Travel – River Oaks Houston

5 Things to Know About Cape Cod

November 2, 2018November 8, 2018Teresa Byrne-Dodge

I say “Cape Cod,” and you think … Patti Page song? Kennedys playing touch football at Hyannis Port? Jaws? Wellfleet oysters? Summer stock theater? Whale-watching? For a small peninsula of just 339 square miles, Cape Cod manages to pack in an immense amount of history, food culture and local color. Cameron...

Golfing in Guadalajara

April 13, 2018April 13, 2018Teresa Byrne-Dodge

Many Houstonians know Guadalajara because it’s the jumping-off point to an adventure in Tequila. From this bustling city – it’s Mexico’s second largest, after Mexico City – you can hire a driver and travel about 90 minutes northwest to the agave-studded hillsides and sample your way through the area, tasting the...

New Discoveries In An Old Favorite

May 5, 2017October 20, 2017Teresa Byrne-Dodge

One of the many satisfactions of revisiting a city where you used to live is discovering all the new restaurants, music venues, shops and museum exhibits that have opened since you moved away. But sometimes it’s a great pleasure to revisit your old hometown and discover something old that you never...

A Peek at Peckerwood

November 17, 2016October 20, 2017Teresa Byrne-Dodge

After years of benign neglect, several of Houston’s major public parks and gardens are being transformed. The Memorial Park Master Plan, for example, is a complete revamp of the city’s most-used and largest (nearly 1500 acres) urban-center park. The plans were approved by Houston City Council in April 2015, and work...

Three Dogs Good … Three Heads Better?

October 28, 2015October 20, 2017Cameron Ansari

Photos by Cameron Ansari & Safa Ansari-Bayegan The trip to Rome was ostensibly for a family reunion, but I went to see Bernini in the Galleria Borghese. While Proserpina struggled with Pluto above, I was focused on the three-headed dog below that propped up the sculpture. Which made me wonder: Instead...

A Stroll Down Jermyn Street, London

October 21, 2015October 20, 2017Cameron Ansari

I slipped off the leash on the eve of our departure from London for a pilgrimage down Jermyn Street. It’s the real reason we stay in Mayfair on recent visits. In the Thatcher years Jermyn (pronounced “german”) used to be a mere cross street for me, a LSE student on his...