Share If you’re like me, you’ve been greatly enjoying this wonderful weather over the past week. Indeed, we are just entering one of the best times for weather in Houston all year long. A beautiful three months that ends quickly with the summer heat and humidity. However, Jack Frost rarely goes quietly in March, and [...]
Share I know, you live in Houston, this information might shock you! I read a few months ago winter would be cold and wet. Amazingly enough, the meteorological community FINALLY got something right. I’ve been reading your status updates and tweets, and I am here to say . . . ENOUGH is ENOUGH! I’m going to follow-up [...]
Share Now sit right down and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a faithful trip. That started from a Downtown port, Aboard a pontoon boat. The mate was an urban Houstonian, The skipper Captain Ray. 16 passengers set sail that day For a two hour tour, a two hour tour. The weather was beautiful, The [...]
Share Travel + Leisure Magazine recently announced the results of its annual America’s Favorite Cities survey. America’s Favorite Cities is an annual survey where T+L chooses 30 U.S. cities, and has readers rank them based on number of various characteristics in 10 categories (People, Type of Trip, Hotels, Nightlife, Culture, Shopping, Food/Dining, Quality of Life/Visitor [...]
Share For the record, I do not think Houston is the greatest city in the world. That title, in my opinion, belongs to New York City. However, it’s a helluva lot better than most people are willing to admit. Their frustration, I feel, lies in their inability to accept certain truths about Houston. They come [...]
Share I find myself in the enviable position of writing a better post than was originally planned. When I heard he had hurt himself in Game 3, and they were going to perform more tests and Yao stated he would, for sure, return for Game 4. Two words, “Uh oh.” I even told my dad [...]
Share I had a nightcap after another wonderful NiteSPA evening at Dean’s Credit Clothing in Downtown Houston Friday night. As I was sipping my Chardonnay, I began thinking about the condition of the Downtown nightlife, and where it’s gone in the past 6 years. I was running around here during its recent peak right after [...]
Share I spent part of the weekend in Sugar Land because my older sister is visiting with her three kids. My older brother and his wife were also visiting. All in all, it was the first time my immediate family has been in the same place in quite a few years. Like most matriarchs, my [...]
Share I must admit that I haven’t been riding the bus as much as I would have liked lately. Frankly, it was getting pretty hot back in the Spring, and I just assumed that it would be a literal hell riding it in the middle of a hot, Houston summer. I discovered that was not [...]
Share So the unthinkable has happened . . . I cancelled my Houston Chronicle subscription earlier this week. I know, my first post on this blog was dedicated to what I called, “The Key to the City.” My how far we’ve come, right? This is actually a rather sad event in my life. I ADORE [...]