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University of Houston Cougars men’s basketball team clawed out to a 76-54 blowout win over the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Big XII contest at the Fertitta Center, January 31, 2026

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Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event

BY Chris Baldwin

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University of Houston Cougars men’s basketball team clawed out to a 76-54 blowout win over the Cincinnati Bearcats in a Big XII contest at the Fertitta Center, January 31, 2026

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Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event

By Chris Baldwin

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Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

By Shelby Hodge

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Allison Thacker makes the scene at the Hermann Park Conservancy 'Hats in the Park' luncheon. Now she is one of Houston's Best Dressed. (Photo by Jenny Antill)

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This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style

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Kid and Teen Artists Get To Show Off Their Creative and Business Skills In The Woodlands

By Laura Landsbaum

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Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

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A Lively Uptown Latin Spot Closes, Docent Steakhouse Sets Opening Date in Harwood District, and More Dallas Restaurant News

A Lively Uptown Latin Spot Closes, Docent Steakhouse Sets Opening Date in Harwood District, and More Dallas Restaurant News

By Megan Ziots

Former Private Chef to Taylor Sheridan, Fort Worth’s Levi Gardner Takes On Roy Pope’s New Direction With Westland Hospitality

Former Private Chef to Taylor Sheridan, Fort Worth’s Levi Gardner Takes On Roy Pope’s New Direction With Westland Hospitality

By Edward Brown

New Art Deco-Inspired Cocktail Lounge To Open in Uptown Dallas This Fall — A First Look at Marlowe

New Art Deco-Inspired Cocktail Lounge To Open in Uptown Dallas This Fall

By Megan Ziots

New Fast Casual Vietnamese Restaurant Opens In The Heights With Chipotle Visions — Your First Look at Iim

New Fast Casual Vietnamese Restaurant Opens In The Heights With Chipotle Visions

By Laurann Claridge

19 Essential Dallas Lunch Restaurants

19 Essential Dallas Lunch Restaurants

By Megan Ziots

Fort Worth’s 11 Best Wine Bars

Fort Worth’s 11 Best Wine Bars

By Edward Brown

The Wine Man Who Helps Keep Legendary Houston Restaurateur Tony Vallone’s Legacy Alive — Carlos Luján Brings Understated Excellence

The Wine Man Who Helps Keep Legendary Houston Restaurateur Tony Vallone’s Legacy Alive

By James Brock

New All-Day Restaurant From Beloved Female Chef Quietly Opens at The Menil — Your First Taste Of the Ambitious Chrôma

New All-Day Restaurant From Beloved Female Chef Quietly Opens at The Menil

By Laurann Claridge

Our Top 7 Picks for DFW Restaurant Week — Where to Eat During One of North Texas’ Biggest Foodie Events

Our Top 7 Picks for DFW Restaurant Week

By Megan Ziots

Swedish Candy Craze Hits Fort Worth, Almacén el Gallo Brings Michelin-Starred Chef Downtown, and More Local Restaurant Openings

Swedish Candy Craze Hits Fort Worth, Almacén el Gallo Brings Michelin-Starred Chef Downtown, and More Local Restaurant Openings

By Edward Brown

A Restaurant Favorite In The Woodlands Reopens After a Dramatic Renovation — Inside the New Fresh Black Walnut

A Restaurant Favorite In The Woodlands Reopens After a Dramatic Renovation

By Laura Landsbaum

Dallas’ 8 Best Omakases — From Established Favorites to Exciting Newcomers

Dallas’ 8 Best Omakases

By Megan Ziots

Campus Dining Gets a Major Upgrade With Rice University Landing Its Own Trill Burgers — All Courtesy of Professor Bun B

Campus Dining Gets a Major Upgrade With Rice University Landing Its Own Trill Burgers

By Laurann Claridge

6 New Dallas Coffee Shops To Check Out Right Now

6 New Dallas Coffee Shops To Check Out Right Now

By Megan Ziots

Woodlands Area Chef Aims To Take On Bobby Flay in Hit TV Show — Thomas Bille, a Trusty Knife and a Kitchen Dream

Woodlands Area Chef Aims To Take On Bobby Flay in Hit TV Show

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston Restaurant Weeks Includes More Than 350 Restaurants This Year — And Another Restaurant Weeks Is Jumping In

