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s a summer employee at Dravo Construction during my college years, my starting time at the phosphate mine where I clocked in was 6 am. It was a mountainous 45-minute drive to the job and required getting up in total darkness. Most days my brother and I wanted to roll over for just a few extra minutes of shut-eye. However, this did not happen as my Dad had delineated the importance of being on time. At the manufacturing facility that Dravo mined for, he proclaimed how smooth production only happened when everyone was present. Each job and person was dependent on another to complete the product assembly line. Unless you are a sloth or in a total meditative state we depend on one another to get us through most days of our lives. Now more than ever, the whole world realizes how much we rely on people halfway across the world to feed us, clothe us, and supply our cars and technology. No one could ever have imagined the repercussions of what happens when production stops for a while. Without writers and printers and people that make the paper and mail the magazines, nothing would happen in my business. Universities and our learning institutions depend on donors and scholarships to survive and fund the education of many brilliant minds today. We count on our soldiers to protect us as they depend on one another in the battlefield. Countries rely on treaties and depend on their allies to help defend and protect their homelands. Countries rely on other countries for their food, energy and even weapons of war. Families and friends depend on each other for growth and happiness. With a deadly pandemic in full kill mode, at no time did anyone stop to realize what a magnanimous interference shutdowns would have on our mental health as well as the supply chain. Interdependency is counting on a friend for support. Children depend on their parents for love and security, education, emotional and financial support. As is the case with many families this interdependency reverses itself as the child becomes the adult and the parents begin aging. There is a lot of interdependencies that get tested each and every day. While it seems that everything can be done by computer we still depend on one another to get things done.
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MUSEUMS Asia Society Texas Center
MEMORIAL VILLAGES FARMERS MARKET
Making Home: Artists and Immigration 05 Feb. 2022 - 03 Jul 2022
Through the works of artists Phung Huynh, Beili Liu, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, ‘Making Home: Artists and Immigration’ centers the complexities of deeply personal histories of immigration.
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Dawoud Bey: An American Project Through May 30 2022
Shahzia Sikander: Extraordinary Realities Through June 5 2022
Virtual Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher from the Michael S. Sachs Collection Through Sept 5 2022
Leandro Erlich: Seeing Is Not Believing Opens June 26–Sept 5 2022
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Gaia – Earth by Luke Jerram Body Worlds & The Cycle of Life MUSIC & DANCE Houston Ballet
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Wall Drawing Series: Marcia Kure Through Aug 2022
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Intown’s Classical Music Critic, the Hon. Philip Berquist Honorary Consul of the Republic of Croatia for Texas
Classical Music Update Believe it or not, just as we seem to be getting started again, the end of the 2021-2022 performing arts season is upon us. As is often the case, some of the best is saved for last. Houston Symphony Orchestra - all performances at Jones Hall This is the last season of HSO Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada and his final concert on 1 May will be spectacular - the Mahler Symphony 2 “The Resurrection.” This symphony is an extraordinary audience experience performed with chorus and soprano and mezzo-soprano soloists. • 1 May 2022 One week later, Robert Spano conducts an interesting program consisting of the Symphony No. 3 by Aaron Copland as well as a world premier that was commissioned by HSO, Jennifer Higdon’s “Duo Duel for Two Percussionists and Orchestra,” featuring HSO percussionists Matthew Strauss and Svet Stoyanov. • 6-8 May 2022 The symphony’s “Artistic Partner,” Itzhak Perlman leads the orchestra in performances of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, and leads and performs two works by Mozart, Adagio and Rondo for Violin and Orchestra. (Photo of Perlman) • 12-14 May 2022 Concluding the 2021-2022 season will be performances of the Beethoven Symphony No. 9 conducted by the Music Director Designate, Juraj Valčuha. Maestro Valčuha will begin his official duties with the 2022-2023 season. He was born in Bratislava, Slovakia in 1976 and was educated at the Konzervatórium in Bratislava and the Conservatoire de Paris and has formerly led the RAI Symphony Orchestra and the Teatro di San Carlo and is the principal guest conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.
