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It’s football time in Houston
As the Houston Texans enter their 25th season, Johnny Trlica predicts a historic breakthrough: an AFC championship and the Bayou City’s long-awaited Super Bowl victory.
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The Cockpit’s Gai Ardiente
He’s shirtless, charming, remembers your drink and manages human energy like a master. Meet Gai Ardiente—the “perfect bartender” with one astonishing secret you won’t see coming.
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Kiki Dion Van Wales
One doesn’t usually equate an average American town of less than 50,000 people with having a large, active LGBTQ+ community. The thing is, Galveston is no average American town, and