Houston Restaurant Weeks Includes More Than 350 Restaurants This Year

By Laurann Claridge

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This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style — Allison Thacker Embraces the Butterflies

This Music Lover and Rice Management President Brings Houston Best Dressed Style

By Shelby Hodge

This Parent Teacher Organization and School Reform Advocate Channels Milan and Madrid Style as One of Houston’s Best Dressed — Ellecia Knolle’s Heart Is Full

This Parent Teacher Organization and School Reform Advocate Channels Milan and Madrid Style as One of Houston’s Best Dressed

By Shelby Hodge

This Couple Quickly Adopted The Woodlands and Became Community Champions — How Cindy and Craig Heiser Make Giving Back Fun

This Couple Quickly Adopted The Woodlands and Became Community Champions

By Laura Landsbaum

This Mom Of Four Is a Houston Best Dressed Nonprofit Crusader — Cotton Queen Amy Pierce Stylishly Gives Back

This Mom Of Four Is a Houston Best Dressed Nonprofit Crusader

By Shelby Hodge

This Accountant With a Fashion Sense Is One Of Houston’s Best Dressed — Myrtle Jones Makes an Impact

This Accountant With a Fashion Sense Is One Of Houston’s Best Dressed

By Shelby Hodge

Elizabeth Smart Delivers a Powerful Body Message as a Woodlands Area Leader Is Celebrated

Elizabeth Smart Delivers a Powerful Body Message as a Woodlands Area Leader Is Celebrated

By Laura Landsbaum

This Southern Charmer Is a Serious Attorney and One Of Houston’s Best Dressed Times Two — Leigh Smith Lifts Up the Arts

This Southern Charmer Is a Serious Attorney and One Of Houston’s Best Dressed Times Two

By Shelby Hodge

Houston’s Philanthropist Lawyer Almost Became a Professional Dancer — Best Dressed Erica Littlejohn Burnette’s Incredible Story

Houston’s Philanthropist Lawyer Almost Became a Professional Dancer

By Shelby Hodge

Texas Favorite Makes a High Fashion Splash in the Hamptons With Loads of Celebs — The Studio Mayfair Turns Important Heads

Texas Favorite Makes a High Fashion Splash in the Hamptons With Loads of Celebs

By Shelby Hodge

A Scion of a Billionaire Houston Family Steps Into the City’s Best Dressed Ranks — Gillian Sarofim Brings Style and Art

A Scion of a Billionaire Houston Family Steps Into the City’s Best Dressed Ranks

By Shelby Hodge

Fast Friends Become Community Champions Together In The Woodlands — Kristen Byrnes and Carrie Greenberg Are Ready To Walk

Fast Friends Become Community Champions Together In The Woodlands

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston’s Best Dressed Champagne Cowgirl Moves From Nonprofit Leadership To More Personal Giving Back — Amanda Boffone Opens Her Heart

Houston’s Best Dressed Champagne Cowgirl Moves From Nonprofit Leadership To More Personal Giving Back

By Shelby Hodge

Fast Cars, High Fashion and Philanthropy Make This Second Time Houston Best Dressed Honoree’s Heart Zoom — Getting To Know Ann Ayre

Fast Cars, High Fashion and Philanthropy Make This Second Time Houston Best Dressed Honoree’s Heart Zoom

By Shelby Hodge

A Star-Spangled Night at Klyde Warren Park Celebrates 250 Years and a Bright Future Ahead in Dallas

A Star-Spangled Night at Klyde Warren Park Celebrates 250 Years and a Bright Future Ahead in Dallas

By Billy Fong

Houston Power Players Met In the Mountains To Boost the City’s Cutting Edge Rehab Hospital — Two Days in Aspen and TIRR Memorial Hermann Magic

Houston Power Players Met In the Mountains To Boost the City’s Cutting Edge Rehab Hospital

By Shelby Hodge

This Power Pair Takes Their Giving Spirit From The Woodlands All the Way To India — Ryan and Linsey Bibler Are Community Champions

This Power Pair Takes Their Giving Spirit From The Woodlands All the Way To India

By Laura Landsbaum

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Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

Inside a $15.5 Million River Oaks Boulevard Mansion With Its Own Indoor Swimming Pool, Beauty Salon and Crystal Chandeliers Galore

