Film & TV
February 9, 2022
Houston’s River Oaks Theatre Escapes Demolition—And Will Probably Get a Better Cocktail Menu
A grassroots campaign—and a multibillion-dollar corporate real estate acquisition—kept the bulldozers away.
River Oaks
True Crime
November 17, 2021
The Notorious Mrs. Mossler
In “the trial of the century,” a Houston socialite was accused of plotting her husband's murder—and of having an affair with her nephew. But Candace Mossler was only getting started.
The Culture
February 25, 2013
Houston History For Sale: $5
The estate sale from the residence of the late Mildred Yount Manion II, an heiress from an "Important Texas Oil Family," proved too hard to resist.
November 29, 2011
Price Slashed on Bob Lanier’s River Oaks Mansion
Are you a political junkie who has always wanted a 13,000-square foot home on the River Oaks Country Club Golf Course? Well, you might want to take a peek at Bob and Elyse Lanier’s mansion.
Feature
September 30, 2000
Can’t Buy Me Love
Take one of the nation's wealthiest men, the enigmatic, Egyptian-born Fayez Sarofim. Add his socialite first wife and her brassy successor. Stir in River Oaks mansions and greedy lawyers, boatloads of money and oceans of booze. Mix it all together and what do you get? A hell of a mess
True Crime
May 31, 1998
Oh, Brother
A River Oaks bookie is tried for murder.
True Crime
November 1, 1997
The Bookmaker’s Wife
She had a secret life, and so did her husband. For a while they seemed to have a pleasant existence in the affluent Houston neighborhood of River Oaks. But then she turned up dead.
Music
July 31, 1996
Stephen Stills
WHEN WE LIVED IN RIVER OAKS, three or four boys and I would go down to the creek when it was hot, when the dragonflies were louder than the wind and the air was so still that it felt like it weighed a ton—but you’re seven years old and you
Film & TV
June 30, 1992
River Oaks 77019
Two prominent families, one soapy feud. What could be better for a summer miniseries?
Being Texan
March 1, 1982
The Very Rich Life of Enrico di Portanova
Hugh Roy Cullen found the oil and made one of Houston’s great fortunes; now his grandson is spending his inheritance like there is no tomorrow, and suing for more.
Business
October 1, 1979
The Man Who Built River Oaks
Architect John Staub, the forgotten genius of River Oaks, transformed a few nondescript Houston streets into Millionaires’ Row.
Business
December 1, 1977
They’re Minding the Store
If you’re looking for Houston’s elite, forget the Petroleum Club; go to the produce center at Jamail’s.