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Houston Grand Opera - all performances at the Brown Theater, of the Wortham Center except where noted Three performances remain for Puccini’s final masterpiece, “Turandot.” This production is directed and designed by the brilliant Robert Wilson and is conducted by the HGO Principal Guest Conductor, Eun Sun Kim, who is also Music Director of the San Francisco Opera. My wife, Lisa Powell, and I attended the opening night and the production is truly stunning. Wilson’s staging and incredible lighting are breathtaking. Three performances remain. • 3, 6, 8, May 2022 HGO’s 2021-2022 season concludes with “Romeo and Juliet” by the French composer, Charles Gounod. Internationally known tenor Michael Spyres sings Romeo and Juliet is performed by Adriana Gonzalez and conducted by HGO Music Director, Patrick Summers. Also, an alternate cast production will be at Miller Outdoor Theater on Friday, 20 May. • 1, 7, 11 May 2022 20 May at Miller Outdoor Theater - free - tickets will be available online on 19 May at 10:00am at milleroutdoortheater.com 2 hours, 51 minutes, with one intermission. Sung in French with projected English translation. Have a safe and enjoyable summer. See you in August with the 20222023 performance information and schedules. Let me continue to hear from you - classicalmusicberquist@gmail.com May + June 2022
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A Team of Kelsey-Seybold Specialists Answers Orthopedics – hip replacement/knee replacement Dr. Catherine Cahill https://www.kelsey-seybold.com/Find-a-Houston-Doctor/catherine-cahill-orthopedic-doctor
Q: What options are
there for hip and knee replacement procedures to be done in an ASC setting? A: Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is currently building a large multispecialty clinic in Memorial, near I-10 and Campbell, named Memorial Villages. This new location will include an Ambulatory Surgery Center where patients will be able to have procedures such as hip and knee replacements. Because the Memorial Villages Ambulatory Surgery Center will have 23-hour observation, patients may have surgery and stay for observation for longer than a few hours but less than 24 hours. Memorial Villages is scheduled to open late summer 2022. Q: What are the recommended age limits (min/max) for hip replacement/ knee replacement surgery? A: Some doctors have age limits, but there is no true age limit. We base surgery decisions on the overall health and activity level of the patient. Q: What can patients expect when they have hip replacement surgery? A: Arthritis pain goes away with surgery; recovery is usually quite fast, and patients are able to walk the same day. Patients are usually released to normal activity by six weeks, but recovery begins right away. Q: What can patients expect when they have knee replacement surgery? A: Patients walk the same day and begin an exercise program three times a day. Some patients do outpatient physical therapy to help in their recovery, while 10 | Mv | May + June 2022
others choose to do the exercises on their own. Recovery may take a few months, but most patients are released to normal activity six weeks after surgery. Q: What can patients do in advance of surgery to improve outcomes? A: When it comes to joint replacement surgery, adhering to an exercise program and weight management are key to help improve post-op outcomes. Q: What are things patients can do after the procedure to improve outcomes? A: Patients undergoing joint replacement surgery, including hip or knee, should work to maintain a healthy diet and weight, continue to exercise as instructed after surgery, and walk as much as you can. Post-operative success is also dependent on controlling chronic conditions, including diabetes.
Plastic Surgery – Face & Neck Dr. Shayan Izaddoost https://www.kelsey-seybold.com/find-a-houston-doctor/shayan-izaddoost-plastic-surgery
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What are the kinds of procedures that can be done in the office to improve the look of aging in a person’s face and neck (think 50+ for the target age)? A: Plastic surgeons can perform small procedures in their office to help different areas of your face look more youthful. These procedures are usually performed under local anesthesia without going under general anesthesia for surgery. Some of these procedures include Botox, fillers, upper eyelid surgery, lower eyelid surgery, and even a brow lift. Sometimes, we can also perform fat transfer to the face under local anesthesia. Q: What are the kinds of procedures that can be done in the ASC to improve
the look of aging in a person’s face and neck (think 50+ for the target age)? A: The ambulatory surgical center (ASC) is the optimal facility to have a variety of surgical procedures that can freshen up your look under “twilight” sedation or general anesthesia. In an ASC, we can perform more involved aesthetic procedures such as a complete facelift or a neck lift that require more time and are more invasive. In addition, we can combine smaller facial procedures such as brow lifts or eye lifts with neck lifts or a facelift and fat transfer in the ASC. We tailor these procedures to the goals of our patients to deliver a rejuvenated, younger look. Q: How safe are neck and eye surgeries for those 50+? Do these procedures really improve the look of aging? A: The Ambulatory Surgery Center is a safe place for outpatient surgical procedures and affords privacy, cleanliness, and efficiency. The use of local anesthetics allows your surgeon to complete many anesthetic procedures of the face without the use of general anesthesia. Eye lifts or brow lifts can be performed comfortably and safely with minimal sedation and local anesthesia while our patients are awake. Other procedures, like neck lifts or face lifts, may require more of a “twilight” anesthesia along with the use of local anesthetics. Q: What are some other benefits of having these procedures done? A: Simple procedures like an eye or brow lift removes wrinkles, extra skin, and years from your upper face helping take weight off of your eyes and make you look your best. Eye lifts can even improve vision. A face lift and neck lift can help erase the damage that the sun and gravity have caused over years and help our patients put their best faces forward when meeting their family, friends, or coworkers. All our procedures help to restore our patients’ confidence.
