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It's as though Chasity Sereal was always meant to be on Project Runway. Before she ever auditioned for the Bravo reality show, the Houston designer was unintentionally fashioning her own kind of challenges: If she needed something to wear to a party happening that night, she designed and sewed a glam gown for herself. In six hours. Read more at papercitymag.com/chasity. A fter 28 years on air, Dominique Sachse is leaving the anchor desk at KPRC Channel 2 and looking forward to new adventures. The 54-year-old Sachse became a staple in many Houston homes, and later a social media influencer on YouTube with more than 1.5 million followers. Now Sachse is planning a podcast and promoting her first book. Life Makeover: Embrace the Bold, Beautiful, and Blessed You comes out in April. But first, an epic TV goodbye party was in order. In a surprise twist, Sachse's mom, Audrey Toll, stole the show with her touching remarks: "I can tell you that she has always had the qualities, the sweetness, the intellect, the kindness, the ability that she has now. She's never changed." Those were tears going down Sachse's cheeks. Read more at papercitymag.com/sachse. The new Heights restaurant Chivos is about neither traditional Mexican nor Tex-Mex food. Instead, chef Thomas Bille insists it's a modern iteration of Mexican-American dining. That means both salsa macha-spiced pozole dumplings and roasted duck on the dinner menu. Aspirations are high. "Chivos" is Spanish for "the goat," a riff on the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) acronym. Read more at papercitymag.com/chivos. Kelvin Sampson's University of Houston basketball program made history last season, advancing to the Final Four for the first time in 37 years. But how do you follow up a dream season? It turns out this basketball lifer of a coach has a plan for that too — a carefully thought-out one. Marcus Sasser helped raise a banner, but Sampson wants even more. Read more at papercitymag.com/follow. NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP Don't be the last to get the PC Daily. Our redesigned, expanded editorial newsletters put the entire city right in your inbox. You get Houston's top fashion, restaurant, real estate, society, and art news — and more — five times a week. Sign up at papercitymag.com/newsletter. Brooks Koepka @papercityhouston Sushi Rebel @papercityhouston #PCSEEN WHAT OUR EDITORS ARE UP TO, DIGITALLY. LIKE: facebook.com/papercitymag FOLLOW: @papercitymag TWEET: @papercitymag GET SOCIAL: GOODBYE DOMINIQUE Rosewood Mayakoba @georgie_ofthejungle DIVE INTO OUR DIGITAL WORLD PAPERCITYMAG.COM Chasity Sereal Marcus Sasser MODERN MEXICAN BANNER BOYS PROJECT NATURAL Sylvester Turner Dominique Sachse Chivos' pollo al carbon 20