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CityBook's First Five Years in Photographs: 2016-2017

CityBook's First Five Years in Photographs: 2016-2017

Twin models Josh and Chris Zatopek at The Inn at Dos Brisos in Washington, Texas (Holiday 2016, photo by Julie Soefer)

AFTER AN EXTRAORDINARY half-decade for H-Town — multiple once-in-a-lifetime weather events, a World Series win, an epic pandemic and much more — independently published, proudly all-local Houston CityBook marks five years in print this fall. With the gracious support of Deutsch Fine Jewelry, which has appeared as an advertiser on the back cover of every single issue, we look back at our take on the glamour, grit, style and substance of the most fascinating city in America. Get the picture? Presented by Deutsch Fine Jewelry

Musician Cammie Gilbert appears on the first cover (Premier Issue, photo by Julie Soefer)

Models Wade Groux in Coach and Raliat Akinlolu in Chloe Dao, in an outtake from a River Oaks fashion shoot (April 2017, photo by Steven Visneau)

Michael and Nicole Phelps join Kathryn and Josh Brolin, the event chair, for a Super Bowl bash for charity, sponsored by 'CityBook,' at the Memorial home of Executive Publisher Lisa Holthouse and her husband Michael (March 2017, photo by Daniel Ortiz)

Frixos Chrisinis at his Blue Horizons fish market (Premier Issue, photo by Shannon O'Hara)

Model Charlotte Stevens in Stella McCartney, photographed in the Galleria area (Premier Issue, photo by Julie Soefer)

Gina Erwin and her twin sister, Lisa Holthouse of 'CityBook,' with Editor Jeff Gremillion and his twin brother, Shannon Gremillion (Holiday 2016, photo by Daniel Ortiz)

Alley Theatre actor Michael Brusasco wears Brunello Cucinelli, photographed in the Greater Fifth Ward (Premier Issue, photo by Julie Soefer)

Models Brandon Connor, Mila Connally, Bay Berger and Grayson Auld in the first Sexy Issue, photographed in Memorial (Summer 2017, photo by Steven Visneau)

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