It’s less than a week before Christmas. Are you still scouring your mind for gift ideas for your wine lover? A good bottle of Texas wine is an easy answer when shopping at your local HEB Grocery Store, Kroger’s, or SPEC’S. I recommend Becker Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah blend, Messina Hof Gewürztraminer (slightly sweet and very…
The Brutalist Unrated but would be a hard R or worseRotten Tomatoes Score: 97%In Theaters This epic historical drama tells the story of a Jewish immigrant (Adrien Brody) who survives the Holocaust and comes to America, in the hopes that his wife (Felicity Jones) might someday be able to join him to live out their…
During the 75th anniversary celebration of Camp Robinwood near Willis on Saturday, the camp received a Texas Historical Commission Marker. The camp dates back to 1949 and is a part of the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council. The camp is near 9877 Calvary Road near Willis. POTENTIAL ROAD BOND: Montgomery County moves closer to calling a road bond referendum…
The year 2024 will be riding off into the sunset, but not before Lions show their “True Grit” during the holiday season! Firstly, we want to thank our Community Partner of the Week – Sondag Enterprises – for your support for our club. These partners help support programs like our annual Christmas Food Baskets which…
Although the calendar year is coming to a close, the year for Rotary Clubs all over the world is reaching its midpoint. In other words, work for the current administration for each Rotary Club is about half way through the year’s work of fund raising and implementing Pprojects. Each Rotary Club has ways of raising…
Bentwater-ites (not sure that’s really even a word), you have outdone yourselves. Again. With a couple of locations (as I write this) still to be picked up, your support of Toys For Tots has far exceeded past years. Thanks to your generosity, thousands of toys have been collected, taken to Santa’s community workshop and are…
Just 10 days until Christmas! The Conroe Art League annual “Christmas Is for Giving” exhibit continues at the gallery at 127 Simonton Street making it easy to shop for one-of-a-king items all made by local artists, each priced at $150 or less through Jan. 4. The gallery is open 11:00am-4:00pm Tuesday through Saturdays. This is…
Successful Christmas entertainments make us forget they are about Christmas. From Dickens’ Christmas Carol, with its ghosts and redemption story to Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, with its tale of George Bailey’s discovery that his wasted existence is too valuable to throw away, right up to Home Alone’s reassurance that our children can escape being…
Today is Friday the 13th, but it is your luck day for sparkling wines. Texas is establishing a name for itself with a growing abundance of Texas Sparkling wines. Celebrate your Christmas or ring in the New Year with one or several out of a herd of sixty-plus Texas Sparkling Wines. Sparkling wines are made…
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Rated PG-13 for strong violenceRotten Tomatoes Score: 62% at time of writingIn Theaters From famed anime director Kenji Kamiyama comes this prequel to Lord of the Rings that is set 183 years before the events that occurred in the trilogy. Telling the story of the legendary…