George Jordan, originally from Atlanta, actually prefers the Houston freeway system. (Photo: ##http://www.hartphoto.com##www.hartphoto.com##)

How Newcomers See Our Hometown

January 2012

When we moved to Houston, I toured a house with our real-estate agent. It had what was, to my New York City eyes, a good-sized room off the master bedroom. This room had windows but also, oddly, shelving on all of its walls.

“What’s this?” I asked.

After a long, searching pause, my agent answered, “Why, bless your heart, darling. …

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Lillibeth

Streets of color
Meyerland artist Lilibeth Andre got a little face time – well, a big-face time – at Via Colori, the downtown street-painting festival. Andre did a self portrait on her 10-by-10-foot square. More than 20,000 people attended the event, which raised more than $300,000 for The Center for Hearing and Speech. This is the fifth year Andre has …

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In This Issue

  • Back Porch – Cultivating Happy
  • Midsection, Midlife and Motivation
  • Long Live Libraries
  • Neighborhood Tails – Ellie, age 6 mos.
  • Buzz Kidz by Sam Herman, age 14
  • SportzBuzz – January 2012
  • Vegging Out in Texas
  • How Newcomers See Our Hometown
  • It’s On The List
  • Buzz About Town – January 2012
  • Reader’s Choice Awards – U.S. and Canada
  • Looking back at the best of 10 years: The ShutterbugsJanuary 25th, 2012
  • Looking back at the best of 10 years: Andy BlitzerJanuary 23rd, 2012
  • Looking back at the best of 10 years: Moms and KidsJanuary 20th, 2012
  • Looking back at the best of 10 years: The CherylsJanuary 19th, 2012
  • Looking back at the best of 10 years: Veterans ReunitedJanuary 18th, 2012
  • Rumination redo. Part 1November 22nd, 2011
  • Arctic GroceriesNovember 9th, 2011
  • Small Lies to Avoid Social FrictionOctober 27th, 2011
  • Getting a Grip on Multi-tasking ManiaOctober 21st, 2011
  • The Big M in the Room: Two Weeks Without Hormone PillsOctober 18th, 2011
  • Going ClubbingNovember 24th, 2011
  • A Rough StartNovember 20th, 2011
  • Laundry and Other Lessons Learned Outside the ClassroomSeptember 27th, 2011
  • Studying Abroad: Scary But Worth ItSeptember 13th, 2011
  • First Day Jitters and Help From AboveAugust 24th, 2011