After a night in jail, two Rice University juniors, Will and Simon, approached a county judge. They couldn’t deny that they had broken the law, but their lawyer had a trick up his sleeve. He would read their academic transcripts:

“3.95 out of 4.0 in Electrical Engineering, with top grades in Digital Logic Design, Quantum Theory and Advanced Linear Algebra.”…

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Their presence commands attention. These are five women who know just about everyone walking the second-floor corridor of Reliant Center – headquarters of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.

They’re all smiles, each wearing fancy cowgirl duds for this photo shoot. What is also clear is that each of them would be just as comfortable in a pair of Wranglers …

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Maggie & Winston, age 6 & 4
French Bulldogs
S. Post Oak Ln.

My name is Maggie.  I’m the bigger one in the photo and also older than “my shadow,” Winston. French Bulldogs are known as philosophers in a clown suit because we like to sit and stare at people, and people think that is funny. We also like to …

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Not every love story begins the same way. Plenty of happily married couples would not have bet that, after their first meeting, they would want to spend the rest of their lives with each other.

Here are some neighbors’ accounts of rocky dating with smooth endings.

Noga and Steve Tobias
Married 25 years this April with three girls (Sharone, Leore …

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Candles in the winter
More than 200 people, including Grant Gordon, Allison Evans and Ben Connor (pictured, from left), put the “fun” in fundraising at the Candlelighters Young Professionals Group holiday party, raising more than $15,000 for Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Family Alliance. Sensual Soul played jingle jams, and guests enjoyed Deep Eddy Vodka, Hideous Liquor and Christmas ale provided by …

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Seeing the world by horseback is nothing new for veteran equestrian Susan Davis. The Houston caregiver-agency owner has been riding and traveling for two decades, often in the company of her college roommate and travel buddy Nancy Broadbent.

Previous excursions took the two friends and their families to Italy and France, among other destinations. But when Nancy brought up the …

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Celebrating February in Houston

Although it’s the shortest month of the year, February is one long celebration. From the all-American Valentine’s Day to Chinese New Year, there’s something happening all month. But in Houston, two events – Mardi Gras and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo – dominate.

Emily and Andrew Webster, who retreated here from New Orleans after Hurricane …

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Don’t Stop the Hip-Hop

For as long as I can remember, I have been dancing. Like most little girls, when I was a toddler, I studied tap and ballet for a year or two. But, then a new style of dancing came into my life; that new style is hip-hop.

I love hip-hop because I can move with the music …

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Despite a young and inexperienced lineup, the Bellaire Cardinals basketball team was off to a 22-8 record this season, including a 58-52 victory over the Lamar Redskins in the District 20-5A opener.

“We’ve played a tough schedule, and many of our losses have been to really outstanding teams, so I’m definitely pleased with the way our team’s progressed,” said Cardinals …

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This column was in the back of my mind as I sat through the funeral for the mother of one of my dearest friends. I had been trying to think about love – the theme of this month’s Buzz. And while a funeral is  the last place I expected to find inspiration for a light story on Valentine love, …

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Two parties in two days. Jamie Barrere figured her house was decorated for the holidays so why not agree to host two parties? She had the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) luncheon first with hostess Barbara Nelson. Regent Mary Rustay and Sandra Johnson enjoyed the goodies prepared by Michelle Brewer and Moselle Young. Betty DuBose was surprised …

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