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Cardiology – Advancements in Cardiovascular Treatments Dr. George Adesina https://www.kelsey-seybold. com/Find-a-Houston-Doctor/george-adesina-cardiologist
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What are some of the most common cardiovascular treatments that our cardiologists perform on an outpatient basis? A: We routinely perform electrocardiograms (EKG) to evaluate for acute or previous heart damage and arrhythmias. Echocardiograms (ECHO) (ultrasound of the heart) can be obtained in the office to look at the heart’s valves and pumping function. We also do a stress test and even can ablate varicose veins all while in the office. Q: What are some of the most import-
ant changes people can make today to improve their cardiac outcomes? A: Lifestyle modification and prevention are key. A healthy diet, regular exercise, avoiding tobacco use, and seeing your doctor regularly can drastically decrease the chances of developing heart disease. Q: What are some things we know today about heart health that we didn’t know 20 years ago and have made a significant positive impact on outcomes? A: We as cardiologists are equipped with so many more tools for accurate diagnosis and treatment than ever before. This allows us to detect disease more efficiently and effectively, which leads to better clinical outcomes. In addition to incorporating personalized medicine, this has truly been a game changer.
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Dr. Jose Nolla https://www.kelsey-seybold.com/Find-a-HoustonDoctor/jose-nolla-orthopedic-doctor
Q: What are some of the procedures that
were delayed during the pandemic that are now getting done? A: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a delay of preventative procedures such as colonoscopies and cataract removals. Other procedures that were delayed included reconstructive knee surgery and nerve reconstructions, which are conditions that we know will worsen if they are neglected for prolonged periods of time. Q: What are some of the new procedures/surgery capabilities that Main Campus ASC offers to patients? A: During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a large push to stay out of the hospital to avoid unnecessary exposure. As a result, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic transitioned a large portion of gall bladder removals from the hospital to the ASC. Through improved anesthesia techniques, we have also been able to transition many of the larger plastic surgery reconstructions, and we are currently in the process of transitioning some major joint replacements, including hip and knee, to our ASC. Q: If a patient is healthy enough to have surgery at an 12 | Mv |May + June 2022
ASC, what are the reasons why would you advise them to choose that setting over a hospital setting? A: The main reason why people used to stay at the hospital after surgery was for management of pain. The latest anesthesia techniques, which we employ at the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Ambulatory Surgery Center, allow patients to have minimal pain during their early recovery, making an overnight hospital stay unnecessary.
Neurology – Alzheimer’s Disease Dr. Desiree Thomas https://www.kelsey-seybold.com/Find-a-Houston-Doctor/desiree-thomas-neurologist
Q: What is
dementia? A: Dementia is a cognitive disorder that affects your attention, learning, language, memory, and decision making. As we age, we may be forgetful, such as not remembering where you put your phone or having difficulty remembering a celebrity’s name. Dementia is when it progresses to the point that if affects daily living activities, like driving, performing your job, or handling your medications and finances. Q: What is Alzheimer’s disease, and how is it related to dementia? A: Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. It happens due to de-
terioration in the part of the brain that controls memory. Other types of dementia include vascular due to strokes, drug/alcohol induced, and damage caused due to head trauma. Q: Traditionally, what are some of the treatment options patients with Alzheimer’s disease can use? A: Medications such as Aricept/donepezil or Namenda/memantine, which alter brain chemicals involved in memory, can help with symptoms. Some people try various nonprescription supplements, but there isn’t as much data to know how much they help. Medications to help with the mood and sleep disturbance that occur are also important. Q: How does the new weekly patch that has been FDA approved for use of the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease help patients? A: The patch called Aldarity has donepezil, which currently comes in pill form. It is placed on weekly and may have fewer GI side effects like nausea/diarrhea than the pills and may help when
patients won’t or can’t remember to take their pills. There is already a once-daily patch of another medication in the same family. It may be difficult to obtain insurance approval, as the brand patch will be much more expensive that the generic pills. Q: Are there ways to prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease? A: Eating a healthy diet, frequent exercise, social stimulation, and brain games can help decrease the risk of developing dementia.
