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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 22 N a s h v i l l e - b a s e d Lemon Laine is the latest arrival at urban m a r k e t H e i g h t s Mercantile. Beyond the salmon-pink door lies a treasure trove of natural beauty and wellness products. Houston-based Content Architecture and San Francisco-based Gracie Turner Design designed the bright and airy interiors, with colorful Restaurant BUZZ S witch2Pure hosts a pop-up in River Oaks District this holiday season (through January 3 1 , 2 0 1 9 ) . Indulge in a scientifically backed mini facial, makeover, and private consultation with the natural, clean, and pure beauty and skincare brand, launched by Estela Cockrell. Choose from more than 1,000 products from around the world, or purchase pre-assembled holiday gifts such as the Mama Knows Best Kit or Immune Boost Kit … Cakewalk Style Shop at 3201 Westheimer has shuttered to make way for Alchemia, a women's boutique from former Catwalk co- owner Jennifer Grigsby. The quaint shop, which opened last month, offers women's clothing, shoes, accessories, and home design. Annie Gallay F ox Restaurant Concepts (Flower Child, North Italia) opens Blanco Tacos + Tequila this month at The Galleria on Level 1, near Saks Fifth Avenue. Come for the hamachi-and-watermelon ceviche, short-rib machaca, and tacos on handmade tortillas. Stay for the tequila flights … The Flying Biscuit Café will be the first tenant at the new Midtown development at 1415 Louisiana Street from Australia- based Caydon, with a projected August 2019 opening. The Southern-style cafe, which is renowned for its grits and biscuits, is a fixture throughout Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas, with a Memorial City location also coming soon … Chef Frédéric Perrier deserves a kiss on each cheek for Bisou, River Oaks District's latest hot spot. The Français- meets-Anglais restaurant comes courtesy of the owners of Houston nightclubs Clé and Spire. Elevated eats such as a fresh take on bone marrow and escargot coexist with the Sunday Funday brunch brimming with bubbly … Benjamin Berg has opened B.B. Lemon at his favorite haunt, Washington Avenue. Berg preps local and New York- inspired dishes such as New England clam chowder, blue crab beignets, hot wings, and lobster rolls. It's laidback and low-key at its finest, with checkered green-and-white tablecloths, cozy green banquettes, an inviting patio, and an old-fashioned lemonade stand made by his eight-year-old son … Shun Japanese Kitchen, the mouthwatering brainchild of chef Naoki Yoshida, has arrived at 2802 South Shepherd. Yoshida got his early Japanese cuisine training from his parents' Nippon restaurant in Montrose. He blends the finest Japanese ingredients with Texas foods, such as Tako Dogs, octopus sausage wrapped up in a corn dog, and carnitas gyozo dumplings … If you simply can't decide what to eat, the recently opened Finn Hall is for you. Located at 712 Main at The Jones A Stroll Down LEMON LAINE Retail RAP custom wallpapers incorporating Houston themes such as the moon, Buffalo Bayou, Beyoncé, James Turrell, and magnolias. Houston artisan James Dawson crafted a terrazzo-stone counter for the Oil Bar, where beauty experts formulate a facial oil unique to your skin needs. In addition to natural beauty products both off-the-shelf and custom, Lemon Laine carries buzzy superfoodstuff and supplements that foster beauty from the inside out (Coconut Cult, Sun Potion, Vital Proteins). Founder Laura Lemon created the company last year after stints at Juice Beauty, where she advised on Gwyneth Paltrow's beauty line for Goop and also for skincare line Yes To. Her top picks at Lemon Laine: RMS Beauty Within digestive enzymes and Kosås lipstick. Lemon Laine, 714 Yale St., lemonlaine.com. Anne Lee Phillips on Main in the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Building, the hall offers cuisines from seafood to Mexican, and Chinese to Korean. The 10 eateries include Amaya Coffee, Craft Burger, Dish Society, Goode Co. Taqueria, Mala Sichuan, Low Tide, Mr. Nice Pie, Oddball Eats, Sit Lo, and Yong. Annie Gallay Welcome to Lemon Laine Menil Drawing Institute | The Menil Collection The Condition of Being Here Drawings by Jasper Johns Open Wednesday–Sunday 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Closed Monday and Tuesday Admission is free. Always. 1412 West Main Street 713-525-9400 menil.org Jasper Johns, Study for 1st Version of Map (Based on Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Airocean World), 1967. Pastel over Photostat on paper, 30 × 55 1/4 in. (76.2 × 140.3 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Bequest of David Whitney. © Jasper Johns/VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY