Lifestyle

Women Tackle Cooties with Cobalt

This working mom duo wanted to create a product that let people go beyond cleaning just our hands with harsh gel sanitizers.

Saturday, November 14th, 2020

Let’s call a spade a spade and just throw it out there that 2020 has been… gross. Hand sanitizers are great, but our hands are only as clean as the surfaces we touch. Step-in: Cobalt and its creators Molly Voorhees, president of Beck’s Prime, and Christina Milligan, co-founder of Organized Design, who found a way […]

Beauty

Stressful Times and Its Impact On Our Skin

Your skin doesn't have to show it!

Thursday, November 12th, 2020

Yay…we made it through the election! As I write this, and I’m sure when you read this, the election will still be in the headlines. No matter what candidate you voted for, this has turned into a very stressful situation. Stress causes the release of the chemicals cortisol and interleukins that cause inflammation. These inflammatory […]

Events

Rockin’ Resillience…..An Always Fun Luncheon Was Virtual This Year

Annual Luncheon benefiting The Women's Fund

It was not your basic Sunday morning on November 1. We knew we had a fun lunch/brunch time ahead of us and we certainly did. At noon 250 virtual guests were up and rocking the house by dancing and singing along with Houston’s very own and Season 12 finalist of American Idol, Vincent Powell, in […]

Fine Arts

Beautiful Days Are Here…..Great Time to Enjoy the Calm and Solitude of The Rothko Chapel

Newly renovated Rothko reopened recently after year-long renovation

Sunday, November 1st, 2020

With all the chaos and uncertainty in the world right now, it’s nice to see some excitement a breath of fresh air in our very own city of Houston. For the last year The Rothko Chapel has been undergoing a restoration led by Architecture Research Office, and it’s officially complete and reopened! For a little […]

Food and Nutrition

Putting Out the Fire in 2020…..Nutritionally Speaking

Read this by our friend Catherine Kruppa of Advice for Eating.....all about inflamation that stress can cause and how to help combat it

2020 has been a year like no other. Most of us have experienced some type of stress that we would describe as chronic. We have all experienced loss whether it be loss of: jobs, important events, relationships, health, and loved ones. Our chronic stress may be caused by uncertainly or unsettledness. Whatever your chronic stressors […]

Shopping

Round Top…….Shopping Destination That Has Long Been on My Must See List

After a decade I finally made it back to visit, shop and dine on all things Round Top

Thursday, October 29th, 2020

For many reasons, mostly of late, I have been traveling in the month of October in Italy to shop (sob!) and can’t work a visit into Round Top Texas into my schedule. Not sure why April hasn’t worked but always something!! This has raised my desire to visit Round Top to a very high spot […]

Beauty

Don’t forget to vote!

Wear your patriotism...

We are in the home stretch! Of what, you ask? The barrage of political ads, debates, jabs and the flurry of fliers (which I hope you are recycling) will come to an end next week. The election is finally upon us and your voice must be heard. Please GO VOTE! Now some of you may […]

Dining

Dine-around……a long-awaited re-visit to some local restaurant favorites

A look at some of the restaurants we visited plus more to come soon......it was a week-long eatorama!

Sunday, October 18th, 2020

Like many of us that have been in our Covid survival mode for the last several months, we have spent a great amount of time supporting our local restaurants from afar. Yes, for our family, restaurant dining has largely been restricted to rare outdoor dining(still our favorite way to dine-in) but mostly curbside pick-up and […]

Fashion

The Colors of the Season: Part 2

All the blues!

Saturday, October 17th, 2020

We’re back today with the next installment in our color series. If you didn’t see last week’s, we covered olive and spice, which seemed like the perfect hues to start with when talking fall shades. And today it’s all about BLUE. Not just one shade of blue, but several. That’s right; you don’t have to […]

Events

Barbara Bush Literacy Luncheon Goes Virtual….

Don't miss this annual luncheon stacked with amazing speakers.....in the comfort of your own home, October 22

The Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation is pleased to announce their 5th annual Power of Literacy Luncheon will now take place as a virtual “literacy fête” on Thursday, October 22. The signature event, chaired by Betty Hrncir and Sidney Faust, shines a light on the importance of reading in our community and supports the Foundation’s […]