Writer and Author
My favorite building in the Houston skyline is the Bank of America Center at 700 Louisiana St. The building was formerly called Republic Bank Center, then NationalBank Center and now Bank of America Center. The Bank of America Center has…
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The former Clodine General Store sits abandoned on the southeast corner of the Westpark Tollway and FM 1464, south of Barker Dam in Fort Bend County. The store is one of the few structures left of the now-unrecognizable town of…
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Mitchell Lewis Westheimer, from Baden, Germany, moved to Texas in the 1850s. He married Babette Betty Hirsch and they raised 16 children: eight of their own, three orphans, and five of their relatives’ children. At an auction, Westheimer purchased 640…
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In one of Houston’s many parks sit four 18-foot-tall concrete busts, the work of artist David Adickes. The giant busts are of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston, Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington. Each is mounted on a six-foot black block…
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Houston has some of the most stunning architecture in the world. The downtown skyline hosts buildings by such notable architects as I.M. Pei, Philip Johnson, and John Burgee. Various pieces of sculpture add to the beauty of downtown. One is…
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One of the best things about quesadillas is that you can customize them with the ingredients you like. To make a quesadilla, you will need two tortillas of any size. Any kind will do – flour, corn, or whole wheat….
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Thanks to my Katy Kritique Group colleague Maria Ashworth for interviewing me for her site. https://mariaashworth.wordpress.com/…/tiny-talk-tuesday-wi…/
My husband, George Slaughter, wrote a pictorial history of the Spring Branch area in Houston. Spring Branch, published in 2011, remains a popular seller. To create the book, George culled photographs from a variety of sources, including private family collections. He…
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The colorful 30-foot plus We ♥ Houston sign could be thought of as Houston’s equivalent of Los Angeles’s Hollywood sign. David Adickes, a local artist and sculptor, created the sign out of concrete and steel. It is located on property…
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