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Cheniere LNG Crushing It with Global Exports
Cheniere moves LNG cargo
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ermany learned a hard lesson about “energy security.” While it was incautiously buying oil and gas from Russia, Putin began mowing down Ukrainians, which essentially turned Germany’s payments into a war chest. Then Putin made the sleazy request that “unfriendly” purchasers pay him in rubles. Germany called this “blackmail.” Scrambling to wean his country off Russian oil and gas and to diversify energy sources, Germany’s economic minister signed a deal to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar, and with the ink still wet, admitted it was a mistake to be so dependent on Russia for energy. Germany would begin phasing out Russian fossil fuel exports, the minister said, and constructing its first import terminals to receive LNG. Like Germany, other countries are reevaluating their energy independence and turning to LNG. With demand through the roof, the United States 14 | Mv | May + June 2022
ramped-up LNG production. In this, Houston-based Cheniere LNG leads the pack as the largest U.S. exporter of LNG. Headquartered downtown Houston, with LNG production facilities at Sabine Pass Louisiana and Corpus Christi Texas and offices in Washington D.C., London, Singapore, Beijing and Tokyo, Cheniere’s 2021 annual report claims it is the largest U.S. producer of LNG and the second largest LNG producer globally. In November 2021, Cheniere LNG’s CEO Jack Fusco looked overwhelmed as he told a CNBC interviewer that demand was “off the charts” and his company’s cargo deliveries to Europe had increased 200% year to date. Fusco predicted higher demand, but he couldn’t predict Putin’s geopolitical jack-assery or President Biden eliminating Cheniere’s permit hassles. Hell-bent on Germany and the rest of Europe pivoting away from Russian oil and gas, Biden
greenlighted the Department of Energy’s approval for Cheniere to export its maximum LNG capacity to Europe. Furthermore, Biden announced at the G7 wartime powwow in Brussels that the U.S. will “work with international partners” to boost LNG supply for the European market by at least 15 billion cubic meters in 2022, aiming for 50 billion cubic meters by 2030. The climate crowd moaned of course, yet Biden was signaling that LNG was an acceptable solution to energy independence. His DOE order stated, “U.S. LNG remains an important component to global energy security” and the department was committed to helping allies and trading partners with energy supplies. Germany, for all its green new deal zealotry, concurred. Multiple LNG suppliers and increased storage volumes were necessary to “govern energy supply on our own state territory and guarantee sovereignty.”
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What’s LNG? In simple terms, natural gas (methane) is cooled and turned into liquid form. Mega-cooled liquefied natural gas shrinks considerably in volume, in fact, gas in a liquid state occupies approximately 600 times less volume than its gaseous state, making storage and transport easier. Liquefied gas is transported on a cargo ship called an LNG carrier or tanker. When the liquefied gas reaches its destination, a regasification facility like those Germany will build to receive Qatar’s LNG, converts the LNG back to natural gas. Pipelines then carry the gas to contracted purchasers such as utilities. On February 24, 2016, the carrier “Asia Vision” departed Cheniere’s Sabine Pass production facility with LNG cargo. It was headed to Brazil. Although the U.S had commercially produced LNG for decades, this was the first time it exported LNG. By February 2022, Cheniere LNG had exported 2000 cargoes totaling approximately 140 million tonnes to 37 countries. It’s fun to drive along the Cameron Parish coast road. Standing at the shore you can look across the water and see large ships in the distance. South of Sabine Pass, a short distance from the Gulf of Mexico, is one of the largest LNG production facilities in the world. The size of Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal is due to its 6 liquefaction “trains.” Trains hold the series of refrigerant compressor loops that cool the gas. Near them are immense LNG storage or containment tanks, vaporizers for regasification, marine berths to receive vessels and a 94-mile pipeline that connects to other interstate pipelines. Smaller but hardly puny, Cheniere’s Corpus Christi terminal has 3 trains, storage tanks, marine berths and a pipeline. Its berths accommodate the world’s largest LNG carrier, a 1132 ft.
