DESIGN

THE DISPATCH

REAL ESTATE

Montrose Collective, the “communityforward” Montrose project by Radom Capital that this fall will bring nearly 197,000 square feet of new retail and office space to Westheimer, has announced its first tenants. Amano, the first brick-andmortar retail store by Houston-based ceramicist Myrna Hagelsieb, will proffer carefully poured artisanal goods (below). The development will also be home to the first Texas store by revered men’s performance-fabric clothier State & Liberty — and Houston Public Library’s FreedMontrose branch.

TECH

At the start of a new hurricane season, Space City Weather, the local blog with a cult following, has finally rolled out its new app for iOS and Android. The free app is one of the top downloads on Apple’s charts, and touts an hourly forecast alongside humidity levels, blog posts and more. spacecity weather.com Girl Power Soccer star Rachel Daly and new ‘Glamour’ covergirl Simone Biles, the star gymnast, are just two of the fab femmes from H-Town participating in the Tokyo Olympics.

Sports Tokyo Swift!

The phrase “hot girl summer” has a new meaning for Houston sports fans, who will be cheering for a flock of strong and powerful H-Town females competing in this year’s Tokyo games.

Hometown hero Simone Biles’ Olympic journey may come to an epic conclusion this August, while others are just getting started, including Houston Dash forward and team captain Rachel Daly, who will for the first time represent her home county of Great Britain. Flyweight boxer Ginny Fuchs also hails from Houston and will be making her Olympic debut. Native Houstonian Anna van Brummen, who now works as an environmental scientist in Santa Barbara, will represent the United States in fencing.

Olympic veterans from H-Town include Cy Springs and UT grad Cat Osterman, who will pitch in her third Olympics this summer, and Sugar Land swim star Simone Manuel, who turns 25 during the Games. –ewb, portrait by gittings photography

Lindy Chambers’ ‘Big Kids’

Art ‘Dream’ Works

Bellville-based Lindy Chambers hangs colorful new paintings at Deborah Colton Gallery. Living the Dream is up through Aug. 26, with abstract and impressionist works depicting vaugely summer scenes inspired by rural Texas. deborahcoltongallery.com