With its name and location as neighborhood mainstays for more than 30 years in the Fondren Southwest part of town, tiny Wahoo’s Fish & Wings Restaurant has left a powerful imprint on the area. Serving generous portions at reasonable prices, its fried food fare has been a go-to place for take-out meals for many locals [...]
Cindy Chapman It takes a stretch of the imagination to consider that Cindy Chapman considers herself retired. She is busier than ever with a host of leadership and volunteer responsibilities. Since official retirement from her occupation in engineering, she has juggled a full plate of positions, most of which aim to improve her [...]
Winding through the heart of Houston, a network of bayous with more than 77 miles of accompanying trails has defined the city and given rise to the nickname “Bayou City.” But many people who have tried using the trails know the perils of having to dodge potholes and car traffic just to reach one of the paths. [...]
Along the 9300 block of West Bellfort, the Raindrop Turkish Center and the Istanbul Conference Center combine to provide a treasure to all Brays Oaks Management District residents and well beyond. While the curriculum for the private school on site includes lessons in the Turkish language, in the same building as a mosque and a [...]
Big plans are in the works for the former Shell research facility on the edge of the Willow Waterhole Greenway in the Brays Oaks Management District. The City of Houston bought the 28-acre site in October 2019 for building a detention basin for flood water. But thanks to closer study, the tract at 5822 Gasmer [...]
Momma Cue In the modest but large Cue’s Burgers restaurant, Vincent Morrison sat at a place of honor at the “regulars’ table.” A good-deed-doer himself, as an advocate for military veterans, Morrison found it hard to describe just how special and generous the restaurant’s owner, “Momma Cue,” is. Instead he pointed to a nearby [...]
George Nwanguma spends his days much like he has spent every work day for the last 40 years, towering above young Hispanic mothers, African grandmothers, working men and women and children as they search for items such as the best-shaped squash or niche ethnic snacks from their relatives' countries of origin. Nwanguma and customer [...]
Commander Adrian Rodriguez Officers and other staff at the Houston Police Department’s South Gessner Patrol Station recently welcomed their new commander, Adrian Rodriguez. Coming from a family of law enforcement officers, his leadership philosophy is about being a true partner with the community. South Gessner Patrol is composed of four beats that cover [...]
The “hidden gem” of a nature, recreation and flood control greenspace in the Brays Oaks Management District is sparkling even more with a gift from the Kinder Foundation to fund trails, land acquisition and other improvements. Mayor Sylvester Turner announced that local philanthropists Rich and Nancy Kinder are donating $2 million to the Willow Waterhole Greenway’s Conservancy and pledging an [...]
The Dominican Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province aren’t quite used to all the attention they are getting from Astros fans and the news media. But now that they’re known as Rally Nuns, they are accepting their time in the spotlight with grateful hearts and speaking modestly only of the many good things that have come [...]
