Park Estate in Lymington, England, for a unique experience during a one-week stay at the historic Newtown Park Estate.

Keith and Alice Mosing

Robert and Marianne Ivany, Chloe Jester, Barrett Lauer

Devinder and Gina Bhatia

Marilyn and George DeMontrond

Kelli Kickerillo and Todd Forester

Anthony and Cynthia Petrello

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ON OUR

RADAR CALENDAR The Shell Houston Open Golf Tournament (March 25-31) descends in The Woodlands with 156 of the world’s best golfers competing at Redstone Golf Club’s Tournament Course.

Houston’s tournament is the 10th oldest since the Houston Golf Association has been conducting PGA Tour events since 1946. Get ready for tee time with the best!

Bayou City Art Festival-Memorial Park The family-friendly outdoor event featuring 300+ national artists showcasing their talent in 19 different media hits the park in the heart of the city March 22-24. All of these artists were juried and invited to sell their original art.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON’S FRONTIER FIESTA IS A STUDENT-RUN FESTIVAL (MARCH 21-23) WHICH PROMOTES SCHOLARSHIPS, COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION TO THE LOCAL STUDENT BODY AND COMMUNITY. ENJOY FREE CONCERTS EACH NIGHT, VARIETY SHOWS BY STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS, CARNIVAL BOOTHS AND EVEN A BBQ COOK-OFF AND BAKE FIESTA.

Celebrate more than a decade of educating citizens about clean air options during the annual Fresh Air Friday: A Picnic on the Plaza. Now in its 11th year, the lunchtime picnic and live concert promotes clean air alternatives and educates attendees on ways to minimize their carbon footprint.

Friday, March 22, 11am – 1pm at Jones Plaza, located between Texas and Capitol, 615 Louisiana. FREE and open to the public! www.h-gac.com

RETAIL WRAP FRONT ROW by Houston Tidbits As if Houston Tidbits didn’t get you enough insider information beauty and fashion buzz around town, they’ve added a special membership named FRONT ROW. $75 will get you awesome gifts like a cocktail at Phillipe Lounge, a blowout at The Do Bar at Washington Ave., an Elaine Turner business card holder with a gift card to Elaine Turner and many other goodies!

TOP GOLF HAS BEEN A HIT WITH GOLF PROS AND AMATEURS ALIKE. LIVELY BARS, A ROOFTOP TERRACE, 102 BAYS AND 65,000SF OF PURE FUN, THIS NEW GOLF CONCEPT GIVES THE REST OF THE GOLF COURSES A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY. A new healthy food market filled with fresh produce and a wide array of natural, organic and fresh foods is sprouting for the first time in the Houston area. Sprouts Farmers Market opens the first of 5 slated locations in Cinco Ranch Blvd. in Katy at the end of this month.

DESTINATION The Westin Houston-Downtown opens this month where the Inn at The Ballpark on Texas Ave. used to be. Expect total rejuvenation for the mind, body and soul with their WestinWORKOUT®, the Heavenly® Bed and SuperFoodsRx™.

The 9th Annual Houston Jewish Film Festival opens March 6 with a 12-day lineup featuring 18 of the best Jewish or Israeli films from around the world. Co-presented by the Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston (ERJCC) and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Festival brings current documentary and feature films with meaningful Jewish or Israeli content. www.erjcchouston.org/filmfest or call Amy Rahmani at 713.729.3200 x 3299.

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The Inn at Dos Brisas in the foothills of the Texas Hill Country is celebrating the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo™ by offering the Rodeo Retreat Package. The two-night offer includes luxurious accommodations in one of the 10 casitas or haciendas; one day of in-room breakfast; lunch in the only Forbes Five Star restaurant in Texas; and a choice of horseback riding along The Inn’s groomed trails or clay target shooting. On the second day, guests will find themselves enjoying the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo from the vantage point of a private luxury skybox at Reliant Stadium, where they will meet local cowboys, take in the rodeo excitement, enjoy A-list performances, and be treated to Texas BBQ and other savory treats, as well as delicious spirits and beverages.

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DINEWRITE JERSEY MIKE’S SUBS, KNOWN FOR ITS FRESH SLICED/FRESH GRILLED EAST COAST-STYLE SUBS, OPENED A NEW LOCATION AT 103 YALE STREET.

WHERE TO LIVE

Developer Monsour Taghdisi, president of Prestige Builders Inc., opens his first designer showcase Friday, April 12. The Prestige Builders Nantucket Showcase will feature the designs of Lucinda Loya Interiors.

The 5000sf home is located at 1310 Nantucket in Houston’s Tanglewood neighborhood.

Public tour dates and times are as follows: Friday, April 12, and Saturday, April 13, 11am – 4pm; Sunday, April 14, noon – 5pm; Friday, April 19, and Saturday, April 20, 11am – 4pm; and Sunday, April 21, noon – 5pm. Tour tickets are $20, and all ticket proceeds will benefit the Art Institute of Houston.

Deadline for entries is March 22, 2013. Titled The Spirit of Cultural Celebration, this year’s Visual Art Contest is inspired by SPA’s presentation of the internationally renowned, Mexican-born singer and composer Lila Downs, on Friday, April 5, and is at the heart of “días de los niños del mundo,” a seasonlong celebration of Houston youth and Latino culture.

Lila Downs’ music is inspired by her cultural roots.

Students submitting entries should look within their own heritage to express and celebrate their cultural roots through the visual arts. All submitted artwork will be judged on creativity, skill and interpretation of the theme. For more information, visit or call 713.632.8112.

American Festival for the Arts (AFA) is accepting applications for all departments of the 2013 Summer Music Conservatory held at HISD’s Pershing Middle School (3838 Blue Bonnet Blvd., 77025) from June 10 through July 20, 2013. Held in Houston since 1996 the Conservatory enrolls 300 fifththrough twelfth-grade students from 100+ elementary, middle and senior high schools throughout Southeast Texas offering instruction for instrumentalists, vocalists, pianists and composers. Guest conductors confirmed for the Conservatory include New Jersey Symphony’s Jeffrey Grogan, Utah Youth Symphony’s Barbara Scowcroft and University of Oregon’s Sharon J. Paul. Special collaborations with Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy and Aurora Picture Show will also be offered as part of the Conservatory’s Composition department. Scholarships are available. www.AFAtexas.org or call 713.522.9699

FOR ART’S SAKE Society for the Performing Arts (SPA) is seeking entries for its 15th Annual Student Visual Art Contest, sponsored by Wells Fargo. The Visual Art Contest is open to all kindergarten through 12th grade students in the Greater Houston Area and is a chance to showcase their talents and win prizes, while learning more about the performing arts.

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gish at the movies

WOMEN, STORIES AND FOOD

Shazam! March is “Women’s History Month” and March 8 is designated annually as “International Women’s Day,” so the

By Sarah Gish Houston Public Library (www.houstonlibrary.org) is celebrating with a screening of “Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines” (pictured, 3/20, 6pm). • Not only do they have a fine new entrance into the galleries but the Blaffer Art Museum (www.blafferartmuseum.org) also has a new film series, “On Screen@Blaffer”; “Looking for Langston” (3/14) is this month’s pick. • The Houston Symphony (www.houstonsymphony.org) will bring the score of the film “West Side Story” to life (3/22-24) with the re-mastered film unrolling in the background. • There’s nothing that says fun quite like “mature content” animation – and the Aurora Picture Show (www.aurorapictureshow.org) is serving up just that for us, along with awesome food created by filmmaker, curator, trained chef and all-around nice guy, Adán M. Medrano. Join them for “Invisibilities: Matchbox Show and Animation by Laura Heit” (3/23, 7pm) and “An Evening of Texas Mexican Food, Film and Meaning” (3/28, 7pm). • The Asia Society Texas Center (www.asiasociety.org) is continuing their fine film program with socially conscious shorts by students in “Reel Voices” (3/17) and the Taiwanese film “Returning Souls” (3/24).

FROM MEN TO CLERKS There’s no sitting still for the Houston Cinema Arts Society (www.houstoncinemartsociety.org), which has partnered with the Texas Independent Film Network (“Bringing Texas movies to your town!”) to co-present “Now, Forager” (3/12) at Sundance Cinemas (www.sundancecinemas.com). Sundance is continuing their “Screening Room” schedule; check the website for deets. • Crimestoppers will be at the Studio Movie Grill (www.studiomoviegrill.com) on 3/6 for a Q&A following the screening of a British doc with Texas connections, “The Imposter.” “Rocky” will be the feature of “Brews ‘n Views” (3/7, 7:30pm) and girls can enjoy Matthew McConaughey’s pecs (and more…) in “Magic Mike” (3/13, 7:30pm). And, yippee!, SMG is screening “Clerks,” the film that introduced us to Jay and Silent Bob in 1994 (3/21, 7:30pm). • Onscreen at the super-busy Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (www.mfah.org) is “56 Up” (3/15, 7pm, and 3/17 and 3/31, 5pm); the Rolling Stones in one of my fave films, “Cocksucker Blues” (pictured, 3/29 and 3/30, 7pm); the series “Shades of Love: Romance in Contemporary African Cinema” (3/13/8); and the 9th Annual Jewish Film Festival (3/9 and 3/10). • For goofy outdoor fun, grab your BF Dude and head over to the Orange Show’s Smither Park (www.orangeshow.org) for the “Houston Lebowski Bash” on 3/2.

MULTIMEDIA MADNESS The annual indie film and music love fest, SXSW (www.sxsw.com), is in Austin land 3/8-3/17. • And by the time you read this, you’ll know whether “The Gatekeepers” (pictured) has won the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Feature. Featuring rare interviews with the heads of Shin Bet, Israel’s secretive internal security service, the film opens 3/8 at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre (www.landmarktheatres.com). Also onscreen at the RO: “A Place at the Table” (3/1); “Emperor” (3/8); “No” (3/15); “Stoker” (3/15) and the following midnighters: “Monty Python & The Holy Grail” (3/1-3/2); “The Room” (3/8 only); “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” (3/9 only); “The ABC’s of Death“ (3/15-3/16); “Some Like It Hot” (3/22-3/23); and the classic gangster flick “The Godfather” (3/29-3/30). • 14 Pews (www.14pews.org) is getting all multimedia this month with cocktails, art shows, films and music perfs. To kick it off, they’re screening “In Another Country” (3/2, 6pm) by acclaimed Korean director Hong Sang Soo, and then they’ll be the featured org at Fresh Arts’ “Cultured Cocktails” booze and mula night on 3/14, 5-10pm. After that they’re hosting an art exhibition curated by Jay Wehnert of Intuitive Eye (www.intuitiveeye.org), “Plain Sight” (opening 3/16). Their month wraps up with screenings of “Make” (3/21, 7pm) and “God’s Architects” (3/28, 7pm) and a show by San Antonio-based singer/songwriter Nicolette Good on 3/29, 7:45pm.

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EVENT MARTINI MADNESS! WHY TO BENEFIT HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT WHERE HCCC WHEN JANUARY 17 The “Mad Men” style soiree was the hot ticket in town once more. The chic cocktail fundraiser featured one-of-a-kind glasses, bottomless martinis, sizzling snacks, live jazz, a big-board auction and mid-century style. At the beginning of the evening, guests got to select their favorite artisan martini glass (handmade by local and national craft artists) to use and take home. The Center’s main galleries were decorated with gorgeous colored lights, mod designs and white snowflakes. The 250 guests wearing “Mad Men”-inspired fashions had tons of fun posing for color and black-and-white photos at Evan Mallett’s retro photo booth as they grooved to swinging jazz by the Jeremy Dorsey Trio.

Robert and Jaqueline Guevara

Jan Harrell, Anna Walker

Jonathan Glus, Alton LaDay, Michele Muylle

Christina Carfora, Mary Headrick

Jordan Campbell, Carla Valencia, Marzi Petris

Billy Frank, Nicci Guzman

Photography by Kim Coffman

Araina Jefferson, Columbus Woodruff

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Alley A Few Good Men 2:30 & 7:30pm | Hobby TUTS: Man of La Mancha 2:30 & 7:30pm | Acis and Galatea 7:30pm | HOB Ryan Bingham 8pm Jones Houston Symphony: Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Plus Kavakos 2:30pm | Main Street Memory House 3pm | Reliant Stadium HLSR: Julion Alvarez & Los Invasores de Nuevo Leon 3:45pm| Stages Wittenberg 3pm | Language Archive 3pm Toyota Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam 1 & 5pm Wortham HB: Don Giovanni 2pm

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HOB TWLOHA’s Heavy & Light Tour w/ Jon Foreman & more 6pm Reliant Stadium HLSR: Styx 6:45pm

Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 11:30am Reliant Stadium HLSR: Jason Aldean 6:45pm

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Alley A Few Good Men 7:30pm HOB Serendipity The Tour featuring Honor Society 9pm | Major Lazer 9pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 11:30am Reliant Stadium HLSR: Kenny Chesney 6:45pm Toyota MUSE 7pm Warehouse Woe, is Me; Crown The Empire & Dayshell 7pm | Dillon Francis 9pm

Alley A Few Good Men 7:30pm Hobby TUTS: Man of La Mancha 7:30pm HOB Testament: Dark Roots of Trash 6pm Reliant Stadium HLSR: Dierks Bentley 6:45pm Stages Wittenberg 7:30pm | Language Archive 7:30pm Toyota Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam 7:30pm Wortham Da Camera: A Little Day Music Noon

Alley A Few Good Men 7:30pm HOB Bad Religion 8pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 11:30am Reliant Stadium HLSR: Jake Owen 6:45pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Toyota Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns 7pm Warehouse Silverstein 6pm Wortham SPA: Benjamin Grosvenor, Piano 7:30pm

Alley A Few Good Men 8pm Bayou Music Center Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth 8pm Hobby Jersey Boys 7:30pm Main Street Henry V 7:30pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Toyota Rockets vs. Utah Jazz 7pm Wortham SPA: The Knights with Wu Man 7:30pm

Hobby Jersey Boys 7:30pm Jones Houston Symphony: Detectives 9:30 & 11:15am Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Toyota Rockets vs. Indian Pacers 7pm Warehouse The Summer Set, We are the In Crowd, Go Radio & For the Foxes 7:30pm

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Alley A Few Good Men 7:30pm Bayou Music Center Yo Gabba Gabba!

Live: Get the Sillies Out! 3pm HOB Pentatonix 8pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 11:30am Reliant Stadium HLSR: Pitbull 6:45pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Toyota Aeros vs. Abbotsford Heat 7:05pm Warehouse The Ghost Inside, Rotting Out, Stray from the Path & Stick to Your Guns 7pm Wortham SPA: Grupo Corpo 8pm

Alley A Few Good Men 7:30pm Bayou Music Center Jim Gaffigan 7:30pm Hobby Jersey Boys 7:30pm Main Street Henry V 7:30pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Toyota Aeros vs. Charlotte Checkers 7:05pm Wortham HGO: To Cross The Face of the Moon 7:30pm

Hobby Jersey Boys 7:30pm Jones Houston Symphony: Detectives 9:30 & 11:15am | Salute to Educators 7:30pm Main Street Henry V 7:30pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 7:30pm Wortham Houston International Dance Coalition: Dance Salad 7:30pm

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Alley A Few Good Men 8pm Jones Houston Symphony: Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast 8pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 11:30am Reliant Stadium HLSR: Blake Shelton 6:45pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 8pm Toyota Rockets vs. Minnesota Timberwolves 7pm Warehouse Enter Shikari, Architects & Heartist 7pm Wortham HB: The Rite of Spring 7:30pm | SPA: Grupo Corpo 8pm

Alley A Few Good Men 8pm Hobby Jersey Boys 8pm HOB Ones to Watch Presents Blackberry Smoke 9pm Jones Houston Symphony: West Side Story 8pm Main Street Henry V 8pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 8pm Toyota Rockets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers 7pm Warehouse Sleeping with Sirens, Conditions, Dangerkids & Lions Lions 7pm Wortham Mercury Baroque: 2013 Gala 7pm | Da Camera: Don Byron New Gospel Quintet 8pm

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Hobby Jersey Boys 8pm Main Street Henry V 8pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 8pm Toyota Aeros vs. Grand Rapids Griffins 7:05pm Wortham Houston International Dance Coalition: Dance Salad 7:30pm

Alley A Few Good Men 2:30 & 8pm Jones Houston Symphony: Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast 8pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 1 & 4pm | Henry V 8pm Reliant Stadium HLSR: Luke Bryan 6:45pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 8pm Toyota Eric Clapton 7:30pm Wortham HB: The Rite of Spring 7:30pm | SPA: Voca People 7:30pm

Alley A Few Good Men 2:30 & 7:30pm Hobby Jersey Boys 2 & 8pm Jones Houston Symphony: West Side Story 8pm Main Street Miss Nelson Is Missing 1 & 4pm | Henry V 8pm Reliant Arena Royal Comedy Tour 7pm | Neon Splash Dash 5K 6pm Stages Always…Patsy Cline 8pm Toyota Aeros vs. Rochester Americans 7:05pm Wortham HGO: To Cross The Face of the Moon 2 & 7:30pm Fashion is Forever Runway Show will feature designers showcasing designs in fashion, handbags and accessories.

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By Pixie Ibañez

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1. THE MENIL COLLECTION www.menil.org Untitled (Structures): Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with Bradford Young, on view thru May 5. This exhibition represents the premiere of a dual-projection film installation

by New York-based artist Leslie Hewitt in collaboration with independent filmmaker and experimental cinematographer Bradford Young. The work was co-commissioned by the Des Moines Art Center, the Menil Collection and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. It was initiated in response to the Menil’s extensive holdings of Civil Rightsera photography. For Hewitt the film is about slowing down our perception of time and thinking about the architectural spaces of history that are often forgotten and remain unnamed.

2. HOUSTON CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY www.hcponline.org Unusual Garden, on view March 8. Exhibit will focus on the curious perspectives of gardens and botanical material, both natural and manicured. The works on view will include Judy Haberl’s magical photo-luminescent photographic installation of topiaries, David Robinson’s colorful luminograms of mushrooms, Ruud van Empel’s haunting images of children set amid lush greenery, Lynn Geesaman’s shimmering and inviting pictures of classic European countryside and Brad Temkin’s high-rise landscape featuring unique and beautiful rooftop gardens.

3. THE ROTHKO CHAPEL www.rothkochapel.org The Rothko Chapel, founded by John and Dominique de Menil, was dedicated in 1971 as an intimate sanctuary available to people of every belief in a modern meditative environment inspired by the mural canvases of Russianborn, American painter Mark Rothko (1903-1970).

4. HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT www.crafthouston.org Roughneck: A Juried Clay Houston Exhibition, on view thru March 31. This exhibition features many members of Clay Houston and displays the skillful ceramic ability in the Greater Houston and Southeast Areas. The pieces are experimental and eye-catching. Out of 38 artists and 107 pieces of work, 16 pieces of 15 artists were chosen by New York-based curator, and a strong supporter of Texas craft, Susie J. Silbert. The works chosen not only represent the contemporary ceramic movement in Houston but also the theme of Earth/Energy at the National Council on Education for Ceramic Arts (NCECA) 47th Annual Conference, and the 2013 NCECA Biennial exhibition.

5. LAWNDALE ARTCENTER www.lawndaleartcenter.org The Breathless Bagatelle, on view thru April 20. Richard Nix creates drawings that are rooted in geometry and applies sets of rules that govern the process. An example of these rules includes: “The middle line on a ‘C’ and a ‘D’ note must be in Morse code to the works of “Ode to Joy.”

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The background can be colored in when the sum of the lines add up to 9. No line can cross another line. Nix’s intention is to create work based on process and to see what happens when given a set of rules how will these compositions evolve.

6. BUFFALO SOLDIERS NATIONAL MUSEUM www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com This museum pays tribute to African-American military history from the Revolutionary War to modern times.

During the 1860s, soldiers of the 10th U.S. Cavalry were nicknamed “Buffalo Soldiers” for their fierce fighting ability and bravery.

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7. HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON www.hmh.org Fragments: Architecture of the Holocaust, An Artist’s Journey through the Camps, on view thru March 29. Karl Koenig’s photographic eye and particular gumoil photographic printing techniques explore the architectural remains of 10 Nazi concentration camps. He offers a unique interpretation of what these buildings may have been like for the camp prisoners. Koenig wants to transport the observer into the horror of the camps.

8. CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF HOUSTON www.cmhouston.org Destination Celebration Spring Break Bash, March 9-17.

Set sail on a voyage of discovery where your itinerary is filled to the brim with exciting, non-stop exhilaration.

Embark on a daily adventure filled with thrills including rolling in our Giant Hamster Ball, soaring to new heights on our Bungee Trampoline, climbing to the top of the Coconut Tree and more! Don’t miss out on a pie-induced frenzy during our annual Shaving Cream Pi(e) Showdown, on Pi Day, March 14!

9. THE HEALTH MUSEUM www.thehealthmuseum.org Backyard Monsters: The World of Insects, on view March 9. They’re back! Take a tour through what you’ve been stepping on in your own backyard, but this time, the bugs are enormous! These giant, animatronic bugs make all of the chirping and clicking noises real bugs make. Plus, education stations will have activities that demonstrate what life would be like as a bug.

10. HOUSTON MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCE www.hmns.org Fabergé: A Brilliant Vision, on view indefinitely. Simply hearing the name Fabergé evokes the splendor and extravagance of late 19th- and early 20th-century Imperial Russia. The House of Fabergé designed the renowned Imperial Easter Eggs for the Romanov family, as well as an array of objects d’art, luxurious gifts and practical items for the wealthy patrons of Europe. Visitors can glimpse this grandeur in a special exhibition of Fabergé from the McFerrin Collection. Featuring more than 350 objects, highlights include two Fabergé eggs recently added to the collection—the breathtaking Diamond Trellis Imperial Egg and one of the celebrated Kelch Eggs.

11. HOUSTON ZOO www.houstonzoo.org Interested in knowing how the zookeepers keep the animals healthy and taken care of? There are zookeeper talks

almost every day to let you know more about cougars, sea lions, elephants and the aquarium. But if you want a closer encounter with your favorite critter at the zoo, experience the fruit bat feeding, touch an armadillo, see the elephant get a bath or visit the African Forest for a chance to feed the giraffes. Download their zoo app and now you have a digital guide through the zoo!

