Almost all the Project Runway faithful have been terribly disappointed in the judges over the course of this season. The judges, even Heidi, have become increasingly egotistical and not at all mindful of the impact their comments (supposedly well-meaning) have on very young designers. During the finale, they showed their true colors as self-aggrandizing, unimaginative …
It is pretty apparent that the kittens are going to be permanent residents, and in true Glenbrook Valley fashion, we have to provide them with some swank, especially in the bathroom department. The challenge, like all challenges in GBV, is deciding whether to upgrade or renovate. Modkat offers a pricey, but easy upgrade option: http://www.modkat.com/. The turquoise is pretty …
More of my Saturday morning musings: Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how technology has changed education and communication. At a recent meeting in Toronto, I sat at a table with my colleagues from around the country as they described the ways in which students’ use of technology was interfering with the art …
Glenbrook Valley is quiet this morning. A few cars traverse the streets, on their way to church or Shipley’s Donuts. Trains whistle in the distance. I may be one of the few Colgate residents who is actually awake. It is the morning after the Mad about Mod DocoMoMo Home Tour. We need this quiet. This …
I am thinking of sending the following to the members of City Council: Two years ago, Glenbrook Valley was invited by the city of Houston to participate in the Project Leadership Institute. A group of homeowners participated in a series of workshops which helped us understand historic neighborhood designation in Houston and the process we …
We just returned from the Yucatan where we took a class called “Salsa y Salsa:” cooking and dancing. Seriously, where is the downside of that? We made three kinds of salsa and danced, drinking Sol, of course, throughout the whole experience. If Glenbrook Valley offered classes, they would be very much like that one. So …
I know. I know. I ripped off the title from No Pattern Required – Home of the Mid-Century Menu. Regardless, the swankienda at 8114 Colgate is for sale. Not only is it cute to death, but in 1963, it won the GBV Christmas decoration contest for a display entitled “Christmas Hospitality.” Many of you know, …
Again I am up, all too early on a Saturday. Soon, work on the bamboo floors will begin, but right now I am simply enjoying the idea of Saturday. When I was a child, Saturday morning meant cartoons! I wonder, in this age of DVR and 800 channels, if kids even think of television as …
Saturday was a typical Glenbrook Valley Saturday. While we all love to wax nostalgic for our houses and stuff and everything mid-century, what happens right now, on a regular basis, is what I love best. I’ve heard that buying a home in GBV is buying a project. So we’re typical GBV homeowners. I got up, …
We were out of town last weekend, so you can imagine how disconcerting it was for me to walk into my office on Monday and hear, “You were in the paper yesterday.” (Generally, I try to avoid that.) Well, it wasn’t me personally, but there was a very balanced op-ed piece in the Houston Chronicle …