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19 LACEWOOD LANE TYNEWOOD / PINEY POINT VILLAGE RUTHIE PORTERFIELD ruthie@ruthieporterfield.com ruthieporterfield.com OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 18 T he Hamptons' enclave of quaint hamlets along Long Island's South Fork is what East Hampton Sandwich Company's name is meant to evoke — but the concept was birthed in Texas. Dallas, to be exact. Without a lick of restaurant experience, 20-something founder Hunter Pond dropped out of law school to follow his predilection for well-crafted sandwiches. Six years later, his concept is now 10 locations strong — all in Texas, with two just opened in Houston. His sunny spaces are filled with boxwoods and ivy, white-oak touches, and antique maps. Here the young entrepreneur serves mighty meals packed between slices of craft bread or dressed down in a salad. You'll find lobster rolls ($19) year- round, as well as a lobster grilled cheese ($19); both are made with a quarter pound of Atlantic lobster knuckles and claws. Seasonal sammies include the sidewalk patty melt ($13); Meyer lemon chicken with pulled chicken, lemon vinaigrette, watermelon radish, tomatoes, and greens ($10); the Cuban, with chile-roasted pork shoulder and brown-sugar-glazed ham roasted in-house ($11); and Southern fried chicken and jack cheese with Neuske's bacon and jalapeño cream sauce ($10). All are served with crisp, thinly sliced russet potatoes fried and dusted with an Old Bay-like seasoning. Also available are chowders (or rather, chowdas), summer-like lemonades (watermelon, lavender, and Meyer lemon), frozé (frozen spiked lemon- ade), or wine and beer. Cap it off with Charlie's donuts, filled with chocolate, strawberry, or blueberry goodness ($6). East Hampton Sandwich Co., River Oaks District, 4444 Westheimer Road; 907 Montrose, ehsandwich.com. Laurann Claridge LOBSTER on a ROLL T here are many ways to make a stand as a preservationist. Artist Anne Reese Hernandez not only lives in a charming turn-of-the-century Victorian cottage in the heart of the Houston Heights, but for nearly 20 years she has painted and drawn scenes from the neighborhood — historic homes, churches, and the Height's main merchant drag, 19th Street. People such as late musician Huey Long of the Ink Spots Anne Reese Hernandez MIRANDA PROCTOR and the late artist Bert Long Jr. also populate her art, which includes pets and self-portraits. Reese Hernandez, who studied at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum School with mentors such as Dorothy Hood, often time-travels in her work back to days living in a West University bungalow and remembrances of commercial spots in Rice Village and environs, such as the Five and Dime. This month, G Spot Gallery in the Heights unveils a rich survey spanning decades of the artist's creations, even recent iPhone snaps. While the Shamrock Hotel is among the lost historic structures featured, most of the buildings depicted are still intact; all are rendered in a folk-art style that evokes pointillism but, in Reese Hernandez's hands, is naïve and compelling at the same time. "Anne Reese Hernandez: In the Neighborhood," opening Saturday, July 7, 6 to 8 pm, at G Spot Gallery, t h r o u g h J u l y 2 2 ; gspotgallery.com. Catherine D. Anspon JULIE SOFER OUR LADY of the HEIGHTS Hunter Pond