12. RICE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY www.ricegallery.org Wheel of Everyday Life, on view thru March 17. Gunilla Klingberg draws from her background in graphic design and sculpture expressing her art through installations in a series called Brand New View in which she reconfigures supermarket, fast food and big box store logos into large scale patterns associated with sacred Buddhists mandalas and cosmological diagrams used for meditation. This native of Stockholm, Sweden, explores the concept of how “the spiritual is commercialized and the commercial spiritualized.”

13. THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON www.mfah.org Portrait of Spain: Masterpieces from the Prado, on view thru March 31. The exhibition tells the story of the evolution of painting in Spain from the 16th thru the 19th century with over 100 masterpieces from the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. Artists reflect the changes in society, culture, politics and religion that contributed to the development of the Spanish identity. Masterpieces by leading Spanish artists like Francisco de Goya, El Greco and Diego Velasquez as well as artists who worked for the royal court like Peter Paul Rubens and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo are well represented in the exhibit.

14. CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON www.camh.org Perspectives 181: Human Nature, on view thru June 9.

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Ceramic Arts. Five ceramic artists have created work in response to the photographs taken by a single documentarian. Both the photographs and resulting sculpture will be on view.

16. CZECH CENTER MUSEUM www.czechcenter.org  The Czech Center Museum Houston works to preserve, record and celebrate the language, scholarship and arts of Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia and Slovakia.

17. JOHN C. FREEMAN WEATHER MUSEUM www.weathermuseum.org  Explore animal habitats in the Interactive Climate Zone, touch a tornado, learn how to make your own hurricane preparedness kit and be a weather reporter for WRC-TV. The museum houses nine permanent exhibits and offers many exciting programs including weather camps, Boy/Girl Scout badge classes, teacher workshops, birthday parties and weather labs.

Perspectives exhibition in the Zilkha Gallery featuring new work by young, Houston-area artists. The Teen Council selects the theme, title and guest juror, and helps with the design, installation, printed exhibition catalogue and programming.

15. THE JUNG CENTER OF HOUSTON www.junghouston.org  Call and Response, on view thru March 23. Citywide conference for the National Council on Education for the

18. ASIA SOCIETY TEXAS CENTER www.asiasociety.org  Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter, on view thru April 14, is a collaboration with Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program to bring Houston the first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture mounted by the Smithsonian.

Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience, and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.

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for art’s sake

By Jeff Lane Photogrpahy by Cody Bess

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HIS MONTH THE HOUSTON ART SCENE WILL OFFER UP A LITTLE ROLE-REVERSAL. YOU MAY RECOGNIZE THE NAME TOBY KAMPS. HE IS

THE CURATOR OF MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART FOR THE MENIL COLLECTION. PREVIOUSLY CURATOR AT THE CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM HOUSTON, HE’S NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RESPECTED FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A BROAD AND IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF PROVOCATIVE PROJECTS.

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Toby has agreed to flip roles with local Houston artist Sharon Engelstein, and have his own photography grace the walls of Front, the gallery she runs with her artist husband out of their house on Bonnie Brae. Entitled 99¢ Dreams, the exhibit will debut on March 2 and remain through the end of the month.

“It was Sharon’s idea,” Toby said. “The artist curating the curator. She’d seen me around with my camera and asked me about it. I showed her a few photos online, and she thought, hey, this could be something.”

Toby is quick to dispel any notion that he is secretly an artist just biding his time as an internationally respected curator. But it is clear he loves photography, a relationship he’s enjoyed since he was a young boy growing up in Milwaukee.

“IT’S NOT REALLY A RELEASE. IT’S NOT RELAXING. IT’S HARD TO DO. I FALL IN AND OUT OF LOVE WITH IT ALL THE TIME. I COULD BE IN PARIS ON A BUSINESS TRIP AND SHOOT ROLLS OF FILM AND COME BACK WITH NOTHING. BUT THEN I RIDE MY BIKE TO WORK, CATCH ONE SHOT AND IT’S GREAT.” “As a kid, I took a lot of pictures,” he said. “My mom had a newspaper column about fashionable people in Milwaukee. She had a Nikon with a portrait lens and let me borrow it from time to time.”

Working mostly in black and white film, his subjects tend to be whatever he discovers when he ventures out. The body of work doesn’t reveal a mission or any intended study, but rather a process of discovery.

“I like to have people in the shots,” he said. “But it’s mostly candid. There is this diary quality. I’m lucky. I get to meet a lot of interesting people and travel to interesting places. And when I get some spare time, I’ll walk around with my camera on the way to museums or galleries or meetings.”

He smiles at one shot, recalling stepping off a train at a station in Leipzig, as two girls were putting makeup on each other “at some ungodly hour of the morning.” Another reveals an encounter at a

bus stop in Tel Aviv when he happened upon some guys unloading mannequins, handing each other body parts from the trunk of their car. Toby caught one of them as he shot a thuggish look toward the camera.

That response isn’t typical. Toby exudes an easygoing nature, and like the photographer himself, the work suggests curiosity, not invasiveness.

“I don’t know if there is some sort of personal characteristic I’m emanating,” he said, regarding his ability to capture personal moments without causing a stir. “Maybe in this digital age, every cell phone has a camera on it and people just don’t care anymore.”

“You blend in, you merge with the scene,” Engelstein adds.

“Early on I was aware of street photography,” he said. “Lee Friedlander is a hero of mine. He’s one of those artists it took me a long time to get. I just did not understand what he was doing. He had these very complex compositions. But I’m inspired by those street photographers.”

When asked what photography serves for him, he says it’s not an escape from the day job at all.

“It’s not really a release. It’s not relaxing. It’s hard to do. I fall in and out of love with it all the time. I could be in Paris on a business trip and shoot rolls of film and come back with nothing. But then I ride my bike to work, catch one shot and it’s great.”

Does his photography affect the day job?

“I work with a lot of artists. And sometimes you get stuck in the administrative side of the job. Even though a curator gets to see the artists at work, and then finished product, it’s still easy to underestimate the amount of labor and decision making that goes into it.”

For her part, Engelstein admires the curator’s willingness to share his personal work.

“He’s putting himself out there,” she said. “And given who he is, there is a certain amount of scrutiny and expectation.”

“I’m very flattered to have this show,” Toby added.

“I’m a little nervous about the exposure. But I do think it’s fair. After all, I get to make decisions about 99¢ Dreams people’s work. So turnOpening March 2. about is fair play.”

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MUSEUMS 1940 AIR TERMINAL MUSEUM www.1940airterminal.org 8325 Travelair Rd. 713.454.1940

ART CAR MUSEUM www.artcarmuseum.com 140 Heights Blvd. 713.861.5526

BLAFFER ART MUSEUM www.class.uh.edu/blaffer 4800 Calhoun Rd. 713.743.9521 GALVESTON ARTS CENTER www.contemporaryartgalveston.org 2127 Strand St. 409.763.2403

HERITAGE SOCIETY www.heritagesociety.org 1100 Bagby 713.655.1912 HOUSTON FIRE MUSEUM www.houstonfiremuseum.org 2403 Milam 713.524.2526 MUSEUM OF PRINTING HISTORY www.printingmuseum.org 1324 W. Clay St. 713.522.4652 MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN HISTORY www.hbu.edu/MuseumOfSouthernHistory 7502 Fondren Rd. 281.649.3997 ORANGE SHOW www.orangeshow.org 2401 Munger 713.926.6368

PROJECT ROW HOUSES www.projectrowhouses.org 2521 Holman 713.526.7662 STATION MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART www.stationmuseum.com 1502 Alabama 713.529.6900 UNIVERSITY MUSEUM www.umusetsu.org 3100 Cleburne Ave. 713.313.7145

ART HOUSES 18 HANDS GALLERY www.18handsgallery.com 249 West 19th St. 713.869.3099 March16-17, Tom Coleman- pre-NCECA Workshop AEROSOL WARFARE GALLERY + BOUTIQUE www.aerosolwarfare.com 2110 Jefferson St. #113, 832.748.8369

ANYA TISH GALLERY www.anyatishgallery.com 4411 Montrose Blvd. 713.524.2299 ARCHWAY GALLERY www.archwaygallery.com 2305 Dunlavy 713.522.2409 Opens March 2, Relocation to Another Country

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ART LEAGUE HOUSTON www.artleaguehouston.org 1953 Montrose Blvd. 713.523.9530 Thru March 8, The Uncontrollable Nature of Grief and Forgiveness (or lack of)

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BARBARA DAVIS GALLERY www.barbaradavisgallery.com 4411 Montrose 713.520.9200 Opens March 22, Love Story by Andrea Bianconi

BETZ GALLERY www.betzgallery.com 1208 W. Gray 713.576.6954

BOOKER-LOWE GALLERY www.bookerlowegallery.com 4623 Feagan St. 713.880.1541 Opens March 7, New Paintings by Rosella Namok

CANAL ST. GALLERY www.canalstreetgallery.com 2219 Canal St. 713.228.3848 CAROLINE COLLECTIVE www.carolinecollective.cc 4820 Caroline St. 713.825.4613 COMMUNITY ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE www.thecollective.org 1413 Holman 713.523.1616

DAKOTA GALLERY www.dakotaframing.com 2324 Shearn St. 713.523.7440

DARKE GALLERY www.darkegallery.com 5321 Feagan 713.542.3802 Opens March 22, FUNK AND BUDGE by Verne Funk and Susan Budge DEBORAH COLTON GALLERY www.deborahcoltongallery.com 2445 North Blvd. 713.869.5151 Thru April 20, Dying to Live by Harif Guzman

DESANTOS GALLERY www.desantosgallery.com 1724 Richmond 713.520.1200 DIVERSEWORKS www.diverseworks.org 1117 East Freeway 713.223.8346 Thru March 16, Free Fall by Tony Feher

DOMY BOOKS www.domystore.com 1709 Westheimer 713.523.3669 FOTOFEST www.fotofest.org 1113 Vine St. 713.223.5522 Thru March 9, Crónicas

G GALLERY www.ggalleryhouston.com 301 East 11th St. 713.822.4842 Thru March 31, Eclectic Momentum by Debra Broz

GALLERY 1724 www.gallery1724.blogspot.com 1724 Bissonnet St. 713.523.2547 Opens March 21, Skin Embellished, group exhibit GALLERY SONJA ROESCH www.gallerysonjaroesch.com 2309 Caroline 713.659.5424 Opens March 2, Time Does Not Exist Here

by Jonathan Leach GITE GALLERY www.thegitegallery.com 2024 East Alabama St. 713.523.3311

GOLDESBERRY GALLERY www.goldesberrygallery.com 2625 Colquitt 713.528.0405 GREEN HOUSE GALLERY www.greenhousegallery.com 716 W. Alabama St. 713.535.6462

GREMILLION & CO. FINE ART www.gremillion.com 2501 Sunset Blvd. 713.522.2701 H GALLERY www.hgallery.org 617 W. 19th 713.456.9513

HANNAH BACOL BUSCH GALLERY www.hannahbacolbuschgallery.com 6900 S. Rice 713.527.0523 Opens March 23, Americana Vigor, group exhibit

HCC-CENTRAL GALLERY www.centralfinearts.info 3517 Austin 713.718.6600 HOLLYWOOD FRAME GALLERY www.hollywoodframegallery.com 2427 Bissonnet 713.942.8885 HOOKS-EPSTEIN GALLERIES www.hooksepsteingalleries.com 2631 Colquitt St. 713.522.0718 Thru March 16, Directions by Christopher St. Leger

HOUSTON LANDMARK GALLERY www.houstonlandmarkgallery.com 1200 McKinney 713.927.8800 HOUSTON STUDIOS 707 Walnut St. 713.223.0951

IMAGO DEI www.imagodeigallery.com 2525 Robinson St. #100, 713.520.5557

INMAN GALLERY www.inmangallery.com 3901 Main St. 713.526.7800 KINZELMAN ART CONSULTING www.kinzelmanart.com 3909 Main St. 713.533.9923

KOELSCH GALLERY www.koelschgallery.com 703 Yale 713.626.0175 Opens March 20, BLOOM by Rebecca Hutchison and Mallory Wetherell

LAURA RATHE FINE ART www.laurarathe.com 2707 Colquitt 713.527.7700 LAURA U COLLECTION www.laurau.com 1840 Westheimer 713.522.0855

M2 GALLERY www.gallerymsquared.com 339 W. 19th St. 713.861.6070

McCLAIN GALLERY www.mcclaingallery.com 2242 Richmond Ave. 713.520.9988

McMURTREY GALLERY www.mcmurtreygallery.com 3508 Lake St. 713.523.8238 Thru March 16, The Pleasure of Ruins

by Sydney Philen Yeager MEEK STUDIO & GALLERY www.meekgallery.com 1824 Spring St. #109, 713.259.9226

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MEREDITH LONG GALLERY www.meredithlonggallery.com 2323 San Felipe 713.523.6671

MIDTOWN ART CENTER www.midtownartcenter.com 3414 La Branch 713.521.8803 MONTROSE ART SOCIETY www.montroseartsociety.com 4715 Main St. 713.316.0402

MOODY GALLERY www.moodygallery.com 2815 Colquitt 713.526.991 Thru March 23, Black Black Forest by Lisa Ledwig

MOTHER DOG STUDIOS www.motherdogstudios.com 720 Walnut 713.229.9760 MUIR FINE ART GALLERY www.muirfineartgallery.com 796 Town and Country Blvd. #114, 281.497.8009 NAU-HAUS GALLERY www.nau-haus.com 223 E. 11th St. 713.261.1409

NEW GALLERY www.newgalleryhouston.com 3225 Milam St. 713.520.7053 NOLAN-RANKIN GALLERIES www.nolan-rankingalleries.com 6 Chelsea Blvd. 713.528.0664

O’KANE GALLERY www.uhd.edu One Main St. @ UHD 713.221.8042

PARKERSON GALLERY www.parkersongallery.com 3510 Lake St. 713.524.4945 POISSANT GALLERY www.poissantgallery.com 5102 Center St. 713.868.9337 POST GALLERY www.postgallery.com By appointment only. 713.622.4241 RECORD RANCH GALLERY www.cactusmusictx.com 2110 Portsmouth 713.526.9272 REDBUD GALLERY www.redbudgallery.com 303 E. 11th St. 713.862.2532

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RETRO GALLERY www.retrogallery.com 1839 W. Alabama 713.522.7074 RUDOLPH PROJECTS I ARTSCAN GALLERY www.rudolphprojects.com 1836 Richmond Ave. 713.807.1836 S & T ART & DESIGN www.sandtartanddesign.com 2424 Sawyer Heights 281.250.4889

SICARDI GALLERY www.sicardi.com 2246 Richmond Ave. 713.529.1313

SPACE125 GALLERY www.haatx.com 3201 Allen Parkway 713.527.9330 SPRING STREET STUDIOS www.springstreetstudios.info 1824 Spring Street 713.862.0082 STUDIO SEVEN 1107 East Freeway 713.224.5555

TALENTO BILINGUE www.tbhcenter.org 333 S. Jensen Dr. 713.222.1213

THORNWOOD GALLERY www.thornwoodgallery.com 2643 Colquitt St. 713.528.4278 Open March 23, Spring Florals, group exhibit VAUGHAN CHRISTOPHER GALLERY www.vaughanchristopher.com 1217 S. Shepherd 713.533.0816

WADE WILSON ART www.wadewilsonart.com 4411 Montrose #200, 713.521.2977 Thru March 16, Tre Impasto, group exhibit WATERCOLOR ART SOCIETY www.watercolorhouston.org 1601 West Alabama 713.942.9966 Opens March 12, 36th WAS-H International Exhibit WINTER STREET STUDIOS www.winterstreetstudios.net 2101 Winter St. 713.862.0082

XNIHILO GALLERY www.xnil.org 2115 Taft St. 713.622.1846

ZARPOSH INDIA GALLERY www.zarposhindia.com 5910 Southwest Fwy. 713.668.2948

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nonprofit Photography by Jill Hunter

LIVE

CONSORTIUM A CONVERSATION WITH FOUNDER AND VOLUNTEER BEAU MILLER, SHANNON HALL AND MICHAEL MCDOWELL

BAN KI-MOON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, PROCLAIMED RECENTLY THAT “STIGMA REMAINS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT BARRIER TO PUBLIC HEALTH ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE AIDS EPIDEMIC.”

Shannon: How long has LIVE Consortium existed and what is its purpose?

Beau: LIVE was formed January 2009 in order to eliminate the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. Our goal, simply, is to break down the barriers and obstacles, otherwise known as stigma, people face when talking about HIV with their friends and family. Our belief is that if we can reduce the stigma barrier people will talk about their HIV status before sex and people will not be afraid to seek HIV-related care. If we can accomplish those two things, we will take a huge step forward in ending the AIDS/HIV epidemic.

gic planning committee chairman for another local ASO in town and given the responsibility to figure out how that organization was going to be relevant in the future. As I started to contemplate what the needs of the community are and what the obstacles were keeping people from using HIV/AIDS resources that were already present, I realized that the obstacle was stigma. It was also a self-realization. It was stigma that prevented me from reaching out to my family and friends when I was diagnosed. If it happened to me, it must be happening to others. The ASO I was with didn’t want to pursue the stigma idea. So, we started LIVE.

Shannon: How does LIVE strive to reduce stigma?

Beau: Through educating our community about HIV, the negative impact of stigma and what they can do to change it. Our major programs are designed to educate college students, African-American women, and gay men. College students because they are the public policy leaders of tomorrow. African-American women and gay men because those are the two demographics most impacted by HIV. In addition to our education initiatives, we also are on the cutting-edge of HIV stigma research.

Shannon: Going back to what Beau was saying, I think people are afraid, if they are diagnosed, what people will think of them. There tends to be a wall, a kneejerk protection mechanism of not letting anyone know, and that leads to unsafe behavior.

Michael: And it all comes from stigma and people thinking that HIV is a terrible thing, when in reality, yes, it is a terrible thing but it’s completely manageable today. It shouldn’t shorten your lifespan if you take care of yourself. In terms of transmission, there is no need for it to be transmitted – you can totally protect yourself or others.

Carla: Where did the idea for LIVE come from? Do you remember where and how that happened?

Beau: I do. I was on a plane from Houston to London. At that time I was the strate-

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Beau: LIVE came from the idea that we can all live a healthy and full life in a

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left to right: Beau Miller, Shannon Hall, Michael McDowell

MISSION LIVE CONSORTIUM, A HOUSTON-BASED 501(C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROVIDES HIV AND ANTI-STIGMA EDUCATION AND RESEARCH-BASED PROGRAMS SO THAT ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF STATUS, CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE HEALTHY AND FULL LIVES.

world with HIV. Consortium means two or more people coming together for a common purpose. LIVE Consortium is two or more people coming together for the purpose of living, living without fear.

Shannon: One thing that I’m really intrigued by is that your organization has so many motivated volunteers. How did you manage to do that?

Beau: (laughing) I think we have been extremely fortunate to attract such a great group of men and women. When we started LIVE, we didn’t have any resources on which to draw from to hire staff. In fact, it wasn’t till last July that we hired our first full time Director of Operations. But even today, volunteers are our executive level leaders. So I think our success is a mixture of not wanting to spend a lot of our resources on administrative salaries, we would rather spend that money on programs, and engaging people with significant responsibilities.

Carla: How can people get involved?

Beau: The most timely thing people can do now is join or donate to LIVE’s AIDS walk team. AIDS Foundation is hosting its annual walk on March 10. It just so happens to be one of LIVE’s biggest fundraisers of the year as well.

Michael: LIVE’s team, TEAM LIVE, was also the largest fundraiser at last year’s AIDS Walk. Last year TEAM LIVE raised nearly $100,000. If you sign up or donate to TEAM LIVE, LIVE Consortium receives 70% of the funds the team raises. We need everyone to sign up or donate today. It is a great way to donate to two great organizations.

Go to www.aidshelp.org or call LIVE’s offices at 713.861.5483.

One of the great perks of being on TEAM LIVE is our t-shirt. This year Sloan/Hall is donating the t-shirts which are designed by 002houston art director Alex Rosa.

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fresh arts scene

AS WINTER TURNS TO SPRING IMMEDIATELY INTO SUMMER AND WORLD KIDNEY DAY DIRECTLY PRECEDES ST. PATRICK’S DAY, I’VE DECIDED THAT MARCH IS A MONTH OF DUALITIES. LUCKY FOR US, THE ART IN MARCH IS NO EXCEPTION…SO GET ON OUT THERE AND EMBRACE HOUSTON’S WONDERFULLY DIVERGENT OFFERINGS! FOR STARTERS, GO GET ‘BEAT’ AT ORANGE SHOW’S ALL

By Sarah Schellenberg DAY KEROUAC FEST, THEN LATER IN THE MONTH HEAD OVER TO 4411 MONTROSE FOR THE EPHEMERAL CHAMBER OPERA, SELKIE, A SEA TALE! ON THE IDES OF MARCH, DON’T MISS LYNN LANES’ CRISP BLACK-AND-WHITE STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS, SHOWN OPPOSITE OF MELANIE LOEW’S LOVELY PAINTED PORTRAITS, IN CATS, BUNNIES, AND THE SURFACE VALUE OF IT ALL, OPENING MARCH 15TH AT FRESH ARTS. CHECK OUT THE DETAILS OF THESE EVENTS AND MORE BELOW.

Kerouac Fest 2013: Go!Go!Go! March 9 from 3pm – 10pm Whether you’re familiar with Jack Kerouac’s writing or just have a passing notion of what the Beat Generation is, you’ll find something to appreciate at Kerouac Fest. Produced by Tanyia Johnson of Make.Play.Speak. and poet Stephen Gros, Kerouac Fest will include a rich lineup of performances, readings, panel discussions and in-depth analysis of the Beat Generation. Scheduled for the day: a youth poetry performance from Writers in the Schools, screenings of Beat films, poetry buskers, selected readings from On the Road and live jazz performances. Tickets are $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Orange Show Center for Visionary Art (2402 Munger St., Houston, TX 77023) To purchase online orangeshow.org/events/121/.

