I made it about 50 yards before they got me. I’d stopped by the side of a food booth, which was selling things I couldn’t pronounce, talking with a elderly gent I’d met somewhere before. We were both trying to sort out “where do we know each other from?” when, …
Every year, sometime in the early part of April, on an actual date determined by the lunar calendar, Vietnamese Buddhists celebrate the festival of Quan Am, the Mother of Compassion. (She’s also known as Kwan Yin in China and Kwannon in Japan.) In Houston, the Vietnam Buddhist Center gets in …
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Went to MECA yesterday for the Dia de los Muertos festival. Took Cameras. And Pictures You should look. Some of them are fairly nice. Words may follow once I’ve recovered from my own cooking. !
I hadn’t planned on learning anything much Saturday. I had thought about another run to the Renaissance Festival, or for a bit it looked as if I might wind up at Wings over Houston. No real budget for that, though. I spent half an hour checking schedules for the Book …
To build a business that will never know completion, but that will progress continually to meet advancing conditions. To evince a knowledge of merchandise that will be authoritative to a notable degree. To create a personality that will be known for its strength and friendliness. To arrange and co-ordinate activities …
Spring is festival season in Houston, and this afternoon I’m hitting the 7th Annual Polish Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Church in West Houston. I’ve been meaning to do this one since festival year two – I’m only a little behind. It’s somewhat unfortunate that I’m primarily a photographer. …
Greatly Exaggerated. (Cue Monty Python guy … “I’m not dead yet.”) Trying to learn things and find focus points and niches, and keep the rent paid at the same time. It’s, well, interesting. And busy. But every April, I make it a point to visit the San Jacinto Battleground Monument …
Fourth of January last I saw a Facebook post from This Guy I Know, saying that Pancho Claus was going to spend the Sixth of January with some of his homies and a few Kingly types hitting several of the Mambo’s restaurants in the area to celebrate the day with …
A week after the Renaissance Festival run ends, the Galveston Historical Foundation holds their festival, Dickens On The Strand, a single-weekend street festival celebrating the city’s Victorian-era history and trade. The appeal is similar to the Renaissance Festival, and I noticed several Renaissance players following their seven weeks of work …