Fashion

‘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!

Sunday, November 22nd, 2020

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 […]

Dining

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!

Sunday, November 15th, 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 […]

Events

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!

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 […]

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 […]