Cats,

Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All

Jason Dibley with Orange Cat

Opening reception March 15 @ 6pm (On view through March 26) Fresh Arts invites you to Cats, Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All, an exhibition by Houston artists Lynn Lane and Melanie Loew. While using the very different mediums of black-and-white studio photography and paint on paper, both Lane and Loew explore the dynamic relationship between humans and animals, specifically cats and bunnies, through a series of portraits. Cats, Bunnies, and The Surface Value of It All opens Friday, March 15, 6-8pm. Fresh Arts (2101 Winter Street)—FREE. www.Fresharts.org

Community Artists’ Collective: Cultural Exchange March 20-April 28, 2013 Opening reception March 22 @ 6pm This invitational group exhibition is in conjunction with NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts) exhibition at the George R. Brown Convention

James Watkins

Wissinger

Center March 20-23. Curators are Chuck and Fulden Wissinger; participating artists are Chuck Wissinger, Fulden Sara-Wissinger, James Watkins, Jesse Sifuentes, Marsha Dorsey-Outlaw, Hana Bibliowicz and Elizabeth MontgomeryShelton. The gallery will be open from 10am to 5pm March 18-24 during the NCECA Convention, then open Thursdays through Saturdays from noon to 5pm.

Midtown Art Center Tea Room (1413 Holman at LaBranch) FREE. thecollective.org

Inprint Amber Dermont & Jesmyn Ward Reading March 25 @ 7:30pm The 2012/2013 Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series continues with fiction writers Amber Dermont and Jesmyn Ward. Former Inprint fellowship recipient and UH Creative Writing Program alumna, Dermont is the author of the acclaimed Amber Dermont novel The Starboard Sea and will read from her new story collection, Damage Control. Ward received the 2011 National Book Award for her second novel, Salvage the Bones, set around Hurricane Katrina. The reading takes place at Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (800 Bagby). General admission tickets: $5, available at www.inprinthouston.org.

Misha Penton | Divergence Vocal Theater: Selkie, a sea tale! A new chamber opera by Elliot Cole with lyrics by Misha Penton CD release concert, March 29 & 30 @ 8pm Join Divergence Vocal Theater for a concert in celebration of the CD release and music video premiere of Selkie, a sea tale: a love story of fragile, ephemeral halfhuman, half-seal beings. Elliot Cole composed the haunting musical setting of fairytale poetry by soprano and Divergence Vocal Theater artistic director, Misha Penton. Performers: Misha Penton, Meg Brooker, Kyle Evans, Patrick Moore, Shannon Langman Smith. (4411 Montrose) $20. www.divergencevocaltheater.org

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born cool. grow hip.

By Pixie Ibañez

FROM COMPUTER SCREENS TO TELEVISIONS TO TELEPHONES, KIDS SPEND ENDLESS HOURS IN FRONT OF BLUE LIGHT SCREENS. AND WHILE MANY OF THESE INTERACTIONS ARE GEARED TOWARDS EDUCATION AND ARE BENEFICIAL, PARENTS ARE SCRAMBLING TO KEEP KIDS IN TUNE (AND INTERESTED) WITH THE AMAZING WORLD AROUND THEM. KEEPING THE LOVE FOR CULTURE ALIVE IS UP TO US! INTRODUCE YOUR CHILDREN TO THE VARIOUS CITYWIDE ACTIVITIES HOUSTON HAS TO OFFER SO THEY LEARN TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE BOX, LITERALLY!

Pay it forward VOLUNTEERING BUILDS CHARACTER, EMPATHY AND SELFLESSNESS, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN AND TEENS.

Express yourself CREATIVITY IS FOOD FOR THE MIND AND SOUL. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON hosts Sunday Family Zone & Studio in the Beck Building every Sunday.

It’s ArtTime/FamilyTime. Spend time with the museum’s friendly family educators. Sit on a pillow and read, sketch a work of art and get involved in an investigation of a work of art. In the studio, create an art project inspired by original works of art on display. March Family Zones focus on the 8½-foot sculpture called Soundsuit by Nick Cave, made out of found rugs and mixed media. www.mfah.org HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT hosts Hands-on Houston, a free craft activity open house on the first Saturday of every month. Each month, a teaching artist demonstrates a craft related to the current exhibitions so participants can make their own crafts to take home. Families and children of all ages are welcome, and materials are provided. www.crafthouston.org

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HOUSTON SPCA is the largest animal shelter in the city. Children at least 15 years old can participate in their volunteer programs. Volunteers must attend an orientation session and commit to volunteering at least 2 hours per week. Tasks include helping with cleaning animal cages, assisting families with choosing a pet for adoption and walking the animals. They also have a Spring Critter Camp! www.houstonspca.org

BUFFALO BAYOU PARTNERSHIP offers a host of volunteer opportunities.

Bayou beautification is an easy, fun and convenient way for families, corporate, school and civic groups to foster teamwork and give back to the community. Muddy t-shirts and tired muscles only last a day, but the results of hard work for Houston’s signature waterway and park system will last for years. www.buffalobayou.org

HOUSTON FOOD BANK hosts a Family Night where volunteers are encouraged to bring their families with them once a month. Children 8 years of age and up are invited. The families can work on several different projects including sorting donated food items, building Backpack Buddy program bags, and packaging rice and beans. www.houstonfoodbank.org

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EVENT ALLEY THEATRE BALL PARTY WHY KICK-OFF CELEBRATION WHERE LOUIS VUITTON, GALLERIA WHEN JANUARY 22

Carol and Mike Linn Photography by Dave Rossman

In celebration of the 2013 Ball extravaganza, event Chairmen Carol and Mike Linn welcomed guests, mainly underwriters, to the dazzling new Louis Vuitton Galleria store. Guests were wowed by the gorgeous space, which was recently remodeled by famed architect Peter Marino and has doubled its original size. Partygoers targeted their favorite items as models strolled amongst the crowd showcasing the latest from the 2013 Cruise Collection and other classics the brand is known for.

Caroline Mathis, Ushi Clark

Amy Fote, Lindsey Brown, Juliet Moths

Jane and Dean Gladden, Lynn Wyatt

Sharin Norman, David Gugino

Lauren Freeman

Karen Schulte, Mathilde Leary

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MARCUS GILLASPIA sign King of the Jungle origin Unknown occupation Founder of Devout50.com

BRITTNEY GUILLORY sign Libra origin African American/ Honduran occupation Owner of B. Exclusive Events

people of houston

Photography by Anthony Rathbun

ROGER SOTO sign Sagittarius origin Chile occupation Architect

1. BRITTNEY GUILLORY • Where is your favorite place to hang out? Uptown Sushi and St. Genevieve’s!

They both have posh atmosphere, perfect for a girls’ night out or date!

• What celebrity would you like to get style tips from? Not a celebrity, but famed fashion blogger Karla Deras. I love EVERYTHING about her style!

• What’s your favorite room in your house?

The kitchen because that’s where my magic happens!

• What’s your signature scent? Chanel No. 5…so classic.

2. MARCUS GILLASPIA • What’s your favorite trend?

Giving to the less fortunate. It’s actually becoming a trend, isn’t it?

• If you never had to work, what would you do?

Surf - Pray - Give - Jam Bob Marley very LOUD! • If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I would take more time to listen when I meet people.

• What is the last book you read? Bible.

3. ROGER SOTO • What attracts you to a person? Wit, intelligence, optimism.

• What do you do in your spare time? Dance Argentinian Tango.

• What is your favorite movie?

Nemo. I can’t seem to see anything else these days.

• What kind of pet do you have? An old cat, a very old, annoying cat.

• What’s in your closet that you just can’t let go of?

A tuxedo I’m determined to wear whether or not it fits.

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costumes for cocktails

This LNA semi-sheer sweater just so happened to be a fatfind (aka: items that I find on serious sale and are available for purchase! Get used to that term, you’ll see it a lot). It looks like a simple black sweater but when you turn around – surprise! There’s a fun cutout in the back. Throw on a black or nude cami, or have fun and incorporate a pop of color. LNA sweater @ marzi@marzifat.com

Photography by Arthur Garcia Styled by Marzi Fatemizadeh

Sunglasses by Miu Miu @ Neiman Marcus Until you are able to strut your natural tan, fake it ’til you make it with these selftanning towelettes. One cloth tans your entire body and it smells soooo good!

Kate Somerville tanning towelettes @ Neiman Marcus For a little extra glow, highlight your cheekbones with the Limited Edition Rose Gold Tint

by By Terry. There is REAL gold in the tint.

Or De Rose Blush Prestige @ Kuhl-Linscomb

Crystal Necklace @ JCrew

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TRANSITIONING FROM WINTER TO SPRING WARDROBE IN HOUSTON ISN’T TOO BIG OF A LEAP. NOW THAT SPRING IS OFFICIALLY HERE, LET ME SHARE A FUN WAY TO EASE INTO THE SEASON EXPOSING THOSE LIMBS AND SKIN THAT HAVEN’T SEEN SUN IN OVER 4 MONTHS.

FatFinds - marzi@marzifat.com Haute Hippie - www.hautehippie.com JCrew - 800 Town & Country Blvd. 713.827.1743 Kuhl-Linscomb - 2424 W. Alabama 713.526.6000 Neiman Marcus - 2600 Post Oak Blvd. 713.621.7100

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The colorblock trend is still here and this clutch hit the mark. Feeling conservative?

Use the cream side. Feeling a little bold, use the yellow side. Two purses in one. So it kinda helps justify the hefty price tag. Right?

(Or at least that’s what I tell myself … ha!)

Alexander McQueen clutch @ Neiman Marcus Bet you never thought the words “sexy” and “harem pants” could be used in the same sentence but – lo and behold – Haute Hippie’s slit up the leg is perfect to show off a fabulous pair of heels, or throw it on over your bikini and be European chic! Harem pants available in black or army green @ Hautehippie.com

Shoes are a perfect way to jazz up an otherwise neutral outfit. If the thought of purchasing a bright colored or patterned shoe makes you a little nervous, go with one that is mostly neutral with a pop of color. These bad boys stopped me dead in my tracks. Borderline life-changing really. And I’m not a fan of anklestraps (#shortgirlproblems) but these are so thin they really resemble more of an anklet.

WINNING! Christian Louboutin @ Neiman Marcus

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EVENT 30TH ANNUAL RIENZI SOCIETY DINNER WHY TO BENEFIT MFAH WHERE RIENZI WHEN JANUARY 15 Ninety-plus patrons gathered for an intimate dinner at the beautiful Rienzi.

Their generosity raised substantial funds which will benefit the acquisition of new pieces for the MFAH’s house museum of European decorative arts and paintings. Guests sipped on refreshing libations as they previewed some of the carefully selected pieces. Music by the Apollo Chamber players, a classical string trio, set the tone for the affair as patrons dined on an elegant four-course meal by Jackson and Company.

Christiana McConn, Ann Doggett, Christy Persia

Cindy Thorp

Tommy Reckling, Carol Goodman, Cliffe Reckling

Eleni Fuller, Marilyn Winters

Pat Breen

Courtnay Elias

Photography by Jenny Antill

James Reckling

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Photography by Gabriella Nissen

BARBER SHOP

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1 BRONZER Don’t be afraid to get a little help with your glow.

2 NUXE Men’s luxe body set includes an energizing 3-in-1 bath wash, gel hydrator and deodorant.

3 OLE HENRIKSEN Sleek, foolproof packs are great for onthe-go in your car and gym bag.

Need a little help getting squeakyclean? Reach for their sponge.

4 Tried and true, KIEHL’S Powerful Wrinkle Reducing Cream dries quickly and tightens your skin.

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5 KERSTIN FLORIAN 3-step wonder starts with an exfoliating scrub to reveal, a raspberry extract to clear skin and a clarifying hydrator to quench skin.

6 TURO lip balm is non-greasy, completely heals chapped lips and has SPF15.

7 REFINERY Shaving Foam Gel & Post Shave Balm are a fragrance–free dream duo. The post-shave balm is antiseptic soothing redness while cooling skin.

8 LA MER Travel Kit is the ultimate high-end travel bag packed with the brand’s cult-classic products in small versions.

9 KERSTIN FLORIAN raspberry extract to clear skin and a clarifying hydrator to quench skin.

10 JACK BLACK Dragon Ice is great for those intense days at the gym.

This balm relieves all the pain.

11 JACK BLACK Volumizing Shampoo really delivers volume to every thin strand.

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SUPERSMILE Ultimate Lip Treatment hydrates and boosts collagen production. www.supersmilestore.com SCARAWAY Diminishing Serum has a tri-roller ball tip that massages serum into skin to fade scars.

Available at drugstores.

Photography by Gabriella Nissen.

All products tested and approved

by Carla Valencia de Martinez, Pixie Ibañez, Jordan Campbell and Nicole Kestenbaum.

H2O’S WATERWHITE ADVANCED™ Intensive Overnight Brightening System’s 2-step approach helps fade darkspots and discoloration, while brightening skin. www.h2oplus.com 32. march 13 | www.002mag.com

LA PRAIRIE’S new Complexion Perfection Exfoliator left our skin glowing. The polishers are gentle but effective and the formulation smells amazing. www.laprairie.com

LAURA MERCIER’S new matte Radiance Baked Powder layers easily allowing you to build your perfect glow! www.lauramercier.com

Created by Beverly Hills dermatologist Dr. Harold Lancer, the LANCER X Microcurrent booster is a handheld device combining rare element metals, precise vibrations and electromagnetic force field to help tone, tighten and invigorate skin. Our tester’s skin felt softer and was more luminous after application.

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G.M. COLLIN’S Phyto Stem Cell Cream luxuriously glides on instantly moisturizing dry skin and improving elasticity. www.gmcollin.com

MERLE NORMAN’S Anti-Aging Complex Eye Treatment treats wrinkles, puffiness and fine lines too. It immediately soaked in and softened fine lines. The Anti-Aging Complex Emulsion felt rich but not heavy and was easily absorbed into skin. www.merlenorman.com

OBAGI’S Vitamin C drops deliver stabilized ascorbic acid to neutralize free radicals preventing skin cell damage.

Our skin literally drank AROMATHERAPY’S Face Oil, leavs skin soft, smooth and NOT oily!

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JANE IREDALE Mystikol Powdered Eyeliner Pen is a messfree way to carry a smoky eye kit on the go.

JANE IREDALE Quad Bronzer can be used on cheeks, eyes and lips with real 24-karat foodgrade gold flakes to add a sunkissed glow . www.Shopjaneiredale.com

DR. HAUSCHKA’S blender brush + black volume mascara gave us thick, plush and dark black eyelashes. www.drhauschka.com

Makeup lovers: behold PIXI’S Eye Glow Cube features the most complete collection of metallic shades you’ll ever need. www.pixibeauty.com

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NAPOLEON PERDIS Skin Primer pairs Vitamin E and Chamomile to make your foundation glow. www.neimanmarcus.com

DERMABLEND’S foundation did all the multitasking in one sweep of a foundation brush with no midday retouching! It left our testers combination-oily skin even-toned and glowing.

For a girl with blonde eyebrows, NAPOLEON PERDIS Essential Brow Set was a perfect match to our testers light blonde hair (and her sister’s dirty blonde hair).

Handy utensils make it impossible to mess up.

Already a staff fave, ESSIE nailcare, just launched a new nail care line. We love the Millionails treatment which leaves nails bulletproof. How perfect are these colors for Spring!

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DOLCE & GABBANA’S Perfect Matte Liquid Foundation has a flawless finish with a long-lasting soft matte finish.

VICHY ProEVEN BB Cream’s non-oily folrmula offers medium coverage and is all you need to start your morning fresh and flawless.

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+ ART CULTURE

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, HOUSTON HAS MADE MORE THAN ONE NATIONAL LIST FOR GREAT PLACES TO LIVE OR VISIT, MOST RECENTLY IN THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. 002HOUSTON HAS LONG KNOWN OUR CITY KINDA ROCKS AND HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE PEOPLE AND THINGS TO CHECK OUT THIS MONTH, THAT MAKE THE SPACE CITY SO CULTURALLY RICH.

NCECA, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, is a dynamic membership organization that fosters global education and appreciation for the ceramic arts and will be descending on the George R. Brown for their 47th conference March 20 – 23.

NCECA

The conference theme, Earth/Energy, was developed specifically for the Houston/Southern region where more than 120 related exhibitions will be sited at more than 70+ venues around town.

With nearly 5,000 registrants, including artists, educators, collectors, nonprofit organizations, commercial vendors, schools and enthusiasts. A huge turnout is expected.

Leading up to NCECA’s March 2013 conference, followers of Houston’s arts and culture scene will discover an exponential increase in contemporary clay-related creative inquiry and activity, including the NCECA Biennial exhibition at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft through May 5, 2013; the NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition at the Glassell School of Art through March 23, 2013; and the Houston Reforestation community service project at the Historic Harrisburg-Jackson Cemetery in collaboration with Clay Houston, Respect Houston, Trees for Houston and students from several area YES schools.

For more information, visit www.Nceca.net.

Gift of Life by Kay Nguyen at Archway Gallery

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ANIEL ANGUILU WAS TRAVELING AROUND A LOT TO PAINT. “HOUSTON JUST DIDN’T HAVE ACCESS, THERE WASN’T ANYWHERE TO PAINT.” ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO HE DECIDED HE JUST WANTED TO COME HOME. “THAT’S WHEN I STARTED WORKING FOR METRO.” ANGUILU REALIZED HE DIDN’T HAVE WEEKENDS ANYMORE TO PAINT AND WAS WORKING NIGHTS SO HE STARTED PAINTING EVERY DAY FOR LIKE A YEAR. “BUT I WOULD ONLY PAINT IN THE EASTSIDE OF TOWN BECAUSE PEOPLE THERE OPENED UP TO ME.” LIKE A DOORTO-DOOR SALESMAN, ANGUILU DID IT OLD SCHOOL, PERSONALLY ASKING BUSINESS OWNERS IF HE COULD PAINT ON THEIR WALLS. AND ABOUT 1 OUT OF 10 SAID YES. “THE THING ABOUT IT IS THAT I NEVER KNOW WHAT I’M GOING TO PAINT, UNTIL I START. SO SOME OF THEM WERE LIKE SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO. AND I REALLY JUST DIDN’T KNOW.”

An interview

DANIEL ANGUILU THE GOLDEN RATION Photography by Anthony Rathbun

“I always start with a circle, I was really into Siqueiros – the Mexican muralist, and I was really into the golden ratio in all his murals, so I caught onto that and I realized that I could use the same formula to create a piece.” Anguilu uses his body as a guide, almost like a dance that feeds off his initial circle just building off the flow of his body’s rhythm.

Anguilu has been painting all of his life, but he’s been perfecting this style for about 5 or 6 years. “Before I was just painting on freight trains at night.” The first time he discovered his style was in Mexico City. He was traveling throughout the area and was with the Zapatistas (a revolutionary leftist group based in Chiapas, Mexico) for a while and began to build consciousness with what was going on with them and around the world. “I wanted to do pieces that had messages in them, and that’s when I started putting quotes next to them.” He didn’t think anything was going to happen, but this past year doors started opening. “Adam Brackman approached me and asked me what I needed.” All Anguilu needed was paint and space – Adam had both. And, Boom! He’s blowing up with a recent Houston Chronicle article and last month an exhibit at the Station Museum.

Anguilu doesn’t sign his work or sell it; he is not attached. “I was painting in the Eastside and this kid, like seventeen, says to me, ‘My mom used to walk me through here and I’ve been watching you,’ and I was like wow, this is why I’m doing this. Now he’s painting and he says to me, ‘It looks like your stuff,’ and that’s why I use line work, I want it to look easy; like it’s not impossible to do.”

Now, people hand him quotes all the time; “I keep them in my wallet, and if I find one that fits, I use it.” Anguilu dislikes a lot that’s going on in our world, but he likes the fact that an average person can do so much, and that’s what inspires him. “I don’t make plans anymore. This city has so many good people, it’s inspiring.”

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By Nadia Michel Photography by Sofia van der Dys

LOS ENCAJEROS THE LACE MAKERS ARE IN TOWN

Sisters Mendoza

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AND-MADE LINENS ARE HARD TO COME BY THESE DAYS. MASS-PRODUCED IMPORTS LINE CHAIN STORE SHELVES, SUPPLYING THE MASSES WITH INEXPENSIVE COOKIE-CUTTER TABLECLOTHS TO BE STUFFED IN THE OVERFILLED DRAWERS OF MODERN-DAY MCMANSIONS. BUT THERE ARE STILL A FEW DIE-HARDS CLINGING TO TRADITION AND ESCHEWING THE TREND. FOUNDED IN 1880, LOS ENCAJEROS MAKES LACE AND EMBROIDERS LINENS BY (GASP!) HAND, KEEPING A FAMILY TRADITION ALIVE AND SUPPLYING DISCRIMINATING CLIENTS WITH CUSTOM-MADE, HIGH-QUALITY LINENS. “ALL THE EMBROIDERIES ARE VERY OLD DESIGNS. OUR GRANDFATHER BOUGHT IT (THE FACTORY) AND WE STILL USE SOME OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS,” SAYS MONICA MENDOZA.

Sisters Monica and Maria Mendoza are 5th generation lace makers for their family’s Spanish house of linens. They design table linens and clothing using top-quality fabrics. “The best linens are Irish. The best lace is Swiss. And Belgian linen is thinner,” explains Maria, who studied economics and fashion designs to prepare for her role. “We also use real Damask, which is designed and produced in Italy,” she says.

One Los Encajeros favorite is batiste voile, the softest of the lightweight, opaque fabrics. It does not receive an acid finish and remains opaque as a result. Maria explains this type of fabric is extremely hard to find.

“We had to look really hard to find it,” she says. This obsession with quality is at the crux of the business, and likely explains its success. “We offer a very unique product,” says Maria.

The timeless collection is ultra-classic, yet modern.

Little girls’ linen dresses, available in sizes newborn to 10 years, are smocked or ruffled, perfect for weddings and family pictures. Some feature iconic Liberty of London floral prints, treasures that will surely be handed down through generations. One could even imagine these framed, repurposed into art once outgrown.

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A tangerine-colored tablecloth caught my eye, with its bold applique-border and juicy hue. When pressed about the maintenance of these delicate-looking table linens, Maria Mendoza quells any concerns. “When the cottons and the linens are good, you put it in the washing machine with good soap, and it takes out stains. I promise!” Line drying is recommended, however. “And it’s easy to iron!” insists Monica, proudly pointing out the items she ironed herself for the trunk show display.

Other than the obvious quality of the linens, the Mendoza sisters explain what draws their clientele.

“In Texas, most of the tables are super big! And we can make any size tablecloths,” she says. They also make any size 800 thread-count bed sheets – the ultimate in bespoke luxury.

A purple Egyptian cotton, monogrammed towel set also stands out. The thickness, softness and detail in the embroidery leave mass-produced versions in the dust. A personalized gift has a whole new meaning when it is artisan-made.

Los Encajeros, which translates to The Lace Makers, is based in Bilbao, Spain, in Basque country. The city is home to the Guggenheim Museum and boasts a rich history. The city itself is steeped in history and tradition. “The men look very British there,” says Monica.

“The way they dress and carry themselves.” Bilbao’s Gothic architecture is also reminiscent of Old Europe.

“The houses are totally British,” adds Monica. Los Encajeros still produces linens in its original factory, housing 52 employees. “Some of the top floors have been converted to apartments, but we use the bottom floors,” says Maria.

The Mendoza sisters are taking their Old Europe style worldwide: They’ve successfully sold their wares in Paris, Mexico, New York, Qatar and Palm Beach.

Don’t miss their Houston jaunt.

The next Los Encajeros Trunk Show is March 5-6, 2013 at Hotel Granduca (1080 Uptown Park Blvd., Houston, TX 77056, 713.418.1000).

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Interview by Lance Scott Walker

A LONE WHITE WOODEN DOOR, WET WITH SLEET, IS ALL THAT SEPARATES HARIF GUZMAN’S STUDIO FROM THE BIG SWINGING GLASS DOORS OF THE BOUTIQUES AND SHOPS THAT LINE THE SOHO STREET HE CALLS HOME. WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COORDINATE THIS INTERVIEW FOR THE BETTER PART OF A WEEK THROUGH RAINSTORMS, SNOWSTORMS AND NOW SLEET AND SLUSH COVERING MANHATTAN, AND A PHONE CALL SUMMONS THE TALL VENEZUELAN-BORN ARTIST DOWNSTAIRS TO LET ME IN. GUZMAN LIVED IN NEW YORK GROWING UP BEFORE SPLITTING HIS TIME BETWEEN CALIFORNIA, MIAMI AND LONDON, BUT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN HIS BASE.

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mean? And you’re just not scared. I don’t give a fuck.

When you start to learn how – I mean, there’s certain people that are very inspirational to me, like Damien Hirst, meeting him and to see the kind of level that he’s doing shit on and then to see other businesspeople operate, it’s just like the art world’s taken such a dramatic change in the past six years, I think, just due to the fact that the social media aspect of it. And I feel like there’s a lot of artists out there, but they’re not painters.

They’re just fabricators. And they’ve got great ideas to produce cool shit, but then there’s painters and then there’s artists. There’s two different things, and I feel like everything’s more… you have to be more business, business-wise… you don’t want to have to deal with business in art, but the art world’s changing.

nd he’s at home here. Inside, the massive studio loft he occupies is alive with the work that covers nearly every wall, from hints of his time spent as a street artist to his paintings, photography, design work and the Texas-centric, light-fitted oil rig installations that will appear in his Houston show. He’s a couple of days away from shipping those at this point, and he’s been up all night painting, maybe all week. Regardless of the success he’s seen as an artist, Guzman has been working on a series of concepts and techniques for the past two decades that he feels are only recently taking the form he envisioned: “I’m only just now beginning to get to paint.” We sit down in his living room in the balcony overlooking the studio and he lights a cigarette while we listen to The Cure and his five-year-old bulldog, Flip, falls asleep next to me. Imagine him snoring throughout the interview for maximum effect.

You’ve had a different hustle because you didn’t come up through the traditional channels, right? You didn’t go to art school.

No, barely went to school; skateboarding, just doing warehouse work. You name it.

Well, I think the thing is that traditionally, if you don’t come up through those channels, it’s a lot harder for you, but do you think that’s changing? Over the past few years?

I think it’s definitely changing. You gotta go back to the aspects… I know you have people… you have an influx of contemporary artists and all these contemporary artists now that have their stuff on the Internet, so I feel like the collectors, or if you have someone that helps build collections of art or someone that you work with, they can look through 40, 50 websites a week and then they have to visit the studios, and it takes kind of the intimacy of actually going to see the work in itself… and in a way I think it’s all changing, because I think the contemporary market’s just grown so much, kind of taking a lot from the masters and the classics, because who can actually collect those things? I feel like they’re dying out. People who were in masters and classics now have switched over and they have to pay

You look at everything differently when you don’t go up through that system.

Well, it’s like I’ve had everything and I’ve lost it so many times. So many fucking times, you know what I

Harif Guzman’s work is on display now until April 20 at Deborah Colton Gallery, 2445 North Boulevard. www.harifguzman.com

attention to the contemporary market. And businesswise, now you have a kid who’s not a painter, who’s just doing graphics in Photoshop® or just doing posters and has a website up and he’s tweeting, he’s stroking all the galleries, emailing 10 times a day – he’s gonna be in those shows. As to where like old school painter’s in the studio, painting, and there’s no limelight on him, because all these people have just filled in the gap that he normally would have taken. All of that stuff is changing with technology. But the one beautiful thing about being a painter is that I didn’t get into painting to follow any rules. I didn’t become a painter to follow anyone’s rules. And I think it’s a trade that I think some people and families still hold in high regard, like a doctor or a scientist, and I think it’s an important trade because it’s something that’s so old school that it has to remain alive. It should remain alive forever. Just painting. Not just fabrication or things like that, but actually be a painter. There’s some people out there that still respect it, and will always respect it, I hope. Painting’s something I do. Not the success or the money. I mean, it’s something I’ve been doing for a long time, just not living the success of what I do because by default almost, being mentally ill or something, it’s like the only treatment I have for my problem, I guess, but… when it’s good, it’s good. But when it’s bad, it’s even better, because that’s what fuels your work. All the bullshit that you have to deal with, and all the struggles that you have help fuel you as an artist.

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By Nadia Michel Photo by Simon Gentry

PHOTO BOOTH CAPTURING THE RISE OF MONTROSE

WHEN SIMON GENTRY CHOSE TO OPEN PHOTOBOOTH ON MONTROSE IN THE SUMMER OF 2011, HE WAS BETTING ON THE HIPNESS FACTOR. “THIS IS IT! I CAN’T BELIEVE BEING IN A BETTER PLACE IN THE CITY. IF IT’S NOT ALREADY, IT’S ABOUT TO BECOME ONE OF THE BUSIEST AREAS IN THE CITY. WE’VE GOT LIKE, SIX NEW RESTAURANTS HERE AND TWO NEW COFFEE BARS,” HE SAYS ABOUT THE AREA AROUND MONTROSE AT WESTHEIMER. HAVING LIVED IN NEW YORK AND IN PARIS’S ÜBER-COOL MARAIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HE KNEW A BUZZ-WORTHY SPOT WHEN HE SAW ONE.

THE HOOK: a street-level studio/venue with walls of window, allowing passersby to ogle as Gentry snaps his oft sexy photographs. “The drive-by theatre aspect of my studio is a no-brainer for me,” he says.

The name Photobooth is meant to encourage clients to let loose. “They (photobooths) used to be everywhere when I was growing up. You used to go crazy in there. You used to close the curtain and you’d become a whackjob!” he laughs. And so, when discussing impending photo shoots with his subjects, Guntry might say, “Do you want to jump? Do you want to stand on your head? What do you want to do?”

Multifaceted, Simon Gentry is also a musician who has composed music for a handful of HBO documentaries and has four albums available on iTunes®. “When I was seven I picked up a camera but when I was five I picked up a guitar,” he explains.

The self-taught, British-born photographer is adamant about the artistic value of his product. “It’s portraiture, but it’s portraiture not designed by the photographer. I’ve always been somebody who likes to catch a moment with little interjection. I don’t want to color it. I just want PHOTOBOOTH to capture it,” he says. “That’s why it’s called Photobooth 2710 Montrose Blvd., Houston, Suite B and not Simon Gentry Photography.”

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His clients come in the form of models or CEOs. “(Some) of the people are quite eclectic and they want an executive portrait shot in a photojournalistic style,” he explains. “They also like the fact that I shoot daylight and not studio light. It has a unique flavor to it,” he adds.

Plenty of natural light is exactly what the 1000sf white space offers. It also offers performance artists a unique, intimate venue. Photobooth’s Director of Development,

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Cori Miller, is all over the programming, booking dancers, musicians and acrobats on Friday and Saturday nights. This month, Amy Ell’s aerial dance troupe Vault is back by popular demand (March 15-16 and 22-23). “We had her in December and it was so popular that we had to bring her back. There were over 100 people and they were packed like sardines!” she recalls. Miller, who has a BFA in dance from The University of Texas, met Gentry at Hope Stone, a dance studio where he serves as resident photographer. “We have a lot in common, and we both lived in New York,” she says.

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NOW IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, THE TEXAS YOGA CONFERENCE HAS GROWN INTO A SORT OF MULTIMEDIA FESTIVAL FOR THE TRENDY YOGA SET. “EVERY YEAR WE’VE BEEN INCORPORATING A LITTLE BIT MORE MUSIC,” SAYS FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR JENNIFER BUERGERMEISTER, WHOM 002 CAUGHT UP WITH FOR A TYC UPDATE. The party starts Friday night with Texas Music Hall of Famer Patrice Pike. “She’s a favorite Texas gal,” says Buergermeister. Pike is opening for David Berkeley, a Santa Fe- based artist dubbed a “musical poet” by the San Francisco Chronicle. Berkeley is promoting a new album and has performed with Adele, Dido and Rufus Wainwright.

By Nadia Michel

THE TEXAS

YOGA

CONFERENCE

ROCKS!

“Rattletree Marimba is kind of like a dance party,” Buergermeister says about the dubstep, glitch and downtempo electronica fusion of Joel Laviolette’s cutting-edge band, playing Saturday night. Action Required Now is also playing. The philanthropic, world-fusion band committed to healing our world with music “believes that healing comes with song,” says Buergermeister.

“We try to find music that’s a good fit for the energy of the Texas Yoga Conference. This year it’s about friendship and compassion,” says Buergermeister. Live music will be happening on a stage in the main area in between classes. “Some classes even have DJs.” Friday and Saturday night concerts will be held in the ballroom.

Indian-American Hemalaya teaches a Bollywood-style yoga class inspired by Indian MTV. She’s notorious for using the latest in indie South Asian music as soundtracks for her popular workouts, also available on DVD. Rock, folk and electronica will mingle at this year’s event. “It’s music with heart that has a message – every single one of them.”

Shopping is another unexpected hot feature at the conference. “In between classes, people really enjoy shopping. It gives them something to do besides run off to the next class,” says Buergermeister.

TYC prides itself on having vendors with exclusive products.

Participants can score hard-to-find yoga gear by Autumn Teneyl and I love Yoga in addition to one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted jewelry.

Organizers are optimistic about the future of Texas Yoga Conference – and yoga in general. “We all envision ‘wouldn’t it be great if everybody in America would be focusing on their breath and wellness, wouldn’t that be a great dream to come true?’ My point is, if it continues growing the way that it has been, that’s a possibility,” says Buergermeister.

TEXAS YOGA CONFERENCE March 1-3, 2013 George R. Brown | Convention Center www.texasyogaconference.com

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TARGET HIGHLIGHTERS – love the simplicity of the design and that they actually work! Ha! Ha! Thanks to my OCD research in the highlighter department, generally, Sharpie makes the best, but these aren’t half bad!

things i like

LOVE

By Carla Valencia de Martinez Photography by Gabriella Nissen

THESE ARE THE THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT ON MY DESK. OK, MAYBE THAT WAS A LITTLE DRAMATIC. THEY MAKE WORK EASIER, MORE BEARABLE ON THOSE OFF DAYS AND, DARN IT, THEY MAKE ME SMILE.

I love ZEBRA’S #2 mechanical pencils.

Old school nostalgia meets form and function.

Our associate editor Pixie gave me a set of three JONATHAN ADLER NOTEBOOKS for Christmas.

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MAGNETIC PAPER CLIPS keep my place in a magazine, a book and those cute Jonathan Adler notebooks once they start to fill up.

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architecture + design Photography by Kalman & Pabst Photo Group

ARHAUS

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With over 48 stores across the United States, Arhaus just opened its first Texas store at the Centre at Post Oak across the street from The Galleria. The 19,340sf store “offers a very eclectic mix of home furnishings from ceiling lighting all the way to the carpets on the floor to everything in between,” shares Gary Babcock, Senior VP of fashion and merchandising. With a price point right under Restoration Hardware, Arhaus’s diverse offerings are perfect for the melting pot that is Houston. The store is set up into userfriendly vignettes to inspire ideas shoppers will want to recreate.

250-300 SKU are changed out every six months with trendy fashion-forward designs created by in-house designers. Gary prefers people to mix up the looks. “People collect things over time, and that’s kind of the way we set up the stores. This sort of lived in, collected over time feel.” The store gets two major remodels a year to keep everything fresh and new. “We’re truly an idea store. The teak paneling that we have back here I have made in Indonesia; and I’ve had customers that want it so desperately and I say, ‘OK, it’s this much per square foot, give me your wall size’ and I have it made for them.”

Houston will also feature the store’s new garden collection featuring live plants and potted plants ready to go. “Even cut arrangements will be made to take home. Not orderable but premade arrangements,” shares Gary.

From slip-covered, leather and fitted sofas, sectionals and chairs, dining tables and chairs, bedroom furniture and private label bedding, antiques and reproductions, library and office appropriate pieces, as well as media centers, and an assortment of seasonally appropriate (and always changing) accessories – the options are endless. There are also over 2,000 fabric swatches to choose from.

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EVENT TEXAS CULTURAL TRUST LUNCHEON WHY ANNOUNCEMENT OF TEXAS MEDAL OF ARTS AWARDS WHERE HOUSTON BALLET CENTER FOR DANCE WHEN JANUARY 1

The 2013 honorees were announced during the fabulous luncheon. Art patrons, supporters and enthusiasts from across the state joined the Texas Cultural Trust Board of Directors and honoree speakers, including 2001 TMA Honoree and world-renowned dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen and Honorary Chair Patricia Hamilton Dewhurst, among others.

Jennifer Ranson Rice

Jesus Morales, Patricia Dewhurst Phoebe Tudor, Kellie Blanton

Debbie Allen, Amy Barbee

Marita Fairbanks, Gene Jones Autumn Rich, Adele Hazen

Photography by Jenny Antill

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retail wrap

Photography by Jill Hunter

EDWARD SANCHEZ VANITY LOUNGE EDWARD SANCHEZ (OWNER/MAKEUP DIRECTOR) + DIANE CAPLAN (OWNER) 2800 KIRBY DR., #B110 | HOUSTON, TX 77098 | 713.942.9177 | WWW.ESVANITYLOUNGE.COM

HOW DID YOU GET INTO THIS BUSINESS? Edward Actually, I didn’t want to be in the beauty business. Since my entire family was in the business already, I wanted to be a doctor. My mother was diagnosed with cancer so we moved to Houston for her treatments. I studied biochemistry, nursing and psychology and received degrees for them all. I really wanted to help people feel better and realized that I could do that with makeup. The epiphany came when I was at MD Anderson volunteering with the Feel Good Look Better program. As a makeup artist we would teach women that were being treated with chemo how to use wigs, lashes and makeup to accentuate their best features. You wouldn’t believe the response and the elation these women felt after their reveals. I wanted to make everyone feel this way. So after 25 years of making women feel beautiful I decided to do it in my own studio with the best makeup from all over the world.

TELL US ABOUT THE STUDIO. Edward The Edward Sanchez Vanity Lounge is a Makeup Studio that concentrates on products and services to enhance, perfect and intensify a person’s natural beauty. We truly concentrate on the face, because makeup can only do so much. Some people suffer from congested skin, blemishes, short eyelashes or simply unkempt or uneven eyebrows. Rather than hide the problem with cosmetics, we intend to fix it so the person doesn’t have to wear as much makeup and can concentrate on a more beautifully natural face.

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WHAT SETS YOU APART FROM OTHER STUDIOS? Diane We offer 15 (and growing) cosmetic lines from around the world, not readily found in Houston and the United States. We are the first and only in the country to carry brands such as Rachel K’s CC Cream, Ainhoa’s makeup line and Mirenesse from Austrailia. We also offer a range of unique services specializing in eyebrows, eyelashes and skin.

WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE TREATMENTS OR PROCEDURES NOW? Diane My favorite treatment is the IONIC PORE DETOX (IPD). The aesthetician properly cleans and preps the face for a negative diode that is gently rolled over the skin. This process liquefies the oil, blackheads and whiteheads in the pores, then with the use of a glass-nozzled instrument it suctions the pores clean. My skin looks like glass after the treatment. Unfortunately, you can only do it every 3-4 weeks.

WHAT DO YOU SPECIALIZE IN? Diane We specialize in Professional Makeup applications for photography and special events, not to mention the exclusive makeup lines from 9 different countries.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IS NEW (AND OLD) THIS SEASON THAT IS GOING TO BE BIG? Both The best new thing this season will be CC Creams and all-in-one treatment, primer and makeup in one tube. The best old thing this season will be curled lashes, tinted lashes and permed lashes. It’s all about the lashes.

FAVORITES: COMFORT FOOD Edward Fully dressed Chili Frito® Pie | Diane cheeseburger SONG Edward Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”| Diane anything from AC/DC CARTOON Edward Disney’s “Finding Nemo” PLACE FOR COFFEE Edward Café Brazil in Montrose | Diane my husband’s soon to open coffee shop CITY TO SHOP Edward Las Vegas | Diane Robertson Blvd. Beverly Hills TRAVEL DESTINATION Edward Las Vegas | Diane Chicago

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destination

By Carla Valencia de Martinez Photography by Eileen Chiang

You Better Belize it cayo district, ka’ana

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WHEN I THINK OF BELIZE, I IMAGINE BEACHES AND THE GREAT BLUE HOLE FAMOUS FOR DIVING, BUT THE BELIZE I WAS INTRODUCED TO IS SO MUCH MORE. IT’S A COUNTRY RICH IN OVER 20 RUIN SITES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE YET TO BE FULLY EXCAVATED. OF ABUNDANT WILDLIFE, MANY OF WHICH HAVE YET TO BE DOCUMENTED AS THEY ARE YET UNDISCOVERED. OF A PEOPLE WELL-EDUCATED IN THEIR CULTURE AND HISTORY BEYOND ANYTHING I’VE EVER BEEN EXPOSED TO. WE COULDN’T HAVE PICKED A BETTER LOCATION FOR A BELIZEAN EDUCATION.

WHERE TO STAY Ka’ana is located on the western border of the country (a hop, skip and jump away from Guatemala). It is not just a luxury destination, it is an immersion in a culture. Nestled into the Mayan mountaintops of the Cayo District, Ka’ana is the dream child of world travelers and brothers Colin and Ronan Hannan.

Their dream is to connect tourists to both the beach on one side of the country and the ruins, caves and adventure to the west. The idea is a guest could stay at their beach property (a property is in the works) and take advantage of diving or relaxing beachside for a few days and then take on the rich cultural history in the dozens of ruins accessible through Ka’ana.

The drive from the airport to the property is a good hour and half, but once we arrived, we were taken down a dimly lit path to our casita. Our room was cozy and perfectly luxe. A comfortable bed dressed with linens and textiles typical to the area was a necessity to rest our weary bodies. An open closet accommodated all of our clothes and shoes – we knew adventure awaited and came prepared. The bathroom featured a large walk-in shower with organic, locally made toiletries that smelled divine. Plus, we had one of the first casitas to feature an outdoor walk-in shower. This is one of those things people ignore or love – I’m the latter.

WHAT TO DO Practice yoga at the foot of ruins. There are few experiences that have wowed me

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as much as practicing yoga at the foot of the Xuanantunich (Maiden of the Rock) ruins.

The practice itself wasn’t unique – it was the access to such an original experience. I can’t think of a more amazing way to start the day! After the practice an archeologist walked us through the history of the ruins.

Horseback ride along the Mopan River. I am not big on horseback riding, but this was a good, easy pace with a skilled horse wrangler as our guide who made me feel comfortable in facing my fear of horses head on. This river is part of the journey to visit the Xuanantunich ruins by way of a handcranked vehicle ferryboat, which reminds me of how primitive things are here still. Ka’ana coordinates a truly bohemian brunch complete with perfectly chilled glasses of rosé on the banks of the Mopan River.

Explore the untouched ruins in Guatemala. What makes Ka’ana so easy is how seamless they make everything. Including coordinating a day trip to Yaxha National Park in Guatemala. (Located about an hour away.) This national park is home to a Mayan civilization untouched by modern times. The ancient city is a sight to behold, and it’s easy for me to imagine the Mayans living here. An eerily quiet boat ride across Lake Yaxha takes us to the not-yet-excavated Topoxte Mayan ruins where the main road used by Mayans is still visible. Monkeys fighting over territories are overheard and seen high up in the trees as we hike back to Yaxha to the top of the temple where breath-taking views of the Guatemalan countryside await. Our arrival is timed perfectly with the sunset where Ka’ana has set up

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1. Private Pool Villa 2. Xuanantunich Mayan Ruins 3. Master Casita 4. Fire Deck 5. Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves

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5 chilled wine and appetizers as we hear more about the 1,100 year-old ruins. Ka’ana offers an overnight experience at Yaxha, including accommodations in a luxury tent, a personal butler, Mayan cook and more.

WHERE TO STAY: Ka’ana Belize | www.kaanabelize.com Mile 69 ¼ Western Highway | Cayo District, Belize | Central America US: 1.305.735.2553 | 1.877.522.6221 | info@kaanabelize.com HOW TO GET THERE United Airlines: Houston-Belize City | Nonstop 2h 33m

I couldn’t help but experience a roller coaster ride of emotions, history, wonder, awe and imagination.

Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves I thrive on new experiences. I feel alive and engaged when I am exposed to something new or in this case, thousands of years old. If you had to choose one of these experiences, this is it. A hike through the jungle including three rivers in the heart of the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve ends at Actun Tunichil Muknal, one of the most impressive cave systems in the world. This sacred cave is not for the faint of heart. The cave challenged from the moment we reached the mouth. We swam through chilly water to enter the Mayan underworld. The rest of the three-hour trek sees the cave system with mouth-dropping stalactites open up into interior cathedrals holding ceramic and skeletal remains from ancient sacrificial ceremonies. I couldn’t help but experience a roller coaster ride of emotions, history, wonder, awe and imagination.

There is so much history in this country that it’s impossible not to feel it running through your veins. For hundreds and hundreds of years before us, there was life here. There were people crossing the rivers, practicing some sort of mind calming at the base of civilization, and Ka’ana connects us today to that past.

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VENTEV® MOBILE CHARGING ACCESSORIES One can never have enough power. That is not a quote from the President or Superman but from almost everyone who has a cell phone or laptop. Many of the portable chargers and cables on the market are bulky which is why I am impressed with a few products from Ventev. To begin, Ventev sync cables are flat-ribbon designed and over 3 feet long. The micro USB and Apple® cables can’t tangle and can be stored conveniently when traveling.

