Cuisine Confidential: Carmelo Mauro
Lori Moffatt speaks with restaurateur Carmelo Mauro, whose Carmelo’s restaurant in the capital city dates to 1985, about his career…
A Devotion to Craft
Located in a warehouse district just beyond the northern edge of downtown Houston, a 101-year-old brick building that once served…
Park Place
Making my case for Houston as an outdoors destination comes with its challenges. Though many people think of the city…
Out of this World!
We don’t want to accidentally launch anything, so don’t touch any buttons,” says David Cisco, a former spacecraft technician who…
Urban Spark
Visiting my Houston cousins a few years ago, I joined them for a late-afternoon trip downtown to sip wine at…
One-Stop Chinatown
It takes a sense of adventure, as well as an adventurous palate, to explore ethnic dining areas as vast and…
"Peter and the Wolf" at the Houston Zoo
What better place than the zoo to watch Sergei Prokofiev’s timeless composition Peter and the Wolf?
Daytripper: Houston
More than any other Texas city, Houston is defined by its neighborhoods, helping to break this giant bayou buffet up…
Cuisine Confidential: Sylvia Casares
In our third installment of Cuisine Confidential, Lori Moffatt visits with Houston’s “Enchilada Queen,” restaurateur Sylvia Casares, about the importance…
Stories of a Workforce: Celebrating the Centennial of the Houston Ship Channel
The Houston Ship Channel opened 100 years ago this November, connecting the Port of Houston and the Gulf of Mexico…
Cuisine Confidential: Kevin Floyd
To kick off Texas Highways Senior Editor Lori Moffatt’s new Cuisine Confidential series, she sat down with with beer aficionado…