long monster called Q-Max. Cheniere’s Corpus facility is permitted for expansion. New contracts promising delivery through 2042 warrant increased production capacity. In 2018, state owned CPC Taiwan knocked on Cheniere’s door needing diversity of LNG supply. CPC was dealing with the fracas of U.S. Iranian oil sanctions because Iran wouldn’t play nice with nuclear. Even though U.S. sanction waivers allowed CPC time to find alternative oil sources, it chose to promptly stop importing Iranian crude, a risky mess. CPC had been buying LNG from Qatar and Australia when it signed a $25 billion 25-year deal with Cheniere, deliveries beginning in 2021. The purchase, CPC’s Chairman said, advanced its objectives of “further achieving diversification of LNG sources and stability of energy supply.” When its cargo split for Taiwan in January 2021, Cheniere avowed it was increasing CPC’s “energy security.” You can’t be the big cheese of U.S. LNG and supply Poland, China and all those others without gas. Cheniere is the country’s largest buyer of natural gas, purchasing from over 70 producers. CEO Fusco told CNBC the company spends a billion dollars a month on gas. Recent gas supply contracts with EOG Resources and Apache offered sweet terms linked to international LNG pricing and opportunities for the gas producers to partner in sales whereby Cheniere profits from liquefaction and shipping. In 2021, Cheniere inked a supply contract with Tourmaline, the largest gas producer in Canada. The desire to convert power plants from dirty nasty coal to natural gas has Asia, Europe and South America clamoring for LNG. Gas releases 50% less CO2 than coal. This country is up to its butt in natural gas, with enormous deposits, and is grinding production. According to the American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. is the largest natural gas producer in the world. Every single Bcf produced meets the most stringent standards on the planet. https://www.cheniere.com/
Cheniere Corpus Christi facility before train 3 was completed
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FROM TWO LEADING MANUFACTURERS AT DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS Try A Contrasting Material and Color Online kitchen design postings have steadily been shifting away from all white and grays and moving toward color and multiple hues of stronger contrast. When choosing multiple colors consider a secondary material and ones that complement the subtle undertones of the surrounding colors. For example, pairing white cabinets and blonde wood can be paired with dark hues without overloading on color. Consider warming Poggenpohl Generosity is the prerequisite for casual, inspiring togetherness. Like an upbeat melody, seemingly contradictory elements fit together harmoniously and have room to develop their own character. Easily accessible from all sides, the angled design of the kitchen island offers the right space for every usage area. Food preparation and cooking are the focus of the centrally placed side. The hard-wearing ceramic worktop with its sand and stone tones blends in harmoniously with the color nuances of the neighboring elements. With its softly drawn radii and curves, the raised bar in greybeige stained ash is in keeping with the idea of all-round comfort. Its intimate size and the naturalness of the material are an invitation to linger. A richly varied arrangement of cabinets echoes the soft color tone in the background. Meticulously crafted metal frames give the fronts from the Contour 3.5 series their refined character. The flush-mounted Showcase series of tall cabinets in the wall create a visual highlight, accentuating the all-round elegance of the smaller kitchen island. Available at Poggenpohl Houston Kitchen Design Studio/5002 Westheimer Road (across from the Galleria)
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Bridgewood Cabinetry Allure & Mirage The Allure and Mirage lines feature a highly reflective, mirror finish with a high-gloss acrylic with color richness enhanced by a UV stabilized topcoat for ultimate depth and clarity. The impeccable surface consistency is achieved with a cleanroom lamination process. The
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Allure series features color-matched edge banding, while the Mirage series has contrasting edge detailing, which creates the effect of an inset, brushed metal band, or back painted glass. Bridgewood has been manufacturing wood furniture and cabinets for over 40 years under the HiLo Industries,m their parent company. Bridgewood Custom Cabinetry began production in 1990 with their mission to combine high-quality materials, with their vast experience to craft beautiful custom cabinetry that will complete the kitchen you’ve been dreaming about. Made in the USA They offer a well-designed, high-quality cabinet at an affordable price. All Bridgewood cabinets are built in Chanute, Kansas—right in the middle of the US Heartland. They believe it’s time to return to the quality craftsmanship and value this country is known for. Available at Cabinets & Designs, Inc,Shoppes at Memorial Villages 1022 Wirt Rd #308
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Candice & Lonnie Schiller
Houston’s NEW Mega Patio Bar Memorial Resident Opens His Latest Venture
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Murphy are co-owners. Let’s face it, this is a giant ice house, albeit a fancy one a la Kirby Ice House and longtime Heights hang out at the Cedar Creek Bar & Grill. From the original creator of Culture Map (a digital publication launched in 2009) and some say along with partner Robert Del Grande the inventor of “Tex-Mex.” Yes, of Schiller Del Grande/ Cafe Annie fame, and notorious for creating Cafe Express, which they sold to Wendy’s and yet later repurchased and sold again. Back in the summer of 2020, Schiller told anyone that would listen that the new normal and the COVID economy could render a “corporate restaurant wasteland,” adding that Hous-
