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Business News
• Cristina E. Martinez has launched the
first edition of the Gay & Lesbian Rainbow
Pages, a new businesses-and-services directory.
The four-color, 180-page book—available
at no charge at various community locations,
including the Houston GLBT Community Center—includes
discount coupons from local businesses and a
listing for nonprofit organizations. Martinez,
Rainbow Pages publisher and CEO, also plans to
launch editions in Austin and Dallas. Martinez
was previously associate publisher for the Gay & Lesbian
Yellow Pages. In January, she hired Sam Bible,
former Gay & Lesbian Yellow Pages staff member,
to serve as associate publisher of the Rainbow
Pages. The next edition of Rainbow Pages will
exceed 250 pages, Martinez asserts. “The
response we have received is unbelievable,” she
says. “It is amazing that 52 percent of
our second edition is already sold and our directory
has been out for one month.” The website
for Rainbow Pages is www.rainbowpages.net. The
phone number is 281/997-9778.
• Riva’s Italian Restaurant recently
received the Blue Ribbon Award for kitchen cleanliness,
presented by popular Channel 13 television personality
Marvin Zindler. Riva’s (1117 Missouri,
713/529-3450) was one of only 60 restaurants
in Houston to receive the recognition.
• The Pampered Spirit, the personal-care
products company, recently established a vendor
cart in the Memorial City mall (Interstate 10
West at Gessner) to complement its website, www.PamperedSpirit.com.
Established in 2003, the firm offers “unique
gifts, pampering products, and products that
help people discover more about themselves,” says
Lisa Dehart, one of the business partners. Items
include handmade candles, soaps, and incense,
homeopathic care kits, silver jewelry (including
Pride wear), inspiration cards, and home furnishings
and art. “Our future plans are to open
a Montrose location,” Dehart says. The
Pampered Spirit (713/864-0496, 888/324-2324)
will have a booth at the May 1–2 Westheimer
Street Festival. In April, customers who mention
this OutSmart article at the Memorial City Pampered
Spirit location will receive 10 percent off merchandise.
• Cabo Mix-Mex Grill has launched Alternative
Tuesdays, a weekly night for the GLBT community
featuring happy-hour prices on martinis, margaritas,
draft beer, and well drinks as well as crawfish.
Cabo is located at 1111 Westheimer. The phone
number is 713/942-2226.
• Barbara Gardner is the new director of
Eiband’s Gallery in Galveston. She previously
owned and managed the Gardner Gallery on Postoffice.
The more than 50 vendors in the four-floor, 13,000-square-foot
emporium (“Isle Say,” July 2003)
offer antique furniture and accents as well as
old and new jewelry, classic clothing, and contemporary
furniture. Eiband’s Gallery is located
at 2001 Postoffice in downtown Galveston. The
phone number is 409/763-5495.
• Keith Curry and Marvin Grenier, longtime
bartenders at Blvd Saloon in Galveston, have
acquired the club and renamed it Undercurrent
(3102 Seawall Blvd., 409/750-8571). The new hours
at the bar are noon–2 a.m. every day.
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