They also come in a variety of colors including orange, pink and green – sure to not be left behind like a typical black or gray cable. They also have a line of wall and in-car chargers that are also sleek and thin. I suggest going with a small, dual USB rapid charger to power up two devices at once. USB cables $15-25 | Chargers $20-35

HOUSE OF MARLEY™ HEADPHONES After seeing hundreds of pairs of headphones and earphones earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show, they all start to look – and sound – alike. But one manufacturer stood out in my mind and you couldn’t help but guess the inspiration from the look of its signature line. The House of Marley is an electronic company inspired by musician Bob Marley. All of its products are Earth-friendly and cause-minded. One of Bob’s sons, Rohan, runs the company and sets the passionate tone for the company and the products. The Rise-Up Over-Ear headphones have the traditional Rasta colors made out of reclaimed hemp and organic cotton. The adjustable headband makes for a comfy fit and the sound is superior. The three-button, in-line mic lets you adjust the volume for music and answer incoming phone calls.

You will be jammin’, man, if you wear these. $159

Michael Garfield is known as “The High-Tech Texan®.” His radio program airs on The 9-5-0 weekdays from 12pm-2pm and Saturdays 11am-2pm. See the full review of these products at www.hightechtexan.com and follow him at @hightechtexan.

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ANTONIO’S FLYING PIZZA 2920 HILLCROFT ST. | HOUSTON, TX 77057 713.783.6080 | www.antonios.com

Antonio Rosa 1. Spaghetti with Meat Balls 2. Chef/Owner, Antonio Rosa 3. Pizza: Antonio’s Special 4. Dining Area

SAMPLE MENU appetizers + salad

• ZUPPA DI CLAMS Steamed clams sautéed with garlic, served in a delicate tomato clam broth 17.95 • STUFFED MUSHROOMS Mushrooms delicately stuffed and baked in marinara sauce until golden brown 10.75 • ANTIPASTO SALAD An assortment of meats and cheese on a bed of mixed lettuce accompanied by roasted peppers, mushrooms and artichoke hearts 17.95

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• RAVIOLI Tender pasta filled with ricotta cheese in your choice of sauce 14.00 • SALTIMBOCCA ALLA ROMANA Prosciutto, fresh spinach and tomatoes topped with provolone cheese 24.00 • BAKED ZITI Penne pasta with ricotta cheese, tomato sauce and mozzarella 12.95 • EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA Prepared with fresh tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese (served with a side of pasta and tomato sauce) 15.50

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• ANTONIO’S SPECIAL LARGE PIZZA, 14” Sausage, pepperoni, ground beef, bacon, mushroom, onion, bell pepper, black or green olives, jalapeño 28.50 • CHEESE 12” PIZZA SICILIANA 13.95

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WE LIVE IN ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANT TOWNS IN THE COUNTRY, IF NOT THE WORLD. FACTOR IN PRICE AND WE LIKELY WIN HANDS DOWN. COMPETITION IS FIERCE. AND WHILE THAT MAKES FOR A LOT OF GREAT FOOD, TURNOVER IS A NATURAL BI-PRODUCT. SO AN EXCITING NEW DISCOVERY, A NEW FAVORITE SALAD OR SEAFOOD, PASTA OR PIZZA, TART OR TIRAMISU MIGHT BE GONE AS QUICKLY AS IT ARRIVED. A RESTAURANT’S SHELF LIFE IN THIS TOWN CAN BE SHORT INDEED. But for many Houstonians, particularly those who’ve grown up in the bustling, ever-evolving neighborhoods west of the Galleria, their favorite pasta and pizza have been there for them day in and day out, dinner in and dinner out, for more than 40 years.

I stopped by Antonio’s Flying Pizza and Italian Restaurant on Hillcroft the other day to enjoy some authentic cuisine and was lucky enough to visit with the owner. Originally from Sicily, Antonio Rosa came to America and settled in Brooklyn where he opened his first restaurant in 1959. After much success there, a desire to move west brought his family to Houston in 1971. He promptly launched Antonio’s Flying Pizza and Italian Restaurant on Hillcroft.

In the early days, most of the patrons were families originally from the East coast. “They wanted a taste of home,” Antonio said. And he, quite literally, gave it to them. At that time it was harder to find the kind of

cheeses and tomatoes and oils he preferred. So he relied on sources 4 he maintained from his days in B r o o k l y n .

Acquiring the best ingredients isn’t as difficult these days. But the menu hasn’t changed much over the years.

For starters, I tried the tomato salad. Beautiful sliced Roma tomatoes were topped with cucumber, red onion, fresh basil and two disks of fresh mozzarella, all glistening in extra virgin olive oil dressing. Normally, I’m not a fan of the cucumber, usually served cold and crunchy with a taste a little too proud, often elbowing out the more important flavors it is supposed to support.

Not so here. In Antonio’s tomato salad, cucumber is sliced very thin. It was not only the perfect visual accou-

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trement, it ramped up the Romas and made music with the mozzarella. I ate every delicate slice.

Then I had a chance to sample some old-school Italian: grilled chicken covered in fresh mushrooms and onions sautéed in their signature marsala sauce. Mmmmmmarsala. Perfect noodles, too.

Next was spaghetti. Warm, tender meatballs covered in marinara tasted so reassuringly good. Going down, it hugs you from the inside as if to say, “no matter what’s happening in your life, everything’s going to be okay.”

Tue-Thu 11am-9pm Fri 11am-10pm Sat 12pm-10pm Sunday & Monday Closed

PIZZA THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE. THE ANTONIO’S SPECIAL HAS WHAT YOU EXPECT IN A TRADITIONAL COMBO: PEPPERONI, ITALIAN SAUSAGE, MUSHROOMS, GREEN PEPPER, AND ONION.

Then there’s the pizza. Pizza the way it was meant to be.

The Antonio’s Special has what you expect in a traditional combo: pepperoni, Italian sausage, mushrooms, green pepper and onion. All on the perfect thin crust.

Perfect, as in just firm enough to hold the fresh toppings that team up to deliver savory Sicilian satisfaction in every bite.

The crowd is varied. While business might be conducted over wine and pescatore, or a first date made perfect with a shared tiramisu, this family business seems ideal for families.

Parents and grandparents want to make sure their children and grandchildren are introduced, and quickly hooked.

A long counter that extends from the kitchen out toward the front of the building, ending a few feet from the entrance, provides the stage for a very traditional performance art, as old as the pizza itself. After all, the words “Flying Pizza” are in the name.

Antonio indulged us by tossing pizza dough. This simple skill never ceases to entertain the onlookers.

Especially the young ones. Back in the day, loose disks of dough might have flown across several tables in the restaurant. But folks still gather by the long counter. Mesmerized by the big spinning frisbees, a surprised, pint-sized onlooker might suddenly find himself or herself wearing the dough as a hat. Wide eyes and sweet smiles turn to full-on laughter and strings of giggles as a fun, family memory is made that will endure for at least a generation. Especially after they get a taste of the food.

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chef domenic laurenzo EL TIEMPO CANTINA | 713.807.8100 | WWW.ELTIEMPOCANTINA.COM 3130 RICHMOND AVE. | 5602 WASHINGTON AVE. | 1308 MONTROSE BLVD | 114 VINTAGE PARK BLVD | 2814 NAVIGATION BLVD. CUISINE TEX MEX/AMERICAN CLASSICS LAURENZO’S PRIME RIB | 4412 WASHINGTON AVE. | 713-880-5111 | WWW.LAURENZOS.NET

Favorite late nightspot for a quick bite?

59 Diner.

Best breakfast?

Le Peep.

Best brunch?

Laurenzo’s.

What ingredient can you not live without in the kitchen and why?

Salt. Without it there is no flavor.

What utensil can you not live without?

Whisk.

What’s your pet peeve?

When the plate presentation is not correct.

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Favorite affordable wine?

La Fuentes Wines.

Favorite place for dessert?

House of Pies.

Who is your favorite chef?

Alton Brown.

Is there a food you won’t eat?

I’ll try anything at least once.

Do you anticipate publishing a cookbook?

Someday.

What is your comfort food?

Spaghetti & meatballs.

Do you use a recipe or wing it?

Recipes always.

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What do you see as the next food trend?

Reinventing Tex-Mex.

FAVORITE SANDWICH: Pork Asada @ Laurenzo’s FAVORITE ICE CREAM MIX IN/TOPPING: Cookie dough FAVORITE FOOD TRUCK: Coranos FAVORITE PICNIC SPOT: The Zoo with my family FAVORITE SPOT TO EXERCISE/RUN Memorial Park

At home, what do you keep on hand to serve drop-in guests?

Italian sausage, cheese and crackers.

What would people be surprised to find in your home refrigerator?

Green smoothies.

What magazine cover, other than 002’s, would you like to be featured on?

Food & Wine Magazine.

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LUCHI & JOEY’S CUISINE TACOS www.luchiandjoeys.com | Twitter: @luchiandjoeys www.facebook.com/pages/Luchi-and-Joeys

While some argue about which is the best food truck, one thing known for certain is that taco trucks started the trend. LUCHI & JOEY’S TACO TRUCK IS NOT AN ORDINARY TRUCK FOUND AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. THEIR STORY BEGAN IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO, with an appreciation for spices, sauces and seasoning. The menu ranges from authentic Mexican food to burgers, sandwiches and salads plus a breakfast menu dedicated to the art of the breakfast taco. Of course with so many options, we went with the house favorite and specialty.

I ordered two of their tacos from the Lunch menu (served from 10:30am – 2pm): The Alambre Taco included chicken, cheese, grilled mushrooms, onions and bell peppers and the Baja Taco featured grilled fish, spicy mayo, coleslaw, pico de gallo and mango. Might I add, in addition to both being delicious, they were both gorgeous tacos. Piled high with ingredients (even after being wrapped up and sitting in my car for the 15-minute drive back to the office), the tacos looked like a work of art. The Alambre Taco was loaded with chicken and bell peppers and the cheese was so generously (and perfectly) portioned that you could actually taste it with the rest of the ingredients. The spices from the chicken, texture from the mushrooms, abundance of bell peppers and authentic corn tortillas created a warm and hearty taco that literally soothes your soul. On the other hand, the Baja Taco was a totally different ballgame. baja taco+alambre taco The fresh ingredients were piled so high that it took two corn tortillas to hold everything in. For hot Houston days when there is no escape from the heat (even when the air conditioning is on full blast), the Baja Taco will have you feeling refreshed with a clear mind, full belly and happy wallet.

Tucked into an alley off Westheimer is Corner Table, a cozy joint nestled in the middle of the Corner Entertainment trio. CORNER TABLE IS THE NEW RESTAURANT BY RUGGLES GREEN CHEF, BRUCE MOLZAN. After walking through the European courtyard and into the low-lit, chandelier adorned restaurant, you instantly feel like you walked into someone’s home (a very nice home). To the right is a wine rack that fills the entire wall and to the left is a room filled with white leather booths and wood tables. The cozy atmosphere is met with an intelligent and warm waitstaff; our waiter spoke four languages and the wine connoisseur was incredibly impressive to say the least. To start off we ordered the Savory Crème Brulée with bleu cheese, goat cheese, redneck cheddar, pear, apple and dried cherries with toasted bread. To savory creme brulée CORNER TABLE describe it as a “flavor explosion” is an understatement. The combinaCUISINE AMERICAN | CHEF BRUCE MOLZAN tion of tart and sweet with the lingering taste of bleu cheese was unlike anything I’ve had before. For an entrée, we settled with Paleo Chicken www.cornertablehouston.com Enchiladas and the Grass Fed Beef Filet. The Paleo menu is Corner Table’s 2736 VIRGINIA ST. | 713.568.9196 “claim to fame”… all Paleo entrées are non-processed, gluten-free, lactosefree, with no grains or legumes. The Paleo Chicken Enchiladas are made with coconut flour tortillas and soaked in an organic spicy tomato and cilantro puree. Served in a bowl, the Paleo Chicken Enchiladas were ing,and outer crisp. Chef Bruce unexpectedly (yet deliciously) spicy with melt-in-your-mouth Molzan created a refined and coconut flour tortillas. The Grass Fed Beef Filet was served with delicate menu that takes diet wild mushrooms, shallots, aged brandy and fresh thyme in a figand fresh ingredients into condemi glace. I would highly recommend the filet. The filet was presideration without sacrificing paleo chicken enchiladas pared sous-vide, then pan-seared which made it so evenly cooked, flavor or flair. from center to tip, with just the right amount of juiciness, season-

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IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR FAST FOOD WITHOUT (AS MUCH) GUILT, THEN ELEVATION BURGER IS YOUR NEW HAMBURGER PARADISE. Located off Kirby, Elevation Burger is an all-natural and organic fast food chain named after the higher-grade ingredients used. veggie burger

The menu gives a variety of options that allows carnivores + herbivores to feast together, and provides the number of calories.

With items like The Vertigo Burger, a choice of three to ten beef patties stacked on top of one another, to the Veggie Burger, made with organic and vegan ingredients, this joint includes every type of hamburger.

With such diverse options, we strategically picked items from opposite sides of the spectrum: The classic Elevation Burger (510 calories) and the Veggie Burger #1 wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun (300 calories). Both with “Fresh Fries” that are cooked in olive oil (520 calories) and two milkshakes: a chocolate syrup shake (260 calories) and a staff-favorite, Oreo®-cookie and black cherry shake (150 calories). The Veggie Burger’s texture was consistent with a vegetable-based patty and had a nice crunch to it, and the beef patty was oozing juicy goodness. While the burger size was appropriately portioned, the fries and milkshake threw all caution to the wind. Our tray was overflowing with perfectly crisp and thin-cut “Fresh Fries” that were made to include potato skins. And while presentation may not have been the highest priority for the milkshakes, the taste was excellent. The chocolate syrup milkshake had a creamy consistency that was ideal for slurping through a straw and the Oreo cookie black cherry milkshake was a one-of-a-kind shake. With chunks of Oreo and the most subtle black cherry flavor, it was a spoonful of creamy deliciousness. For diet-friendly burgers and fries from a restaurant that takes a great amount of pride in quality ingredients.

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EVENT 1801 CLUB EXPERIENCE SOIREE WHY 002HOUSTON CHIVAS REGAL VIP PARTY WHERE DOWNTOWN POP-UP LOUNGE WHEN FEBRUARY 8 The Chivas Brotherhood exploded during the 002houston Magazine VIP soiree held downtown at a hush-hush location revealed only to friends, family and long-time supporters. More than 200 très-chic attendees invaded the swanky space, which just days before was nothing but an empty shell. The super-talented Chivas Brotherhood crew set up the nomad pop-up lounge in a record two-day period. The black/gold New-York inspired space consisted of the main bar, the game room, the relaxation room, the photobooth and the VIP tasting room, where guests got to sample a 25-year premium blended Scotch whisky. The event was all about drinking in the spirit of the spirit, while, of course, sipping the spirit itself. After registering, guests received their official Chivas membership card and visited the various sampling stations. At the end, guests received a stainless steel engraved flask or money clip. DJ Hector Escamilla rocked the house with his signature hip-hop and house tunes.

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Over 500 friends and faithful clients came out to support makeup and eyebrow guru Edward Sanchez and his business partners, Diane & Michael Caplan, during the launch of their new makeup and beauty studio. Flashes worked overtime as the A-list crowd walked the velvet-roped red carpet before entering the swanky salon. Guests strolled through the jaw-dropping space sampling the amazing cosmetic lines the Vanity Lounge offers, all while enjoying food by Del Frisco’s Grille, drinks by Faust Distributing, Max’s Wine Dive and Riazul Tequila. West Ave neighbors such as Tootsies, Azur West, FLOR Design, Ligne Roset and Katsuya all stepped up to help with the event along with Neal Hamil Modeling Agency, Lexis Florist and Momentum Southwest Jaguar.

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CHECK OUT ALL THE PARTIES IN HOUSTON @ 002MAG.COM As in years past, this was a wonderful fun-filled evening of culture, fashion, art, music and food. Patrons enjoyed live musical performances by Bang Bangz, Bagheera and Poor Pilate, plus two fashion shows, live performances from FrenetiCore Dance and Karen Stokes Dance as well as works from more than 25 local artists. Artopia also featured the fifth annual Houston Press MasterMind Awards sponsored by Stella Artois. Houston Press awarded a $2,000 grant to the three individuals or organizations that made a big and important impact in the local art scene this past year.

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The Ball ‘n Chain Gala was an outlandish confection of sordid scandal and saccharine sweet when over 500 guests took over Winter Street Studios in their finest [or tackiest] weddingthemed gear to celebrate the merger of Spacetaker and Fresh Arts Coalition. Partygoers strolled through a surreal fusion of wedding themes, including a Vegas, Bollywood and shotgun wedding hall, plus the seriously R-rated Bachelor/ette Last Chance Lounge. The official wedding cake and a bountiful buffet spread was provided by Whole Foods Market and to spice things up, El Gran Malo was on hand with rapid infused Sauza Blue tequila shots and platters of their signature bites.

All together, it was a delirium of wild wedding fun!

EVENT BALL ‘N CHAIN GALA WHY BENEFITING FRESH ARTS WHERE WHERE WINTER STREET STUDIOS WHEN FEBRUARY 1

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More than 400 museum supporters gathered during the biennial black-tie gala to celebrate the culture and Islamic collection at the MFAH. The beautiful décor transported guests to a magical place. The tables were covered in alternating pink, gold and turquoise linens topped with red carnation and pomegranate floral centerpieces by Jonathan Andrew Sage. Islamic motifs were projected on the walls and the mirrored mosaic exhibition of Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian reflected light and color around the dining guests. Guests began the evening with a cocktail hour and passed hors d’oeuvres, followed by a three-course seated dinner by City Kitchen. Live entertainment and music by DJ Hector kept guests energized all night long.

EVENT BEYOND BOUNDARIES WHY TO BENEFIT MFAH WHERE CAROLINE WIESS LAW BUILDING WHEN JANUARY 25

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The cool and wet weather could not keep this group of hip young professionals from flocking to the Zoo. Flock, the Houston Zoo’s Young Supporters, hosted a Mardi Gras brunch for more than 200 PYTs. While at the event, guests mixed and mingled with zookeepers and animal ambassadors, enjoyed brunch and a bloody mary bar by Deep Eddy Vodka; Yelp supplied the party pics, DJ Little Martin the tunes and St. Arnold Brewing Co. the beer.

Guests experienced a close encounter with Kiburi, one of the Zoo’s cheetah ambassadors. Funds raised by the Beastly Brunch and Flock support the care and feeding of over 6,000 animals, innovative education programs, and local and international conservation projects.

EVENT BEASTLY BRUNCH WHY TO BENEFIT THE HOUSTON ZOO WHERE HOUSTON ZOO WHEN FEBRUARY 10

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Love flowed freely during Tootsie’s fabulous Love’s In Fashion soiree where more than 200 Houstonians gathered to support the local nonprofit organization. Playing off the Valentine’s Day theme, the fashion show featured philanthropic couples donning the latest and hottest Tootsies fashions. After cheering on the lovely couples, guests mingled while enjoying bites from Katsuya and Eddie V’s and sipping Deep Eddy’s Vodka cocktails. Proceeds from the event along with a percentage of the evening’s sales and a live auction helped Deck My Room further its mission to create “a healing place” for children and young adults who are admitted to the hospital for a prolonged period of time.

EVENT LOVE’S IN FASHION WHY TO BENEFIT DECK MY ROOM WHERE TOOTSIES WHEN FEBRUARY 12

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Downtown............................................1 Holocaust Museum..............................2 Galleria...............................................3 Uptown Park.......................................4 River Oaks Park..................................5 Rice Village.........................................6 Highland Village.................................7 Memorial City......................................8 Town & Country Village.......................9 CityCentre..........................................10 Sam Houston Race Park.....................11 Katy Mills..........................................12 Sugar Land........................................13 Zoo ..................................................14 Museum District.................................15 George Bush Intl. Airport...................16 Hobby Airport....................................17 Space Center Houston........................18 Kemah...............................................19 Miller Outdoor Theatre......................20 Contemporary Arts Museum...............21 Houston Museum of Fine Arts............22 Children’s Museum............................23 Houston Museum of Natural Science........24 Houston Arboretum...........................25 Houston Theater District....................26 The Woodlands..................................27

EVENT BAYOU HERONS WHY TO BENEFIT THE BAYOU PRESERVATION ASSOCIATION WHERE JACKSON’S WATERING HOLE WHEN JANUARY 24 To celebrate the kick-off of Bayou HEROns, the young, fit and very environmentally friendly Houstonians gathered at Jackson’s Watering Hole to talk all things bayou: biking, walking, paddling, fishing and bird watching. Event guests gathered on the cool patio where they mingled and dined on some of Bernie’s Burger Bus’s most popular items while sitting under the stars. Bayou enthusiasts, and even some newcomers, lined up to register for the Bayou Adventure Race and volunteer opportunities.

