My Brays Oaks

There’s a new craft experience for residents who are so inclined in the Brays Oaks Management District and it was the brainchild of owners Ahnet and Eda Yarim. Currently located at the Turkish Community Center, [...]

Let’s start by getting this out of the way: Teotihuacan is pronounced TEE-O-TEE-WA-CAN. The Mexican café has been a staple in the Brays Oaks area at their 6579 W Bellfort location for 20 years. Its [...]

Lori and Jeromy Murphy are architects. Their creativity goes well beyond designing buildings, too. After meeting as students at Texas Tech University, they created a life together, complete with two beautiful daughters. When the Meyerland [...]

Victoria Tarkington flanked by student artists Westbury art teacher Victoria Tarkington always wanted her students to have the experience of creating and parading an art car in the annual Houston Art Car Parade. [...]

Across southwest Houston, celebrations such as Bollywood performances, bazaars and poetry competitions are planned for early April as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Though many Muslims [...]

Wildlfowers on the bayou When District J Houston Council Member Edward Pollard informed his constituents that Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital was willing to be a partner in community wellness and nature programs, Sharon [...]

Since October, Houston Police Department Commander Daryn Edwards has overseen the department’s Southwest Command, which includes territory from south of the Beltway near Missouri City through Loop 610 West to NRG Stadium. It’s one of [...]

After so many of her catering customers raved about her kosher home-cooked-style food and encouraged her to bring it to a wider audience, Meital Betesh took their advice and opened a storefront restaurant in January [...]

It’s easy to see why people flock to Mikki’s Soul Food Café, where there is a long, winding line at most times as customers wait patiently for their food served in cafeteria style. The food [...]

Matt Keller One of the most popular local hobbies has a big following in a Brays Oaks Management District store called RC Hobby Shop. At 11261 Southwest Freeway, RC, which stands for remote [...]

A recent “sneak-peek” inside the soon-to-open public library branch in the Brays Oaks Management District revealed a cutting-edge facility with kaleidoscopic window panes, a cafe, a podcast studio, a technology center and many more modern [...]

The Willow Waterhole Greenspace Conservancy recently honored a very deserving local resident with a new art installation. Kathleen Tinsley Ownby, who grew up in Brays Oaks, has served since 1990 as executive director of SPARK, [...]