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Pleasant surprises await at South Bank Seafood
By Jim Ayres If only self-driving cars were available now. From my home, I’d set a course for a scenic cruise down Kirby Drive through River Oaks, and on to
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Galveston’s eternal summer and myth of fall
By Forest Riggs The calendar tells us that summer has gone and fall has arrived. For island dwellers and southeast Texans, we beg to differ. Locals jokingly say, “Sure, we
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Trump isn’t the only one with a Twitter problem
By Nancy Ford I have a problem and I need your help. Much as I wish I could, I can’t stop thinking about U.S. Senator Ted Cruz and his alleged
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An icon dies, Houston goes to court and other top stories
By Johnny Trlica Finally, some good news! The Houston Astros have clinched their first division title in 16 years, the team’s first as a member of the American League. With
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After Harvey, we help others and then we e
By Jim Ayres It’s funny how a simple fact about my life can change in the blink of an eye. I started the last edition of Foodie Diaries by saying
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The end is not in sight
By Forest Riggs Lately it seems that everywhere we look there is some cataclysmic event or catastrophic threat that is wreaking havoc upon the earth and we, the inhabitants. To
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Cara Delevingne lines up
Cara Delevingne lines up Carnival Row She’s still less known as an actress than as a model – we just saw her in the pages of the new September issue
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Creep of the Week: Donald Trump…Again. (Surprise)
By D’Anne Witkowski Houston’s under water right now, but don’t worry, Donald Trump is feverishly working to ferret out transgender service members. I’m going to guess that when National Guard
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People Will Talk: The ABH Edition (anything but Harvey)
By Nancy Ford “‘We’re less threatening, I think,’ Annise Parker, the mayor of Houston from 2010 to 2016, told me in a recent telephone interview. She said lesbians don’t deal
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Gay Bars Open During Hurricane Harvey Created a Different Kind of Storm
By Johnny Trlica The biggest story of the past two weeks is, by far, Hurricane Harvey, and the most read column at Houston Rainbow Herald involves the aftermath of the
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Osso & Kristalla: A new downtown bright spot
By Jim Ayres I rarely go downtown. Pride—of course, I’m there. Otherwise, it takes a very special event to put me among the skyscrapers, where I invariably get lost. Sometimes,
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Galveston: Standing strong in the face of disaster
By Forest Riggs One-hundred seventeen years ago, the Great Storm of 1900 rose out of the Gulf of Mexico and wreaked havoc on the small, bar island of Galveston. Thousands