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NORTH ITALIA opens this month at

We have a slight weakness for MISSONI, and thankfully
since Margherita Missoni recently became a mother a kids
collection launches this month at Nordstrom. Inspired by
her own childhood growing up near Milan, the collection
mixes playful colors, textures and prints and features simplistic 60s-inspired silhouettes. The collection offers sizes
for baby boys and girls, as well as girls up to 7 years old.

BLVD Place Phase II. North offers
a take on traditional Italian cooking, featuring handcrafted pasta
and pizza made from scratch
daily. This issue will go to print
before we get to taste the menu,
but highlights include house specialty Bolognese pasta, braised
beef short rib with roasted root
vegetables served atop creamy
white polenta and the Patata
Pizza topped with Italian bacon,
potatoes and farm egg. This will
be their second location, the first is
in Austin.

The Local beer master over at 8TH WONDER BREWERY deserve a round of applause as they celebrate their
2nd Anniversary with A Celebr8ion of Beer on Saturday, March 21, 2015. It’s not easy to start your
own company and a brewery at that, now place said brewery in the shadow of the Houston skyline in
East Downtown and oh yea, in a dome-like warehouse as an homage to their name sakes’ dome – the
Astrosome and that’s a feat. Party starts at 3pm with music by The Suffers w/ Earphunk, Stooges Brass
Band, Wild Moccasins, DJ Sun, Fox & Cats. Get your tickets online at http://tiny.cc/CELEBR8ION or stop by
the brewery at 2202 Dallas St. and pay no fees. There will be a limited amount of VIP tickets.

It’s RODEO TIME! Museum Park Café and Bosta Wine &
Coffee (1801 Binz) are partnering with Houston's only jitney, THE HOUSTON WAVE, to bus Houstonians to and from
Reliant Stadium every day throughout the Houston Livestock
Show and Rodeo through March 22. $20 round trip
insures you avoid traffic (and can throw back a few more
beers safely) For more information and to get tickets, visit
https://rodeowave15.eventbrite.com.
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