HOUSTON HAPPENINGS CONJOINED Be on the lookout for another feature film being shot here in H-town. Conjoined is the latest collaboration between noted Houston director Joe Grisaffi (Dead of Knight) and the comedic team of Chuck and Tim Norfolk (Haunted Trailer & Penny on a Tape fame). The film focuses on a lonely man who [...]
At the beautiful home of Manmeet and Paul Likhari on an idyllic day last week on May 8th, there was a festive celebration with hats, gloves and the best of support for the Fort Bend Children’s Discovery Center that has its capital campaign well underway. This was the 10th Annual Fort Bend Spring Brunch chaired [...]
The ABCs of elections…..Saturday’s school board election in Lamar CISD (Richmond and Rosenberg’s school district) which promised to be hotly contested turned out to be downright trashy. Let me tell you how. A brother/sister duo, Rodney Vannerson and sis Karen Vannerson Pearson Vannerson got involved with recruiting candidates and raising money to help candidates. Rodney [...]
So far 12 emails have surfaced, corroborating what we already felt deep in our bones—that America was experiencing its worst cover-up. As we celebrated a joyous Mother’s Day weekend, four families are still grieving beyond our worst imagination. Our mothers told us as young mothers, “Nothing is worse than burying your child.” It’s out [...]
Turquoise Grill & Bar 16019 City Walk, Sugar Land Cuisine: Turkish Mediterranean Price Range: $12.50 – $16.00 entrees Menu: The menu is quite lengthy, but is well categorized to make it easy to narrow your choices. Some items offered are stuffed grape leaves, hummus, tabuleh, fried calamari, smoked salmon roll, various marinated beef and lamb [...]
Problem solved…..A few weeks ago I was griping about not being able to access the county’s web site because I had a Mac, and the county’s web site didn’t like it. I complained to Annie Elliott, the county’s district clerk, who was in possession of the files I wanted to view on line. Finally someone [...]
We are promised this self-funded bill will help our economy while bringing (only) 11 million “out of the shadows” while securing our borders. The trivial $1,000 app fee requires $500 upfront while the remaining $500 can be made in installments. The loophole: The Secy may exempt defined classes of individuals entirely from the fee. “Tough [...]
Cuts of Meat Have you noticed some strange names when shopping for beef or pork lately? There is a group heading up the Uniform Retail Meat Identification Standards (URMIS) who claim that people are confused by the old meat cut names such as pork chops, rump roast or port butt. URMIS thinks people will [...]
The Sugar Land Grand Wine & Food Affair was five days of notable events with sold out functions that kicked off with a taste of New Orleans as “A Family Affair” with Brennan’s restaurant chefs last Wednesday, then a bartender challenge, wine and scotch seminars, and the gigantic gatherings at the Sugar Land Marriott [...]
If you love crawfish, you’re going to love this recipe! It is highly requested at group gatherings and is a great accompaniment to almost any spicy meal. Here is a shout out to my friend Fred, who introduced me to this recipe. Cajun Crawfish Cornbread • 1 lb. peeled crawfish • 2 boxes Jiffy cornbread [...]
