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6 DIVE INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD PAPERCITYMAG.COM HOUSTON'S PRESIDENT G eorge H.W. Bush will be remembered as a World War II hero and one half of the greatest presidential love story ever (his 73-year-long marriage to Barbara Bush is the stuff of records). Presidential biographer Jon Meacham calls him, "America's last great soldier-statesman." But Bush is also the president who lived in Houston by choice — and his love for his adopted city is paid back in remarkable remembrances. The thousands who waited for a glimpse of the train carrying his casket spoke volumes. Read more at papercitymag.com/bush-funeral. HOUSTON ON THE MOVE FOR BOB THE MUSIC DIES Live from New York! Interior designer Ginger Barber has faced numerous challenges in her near 40-year career, but few approach outfi tting a Houston couple's NYC apartment in just six weeks. Doing all the procuring in Hous- ton helped. She shopped everything from linens to valued antiques and rare carpets at Kuhl-Linscomb, Skelton Culver, Carol Piper Rugs, Back Row Home and more. Then it was Eastward ho! Read more at papercitymag. com/new-york-living. Bob McNair is gone, but his Houston Texans team lives on into the playoffs, imagining the type of magical run the Astros pulled off in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. "Not to put any more pressure on you Coach (Bill O'Brien), but you know how much Bob wanted to win a Super Bowl," NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says. These January games will not defi ne the legacy of a self-built billionaire who gave more than $500 million to charity. But he'd love it all the same. Read more at papercitymag.com/bob-mcnair. Fitzgerald's — the pioneering music club that defi ed its humble Heights space to give acts such as REM and Hootie and the Blowfi sh a start — shuttered after one last New Year's Eve bash. The club survived a fi re, and countless wild nights on its creaky old fl oors (new fl oorboards had to be brought in mid concert one night), but its grandmother owner is ready to say goodbye. "I didn't buy it saying I would be a club owner," Sara Fitzgerald tells PaperCity. "I bought it to fl ip it. It just took me 42 years to fl ip it." Read more at papercitymag.com/fi tzgeralds. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP D on't be the last to get the new PC Daily. Our redesigned, expanded editorial newsletters put the entire city right in your inbox. Get Houston's top fashion, restaurant, real estate, society, and art news — and more — fi ve times a week. Sign up at PaperCityMag.com/ newsletter. Shun Japanese Kitchen @papercitymag.com Travis Scott @commonpolished The Frenchie @holly_papercity #PCSEEN WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE UP TO, DIGITALLY. New York Living Room Fitzgerald's Bob McNair The Bush funeral train LIKE: facebook.com/papercitymag FOLLOW: @papercitymag TWEET: @papercitymag GET SOCIAL: