LOCAL Houston | The City Guide MARCH 2016 | Page 8

MARCH 2016 FEATURES 04 city map 06 letter from the editor | behind the cover 08 features + who’s who 10 on our radar 16 calendar 20 30 44 58 18 FOOD superfood truffles 20 dine write | beckrew 22 open 24 perfect pairs| el topo 26 club | icehouse | lounge review: axelrad 28 good eats 30 ART art blocks @ main street 32 must-see exhibits 34 museum district 36 fresh arts 38 gish 40 recording: starline 42 COMMUNITY a tale to tell 44 gabriel brener, dynamo’s new owner 46 dynamo’s choreogtapher raquel torres-garcia! 48 kareem: football, fashion and now family man 50 the road to the final four ends in houston 52 speed golf – it’s almost time 54 were to live | cinco ranch 56 icon: monte irvin 57 dome dreams never die 58 where are they now: evander holyfield 60 STYLE + LEISURE stitch & trace 62 things we love 64 fat finds 66 scene 76 yoga is seeing spots 78 tools + gadgets 80 localgram WHO’S WHO PUBLISHER + FOUNDER alejandro martinéz | ext 2 | [email protected] EDITOR-IN-CHIEF carla valencia de martinéz | ext 3 | [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITOR victoria bartlett ASSOCIATE EDITOR | SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR ida sameri | ext 8 | [email protected] GRAPHIC DESIGNER german arellano | ext 4 | [email protected] CONTRIBUTING WRITERS christina adams, jodie eisenhardt, michael garfield, sarah gish, ariel jones, jayme lamm, beth levine, marzifat, belinda owino, mai pham, sandra ramani, lance scott walker, scott ward CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS holly beretto, mike cook, jodie eisenhardt, marzi fatemizadeh, michael garfield, sarah gish, ariel jones, jayme lamm, jeff lane, beth levine, lance scott walker, emily westbrooks, ryan whirty, kim coffman CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS german arellano, chris smith, sebastian gomez de la torre ADVERTISING + ACCOUNTS grace salinas | [email protected] | ext 7 | mobile [phone] carlos valencia | [email protected] | mobile [phone] william king | [email protected] | mobile [phone] ACCOUNTS luca tommasi | [email protected] INTERN alexandra corradini WEB DESIGNER mdg | creative agency | www.mpiredesigngroup.com LOCAL Houston Magazine is published monthly by NODO Magazine, L.L.C., 1824 Spring Street, Studio 002, Houston, TX 77007. Copyright © 2016 by Insync Design, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. LOCAL Houston Magazine does not knowingly accept false or misleading advertising or editorial, nor do the publishers assume responsibility should such advertising or editorial appear. 64 VOLUME 18 ISSUE 207 8 L O C A L | march 16 LOCAL HOUSTON MAGAZINE 1824 SPRING ST. STUDIO 002 | HOUSTON, TX 77007 713.223.5333 | FAX [phone] | [email protected] WWW.LOCALHOUSTONMAGAZINE.COM FACEBOOK: LOCALHOUSTON INSTAGRAM: LOCAL_HOUSTON TWITTER.COM/LOCAL_HOUSTON