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restaurant listings

houston | sugar land | the woodlands

american 024 GRILLE 945 Gessner Road. 832.358.0600 *17 | inside Hotel Alden 1117 Prairie. 832.200.8888 www.aldenhotels.com

51fifteen 51FIFTEEN | inside Saks Fifth Avenue 5115 Westheimer. 713.963.8067 www.51fifteen.com AMERICAS www.cordua.com •21 Waterway Ave. 281.367.1492 •2040 West Gray. 832.200.4782

ARTISTA | inside the Hobby Center 800 Bagby. 713.278.4782 www.cordua.com

BARNABY’S www.barnabyscafe.com 6 Houston locations

BISTRO ALEX www.bistroalex.com 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., CityCentre 713.827.3545 BLACK FINN AMERICAN GRILL 1910 Bagby, #100. 713.651.9550 www.blackfinnamericangrille.com BOWL www.eatatbowl.com 607 Richmond. 832.582.7218

CAFE EXPRESS www.cafe-express.com 12 convenient locations in Houston CANOPY www.canopyhouston.com 3939 Montrose Blvd. 713.528.6848

CINQ | at La Colombe d’Or 3410 Montrose Blvd. 713.469.4750 www.lacolombedor.com CORNER TABLE 2736 Virginia St. 713.568-.9196 www.cornertablebhm.com CROSSROADS | HOB 1204 Caroline. 888.402.5837 www.houseofblues.com 78. march 13 | www.002mag.com

DAILY REVIEW CAFÉ 3412 West Lamar. 713.520.9217 www.dailyreviewcafe.com

RUGGLES GREEN www.rugglesgreen.com •2311 West Alabama. 713.533.0777 •CityCentre 713.464.5557

DANTON’S GULF COAST SEAFOOD 4611 Montrose. 713.807.8889 www.dantonsseafood.com

SPARROW BAR+COOKSHOP 3701 Travis. 713.524.6922 www.sparrowhouston.com

EDDIE V’S PRIME SEAFOOD •12848 Queensbury Ln. 832.200.2380 • 2800 Kirby@West Ave. 713.874.1800 www.eddiev.com FOUNDATION ROOM | HOB 1204 Caroline. 832.667.7800 www.houseofblues.com

HAVEN www.havenhouston.com 2502 Algerian Way. 713.581.6101 HEARSAY GASTRO LOUNGE 218 Travis St. 713.225.8079 www.hearsayhouston.com

hearsay

KENNY & ZIGGY’S 2327 Post Oak Blvd. 713.871.8883 www.kennyandziggys.com LINE & LARIAT| Hotel Icon 220 Main. 832.667.4470 www.hotelicon.com

LOCAL FOODS 2424 Dunstan. 713.521.7800 www.houstonlocalfoods.com

MARIPOSA inside Neiman Marcus 2600 Post Oak Blvd. 713.621.7100 ext.2166 www.neimanmarcus.com MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK’S 3 Houston locations www.mccormickandschmicks.com

NOE www.noerestaurant.com 4 Riverway. 713.871.8181

OXHEART www.oxhearthouston.com 1310 Nance St. 832.830.8592 QUATTRO www.fourseasons.com 1300 Lamar. 713.276.4700

RDG | Bar Annie 1800 Post Oak Blvd. 713.840.1111 www.rdgbarannie.com

RELISH www.relishhouston.com 3915 San Felipe. 713.599.1960

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THE CHELSEA GRILL www.chelseagrill.com 4621 Montrose Blvd. 713.942.9857

THE GROVE www.thegrovehouston.com 1611 Lamar. 713.337.7321

NIT NOI [thai] www.nitnoithai.com 8 Houston locations NORI SUSHI BISTRO 700 Town and Country Blvd. 713.467.0400 www.norisushibistro.com RA SUSHI •3908 Westheimer. 713.621.5800 •12860 Queensbury Ln. #234, CityCentre 713.331.2792 www.rasushi.com

TRINITI www.trinitirestaurants.com 2815 South Shepherd. 713.527.9090

WHICH WICH [dt tunnel] •Pennzoil Place. 713.222.2999 •El Paso Energy Place. 713.658.9161 www.whichwich.com YARD HOUSE 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy., CityCentre 713.461.9273 www.yardhouse.com

ra sushi RED PIER [asian fusion] 2701 Milam St. 713.807.7726 www.theredpier.com

STRAITS [singaporean] 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. N. 713.365.9922 www.straitsrestaurants.com SUSHI RAKU www.sushi-raku.com 3201 Louisiana. 713.526.8885 UCHI www.uchirestaurants.com 904 Westheimer. 713.522.4808

asian

EURASIA www.eurasiasushi.com 1330 Wirt Rd. 832.203.8815

FISH [sushi] www.fishhouston.com 309 Gray St. 713.526.5294

KAM’S [chinese] www.kamscuisine.com 4500 Montrose Blvd. #C. 713.529.5057

KATSUYA [sushi] www.sbe.com/katsuya 2800 Kirby. 713.590.2800 KONA GRILL [japanese+american] 2 Houston locations. www.konagrill.com

KUBO’S www.kubos-sushi.com 2414 University Blvd. #200. 713.528.7878 LES GIVRAL’S KAHVE [vietnamese] 801 Congress St. 713.547.0444 www.lesgivrals.com

MAI’S [vietnamese] www.maishouston.com 3403 Milam. 713.520.5300

BABA YEGA CAFE www.babayega.com 2607 Grant St. 713.522.0042

COCO’S CREPES www.cocoscrepes.com 218 Gray St. 713.521.0700

CRAVE CUPCAKES www.cravecupcake.com 1151 Uptown Park Blvd. 713.622.7283 DIRK’S COFFEE www.diedrich.com 4005 Montrose. 713.526.1319

EMPIRE CAFÉ www.empirecafe.net 1732 Westheimer. 713.528.5282 FOUNTAIN VIEW CAFÉ 1842 Fountain View. 713.785.9060 FUEL KITCHEN+HEALTH BAR 1005 Waugh Dr., #C. 713.528.5282 www.fuelhealthbar.com HARRY'S RESTAURANT 318 Tuam www.harrysrestaurantcafe.com

AUNTIE CHANG’S DUMPLING HOUSE 2621 S. Shepherd. 713.524.8410 www.auntiechangs.com BLUE FISH SUSHI 550 Texas. 713.225.3474 www.thebluefishsushi.com

AVALON DRUG CO. & DINER •2417 Westheimer. 713.527.8900 •12810 Southwest Frwy. 281.240.0213 www.avalondiner.com

CAFÉ BRASIL www.brasilcafe.net 2604 Dunlavy. 713.528.1993

THE LAKE HOUSE 1600 McKinney. 713.337.7320 www.thelakehousehouston.com THE PASS & PROVISIONS 807 Taft St. 713.628.9020 www.passandprovisions.com

ARAYA artisan chocolate •2013 W. Gray St. 832.967.7960 •1575 W.Grand Parkway S. 281.395.1050 www.arayachocolate.com

uptown sushi UPTOWN SUSHI 1131 Uptown Park Blvd. 713.871.1200 www.uptown-sushi.com ZAKE www.zakehouston.com 2946 S. Shepherd. 713.526.6888

ZUSHI www.zushihouston.com 5900 Memorial Dr., #102. 713.861.5588

bar-b-que BROOKSTREET BBQ 10705 Westheimer. 713.783.3600 www.brookstreetbbq.com GOODE COMPANY TX BARBECUE 5109 Kirby. 713.522.2530 www.goodecompany.com

breakfast+coffee+ diners+juice bars, etc ANTIDOTE COFFEE 729 Studewood. 713.861.7400 www.antidotecoffee.com

INVERSION COFFEE HOUSE 1953 Montrose, #A. 713.523.4866 www.inversioncoffee.com ISLAND GRILL + JUICE BAR 2 Houston locations www.islandgrillhouston.com KRAFTSMEN BAKING 4100 Montrose, #C. 713.524.3737 www.kraftsmenbaking.com MICHAEL’S COOKIE JAR 5330 Weslayan St. 713.771.8603 www.michaelscookiejar.com MORE THAN CAKES 325 Heights. 713.652.5135 www.morethancakes.com

RUSTIKA CAFÉ www.rustikacafe.com 3237 Southwest Frwy. 713.665.6226 SALENTO WINE CAFE 2407 Rice Blvd. 713.528.7478 www.salentowinecafe.com SPRINKLES CUPCAKES 4014 Westheimer. 713.871.9929 www.sprinkles.com

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SUGAR BABY’S CUPCAKES 3310 S. Shepherd. 713.527.8427 www.ilovesugarbabys.com

SWEET CityCentre.

713.647.9338 www.sweethouston.com

THIS IS IT SOULFOOD 2712 Blodgett St. 713.521.2920 www.thisisithouston.com

TREEBEARDS www.treebeards.com 5 Houston locations

TAFT STREET COFFEE 2115 Taft. 713.522.3533 www.taftstreetcoffee.org

ZYDECO LOUISIANA DINER 1119 Pease. 713.759.2001 www.zydecolouisianadiner.com

THE BREAKFAST KLUB 3711 Travis. 713.528.8561 www.thebreakfastklub.com

european

THE BUFFALO GRILLE 2 Houston locations www.thebuffalogrille.com

THE POPCORN BAR www.popcornbar.com 3829 Southwest Freeway. 713.520.7007 OPEN COFFEE CLUB 2503 Bagby. 713.874.0082 PETITE SWEETS 2700 West Alabama. 713.520.7007 www.petitesweetshouston.com TINY BOXWOOD’S •3614 W. Alabama St. 713.622.4224 •3636 Rice Blvd. 713.664.0141 www.tinyboxwoods.com

cajun+creole+southern L.A. BAR www.ragin-cajun.com 4302 A Richmond Ave. 713.335.2227

BISTRO LE CEP [french] 11112 Westheimer. 713.783.3985 www.bistro-lecep.com BRASSERIE 19 [french] 1962 W. Gray. 713.524.1919 www.brasserie19.net

BRASSERIE MAX + JULIE [french] 4315 Montrose. 713.524.0070 www.maxandjulie.net CHARIVARI [european] 2521 Bagby. 713.271.7231 www.charivarirest.com

COSTA BRAVA BISTRO [spanish/french] 5115 Bellaire. 713.839.1005 www.costabravabistro.com ÉTOILE CUISINE [french] 1101-11 Uptown Park. 832.668.5808 www.etoilecuisine.com

FEAST [european] www.feasthouston.com 219 Westheimer. 713.529.7788 GREEN SEED VEGAN 4320 Almeda Road. 713.487.8346 www.greenseedvegan.com

LE MISTRAL [french] 1400 Eldridge Parkway. 832.379.8322 www.lemistralhouston.com OPORTO [european] www.oporto.us 3833 Richmond. 713.621.1114 PHILIPPE REST+LOUNGE [french] BLVD. Place. 713.439.1000 www.philippehouston.com THE QUEEN VIC PUB [european] 2712 Richmond. 713.533.0022 www.thequeenvicpub.com PORTUGALLIA [portuguese] 12126 Westheimer. 281.497.8012 www.portugallia.com

PONDICHERI www.pondichericafe.com 2800 Kirby @ West Ave. 713.522.2022 SHIVA www.shivarestaurant.com 2415 Times Blvd. 713.523.4753 SÁLE-SUCRÉ [french] 2616 White Oak. 713.623.1406 http://www.salesucre.com

italian ARCODORO www.arcodoro.com 5000 Westheimer. 713.621.6888 ARTURO BOADA CUISINE 6510 Del Monte. 713.782.3011 www.boadacuisine.com

BIRRA PORETTI’S theater district 500 Louisiana. 713.224.9494 www.birrarestaurant.com BRIO TUSCAN GRILLE 2 Houston locations www.brioitalian.com

indian ASHIANA www.ashiana.cc 12610 Briar Forest Dr. 281.679.5555 KIRAN’S www.kiranshouston.com 4100 Westheimer. 713.960.8472

NARIN’S BOMBAY BRASSERIE 3005 West Loop South. 713.622.2005 www.narinsbombaybrasserie.com

brio CANDELARI’S www.candelaris.com 14545 Memorial Dr. 281.497.0612

PIATTO RISTORANTE 2 houston locations www.piattoristorante.com

RISTORANTE CAVOUR 1080 Uptown Park. 713.418.1004 www.granducahouston.com SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE 901 Commerce @ Travis. 713.229.9715 www.meatballs.com TONY MANDOLA’S 1212 Waugh. 713.528.3473 www.tonymandolas.com

VALENTINO Hotel Derek 2525 West Loop South. 713.850.9200 www.valentinorestaurantgroup.com

latin 1252 TAPAS BAR [spanish] 1101 Uptown Park Blvd. 713.621.1252 www.1252tapasbar.com AMAZON GRILL www.cordua.com 5114 Kirby Dr. 713.522.5888 ARGENTINA CAFE www.theargentinacafe.com 3055 Sage Rd. 713.622.8877

BERRYHILL [texmex] 10 Houston locations www.berryhillbajagrill.com BISTRO BAR [puerto rican] 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy. 713.973.1601 www.houstonsorella-citycentre.com BULLRITOS www.bullritos.com 5 Houston locations

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restaurant listings CAFÉ PIQUET [cuban] www.cafepiquet.net 5757 Bissonnet. 713.664.1031 CHAMA GAÚCHA [brazilian] 5865 Westheimer. 713.244.9500 www.chamagaucha.com

CYCLONE ANAYA’S [mex] 4 Houston locations www.cycloneanaya.com EL GRAN MALO [mex] 2307 Ella Blvd. 832.767.3405 www.elgranmalo.com

EL MESON [cuban] www.elmeson.com 2425 University. 713.522.9306 EL PATIO [mex] www.elpatio.com 6444 Westheimer. 713.780.0410

EL REY [cuban-mex] 4 Houston locations www.elreytaqueria.com EL TACO TOTE www.tacotote.com 6154 Westheimer. 713.706.3233 EL TIEMPO CANTINA [mex] •3130 Richmond. 713.807.1600 •1308 Montrose. 713.807.8996 www.eltiempocantina.com FREEB!RDS WORLD BURRITO 17 Houston locations Catering 888.392.2287 www.freebirds.com

GLORIA’S www.gloriasrestaurants.com 2616 Louisiana. 832.360.1710

gloria’s

MARIA SELMA [mex] 1617 Richmond. 713.528.4920 www.mariaselma.com

NINFA’S THE ORIGINAL 2704 Navigation Blvd. 713.228.1175 www.ninfas.com

RADICAL EATS [vegetarian mexican] 3903 Fulton St. 281.222.7647 www.radicaleats.com

RIOJA [spanish] www.riojarestaurant.com 11920 Westheimer. 281.531.5569 TACOS A GO-GO www.tacosagogo.com 3704 Main. 713.807.8226 THE LEMON TREE [peru] 12591 Whittington. 281.556.0690 www.thelemontreeonline.com TILA’S [mex] www.tilas.com 1111 S. Shepherd. 713.522.7654 TINTOS [spanish] 2015 West Gray. 713.522.1330 www.tintosrestaurant.com

TORCHY’S TACOS www.torchystacos.com 2411 S. Shepherd. 713.595.8226

mediterranean+greek

CAFE LILI [lebanese] www.cafelili.com 5757 Westheimer. 713.952.6969 MEDITERRANEAN TREATS mediterranieantreats@gmail.com www.etsy.com/shop/mediterraneantreats NIKO NIKO’S www.nikonikos.com •2520 Montrose. 713.528.4976 •301 Milam@Market Square.713.224.4976

GUADALAJARA HACIENDA [mex] 4 Houston locations www.guadalajarahacienda.com

IRMA’S [mex] www.irmassouthwest.com 2 Houston locations LAS VENTANAS [mex] 14555 Grisby Rd. 281.752.6990 www.lasventanas.net

LATIN BITES CAFE [peru] 5709 Woodway Dr. 713.229.8369 www.latinbitescafe.com LUCIO’S [new american latin] 905 Taft. 713.523.9958 www.luciosbyob.com

MAJORCA [spanish] 207 Gray St. 832.582.7176 www.majorcabistroandtapas.com

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niko niko’s PHOENICIA DELI [lebanese] 2 Houston Locations www.phoeniciafoods.com

pizza ALTO PIZZERIA www.avaalto.com 2800 Kirby Dr. 713.386.6460 ANTONIO’S FLYING PIZZA www.antonios.com 2920 Hillcroft. 713783.6080

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BOMBAY PIZZA CO. •914 Main St. 713.654.4444 •636 Hwy. 6, #100. 281.242.1131 www.bombaypizzaco.com DOLCE VITA PIZZERIA ENOTECA 500 Westheimer. 713.520.8222 www.dolcevitahouston.com

FRANK’S PIZZA www.frankspizza.com 417 Travis. 713.225.5656 PINK’S PIZZA www.pinkspizza.com 4 houston locations

PIZARO’S www.pizarospizza.com 14028 Memorial Dr.. 281.589.7277 PIOLA www.piola.it 3201 Louisiana St. 713.524.8222

REGINELLI’S PIZZERIAwww.eginellis.com 12389 Kingsride Lane. 713.468.2727 STAR PIZZA www.starpizza.net 2 Houston Locations

steak+chops FLEMING’S www.flemingssteakhouse.com 3 Houston Locations MORTON’S www.mortons.com 2 Houston locations

CAFE INDIA 2319 Williams Trace Blvd. 281.565.5881 GRIMALDI’S PIZZERIA 16535 Southwest Frwy. 281.265.2280 www.patsygrimaldis.com JAPANEIRO’S www.japaneiro.com 2168 Texas Dr. 281.242.1121

NAPA GRILLE URBAN WINE BAR 14019 Southwest Freeway. 281.277.2599 www.napagrille.net PERRY’S GRILLwww.perryssteakhouse.com 2115 Town Square. 281.565.2727 PHO MAI NOODLE HOUSE 16200 Kensington Dr. 281.491.1528 www.phomainoodlehouse.com

RAGIN CAJUN www.ragin-cajun.com 16100 Kensington Dr. 281.277.0704

RED OAK GRILL www.redoak-grill.com 203 Century Square Blvd. 281.491.2890

RUGGLES GREEN www.rugglesgreen.com 15903 City Walk. 281.565.1175 THE BURNING PEAR 16090 City Walk. 281.275.5925 www.theburningpear.com

MO’S www.mosaplaceforsteaks.com 1801 Post Oak Blvd. 713.877.0720

WASABI [sushi] 14019 Southwest Freeway. 281.242.3899

PAPPAS BROS. STEAKHOUSE 5839 Westheimer Rd. 713.780.7352 www.pappasbros.com

WILLIE’S GRILL + ICE HOUSE 945 Highway 6. 281.242.2252 www.williesrestaurants.com

RUTH’S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE 6213 Richmond Ave. 713.789.2333 www.ruthschris.com

SHULA’S STEAKHOUSE Hyatt Hotel 1200 Louisiana St. 713.375.4777 www.donshulas.com SPENCER’S STEAKS + CHOPS 1600 Lamar. 713.577.8325 www.spencersforsteaksandchops.com

SUGAR LAND BENIHANA www.benihana.com 2579 N. Town Center Blvd. 281.565.8888 BLACK WALNUT CAFE 16535 Southwest Fwy. 281.565.7800 www.blackwalnutcafe.com

BLU [euro-asian] www.blusugarland.com 2248 Texas Dr. 281.903.7324 BROOKSTREET BBQ 1418 Highway 6. 281.313.4000 www.brookstreetbbq.com

THE WOODLANDS 1252 TAPAS BAR 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.419.1260 www.1252tapasbar.com

AMERICAS www.cordua.com 21 Waterway Avenue. 281.367.1492

BENIHANA [asian] www.benihana.com 1720 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.292.0061 BRIO www.brioitalian.com 1201 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.465.8993 CAFÉ EXPRESS www.cafe-express.com 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.298.2556.

CAFFE DI FIORE [italian] 10110 Woodlands Pkwy. 281.298.1228 www.caffe-di-fiore.com COAL BURGER www.coalburger.com 20 Waterway Ave. 281.292.6385

CRU - A WINE BAR www.cruawinebar.com 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.465.9463 DICKEY’S BARBECUE PIT 10700 Kuykendahl Road. 281.298.8422 www.dickeysbarbecuerestaurants.com

DIMASSI’S www.dimassisbuffet.com 1640 Lake Woodlands Dr. 281.363.0200 GENGHIS GRILL [asian] 9300 6 Pines Drive. 281.363.4745 www.genghisgrill.com GROTTO www.grottohouston.com 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.419.4252

GURI DO SUL STEAKHOUSE 1400 Research Forest Dr. 281.907.4146 www.guridosul.com HUBBELL & HUDSON KITCHEN 4526 Research Forest Dr. 281.203.5650 www.hubbellandhudson.com

KITA [japanese] www.kitawoodlands.com 24 Waterway Ave. 281.298.1888 LA TRATTORIA TUSCANO 4233 Research Forest Dr. 281.419.2252 www.latrattoriatuscano.com LUCA & LEONARDO [italian] 20 Waterway Ave. 832.510.2110 www.lucaleonardo.com

MASA’S SUSHI 4775 W. Panther Creek Dr. 281.298.5688 www.sushimasahouston.com SAKEKAWA [japanese] 6777 Woodlands Parkway. 281.419.5988 www.sakekawa.com SITAR CUISINE OF INDIA 25701 Interstate 45. 281.364.0200 www.sitarcuisineofindia.net SWEET BELLA ITALIAN KITCHEN 202 Sawdust Road. 832.585.0066 www.sweetbellaitalian.com THE MELTING POT 19075 Interstate 45. 936.271.7416 www.themeltingpot.com TOMMY BAHAMA 9595 Six Pines Dr. 281.292.6878 www.tommybahama.com

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Tastes of the TOWN

CHEERS TO NEW BEGINNINGS...

WHEN SHE’S NOT BUSY SELLING AND KEEPING 002 CONNECTED, JORDAN SPENDS TIME WITH HER CLOSE-KNIT FAMILY INCLUDING TWO SISTERS (THEY LOOK LIKE TRIPLETS) AND HER BOYFRIEND. NEVER AFRAID TO HIT THE TOWN AND CHECK OUT SOMETHING NEW, THIS GAL REALLY IS A TRIPLE THREAT IN OUR BOOKS. (SHE’S PLAYED HER PART IN OUR GANGNAM STYLE-INSPIRED VIDEO, SELLS ADS AND KEEPS UP ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS.)

By Jordan Campbell, sales executive | social media maven at 002houston

HOLY POP! SUSHI POP 9770 Katy Freeway, Ste. 100 Houston, TX 77055 | 713.935.0707 www.sushipop.us.com Located next to I-10 and squeezed between a number of other businesses is Sushi Pop, the ideal casual-date location. With a menu that offers a variety of options that make even the most timid palettes feel welcomed, it’s a no-brainer that people old and new to the sushi trend find comfort here. A must-try: the “Pop This” roll… even though it should be called the “crunchy, sweet, savory, spicy, amazing” roll. With salmon, cream cheese, avocado and masago wrapped in soy paper, tempura fried and topped with spicy mayo and sweet chili sauce, it’s no surprise that the signature roll is a fan (and personal) favorite. Also, on Mondays between 5-10pm they will give you a gift card equal to the dollars spent on your purchase to use at any time (and Wednesdays is BYOB)! Sushi + moscato = perfection.

BASEBALL + BUD LIGHT www.uhcougars.com | www.rice.edu Not sure if everyone remembers that in addition to the awesome professional sports teams Houston has (I’m still mourning that football season is over), Houston has some amazing college teams as well! I’ve always felt baseball and Bud Light go hand-in-hand and it’s

with the club, etc.). At this very moment, I’m sticking with the Tomato and Avocado Sandwich paired exclusively with Garden Salsa™ SunChips® (cheese and sauce subject to change). It’s the perfect lunch-time oasis.

slightly strange to have one without the other. College baseball season just started, so hit up Cougar Field (or Reckling Field if you’re a Rice fan) and give our Houston collegiate teams some support! March is full of home games for the Coogs and Owls.

