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Editor's note: It's time to recap the top stories on CultureMap from this past week. 1. Houston's most authentic New York pizzeria serve

He lost a leg, but gained a passion: Scuba diving instructor inspires fellow amputees Amputee scuba diver turns bad luck into good deed Replay Video UP NEXT TOMS RIVER - Ken Hoffman is standing poolside at the Ocean County YMCA, about to address a group of fellow amputees, and you can’t help but notice the words on his T-shirt. “This leg is taking a lot longer than expected to grow back,” it reads. That leg, his left, got severed by a drunk driver in 1999. He’s giving the two-minute version of his journey to the audience here, with the brio one might expect of someone wearing that...

“This leg is taking a lot longer than expected to grow back,” it reads. That leg, his left, got severed by a drunk driver in 1999. He’s giving the two-minute version of his journey to the audience here, with the brio one might expect of someone wearing that shirt. “The doctor told me, ‘You’ll never go scuba diving again,’” he says. “I said, ‘Alright, I’ll take another doctor.’” Scuba diving was a hobby for Hoffman then. Now he’s a master diver, an instructor of instructors, a guy who dives shipwrecks in deep water and trains first responders.

Ken Hoffman's takedown of his former Hollywood idol leads Houston's top stories Ken Hoffman's takedown of his former Hollywood idol leads top stories Our columnist has scene enough of the HBO docuseries to make up his mind. 1. 2. 3. 4. New retro and interactive speakeasy/bar powers up in Midtown. "You might come in on a Tuesday and see a girl dancing on the bar. You just don’t know what you’ll get.” 5. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner decries Texas' no-mask move. The mayor pulled no punches in a statement decrying Gov. Abbott's decision to rescind the statewide mask order. ADVE...