I’m sure just like everyone, you’ve watched the footage of the Gulf oil spill and just wished the entire thing could just magically go away. From the initial tragic accident, the environmental impact, the complex politics, to the loss of work for the regular folks who make their living on the Gulf – the repercussions [...]

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Located in Houston, Lone Star Boxer Rescue is a non-profit organization that looks out for the health and well being of the boxer breed of dogs in our area. Totally run by volunteers, the organization works to rescue, rehabilitate, and find homes for boxers that come from shelters, owner surrenders, and strays. We can’t say [...]

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The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft in conjunction with Whole Foods is holding a benefit this Saturday called Empty Bowls in which artist created bowls are sold and proceeds will be given to the Houston Food Bank. Empty Bowls was created as a grass-roots effort by artists and craftspeople in cities and towns across the [...]

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Lemonade Day is a fantastic nationwide event that is taking place next weekend – on Sunday, May 2nd. The event is a day of teaching business skills to kids by having them set up their own lemonade stands to create a product, market and make sales, set goals, and give back to the community. Over [...]

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Making good on a bet with her students at St. Agnes Academy – 71 year old Sister Jane Meyer – jumped out of an airplane to fulfill a promise if they reach their goal in raising $25,000 for Haitian relief. The students more than doubled their goal, raising $88,684 for the earthquake victims – and [...]

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The Houston Center of Photography will be holding their annual print auction tonight, Thursday, February 25th. Artists works by local, national, and internationally acclaimed photographers will be available for purchase by both silent and live auction. The photographs that up for bidding have been on view for the past month and I’m sure gallery-goers have [...]

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I’m not a very big fan of cupcakes…why have a tiny little treat when you could have a whole cake? I also think that cupcakes are one of the more interesting food trends to happen in quite awhile – you can’t seem to turn a corner these days without hitting a cupcake truck. I suppose [...]

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On December 2nd, the Houston organization called Nameless Sound is hosting the second evening in their concert event series called the Nameless Lounge. This years fundraiser is going to be in honor of Curley Cormier, the legendary proprietor, band leader and host of The Silver Slipper, a 5th Ward Blues club. The Silver Slipper is a [...]

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Kelly Hamilton recently forwarded this YouTube clip to me of outspoken Texas Tech Coach Mike Leach. Coach Leach is very candid in answering a freshman’s questions about taking a girl out on a first date. I think I’ll just let Coach Leach speak for himself:

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It might be a little early to mention this great event, but perhaps you may want to do some forward thinking to plan ahead. This years 2009 Via Colori Street Painting Festival is scheduled for the weekend of November 21st and 22nd to benefit The Center for Hearing and Speech. Its a big street party [...]

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