Sugar Land Video Team Named Best in Texas

The city of Sugar Land’s videography team recently won seven state awards, including three best of Texas finishes, for efforts to make local government more accessible and transparent. Digital Communications Manager Jake Schnitzer and Digital Journalist Roman Perez, of the Office of Communications, were...

Life in The 20s: Happy 2020-YOU!

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Just the other day Kassidi asked me about how I was – how my life was – in my twenties. Since she is in her twenties now, I felt that was fair game and that I could answer honestly without reservation. I spent my twenties in the mid 1980s and early 1990s, so Kassidi...

The Ding Dong Disaster – And I’m Not Talking About Christmas Bells

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I love Ding Dongs. It’s a trashy sort of love affair. I get that, but nonetheless, I’m all in. So, when it became my turn at the wheel to head west for the holidays, I knew what I needed to navigate the tumultuous Texas highways: Ding Dongs. Now this is a very special...

I’m Making a List and Checking It Twice

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’m a list maker. It’s a thing. I make a list every day, and there’s no feeling better to me than checking things off of my list. It works for me; it REALLY works for me. Guess Santa and I have that in common: we make lists and check them twice. I don’t...

The Real Holiday Happenings of Fort Bend

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher The Real Housewives on Bravo have nothing on the holiday season in Fort Bend. They may think they are all that with their elaborate events, but I assure you they have never participated in the fancy festivities that fabulous Fort Bend friends host to celebrate the season....

Mamie George Community Center Hosts Large-Scale Food Distribution for the Holidays

Catholic Charities’ Mamie George Community Center (MGCC) in Richmond will host a large-scale food distribution in partnership with ABC-13 and the Houston Food Bank’s Share Your Holidays campaign on Saturday, December 11th, 2021, 9 am – 2 pm. MGCC is located at 1111 Collins Road, Richmond, Texas,...

Christmas 2021: Coming in Hot

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher The first-week post-Thanksgiving catapults us right into Christmas. I know this. I have a calendar. The number of days each year does not change. Well, except for leap year, and that’s only a one-day difference every four years. So, why do I feel like I’m on the...

Road Trip Rigors

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher In the Kaminski household, Thanksgiving now means a trek out west. And I’m really good with that. I love the idea of going someplace where there are actual seasons, so I’m on board. However, the actual getting there does have its pitfalls. Mr. Kaminski likes to drive...

Saving the Kaminski Family Christmas: One Little Blue Box at a Time

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher There’s a reason the word “time” is a four-letter word. The extreme speed at which it passes can be rather unpleasant – startling even – much like many other four-letter words. I’m not spelling them out; you get my drift. Time can wreak havoc on your face and...

To Build or Not . . . Stuff You Should Know

Whether you’ve “always” wanted to build your own home, or you’re just starting to think about it out of frustration from not being able to get a home you want under contract, there’s a lot to consider before making the building versus buying decision. It’s very common for people to think...

You Can Huff & Puff, But You Can’t Blow These Brick Houses Down

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher Though several members of The Commodores actually wrote the music to Brick House, it was a woman who actually penned the lyrics.  Commodore William King, who played trumpet, guitar and percussion among other instruments, took the music home to his wife, Shirley...

Things You Should Know When Getting A Mortgage

RATES / PRICING It’s kind of funny, most people that call me all want to know, “what’s the rate” and I’ve had people tell me that’s all they need to know. Is that all you really need to know? Of Course Not! What’s just as important as the interest rate are the costs...

Every Girl Needs Red Shoes

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher I’ll admit it.  Some days when I emerge from our room victorious ready to face the day, Mr. Kaminski just shakes his head and grins.  Now there was a time when actual words would escape his lips, and these words – or exclamations of shock and awe – never ever...

Things to Know When Considering a Reverse Mortgage

All that glitters is not gold. We all know that, but when you’re dealing with anything financially, especially when it’s your home and in most cases your largest asset, you’ve got to be really careful and thoroughly understand what you’re getting into, and the impacts it will have on you and your...

Scared Silly?

By Patti Parish-Kaminski, Publisher In the midst of my daily grind, a friend suggested that we should do something fun this weekend.  Well, I’ll all up for fun in virtually any form or incantation, so I instantly queried, “What are you thinking?” “Why don’t we go to a haunted house and get...