By Shelby Hodge

Todos Santos Steps Out of Los Cabos’ Shadow With a Chance to Buy Into Its Soulful, Surfside Life — Inside Paradero Homes

Todos Santos Steps Out of Los Cabos’ Shadow With a Chance to Buy Into Its Soulful, Surfside Life

By Georgie Miller

Mini Mansions In The Woodlands with Separate Living Quarters For Guests, Adult Kids Or More — From East Shore To Grogan’s Mill

Mini Mansions In The Woodlands with Separate Living Quarters For Guests, Adult Kids Or More

By Jillian Richstone

4 Must-Visit Neighborhood Gems in East Dallas

4 Must-Visit Neighborhood Gems in East Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

Buisier Dev Brings Luxurious Mediterranean Villa Living to Dallas

Buisier Dev Brings Luxurious Mediterranean Villa Living to Dallas

By PC Studios

These Million-Dollar Plus Townhomes In The Woodlands Prove That Luxury Living Does Not Require a Lawn

These Million-Dollar Plus Townhomes In The Woodlands Prove That Luxury Living Does Not Require a Lawn

By Jillian Richstone

This Stunning New Build in Colorado’s Steamboat Springs is the Perfect Mountain Home for Texans

This Stunning New Build in Colorado’s Steamboat Springs is the Perfect Mountain Home for Texans

By PC Studios

Texas’ Renowned Goodthyme Farm Now Listed For $19.99 Million — Inside Bailey and Pete McCarthy’s Dreamy Family Vision In Bellville

Texas’ Renowned Goodthyme Farm Now Listed For $19.99 Million

By Shelby Hodge

A Creekside $6.85 Million Highland Park Home That’s Primed For an Art Collector

A Creekside $6.85 Million Highland Park Home That’s Primed For an Art Collector

By Melissa Smrekar

A $14.5 Million Mediterranean Revival Estate Hits the Market in Fort Worth’s Westover Hills

A $14.5 Million Mediterranean Revival Estate Hits the Market in Fort Worth’s Westover Hills

By Edward Brown

A First Look Inside The Lora, Knox Street’s Posh New Apartment Tower in Dallas

A First Look Inside The Lora, Knox Street’s Posh New Apartment Tower in Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

William David Homes Brings Custom-Level Luxury to Chambers Creek

William David Homes Brings Custom-Level Luxury to Chambers Creek

By PC Studios

The Best Golf Course Homes In The Woodlands For Under $4 Million — True Fairway Living

The Best Golf Course Homes In The Woodlands For Under $4 Million

By Laura Landsbaum

Houston Real Estate Power Player’s Posh Bachelor Pad in Montrose Turns Heads — Fabulousness and a $1.38 Million Asking Price

Houston Real Estate Power Player’s Posh Bachelor Pad in Montrose Turns Heads

By Shelby Hodge

Whitecap Is The New Watermark in Coastal Living for Houstonians

Whitecap Is The New Watermark in Coastal Living for Houstonians

By PC Studios

Inside A Sleek and Masculine $4 Million Bachelor Pad in Highland Park

Inside A Sleek and Masculine $4 Million Bachelor Pad in Highland Park

By Melissa Smrekar

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Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event — a PaperCity Exclusive

Kelvin Sampson, Fran Fraschilla and More Big Names To Be Part of New H-Town Basketball Tipoff Event

By Chris Baldwin

Competitive Camaraderie Takes Centerstage at Champions — North Texas’ Hottest New Social Club

Competitive Camaraderie Takes Centerstage at Champions

By PC Studios

Our Must-Read Books (And What’s TBR) This Back-to-School Season — A <em>PaperCity</em> Staffers’ Guide

Our Must-Read Books (And What’s TBR) This Back-to-School Season

By Megan Ziots

J.J. Watt Teams Up With Texas Billionaire Family Son Zach Dell In a Power Play — Inside Base Power’s Battery Vision

J.J. Watt Teams Up With Texas Billionaire Family Son Zach Dell In a Power Play

By Shelby Hodge

How Austin’s Driskill Hotel Is Entering a New Era While Honoring Its Roots

How Austin’s Driskill Hotel Is Entering a New Era While Honoring Its Roots

By Edward Brown

Exploring the Arctic Aboard Le Commandant Charcot — An Icebreaking Luxury Ship From PONANT

