By Heidi Dugan When considering buying and selling your home, always hire a professional. The real estate market is not constant. It is crucial for a professional to follow the trends and stay on top of new information when listing your home. With mortgage rates increasing, rising home prices and the inventory of homes for sale growing, today’s housing market can be hard to … [Read more...] about Ask the Professional: Complicated real estate dealings aren’t a time to go it alone
Eric’s extras: The best native garden plants for Monarch butterflies in West U, Bellaire gardens
Caterpillar Host Plants Aquatic Milkweed (Asclepias perennis) Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis) Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) Nectar Plants for Adult Butterflies Texas Lantana (Lanatana urticoides x horrida) Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) Prairie Verbena (Glandularia bipinnatifida) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Painted Coreopsis (Coreopsis … [Read more...] about Eric’s extras: The best native garden plants for Monarch butterflies in West U, Bellaire gardens
Wired to Nature: Mysteries and marvels of Monarchs — a timely look
By Eric Duran When I think of a butterfly, it is the Monarch that I imagine. I suspect that for many of us who grew up in the U.S., it may be the first butterfly we remember seeing as children or the first butterfly whose name we learned. My earliest memory of butterflies is watching Monarchs flutter around my mother’s garden, feeding on honeysuckle. Texans have such a strong … [Read more...] about Wired to Nature: Mysteries and marvels of Monarchs — a timely look
FOOD FINDS: The ’401 and 77: ‘A love letter to the community’
Look closely at the walls and the faces of The ’401 Table & Tap (and adjacent 77 events space), and you’ll learn a great deal about the community from which they take their name. That’s exactly how Kristi Coffey and husband Arash Noamouz intend it. In just four years, The 77/’401 have endeared themselves to a wide spectrum of ages and tastes with an atmosphere and features … [Read more...] about FOOD FINDS: The ’401 and 77: ‘A love letter to the community’
West U, Bellaire prep for National Night Out, taking safety to the streets
Tech is terrific, but knowing neighbors is No. 1 crime-fighting tool By Charlotte Aguilar West University and Bellaire police are cutting-edge when it comes to using technology. West U’s perimeter is circled with a network of license plate-reading cameras, while Bellaire has cameras installed at strategic locations. Both cities are getting frequent “hits” that tell them a … [Read more...] about West U, Bellaire prep for National Night Out, taking safety to the streets