CHILDHOOD CLASSIC REINVENTED

AFTERNOON DELIGHT WHICHWICH 4+ locations | www.whichwich.com No matter how hard I try, I can never make my sandwich taste as good as WhichWich … which is why I keep coming back. The “build your own” sandwich shop takes fresh ingredients to the next level and has staff who are nice enough to talk me through my ever-changing sandwich ingredients (which sauce goes best with this cheese, should I try a bowl with that many ingredients, can I mix the black bean patty

JUS’ MAC IN THE HEIGHTS 2617 Yale Street | Houston TX, 77008 713.622.8646 www.jusmac.com Jus’ Mac has been my favorite discovery this year.

Who says macaroni and cheese is boring, or worse ... unhealthy?! This cozy spot has an entire menu dedicated to my childhood favorite meal – macaroni and cheese (and a few paninis for those carb-counters). If you want something warm, comforting and insanely delicious, then their menu is a good starting point. My personal favorite is the Popeye: mac n’ cheese mixed with fresh spinach, onions and mushrooms topped with mozzarella, parmesan cheese – and I like to add avocado slices and breadcrumbs. (Don’t forget the breadcrumbs! They add a piping-hot crunchy layer to your bowl of perfection.) Warning: You may need a nap afterwards.

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business ALVAGRAPHICS 1102 Shepherd Dr. 713.863.1211 www.alvagraphics.com AMERICAN TITLE-HEIGHTS 5225 Katy Frwy. 713.864.5335 www.americantitleheights.com BEDROCK CITY 4602 Washington. 713.862.0100 www.bedrockcity.com C&D HARDWARE 314 E. 11 St. 713.861.3551 www.canddhardware.com CAMERA CO-OP 801 Durham Dr. 713.522.7837 www.cameracoophouston.com CENTRAL BANK 1550 W. 18th St. 832.485.2354 COASTAL FUMIGATORS 1119 W. 34th St. 713.863.7378 www.coastalfumigators.com DAVID, ETC. A SALON 706 E. 11th St. www.davidetc.com

INEX 742 E. 20th St. 713.862.1707 INTEGRITY BANK 4040 Washington. 713.335.8700 www.ibanktx.com I SOLD IT HOUSTON 4720 Washington. 713.426.4266 www.isoldithouston.com

SSQQ DANCE STUDIO 1431 W. 20th. 713.869.0777 www.ssqqdance.com THE AMISH CRAFTSMAN 5555 Washington. 713.862.3444 www.amishcraftsmanfurniture.com THE RESERVE SUPPLY CO. 2205 Washington. 713.750.9582 www.reservesupplycompany.com

BEAVER’S 2310 Decatur St. 713.864.2328 www.beavershouston.com

DACAPO’S PASTRY CAFÉ 1141 E. 11th St. 713.869.9141 www.dacapospastrycafe.com

CANDELARI’S 6002 Washington. 832.200.1474 www.candelaris.com

D’AMICO’S 2802 White Oak. 713.868.3400 www.damico-café.com

CANYON CREEK CAFÉ 6603 Westcott St. 713.864.5885 www.onioncreekcafe.com

DAN ELECTRO’S 1031 E. 24th St. 713.862.8707 www.danelectrosguitarbar.com

CATALINA COFFEE 2201 Washington. 713.861.8448 www.catalinacoffeeshop.com

DARKHORSE TAVERN 2207 Washington. 713.426.2442 www.dhtavern.com

CEDAR CREEK CAFE 1034 W. 20th St. 713.808.9623

DOWN HOUSE 1801 Yale St. 713.864.3696 www.downhousehouston.com

JAMES CRAIG FURNISHINGS 4500 Washington. 713.741.2266 www.jamescraigfurnishings.com

WABASH ANTIQUE 5701 Washington. 713.863.8322 www.wabashfeed.com

BERRYHILL BAJA GRILL 702 E. 11th St. 713.225.2252 www.berryhillbajagrill.com

JOSHUA’S NATIVE PLANTS 502 W. 18th St. 713.862.7444

WEST END BICYCLES 5427 Blossom St. 713.861.2271

KATIE & CO. 4500 Washington. 713.802.1345 www.katie-co.com

WEST END CLEANERS 4918 Washington. 713.864.2365 www.westendcleaners.com

BIG STAR 1005 W. 19th. 281.501.9560 www.bigstarbar.com

CHATTER’S CAFÉ & BISTRO 140 S. Heights Blvd. 713.581.8486 www.chatterscafe.com

BLOCK 7 WINE COMPANY 720 Shepherd Dr. 713.572.2565 www.block7wineco.com

CHICAGO’S PIZZA 1777 Airline Dr. 713.862.2828 www.chicagospizzaheights.com

BOOM BOOM ROOM 2518 Yale. 713.868.3740

CHILOSO’S TACO HOUSE 701 E. 20th St. 713.868.2273

KEEP IT CLEAN CARWASH 3700 Washington. 713.426.3877 www.keepitcleancarwash.com KITCHEN & BATH WIZARD 2102 W. 34th St. 713.956.9595

food+drink 360 SPORTS LOUNGE 4601 Washington. 713.677.0398 www.360sportslounge.com

LA CAMELLA BOUTIQUE 3122 White Oak Dr. Suite C. 713.808.9377

GEN’S ANTIQUES 540 W. 19th St. 713.868.2368

RJ’S BOOT COMPANY 3321 Ella Blvd. 713.682.1650

HOUSTON PIANO 1600 W. 13th St. 281.727.0395

ROCKEFELLER HALL 3620 Washington. 713.869.3344 www.RockefellerHall.com

ABSOLVE WINE LOUNGE 920 Studemont St. 281.501.1788 www.absolvewinelounge.com

SIGN A RAMA HOUSTON 519 Durham Dr. 713.864.9211 www.sarhouston.com

ANDY’S 1115 E. 11th St. 713.861.9423

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BB’S CAFÉ 2701 White Oak Dr. 713.868.800 www.bbscafe.com

BUFFALO WILD WINGS 3939 Washington. 832.356.2980 www.buffalowildwings.com

BERRIPOP FROZEN YOGURT 3939 Washington. 713.861.7171 www.berripop.com

DAVIS HARDWARE 1028 Studewood. 713.864.4574 www.davishardware.com

HYDROSHACK 1138 W. 20th St. 713.292.1921 www.hydroshack.com

ANTIDOTE COFFEE 729 Studewood. 713.861.7400

URBAN CLEANERS 9200 Studemont. 713.880.9910

IVISION 920 Studemont. 713.862.0500 www.ivisionhouston.com

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MYTIBURGER ON W 43RD STREET REINVENTS ITSELF WITH NEW OWNER SHAWN SALYERS INTRODUCING WI-FI, INVENTIVE TOPPINGS AND A SHADED AREA WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY TASTY TEXAS-STYLE BURGERS AND THEIR TRADEMARK MOUTH-WATERING BISCUITS. BRANCH WATER TAVERN ON SHEPHERD WILL NOW BE RENAMED THE FEDERAL GRILL. VEGAS-BASED CHEF AND JAMES BEARD AWARD RECIPIENT, CHEF BRADLEY OGDEN WILL OPEN HIS FIRST TWO HOUSTON RESTAURANTS CALLED FUNKY CHICKEN AND BRADLEY’S FINE DINER IN THE HEIGHTS. THE KARBACH BREWING COMPANY, LOCATED WEST OF 290, OFFERS THEIR BEER AT MORE THAN 700 LOCATIONS IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA INCLUDING CEDAR CREEK AND BRC GASTROPUB. YOU CAN ALSO SCHEDULE A TOUR TO THEIR BREWERY, BRING YOUR LUNCH OR ENJOY SOME FOOD TRUCK GRUB ALONG WITH AN ICY-COLD CRAFT BEER. RUGGLES IS SUPPOSED TO BE OPENING IN THE HEIGHTS THIS MONTH IN THE OLD 11TH STREET CAFÉ LOCATION. OWNER KEN BRIDGES, ALSO OF EL TIEMPO CANTINA, CONFIRMS HOUSTON STAPLE, PINK’S PIZZA, TO EXPAND TO TWO NEW LOCATIONS AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND IN BELLAIRE. CORNER BAKERY HAS MADE IT TO YALE STREET AT WASHINGTON HEIGHTS WITH THEIR SINFUL BAKED GOODS, PASTAS, SALADS AND THE PERFECT CUP OF HAND-ROASTED JOE FOR ON THE GO. OKRA OF THE ORIGINAL CHARITY SALOON IS TRYING TO NEGOTIATE NEW PARKING LAWS PROPOSED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE REQUIRED CHANGES WOULD ASK BARS TO PROVIDE 40% MORE PARKING SPACE AND RESTAURANTS 20% WHICH MIGHT BE A THREAT TO NEW RESTAURANTS WHO COULD STRUGGLE TO RAISE THAT MONEY. WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS! HEIGHTS MARKETPLACE AT YALE STREET AND HEIGHTS BLVD. HOLDS YOUR FAVE LUNCH SPOTS LIKE SMASHBURGER, WHICH WICH AND JIMMY JOHN’S,THERE’S A CHIPOTLE NEARBY TOO. PERFECT ALSO FOR A QUICK FRO-YO TREAT AT TUTTI FRUTTI OR EVEN A NEW DO AT GREAT CLIPS, THIS SHOPPING CENTER CLOSE TO THE INNER LOOP HAS EVERYTHING YOU NEED.

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BOOMTOWN COFFEE 242 W. 19th. St. 713.862.7018 www.boomtowncoffee.com BRANCH WATER TAVERN 510 Shepherd Dr. 713.863.7777 www.branchwatertavern.com BRC 519 Shepherd Dr. 713.861.2233 www.brcgastropub.com BRIXX BAR 5110 Washington. 713.864.8811 www.brixxhouston.com

COLLINA’S ITALIAN CAFÉ 502 W. 19th St. 713.869.0492 www.collinas.com COPPA 5555 Washington. 713.426.4260 www.copparistorante.com CRISP 2220 Bevis. 713.360.0222 www.crisphouston.com CYCLONE ANAYA’S 1710 Durham Dr. 713.862.3209 www.cycloneanaya.com

DRAGON BOWL ASIAN BISTRO 1221 W. 11th St. 713.426.2750 www.dragonbowlbistro.com DRY CREEK CAFÉ 544 Yale St. 713.426.2313 www.drycreekcafe.com EI8TH 5102 Washington. 281.989.3467 EL REY TAQUERIA 910 Shepherd Dr. 713.802.9145 www.elreytaqueria.com EL TIEMPO CANTINA 5602 Washington. 713.681.3645 www.eltiempocantina.com FITZGERALD’S 2706 White Oak. 713.862.3838 www.fitzlivemusic.com FIVE GUYS 3939 Washington. 713.426.5558 www.fiveguys.com

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GABBY’S 3101 N. Shepherd. 713.864.5049 GLASS WALL 933 Studewood. 713.868.7930 www.glasswalltherestaurant.com HICKORY HOLLOW 101 Heights Blvd. 713.869.6300 www.hickoryhollowrestaurant.com HUGHES HANGAR 2811 Washington. 281.501.2028 www.hugheshangar.com JAVA JAVA CAFÉ 911 W. 11th St. 713.880.5282 JAX GRILL 1613 Shepherd Dr. 713.861.5529 www.jaxgrillhouston.com JENNI’S NOODLE HOUSE 602 E. 20th St. 713.862.3344 www.noodlesrule.com KRAFTSMEN CAFE 611 W. 22nd St. 713.426.1300 www.kraftsmencafe.com KRIS BISTRO & LOUNGE 7070 Allensby. 713.358.5079 www.krisbistro.com KUNG FU SALOON 5317 Washington. 713.864.0642 www.kungfusaloon.com LAURENZO’S 4412 Washington. 713.880.5111 www.laurenzos.net

PANDORA 1815 Washington. 832.296.6220 KUNG FU SALOON

FOX HOLLOW 4617 Nett St. 713.869.2117 www.foxhollowhouston.com

LES GIVRAL’S KAHVE 4601 Washington. 832.582.7671 www.lesgivrals.com LIBERTY STATION 2101 Washington. 713.640.5220 www.libertystationbar.com LITTLE WOODROW’S 2631 White Oak. 713.862.4670 LUPE TORTILLA 1511 Shepherd. 713.231.9040 www.lupetortilla.com MANOR ON WASHINGTON 4819 Washington. 713.426.0123 www.manoronwashington.com MARDI GRAS GRILL 1200 Durham. 713.864.5600 www.mardigrasgrill.net MAX’S WINE DIVE 4720 Washington. 713.880.8737 www.maxwinedive.com MENCHIE’S FROZEN YOGURT 512 W. 19th St. 713.861.9600 www.menchies.com ONION CREEK COFFEE HOUSE 3106 White Oak Dr. 713.880.0706 www.onioncreekcafe.com

PATRENELLA’S 813 Jackson Hill St. 713.863.8223 www.patrenellas.net PIE IN THE SKY 632 W. 19th St. 936.760.3301 www.pieintheskypieco.com PIZZITOLA’S BAR B CUE 1703 Shepherd Dr. 713.227.2283 www.pizzitolasbbq.com POLOVINA 4500 Washington. 713.861.1042 www.polovinaitaliancafe.com PORCH SWING PUB 69 Heights. 713.880.8700 www.porchswingpub.com REBEL’S HONKY TONK 5002 Washington. 281.851.5224 www.rebelshonkytonkhouston.com REVIVAL MARKET 550 Heights Blvd. 713.880.8463 www.revivalmarket.com ROOSEVELT 5219 Washington. 713.869.8779 www.rooseveltbar.com SALT BAR 4218 Washington. 713.868.1109 www.saltbarhouston.com SAM’S CAFÉ 920 Studemont. 713.861.1109 www.samscafehouston.com

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SOLEA WINE BAR & CAFE 1500 Shepherd. 713.862.9700 www.soleacafe.com

W GRILL 4825 Washington. 713.861.9933 www.wgrilltogo.com

STAR PIZZA II 77 Harvard St. 713.869.1241 www.starpizza.net TACOS A GO GO 2912 White Oak. 713.864.8226 www.tacosagogo.com TAMPICO 2115 Airline Dr. 713.862.8425 TAPS HOUSE OF BEER 5120 Washington. 713.864.0650 www.tapshouseofbeer.com TEOTIHUACAN MEXICAN CAFÉ 1511 Airline Dr. 713.426.4420 www.teothihuacanmexicancafe.com

TEXADELPHIA

TEXADELPHIA 920 Studemont. 713.861.7826 www.texadelphia.com

THE DUBLINER 4219 Washington. 713.861.2300

GREENWOOD KING 1801 Heights Blvd. 713.864.0888 www.greenwoodking.com

CURVES COMPLETE 625 W. 19th St. 713.861.9602 www.curvesinformation.com

WOODROW'S HEIGHTS 1200 Durham Dr. 713.864.5600 www.woodrowsheights.com

DESIGN DENTAL GROUP 4500 Washington. 713.869.0334 www.Design-DentalGroup.com

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SOMEBURGER HAMBURGER 745 E. 11th St. 713.862.0019

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WASHINGTON DRINKERY 4115 Washington. 713.426.3617 www.washavedrinkery.com

ZELKO BISTRO 705 E. 11th St. 713.880.8691 www.zelkobistro.com

health+beauty ANYTIME FITNESS 1102 Yale St. 713.869.3222 BAYOU CITY CROSSFIT 3622 Golf Dr. 713.230.8299 BAYOU CITY SMILES 4000 Washington #201. 713.518.1411 www.BayouCitySmiles.com BLISS DAY SPA 701 Shepherd Dr. #100. 713.864.8787 www.blissdayspa.biz BLUE TREE YOGA “Infrared Heated Studio” 1824 Spring St. 713.839.9642 www.bluetreeyoga.com

BLUE TREE YOGA

SOMA 4820 Washington. 713.861.2726 www.somasushi.com

ZUMBA FITNESS 502 E. 20th St. 832.667.8003

THE LOT 4212 Washington. 713.868.5688 www.thelothouston.net

BRISTLES 701 Shepherd Dr., #102. 281.809.6890 www.bristlesdental.com

TIPPY’S SOUL FOOD 4400 Yale St. 713.694.2500

COSA BELLA SALON & DAY SPA 1543 Yale. 713.869.1441

MEMORIAL BY WINDSOR 3131 Memorial Ct. 713.864.7602 www.windsorcommunities.com

DESSANGE PARIS SALON 5535 Memorial Dr. 713.457.8800 www.dessangetexas.com DJ’S BETTER BODY Personal Fitness 2500 E. TC Jester. 713.409.6254 EGMA’S SALON 4620 A Washington. 713.880.8319 IMPERIUM CROSSFIT 1608 22nd St. 713.591.6966 JOY YOGA CENTER 4500 Washington #900. 713.868.9642 www.joyyogacenter.com

ROSE TEAM REALTY 4720 Washington #B-1. 713.880.8444 www.intownhouston.com SABINE STREET LOFTS 150 Sabine Street. 713.221.3400 www.SabineStreetLofts.com SAWYER HEIGHTS LOFTS

VIETNAM 605 W. 19th St. 832.618.1668 www.thevietnamrestaurant.com

SAWYER HEIGHTS LOFTS 2424 Sawyer Heights St. 713.861.3737 www.sawyerheightslofts.com

LA PAZ SPA & SALON 101 W. 14th St. 713.864.2244

TEXAS REAL ESTATE & CO. 2420 Washington. 713.337.1410 www.txreco.com

MEMORIAL HEIGHTS DENTAL 920 Studemont #500. 713.869.0600 www.ddsforyou.com

URBAN LIVING 5023 Washington. 713.868.7226 www.urbanliving.com

MEMORIAL PARK VISION 5535 Memorial Dr. #1. 281.888.9256 www.memorialparkvision.com MERCER SALON 5555 Washington. 281.888.9810 www.mercersalon.com

URBAN LIVING

SHADE 250 W. 19th St. 713.863.7500 www.shadeheights.com

WASHINGTON AVE PILATES 2203 Washington. 281.352.5791 www.wapilates.com

CROSSFIT H-TOWN 1919 Silver. 281.989.8740 www.crossfithtown.com

CROSSFIT H-TOWN

TQLA 4601 Washington. 281.501.3237 www.tqlahouston.com

SOLEA WINE BAR+CAFE

SAWYER PARK SPORTS BAR 2412 Washington. 713.398.8442 www.SawyerParkHouston.com

SATORI SALON 3616 Washington. 713.869.2444 www.satorisalons.com SAWYER DENTAL 1919 Taylor St. Suite 3A. 713.864.4414 THE DENTIST 650 Heights. 281.974.4086 www.650heights.com VAULT HOUSTON 1824 Spring St. #124. 713.880.8161 www.gyrotonichouston.com

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recording Interview by Lance Scott Walker Photography by Anthony Rathbun

OTENKI LEFT TO RIGHT: Enoma Asowata - Guitar Fausto Padilla - Lead Guitar/Vocals German Alexander - Vocals Colton Majors - Keyboards Josh Tenorio - Bass/Vocals

You guys are recording in the fall. Are you feeling different, that there’s new stuff that you’re going to be doing that you didn’t get to do last time around?

You’re working with James Paul Wisner, who is a very pro kind of producer. Going in there, do you have all of your songs completely hashed out or do you kind of leave him some leeway in case he’s got ideas in there and he says, “Well, I t hink you should go this way…”

German: Yeah, you know right now, I just recently – I never had a vocal coach, and I finally ended up getting one and his name’s Tim. He’s really good. He’s Enoma: Well, see, kind of with James – he’s very much teaching me all of these different proper techniques a minimalist, especially when it comes to demos. He’s and exercises and it’s really helping me develop my like, “Hey guys, I really only wanna hear an acoustic singing abilities, so it’s pretty cool. Like, there’s things guitar and I wanna hear German singing.” He wants that I didn’t know that I could do, and it’s just good to to hear the most bare bones version of the song that’s have that type of stuff because as soon as recording humanly possible to get … because one comes by, I wanna have these ideas in thing he explained to us when we startmy head that I wanna try out while I’m WE WANNA ed doing demos for the new record in the studio. Which is what I normally SHOCK PEOPLE, was, like, “It’s cool that you guys have usually do. As soon as I get in the stuYOU KNOW? these electronics and you have these dio, you know… I’m doing it a particproduction ideas, but scale it back, let’s ular way live, but then in the studio, I WE’RE GONNA like to change things up just to see STEP OUT OF OUR get back to the roots. Is this melody strong? Is what you’re saying impactful? what it sounds like and a lot of the COMFORT ZONE What makes this a good song? If we times it works and our producer ends AND JUST GO FOR were to take all of that stuff away, and up liking what we do. And the direction we wanna take is gonna be some- IT, GO WITH SOME it’s just vocals and an acoustic guitar, or a piano, can this song still hold its thing so, like… so out there that no WEIRD SOUNDS weight?” And that was the challenge he one’s gonna expect… we wanna shock put to us. He’s super invested in our development. He people, you know? We’re gonna step out of our comwants this for us, and that kind of speaks to the relafort zone and just go for it, go with some weird sounds tionship we have with him. He’s like, “All right, if this is and… you know, not weird to where it’s not, like… what you want from me as the producer, if you want where it’s not understood. We want it to be understood me to produce you and not just make you sound good, at the same time, but we wanna have something origreally, really help craft, turn good songs into great inal, something that people are gonna be, like, “Wow songs, then I’m gonna push you guys as far as song– we haven’t heard this in a while” or “we haven’t writing.” So I feel like even though we are working with heard of this at all.”

James, that he’s really in tune to kind of taking some-

thing as simple as vocals and an acoustic guitar, and turning it into a fantastic production. We’re blessed to have him in our corner, and we not only have Fausto but we also have Colton, who are very, very talented musicians who definitely know a lot and really help us kind of branch out and you know, play to our strengths, but be a little dangerous, step out of our comfort zones and hopefully do something that no one’s really expecting from us.

