Happy Thanksgiving to all….

In a year like no other......sending gratitude from our home to yours

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you that have followed me and supported My Red Glasses over the years……I am very grateful to each and every one of you. I value your friendship and the love of my family more than you know. This has been quite a year and so hard to believe that Thanksgiving […]

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A Unique Shopping Experience as Tootsies Brings Other Local Artisans Together

Starting this weekend.....November 28 thru December 24. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Tootsies Made Market

The Tootsies team has joined forces with many of the local artisans and designers within our community and are creating a unique shopping experience. Within the four-walls of Tootsies on Westheimer you can share, shop and explore this hand-selected collection of special giftables from many of the local brands and small retailers you know and […]

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Tootsies Pops Up……At Memorial East

Shoppers Will Find Luxury Labels for Less at the New Pop-Up Shop

Tootsies Memorial Pop-up

Tootsies is expanding its stylish reach with a pop-up shop at Memorial Green, 12505 Memorial Drive (next to Ceron Hair Studio), bringing designer apparel, shoes and accessories to the dynamic retail center. The pop-up shop provides Memorial area residents an opportunity to enjoy the Tootsies shopping experience in their own backyard. The airy 1,500 square foot […]

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The Much Anticipated Nancy & Rich Kinder Building Opens To The Public and It Is Spectacular

Not traveling.....feel the joy this holiday weekend visiting the new Kinder Building

Kinder Building

As someone who lives ‘next door’ to the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and have watched almost daily with anticipation and curiosity as each area of the now complete Susan and Fayez Sarofim Campus has been completed and enhanced, I feel a true attachment to its newest addition, the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, opening […]

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Popular Caterer and Soufflé Queen Launches New Venture

Elizabeth Swift's Fab Fête frozen soufflés are the missing link to epic cheese boards

fab fete

If we have mastered anything this year, it’s how to pivot. Arguably the most widely used word of the year, businesses large and small have had to dance their way around unprecedented challenges and push all creative boundaries. 2020 has forced everyone to think outside of the box, but for events expert, Elizabeth Swift Copeland, […]

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Window Dressing…Supporting #ShopLocal with M. Penner

In a time where the world has turned upside down and it’s a struggle for various businesses across all industries, it’s amazing to see local retailers coming together to support each other. You know we are all about shopping local and supporting our incredible Houston-based businesses and stores, and we absolutely love what M.Penner is […]

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One of Our Favorite Houston Restaurants is BACK – Update

La Table has reopened with fresh updates and we loved it!

La Table

After posting this story on the then soon-to-be-reopened La Table restaurant last Sunday (Nov.15), I was invited by its GM, Valerio Lombardozzi to a most entertaining night of dining on the newly revamped menu. Valerio and his waiter, Ciro, both Italians here directly from some of my favorite areas of Italy………Rome and Amalfi Coast respectively, […]

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‘About Time’: The Latest Costume Institute Exhibit at The Met

If you are a follower of fashion, over time, you can appreciate this exhibit.....hope you are a lucky one that gets to see it!

With 2020 full of twists and turns and highs and lows, we find great joy in anything that brings about a sense of “normalcy.” After nearly half a year on lockdown, The Met has since been reopened and its Costume Institute show, ‘About Time: Fashion and Duration,’ has us reeling with excitement. If you’re planning […]

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2020….A Unique Year Calls For A Different Kind of Turkey Day For So Many

Giving Thanks this year on a smaller scale can mean a change of approach to dining......let our local restaurants lend a helping hand!

Thanksgiving 2020

If you’re like me you have had a difficult time deciding just what to do about this Thanksgving holiday that is approaching very quickly. It has always been our family’s favorite holiday and in fact, having my traditional Thanksgiving feast with many family and friends has been my very favorite gathering of the holidays and […]

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Women of Substance 2020 Celebrates the Many Outstanding Women of Houston and their Accomplishments

This popular luncheon went virtual this year and raised lots of money for the Mission of Yahweh!

Womenn of Substance

The always fabulously entertaining and glammed up 4th annual Women of Substance Luncheon, like so many charitable events this year, became a Virtual Presentation on November 6. Viewers heeded the cause to support The Mission of Yahweh, that has been sheltering homeless women and children for 59 years.  At last count, funds raised from the […]

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