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The thought may have crossed your mind once some balmy spring day in early March, pre-heat, as the flowers start to bloom but the mosquitoes haven't yet returned. Or perhaps you realized it some fall evening as you relaxed on a patio having drinks while people in the northern half of the country listened to their radiators clank like a death knell. "Houston's not so bad, in fact, despite the [_____], it's worth it." Okay,... more ›

If you think the pages of National Geographic were filled with stories of unusual tribes engaging in unfamiliar customs in foreign lands, well, the current issue won't prove you wrong: This month, the august journal explores the curious customs of the River Oaks crowd. Between the outrageous parties, the multimillion-dollar divorces, the Versailles replicas and the murders, Houstonians have long known how entertaining the local jet set can be, but River Oaks seems to have... more ›