Literacy Council of Fort Bend County: A Call to Auction A Celebration of Literacy Kicks Off on May 17th

The Literacy Council of Fort Bend County kicks off their virtual “A Call to Auction: A Celebration of Literacy” on Monday, May 17th at 9 am. This year’s virtual auction is co-chaired by Helen Bow, Camille Brewer and Fallon Moody and will run continuously with auction items available for bid throughout...

May 2021 – Exclamation Points!

May Milestones –  Two of the most amazing things happen each May. My son’s birthday, and the Super Bowl of holidays for us moms:  Mother’s Day.  Of course, this May is even more special as my daughter Kassidi graduates with her Master’s Degree from our beloved University of Texas – her...

OakBend Medical Center Names Physician of the Year

Because 2020 made gatherings difficult, the presentation of the 2020 Physician of the Year was made at the Physician Appreciation Breakfast, held at OakBend Medical Center on April 1st. Dr. Gildardo Andres Ceballos was named OakBend Medical Center’s 2020 Physician of the Year. The hospital received several...

Blue Jean Blues

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Remember when we were teenagers, and we purposely bought jeans a size too small? We would lie down on our beds to zip them up and then do squats to get them to “stretch.” And if we had trouble getting a particularly stubborn pair on, one of our girlfriends lent a hand...

Dr. Revana and His Journey into the World of Wine

When it comes to owning a winery, we don’t envision a practicing doctor as the sole proprietor. Houston cardiologist Dr. Madaiah Revana is here to change our minds. He owns three wineries, two in different states and one overseas, all of which have had their wines listed in the Wine Spectator Top 100...

Makin’ Do

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher One of the phrases that I often heard growing up was “make do.” If you didn’t have a particular thing you needed, you got creative and you “made do.” Spending summers in rural northern Louisiana from the age of six through my college years, I got to live this...