Exploring the Arctic Aboard Le Commandant Charcot

By Georgie Miller

Houston’s Five Star Hotel Unveils New Sublime Sleep Suites — The Post Oak Teams Up With Swedish Mattress Maestros

Houston’s Five Star Hotel Unveils New Sublime Sleep Suites

By Shelby Hodge

The Best Places To Play Mahjong in Dallas

The Best Places To Play Mahjong in Dallas

By Melissa Smrekar

Tap Into a Spirit of Adventure at Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Collection, Your Basecamp in Santa Fe

Tap Into a Spirit of Adventure at Bishop’s Lodge, Auberge Collection, Your Basecamp in Santa Fe

By Melissa Smrekar

The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Month — A Can’t-Miss Chef Dinner at Meridian, An Aston Martin Vantage Roadster at NorthPark Center’s AutoShow, and More

The Best Things To Do in Dallas This Month

By Melissa Smrekar

Texan Leon Bridges Surprises Passengers With an Intimate Performance Aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

Texan Leon Bridges Surprises Passengers With an Intimate Performance Aboard the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

By Melissa Smrekar

The Best Places to Play Mahjong in Fort Worth

The Best Places to Play Mahjong in Fort Worth

By Edward Brown

What the Garden Oaks Theater’s Final Extension From the Wrecking Ball Really Means — Inside the Fight to Save an Iconic Piece of Houston’s Movie History

What the Garden Oaks Theater’s Final Extension From the Wrecking Ball Really Means

By Alison Medley

Whistler, the Top Mountain Resort in North America, Shines Even Brighter in Summer

Whistler, the Top Mountain Resort in North America, Shines Even Brighter in Summer

By Melissa Smrekar

4 Best New TV Shows to Stream Right Now — <em>The Five-Star Weekend</em> and More Must-Watch Female-Led Series

4 Best New TV Shows to Stream Right Now

By Megan Ziots

Houston’s Best Wellness Hotels and Staycation Getaways — Where Recovery and Pampering Rule

Houston’s Best Wellness Hotels and Staycation Getaways

By Laurann Claridge

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How to Give Your Pool The Glow-Up It Deserves With Precision Pool Restoration

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How to Give Your Pool The Glow-Up It Deserves With Precision Pool Restoration

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Texas’ Pavilion Paper Makes Easy Summer Entertaining Super Stylish — You’ve Never Seen Paper Plates Quite Like This

Home + Design

Texas’ Pavilion Paper Makes Easy Summer Entertaining Super Stylish

By Shelby Hodge

Harold Leidner Landscape Architects: Why Dallas’ Most Considered Homes Begin Outdoors

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Harold Leidner Landscape Architects

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Houston’s Ismaili Center Continues To Welcome Everyone With Free World Class Art Exhibitions, Shows and Wonders Galore

Home + Design

Houston’s Ismaili Center Continues To Welcome Everyone With Free World Class Art Exhibitions, Shows and Wonders Galore

By Jon Hopson

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The Winning Projects of the 2023 <em>PaperCity</em> Design Awards Dallas

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The Winning Projects of the 2023 PaperCity Design Awards Dallas

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The Winning Projects of the 2022 PaperCity Dallas Design Awards

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Kid and Teen Artists Get To Show Off Their Creative and Business Skills In The Woodlands — Young Makers Market Returns

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Houston Artist Organizes a Pop-Up Fair to Help Her Earthquake-Torn Home Country of Venezuela

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Houston’s Flower Power Art Party Makes Montrose Even More Colorful

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Bachendorf’s, Dallas’ Beloved Fine Jewelry Emporium, Adds Marina B to Its Enviable Roster of Brands

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Bachendorf’s, Dallas’ Beloved Fine Jewelry Emporium, Adds Marina B to Its Enviable Roster of Brands

By Melissa Smrekar

Cult Gaia To Open First Dallas Store With On-Site Matcha Bar

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Cult Gaia To Open First Dallas Store With On-Site Matcha Bar

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Houston’s Leading Tailor B. Kreps Breaks Down How to Be the Best-Dressed Man for the Upcoming Gala Season

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Houston’s Leading Tailor B. Kreps Breaks Down How to Be the Best-Dressed Man for the Upcoming Gala Season

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The Woodlands’ New Beauty Retreat Started With an Unexpected Mission

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