Georgia James Bows, Ben Berg Takes Over La Table, and the Rest of This Week’s Delicious Food News

Robin Barr Sussman

JUST WHEN YOU thought things in H-Town were slowing down for summer, here come new restaurants, a new wine bar, Bastille Day cheer, and Caviar Wednesdays!

Lululemon Taps Local Artist for Exclusive Space City Collection

Patrick Magee

HOUSTON IS ONE of four cities getting an exclusive collection from Lululemon this summer. The line, titled Rep Your City, is also being released in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco. The go-to athleisure brand collaborated with Houston artist Hugo Pérez to create Houston-centric designs for clothing launching in stores on July 12.

Thrive & Inspire: Creating ’Something Bigger Than Ourselves’ Drives Gooch and Pappas of RYDE

Ashley Gooch and Andrew Pappas, Co-Founders

WHAT INSPIRES YOU as you grow RYDE? The RYDE community and our team inspire us every day. The goal from the start was to create something that is bigger than ourselves — our community is just that. We want to push the limits of what a fitness experience can be. Our new Heights studio is a testament to that commitment, offering a high-energy indoor cycling experience in a stunning space. RYDE Heights opens in April, exactly eight years after our first location opened on West Gray in River Oaks.

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Beth Muecke, Justin Garcia

HANDSOME HOUSTON ARTIST Justin Garcia held a homecoming of sorts at Downtown’s Z on 23. He’s been on a world tour with Orphaned Starfish Foundation, the nonprofit that helps orphans, survivors of trafficking, and refugees break their cycles of abuse and poverty. Garcia is traveling to all 80 of the foundation’s programs around the world, creating unique art pieces that aim to capture each program's unique feel with color, shape and words.

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Diana Madero, Thea Pheasey, Alejandra Peterman, Hillary Jebbitt

EIGHT CHEFS, THIRTY years — and one big dinner! Urban Harvest rang in its fourth decade of community gardens, farmers markets and food access at their annual farm-to-table dinner cooked up by some of the most notable chefs in town.

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