Houston City Portrait

Fresh Oysters at Captain Benny’s

President George H. W. and Barbara Bush, photographed at their Houston townhouse on November 14, 2011

Shop for everything from eighteenth- and nineteenth- century antiques to repurposed industrial pieces at Found on 2422 Bartlett Street

Philippe Restaurant + Lounge on Post Oak Blvd.

Arts Patron Marilyn Oshman

One of the Menil Collection’s varied exhibits

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

One of the city’s suspended chrome street signs

Chef Robert Del Grande and friends at RDG + Bar Annie

Stop by La Mexicana on Fairview Street for either their 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. happy hour or the afternoon version

Dr. Charles Fraser of Texas Children’s Hospital

Tennis courts at the Houstonian Hotel

Outside Captain Benny’s Seafood

Captain Benny’s Seafood

A dozen Gulf oysters from Captain Benny’s Seafood

Captain Benny’s Seafood

The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art

A tasty fortified wine drink called a tatafias from t’afia restaurant and bar

President George H. W. and Barbara Bush, photographed at their Houston townhouse on November 14, 2011

La Mexicana

La Mexicana

Roast duck with clementine-cognac sauce from Philippe Restaurant + Lounge

The French Cowboy cocktail (Bulleit bourbon, Lillet, and agave syrup) from Philippe Restaurant + Lounge

The Menil Collection housed in Renzo Piano’s First American Building

The Menil Collection housed in Renzo Piano’s First American Building

Eloise (“Ousie”) Adams Jones from Ousie’s Table

A meal from Houston’s Ousie’s Table

Inside Ousie’s Table

Museum of Fine Arts Houston

t’afia restaurant and bar on Travis Street

Philippe Restaurant + Lounge on Post Oak Blvd.

Philippe Restaurant + Lounge on Post Oak Blvd.