The Mansion Bar

A RARE THING in Houston — a lovingly, painstakingly restored historic building — is reopening later this month. After years of thoughtful effort, the Zimmerman family's La Colombe d'Or Hotel in Montrose will throw open its doors on March 29, offering not only a beautifully renovated landmark mansion with five lightened and brightened suites but also 18 new suites in the new modern tower that's been erected in the backyard.

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A POPULAR HOUSTON TV personality and Twitter star issued a fun challenge to his followers over the weekend, asking them to economize their language to great effect. "Tell me you're from Houston by only three words," tweeted Raheel Ramzanali, sports commentator on ABC 13.

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Houstonian Hotel GM Steve Fronterhouse, Executive Chef Neal Cox & Celebrity Judge Levi Goode

HOUSTONIANS HAVE BEGUN dipping their toes back into in-person events — witness the Houston Symphony Ball in late February — and the Houstonian Hotel is on the leading edge. The grand hotel hosted an outdoor, socially distanced barbecue cookoff at its Manor House on it lush grounds, with none other than Levi Goode of Goode Co. Barbeque, Armadillo Palace and other top restaurants as celebrity judge.

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