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ou’ve heard of megachurches and megamalls but now let us introduce the Height’s latest “Patio Bar”. This long in the works venture from serial entrepreneur Lonnie Schiller and company encompasses over 9,000 square feet, offers sports viewing on over 40 TVs and 40 craft beers, and is likely a haven for Gen X and Y. Lonnie Schiller of Schiller Del Grande Restaurant Group has had this property and idea in the works as far back as 2018 before it finally came to fruition in April. It is truly a family affair as Schiller’s wife and partner Candice is the designer, and their daughter Caroline Murphy and son-in-law Brendan
ton “will be a different city” if it loses its independently owned staples. Unfortunately, the dust has still not settled, and the restaurant casualties continue to mount. Before making this proclamation in 2020, Schiller and his Schiller Del Grande group, along with a team of investors and restaurant veterans, purchased the land in 2018 and began construction in the fall of 2019. Dog-friendly Patterson Park offers organic wines and nitro brewed coffee. The plan is to have two food trucks, one serving American food and another serving international fare. It is on Patterson Street along White Oak Bayou just north of I-10.
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FINANCIAL FOCUS
How Summer Jobs Can Improve Kids’ Financial Literacy
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s we head into the summer job season, there’s no better time to engage your kids in discussions about managing their money. First, any job – from working in retail to landscaping – is a learning experience. Kids learn about teamwork and interacting with others in the business world. It also teaches them about the value of money and how to balance spending and saving. Finally, it gives them a head start on living in the real world and taking responsibility for their own financial future.
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The cornerstone of good financial decision-making is developing a fundamental understanding of the money being earned and spent. In addition, savings should be a topic of discussion. Helping your kids, particularly teens, make saving a habit will lay a solid foundation for a more secure financial future. According to a recent survey conducted by Engine Insights, U.S. teens are
calling for more financial literacy courses in schools. While that is certainly positive news, it will likely take some time for financial literacy to enter the curriculum. For the time being, educating teens and other children on financial matters will solely be up to parents. Even when financial literacy courses are introduced, parents should remain involved to share their experience, wisdom and family val-
• Introduce investing. Parents should ues on money management. All of this is easier said than done, but here are some start to discuss investing with their teens as they build their bank accounts. If they suggestions for getting started. are putting money aside and gaining moFour Ways to Help Your Teens mentum, it’s a good idea to talk about Become Financially Literate opening a small investment account. You • Review their first paycheck to- can also help them run mock investments gether. This a great opportunity to talk beforehand and then encourage them to about pay stubs and how to review them, join investment clubs once they are ready. including how and why money is taken • Encourage philanthropic activiout for taxes. Explain that while it’s good ty. Introducing philanthropy is a great that they have a paycheck, this is not free way to provide your kids with a deeper money. They worked for it, paid taxes on purpose and meaning in their lives. You it and it’s important to think about how can do this by helping them set up a givthey want to use that money, including ing circle with their friends or providing saving on a regular basis. them with money to donate in a mean• Make savings enjoyable. Help ingful way on their birthday or during them open a checking or savings account. the holidays. As you do, make sure to exThen, match every dollar they save. If plain how the money was used and what your child puts five dollars into a savings the impact was. account, match it with five dollars of your By taking these simple steps, your own. You should also help them establish kids will be well on their way to a savings goals and strategies. As they see healthy financial future. Lessons learned their savings grow, they may just find that early on can provide substantial returns they like saving as much as spending. later in life.
Would you like to talk to a financial professional? Contact Robert May at 713.388.7821 or Robert.May @frostbank.com. Investment and insurance products are not FDIC insured, are not bank guaranteed, and may lose value. Brokerage services offered through Frost Brokerage Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, and investment advisory services offered through Frost Investment Services, LLC, a registered investment adviser. Both companies are subsidiaries of Frost Bank. Investment management services, financial planning and trust services are offered through Frost Wealth Advisors of Frost Bank. Additionally, insurance products are offered through Frost Insurance. Deposit and loan products are offered through Frost Bank, Member FDIC. Frost does not provide legal or tax advice. Please seek legal or tax advice from legal and/or tax professionals.
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