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Here's a Houstonist Fashion Tip: If you're a fan of expensive high-fashion shoes but you don't have the money to actually buy them, it's probably better not to steal someone's credit card and go on a shopping spree. Try Harwin instead — sure, your knockoff Manolo Blahniks might fall apart in a few months, but at least you won't be hunted by the cops like a trio of people HPD says indulged their expensive tastes at someone else's expense.

It hasn't been the best year for Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau chief Jordy Tollett: Earlier this year he was accused of liquid lunching, followed by a sudden leave of absence; then, after he came back, he apparently got dissed by a local hotel group. And now, KHOU reports that it looks like Tollett's number may be up: Mayor Bill White is urging GHCVB officials to find someone else to lead the bureau when Tollett's contract expires early next year.

Police have arrested Stevdrick Jackson in connection with the murder of a southeast Houston convenience store clerk Monday Roderick Fountain, a suspect in the disappearance of 3-year-old Kendrick Jackson, tried to get his wife to lie about who owned a gun in a jail phone call he didn't know was being recorded Jordy Tollett is back in charge of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau after a temporary leave of absence A judge granted...

Looks like Jordy Tollett has sidestepped a potentially nasty situation: The city visitors bureau chief said yesterday he'll cash in his vacation time and a medical leave to "seek professional help for an unspecified condition." Tollett told the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau's executive committee his plans during a brief meeting Thursday morning.

Ever since Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau head Jordy Tollett went blond back in 2003, we've suspected there was something of the wild child about him — and now we know what: Earlier this week, KPRC's cameras followed Tollett around and filmed him whiling away the hours with liquid lunches. And that may cost Tollett his job, the Chronicle reports. Channel 2 spotted Tollett spending a two-hour lunches sitting at bars at the Front...

So here's a different take on Houston vs. Dallas: Our friends to the north seem to have pulled ahead of Houston in luring gay tourists, at least according to KPRC. Apparently, Dallas has trumped Houston in GLBT tourism by adding a gay tourism area to its Convention and Visitors Bureau website. As the site says:

The rivalry between Houston and Dallas isn't news — but media outlets in both cities occasionally try to make news out of it. The latest example: a story from KTVT in Dallas, which skims over the differences between the cities and comes to no real conclusion. Bragging rights become most important when it comes to bringing in tourists. “Probably Houston has seen it's zenith if you will. In Dallas we have not peaked yet...