My International District
Vietnam War Memorial continues to inspire reverence
It has been 45 years since helicopters descended on the U.S. embassy in Saigon to evacuate stranded Americans and Vietnamese people as the city fell to the People’s Army of Vietnam and the Viet Cong [...]
Pineapple butter! Eel sauce! Hong Kong City Mall restaurants continue to tantalize
The food court at Hong Kong City Mall is truly a foodie’s destination due to the heavenly aromas coming from the expanded line-up of kiosk-style restaurants. I spent a recent Saturday touring the assortment of [...]
A refrigerator full of food and heart
The opening and closing of the refrigerator door in our home is something many of us take for granted. We are hungry or thirsty and we make our way to our refrigerator, stocked with food [...]
HPD Westside Explorers learn service, character and maybe a career path
William Rivas recalled his first meeting with members of the Westside Explorer Program five years ago. Looking around the room, the then-14-year-old Elsik High School student nervously noticed guys who were four or five years [...]
Up to something good: Heads Up Houston
Like many boys his age, Nathan loves sports, especially basketball. And he, like other school-age children, has found himself struggling with a new learning environment due to the pandemic. Recently Nathan found a reason to [...]
A sweet-drinks store taps a special source
“Mamma Mia!” is an Italian expression that basically means “wow.” And while you are unlikely to hear Italian spoken along the Bellaire Boulevard corridor of Asian businesses, it has a ‘Mama Mia” — with one [...]