German: Well, as far as working with James … for me, what he expects is for me to come in there, deliver my lines and everything. Like Enoma said, we get to … even though we’ve demoed these ideas out the last two times we’ve worked with him, as soon as we get there he wants to hear it in person, so me and Fausto will sit in his house and just sit on the couch and we’ll try playing or singing for him, and he’ll listen to it and just start hearing things, and it’s crazy how it works, you know, when we’re in the studio writing drum parts first and then it goes into bass parts and then it goes into guitar, but at the same time, he’s like molding it as we go. You know, he’s telling you, “Hey, try this … .” Because he’s also a guitar player. James is a very, like, talented, talented musician. Plays piano, violin, a little bit of drums and guitar, and his guitar technique is amazing, so when we’re going in there he’s shaking everything we’re doing, and it’s really fun working with him, so I’m really excited to see where it takes us, as our new direction goes.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE OKRA 924 congress | houston, tx 77002 713.237.8828 | www.friedokra.org

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E LIKE TO THINK OF OURSELVES AS OPTIMISTS, SO NATURALLY WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE GOOD NEWS. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT INVOLVES THE LOCAL BAR SCENE. AND DOWNTOWN HOUSTON. AND A SMALL BUT INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATION OF LOCAL RESTAURANT AND BAR PROFESSIONALS NAMED OKRA. SO SHOUT IT OFF THE ROOFTOPS EVERYONE: THE ORIGINAL OKRA CHARITY SALOON IS OPEN.

Before OKRA moved in, 924 Congress was most recently the Red Cat Jazz Café. Its storied past also housed plenty of other bars and saloons … we can only imagine all the good times considering the building was built in the 1880’s. Sitting just east of Market Square Park, the red painted trim out front is sign that you have arrived.

It’s sparse out front but OKRA saved all the goods for the inside as the cavernous building is striking. Original brick walls, natural gas lanterns and an arched ceiling surround the oval bar. There is also plenty of seating and good old open space.

Shuffleboard anyone? No? Well head back towards that pool table instead and be sure to look up. Nice atrium ceiling and loft. This is one unique building, and hopefully this venture will help Houston realize how awesome and underappreciated downtown real estate is. Being optimists we are of the mindset that it’s good anytime something new opens downtown, so grab a bunch of friends and head to OKRA for some community service!

Community service? Ok, we know you are thinking this OKRA place sounds like it is just another fancy new bar to grab a drink. So the community service? This is the really good news: The Original OKRA Charity Saloon donates all of its profits to Houston-based charities. Read that again. It’s a bar. It donates all profits to charity.

Goodness sakes. OKRA has a very simple model. As a registered 501(c)(6) NotFor-Profit Corporation, OKRA gives 100% of its profits to one charity per month after covering its costs (wages, taxes, inventory, etc.). Each month, OKRA selects

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four local charities who then vye for the most votes, votes which you the patron cast. At the end of the month, the charity with the most votes wins. To recap: Buy a drink. Drink the drink. Cast your vote. Cast your vote, then drink your drink? That’s good too. Whenever you are ready, just drop your ticket into your selected charity’s box. Want to vote again? Buy another drink! Community service at its finest!

The driving forces behind OKRA are some of the best restaurant and bar owners in Houston, so it’s a good idea to assume the charity saloon is well-stocked. Cocktails run the gamut with 20-ish classic options and plenty of spirits too. We enjoyed the Boulevardier (1/3 bourbon, 1/3 vermouth, 1/3 Campari) and a shot of Fernet on our last happy hour vote- a-thon. Beer is offered on draft with bottled and can varieties as well. A nice selection of wines also helps keep the votes a-casting. Voting a lot tonight? Consider a cab ride home, and we also recommend you enjoy a Panini and some fries so you don’t suffer from the dreaded voter fatigue. Try the Hay Merchant (salami, fresh mozzarella, olivada, vinaigrette) or one of the other five Panini options all named as nods to OKRA members. The waffle fries can be seasoned three different ways, and are a good-sized serving as well. Still hungry?

Three flavors of gelato and/or fresh-baked cookies are also well deserved because of your good work.

We always knew Houston was full of good people, good places and good things, but we never could have imagined we would be home to a charity bar. Well, we are, and apparently our good city has a set of altruists too. We think that’s some damn good news worth sharing.

HOURS: 3pm to 2am every day

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TIPS& TRICKS iPhone® | iPad®

by Vladimir Ambia

MAC® TIPS 1- Bypass Force Quit window by using Command+Option+Shift+Esc keys and hold down for 4 seconds to force quit app.

2- To put display to sleep Control+Shift+Ejc Disc.

iTUNES® TIP Change it back!

So you hate everything new? It’s not too tricky to get iTunes back to roughly the same as it used to be.

1- Click Songs in the navigation bar across the top to return to the classic song list.

2- Choose Show Sidebar and Show Status Bar in the View menu to bring those elements back.

iPHONE® iPAD® TIP’S: 1- Help Siri Pronounce Your Contact Names With Phonetic Spelling Hints.

2- Check how much space you have left on your iOS. Delete photos once you back it up. If you run out of space, your iPhone may crash and you may lose data. Backup, backup, backup.

3- Want to share one calendar with your wife or a group of people? Edit Calendar and add an email or emails to begin the sharing.

For questions or a consultation, please contact me at iamvlady@me.com or 713.858.9160.

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002 night life downtown C&F DRIVE INN 6714 N. Main. 713.861.0704 CHAPEL SPIRITS 534 Texas St. 713.836.2278 www.chapelspirits.com CHAR BAR 305 Travis. 713.222.8177

DIVE LOUNGE @ Aquarium 410 Bagby St. 713.223.3474 EIGHTEEN TWENTY 1820 Franklin. 713.224.5535 www.myspace.com/1820bar ETTA’S LOUNGE 5120 Scott. 713.528.2611 FLYING SAUCER 705 Main St. 713.228.9472 www.beerknurd.com HOUSE OF BLUES 1204 Caroline. 1.888.40.blues www.hob.com/houston JAZZ @ THE MAGNOLIA 1100 Texas St. 713.221.0011 JET LOUNGE 1515 Pease. 713.659.2000 www.thejetloungehouston.com LA CARAFE 813 Congress. 713.229.9399 LONE STAR SALOON 1900 Travis. 713.757.1616

PBR HOUSTON A COWBOY BAR 500 Texas St. 713.836.2277 www.pbrhouston.com PETE’S DUELING PIANO BAR 1201 Fannin. 713.337.7383 www.petesduelingpianobar.com RESERVE 101 1201 Caroline. 713.655.7101 www.reserve101.com

SAM BAR | inside Alden Hotel 1117 Prairie. 832.200.8800 www.aldenhotels.com SAMBUCA JAZZ CAFÉ 909 Texas Ave. 713.224.5299 www.sambucarestaurant.com SHARK BAR 534 Texas. 281.300.1568 www.sharkbartx.com SHAY MCELROY’S 909 Texas, Suite A. 713.223.2444 www.mcelroyspub.com

REMINGTON BAR St. Regis Hotel 1919 Briar Oaks Ln. 713.403.2631 www.stregis.com/houston RICHMOND ARMS 5920 Richmond. 713.784.7722 www.richmondarmsonline.com ROXY 5351 W. Alabama. 713.850.0703 www.clubroxy.com THE BLACK SWAN Omni Hotel 4 Riverway. 713.871.8181 THE TASTING ROOM 4 Houston locations www.tastingroomwines.com WILD WEST 6101 Richmond. 713.266.3455 www.wildwesthouston.com WINETOPIA 6363 San Felipe St. 832.858.1149 www.winetopiatx.com

midtown

STATE BAR & LOUNGE 909 #2-A Texas. 713.229.8888 www.thestatebar.com

13 CELSIUS 3000 Caroline. 713.529.8466 www.13celsius.com

THE BREWERY TAP 717 Franklin. 713.237.1537

3RD BAR 2600 Travis. 713.526.8282

THE DIRT 1209 Caroline. 713.658.3988 www.dirtbar.com

BAR MUNICH 2616 Louisiana. 713.523.1008 www.barmunich.com

TOC BAR 711 Franklin. 713.224.4862 www.tocbar.net

BRAZOS RIVER BOTTOM 2400 Brazos. 713.528.9192 www.brbtx.com

VENUE 719 Main. 713.236.8150 www.venuehouston.com

CHRISTIAN’S TAILGATE 2000 Bagby. 713.527.0261 www.christianstailgate.com

galleria+uptown

COACHES 2204 Louisiana. 713.751.1970 www.coachespubmidtown.com

BAR 12•21 @ MORTON’S 5000 Westheimer. 713.629.1946 www.mortons.com

DOUBLE CROSS LOUNGE

BARS + CLUBS + LOUNGES + WINE BARS RICH’S 2401 San Jacinto. 713.759.9606 www.richsnightlife.com

BYZANTIO 403 W. Gray. 713.520.6896 www.byzantiohouston.com

SAINT DANE’S BAR 502 Elgin. 713.807.7040 www.saintdanes.com

CATBIRDS 1336 Westheimer. 713.523.8000 www.catbirds.com

EPIC LOUNGE 3030 Travis. 713.522.2531

SHOT BAR 2315 Bagby. 713.526.3000 www.shotbarhouston.com

CECIL’S 600 W. Gray. 713.524.3691

ESCOBAR 2905 Travis. 832.443.5781 www.escobarhouston.com

STATUS 2404 San Jacinto. 713.659.5400 www.statushouston.com

FRONT PORCH PUB 217 Gray. 713.571.9571 www.frontporchpub.com

THE MAPLE LEAF 514 Elgin. 713.520.6464 www.themapleleafpub.com

GLITTER KARAOKE 2621 Milam. 713.526.4900 www.glitterkaraoke.com

THE MINK/THE BACKROOM 3718 Main. 713.522.9985 www.minkonmain.com

DOUBLE TROUBLE 3622 Main St. 713.874.0096

GROVE PARK LOUNGE 33 Waugh. 832.582.0611 www.groveparklounge.com HOWL AT THE MOON 612 Hadley. 713.658.9700 www.howlatthemoon.com JUNCTION 160 W. Gray. 713.523.7768 KHON’S WINE 2808 Milam St. 713.523.7775 www.khonsbar.com KOMODO’S 2004 Baldwin. 713.655.1501 MR. PEEPLES 1911 Bagby St. 713.208.2319 www.facebook.com/ MrPeeplesSeafoodSteaks NOUVEAU ANTIQUE ART BAR 2913 Main St. 713.526.2220 www.art-bar.net

COMMUNITY BAR 2703 Smith St. 713.526.1576

PROOF BAR+BAR 2600 Travis. 832.767.0513 www.proofbarhouston.com

CONTINENTAL CLUB 3700 Main. 713.529.9899 www.continentalclub.com

PUB FICTION 2303 Smith. 713.400.8400 www.pubfiction.com

MAINSTAGE 2016 Main St. 713.751.3101

CHAMPP’S 1121 Uptown Park. 713.627.2333 www.champps.com

DOGHOUSE TAVERN 2517 Bagby. 713.520.1118

MOLLY’S PUB 509 Main. 713.222.1033 www.mollyspubs.com

PAPARRUCHOS 3055 Sage. 713.212.3178 www.paparruchos.com

DOUBLE CROSS LOUNGE 114 Gray. 713.526.3423 www.doublecrosshouston.com

RED DOOR 2416 Brazos. 713.256.9383 www.reddoormidtown.com

LUCIE’S FABULOUS LIQUORS 500 Texas St. 713.836.2276 www.luciesliquors.com LUCKY STRIKE LANES 1201 San Jacinto. 713.343.3300 www.bowlluckystrike.com

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BELVEDERE 1131 Uptown Park. 713.552.9271 www.belvedereinfo.com

REPUBLIKA 2905 Travis. 713.498.9662

UNION BAR 2708 Bagby. 281.974.1916 www.myspace.com/unionlounge WONDER BAR 2416 Brazos. 281.974.5083 www.wonderbarhouston.com

montrose + shepherd 611 611 Hyde Park. 713.526.7070 ABSINTHE 609 Richmond. 713.528.7575 www.absinthelounge.com AGORA 1717 Westheimer. 713.526.7212 www.agorahouston.com ANVIL+REFUGE 1424 Westheimer. 713.523.1622 www.anvilhouston.com AVANT GARDEN 411 Westheimer. 832.519.1429 www.avantgardenhouston.com

CEZANNE JAZZ CLUB 4100 Montrose. 832.592.7464 www.cezannejazz.com ETRO LOUNGE 1424-A Westheimer. 713.521.3876 www.etrolounge.com GRAPPINO DI NINO 2817 W. Dallas. 713.528.7002 GRIFF’S 3416 Roseland. 713.528.9912 www.griffshouston.net GUAVA LAMP 570 Waugh. 713.524.3359 www.guavalamphouston.com J.R.’s 808 Pacific. 713.521.2519 LOLA’S DEPOT 2327 Grant. 713.528.8342 MCELROY’S PUB 3607 Sandman. 713.524.2444 www.mcelroyspub.com METEOR 2306 Genesee. 713.521.0123 www.meteorhouston.com MONTROSE MINING CO. 805 Pacific. 713.529.7488 NUMBERS 300 Westheimer. 713.526.6551 www.numbersnightclub.com ORANGE SPORTS BAR 1613 Richmond Ave. 713.528.4920

BLUR BAR 710 Pacific St. 713.529.3447 www.blurbar.com

PJ’S SPORTS BAR 614 W. Gray. 713.520.1748 www.pjssportsbar.com

BOHEME WINE & CAFÉ BAR 307 Fairview. 713.269.0859 www.barboheme.com

POISON GIRL 1641-B Westheimer. 713.527.9929 www.myspace.com/poisongirlbar

BOONDOCKS 1417 Westheimer. 713.522.8500 www.myspace.com/boondocksbar

RED LION PUB 2316 S. Shepherd. 713.782.3030 www.redlionhouston.com

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RUDYARD’S 2010 Waugh. 713.521.0521 SHERLOCK’S 1952 W. Gray. 713.521.1881 SONOMA WINE BAR 2720 Richmond. 713.526.9463 www.sonomahouston.com SOUTH BEACH 810 Pacific. 713.529.7623 www.southbeachthenightclub.com THE FLAT 1702 Commonwealth. 713.521.3528 www.barflathouston.com THE HARP 1625 Richmond. 713.528.7827 www.theharphouston.com THE HAY MERCHANT 1100 Westheimer. 713.528.9805 www.haymerchant.com THE NEXT DOOR 2020 Waugh. 713.520.1712 THE STAG’S HEAD 2128 Portsmouth. 713.533.1199 www.stagsheadpub.com VELVET MELVIN PUB 3303 Richmond. 713.522.6798 ZIMM’S 4321 Montrose. 713.521.2002 www.zimmsbar.com

museum district MONARCH LOUNGE Hotel ZaZa 5701 Main. 713.526.1991 www.monarchrestauranthouston.com

outer loop 300 HOUSTON BOWLING 925 Bunker Hill. 713.461.1207 www.300houston.com DENIM BAR 16090 City Walk. 281.275.5925 www.theburningpear.com FIREHOUSE SALOON 5930 Southwest Frwy. 713.977.1962 www.firehousesaloon.com

BAR

HOUSTON TEXANS GRILLE 12848 Queensbury Ln. #208 713.461.2002 www.houstontexansgrille.com THE DERRICK TAVERN 1127 Eldridge. 281.759.4922 www.thederricktavern.com VINE WINE ROOM 12420 Memorial Dr. 713.463.8463 www.vinewineroom.com

YARD HOUSE CityCentre 800 W. Sam Houston Pkwy.

713.461.9273 www.yardhouse.com

WINE BAR

LOUNGE

river oaks+kirby 1919 WINE & MIXOLOGY 2736 Virginia St.. 713.568.9197 www.1919wmb.com BAR MALATESTA 1080 Uptown Park. 713.418.1000 BIG WOODROW’S 3111 Chimney Rock. 713.784.2653 www.bigwoodrows.com BLANCO’S 3406 W. Alabama. 713.439.0072

SPORTS BAR

LIVE MUSIC

RON’S PUB 1826 Fountainview. 713.977.4820 www.ronspub.com SAM’S BOAT 5720 Richmond. 713.781.2628 SIGNATURE LOUNGE 5959 Richmond. 713.636.2087 www.signatureloungehouston.com SPOTLIGHT KARAOKE 5901 Westheimer. 713.266.7768 www.spotlightkaraoke.com

rice village

BLVD LOUNGE 1800 Post Oak Blvd. 713.840.1111

STEREO LIVE 6400 Richmond. 832.251.9600 www.stereolivehouston.com

ARMADILLO PALACE 5015 Kirby. 713.526.9700 www.thearmadillopalace.com

CAPONE’S 4304 Westheimer. 713.840.0010 www.caponeshouston.com

SAINT GENEVIEVE 2800 Kirby. 713.524.2441 www.saintgen.com

BAKER STREET PUB 5510 Morningside. 713.942.9900 www.bakerstreetpub.com

CRU 2800 Kirby. 713.528.9463 www.cruawinebar.com

THE BAR InterContinental Hotel 2222 W. Loop South. 713.627.7200

BRIAN O’NEILL’S 5555 Morningside. 713.522.2603 www.brianoneills.com

DOWNING STREET 2549 Kirby. 713.523.2291 www.downingstreetpub.com

THE BIG EASY 5731 Kirby. 713.523.9999 www.thebigeasyblues.com

BRONX BAR 5555 Morningside. 713.520.9691

ESTATE LOUNGE 2303 Richmond Ave. 832.581.3196 www.estatehouston.com

THE OAK BAR 2736 Virgina St.. 713.568.9198 www.theoakbar.net

HUDSON LOUNGE 2506 Robinhood. 713.523.0020 www.hudsonlounge.com KAY’S LOUNGE 2324 Bissonnet. 713.528.9858 LITTLE WOODROW’S 5 Houston locations www.littlewoodrows.com SALENTO WINE CAFE 2407 Rice Blvd. 713.528.7478 www.salentowinecafe.com SIMONE ON SUNSET 2418 Sunset. 713.636.3033 www.simoneonsunset.com

ESTATE LOUNGE

ROEDER’S PUB 3116 S. Shepherd. 713.524.4994 www.roederspub.com

CLUB

THE RAILYARD 4200 San Felipe. 713.621.4000 www.railyardhouston.com UNDER THE VOLCANO 2349 Bissonnet. 713.526.5282 W XYZ BAR 5415 Westheimer. 713.622.7010

KENNEALLY’S IRISH PUB 2111 S. Shepherd. 713.630.0486 www.irishpubkenneallys.com

warehouse district

LIZZARD’S PUB 2715 Sackett. 713.529.4610

EIGHTEEN TWENTY 1820 Franklin. 713.224.5535

LUMEN LOUNGE 5000 Kirby. 281.807.7567

LUCKY’S PUB 801 St. Emanuel. 713.522.2010 www.luckyspub.com

THE EIGHTEENTH COCKTAIL BAR www.18thbar.net 2511 Bissonnet. 713.533.9800

MERCER LOUNGE 3302 Mercer. 713.627.1132 www.mercerhouston.com

THE GINGER MAN 5607 Morningside. 713.526.2770 www.gingermanpub.com

MEZZANINE LOUNGE 2200 Southwest Frwy. 713.528.6399 www.mezzaninelounge.com

THE LOUNGE AT BENJY’S 2424 Dunstan. 713.522.7602 www.benjys.com

MUGSY’S 2239 Richmond Ave. 713.522.7118 www.mugsyshouston.com

THE GREEN ROOM 813 St. Emanuel. 713.225.5483 WAREHOUSE LIVE 813 St. Emanuel. 713.225.5483 www.warehouselive.com

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EVENT DOROTHY HOOD RETROSPECTIVE SOIREE WHY FUNDRAISER CAMPAIGN LAUNCH WHERE CAROLYN FARB’S RESIDENCE WHEN JANUARY 17

OO2CROSSWORD

By Scott Ward

Carolyn Farb opened her treasure-filled John Staub home, Carolina, to celebrate the art and life of Houston painter Dorothy Hood. The magical evening gathered a dream list of Texas museum directors, curators, trustees, mega-collectors and sponsors to launch the major fundraising campaign for the Dorothy Hood monograph to be published by Texas A&M University Press, and the first full-scale retrospective, organized by the Art Museum of South Texas. Along with her two adorable Lucas terriers, Lucas and Max, Farb invited the 60-plus guests to view her exquisite Dorothy Hood paintings and uniquely powerful art collection, a mix of “gold standard” masterpieces and cutting-edge works of our time.

Gerald and Anita Smith

ACROSS

Photography by Priscilla Dikson

Cindy and Matt Taylor

Buddy Steves

Mike Vilemarette, Rosaliz Ufret

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Carolyn Farb

Steve and Johanna Donson

Eric and Pam Oswald, Steve Howard

1. More or less follower 5. Letters that begin people and places 9. American patriot Nathan 13. City where Dr Pepper originated 14. Alabama city mentioned in Obama’s second inauguration address 15. Diva’s big moment 16. Redolence 17. Log home 18. They’re not free of charge 19. Size 747 shirt for a New York football player 22. Finnish bath 23. In a gloomy mood 24. Cougar 26. Parts of mins.

28. Champ who could “sting like a bee” 29. Number of cards in a Roman deck 30. State of being slender 35. Rainbow-shaped 38. Image of oneself 39. Scuffle 40. Those suffering from indigestion

43. Like some silk 44. Japanese sash 45. Lounge 47. Ceremonial vessel 48. Declining in one’s mental faculties 51. Draws closer 53. Diminutive duds for hailing cute little cabs 56. Class reunion attender 57. ___ mignon 58. Namesakes of Bert Bobbsey’s twin 60. Prefix with scope or meter 61. Skeleton’s lack 62. Pique 63. Suit, so to speak 64. Send erotic photos or messages via electronic media 65. Catch a glimpse of

DOWN 1. Couple 2. Pilgrimage to Mecca 3. Science of sound 4. ___ Jean Baker (Marilyn Monroe) 5. Navy-style coat 6. River through Hamburg 7. Sends forth 8. City founded by Ponce de León

9. Type of bone fracture 10. Popped up 11. Cloth made from flax 12. The Big __ (New Orleans) 14. Tea pastries 20. Clear the tables 21. Immigration island 24. Dressed 25. Well-ventilated 27. Mystical symbol 31. What a plea of “nolo contendere” means 32. Members of a preRoman civilization in Italy 33. Celebrity 34. Scattered, as seed

36. Named for its founder 37. Ledger entry 41. Dishes made with rice or bulgur wheat (variant) 42. Crime investigator 46. PC data-sharing system 48. Proctor __: kitchen appliance brand 49. Habituate 50. Banish 52. Remove the suds 53. Gift-wrapping need 54. Holly 55. Salon sound 59. Pig’s digs

FEBRUARY ANSWERS

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