An ode to chocolate

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Turn on the television or walk down the greeting-card aisle and you will see that chocolate is the MVP of Valentine’s Day. If chocolate is your love language, what chocolate do you choose? From Stop and Smell the Rosemary: “Chocolate is produced from the pods of the cacao tree, which are roasted and cracked open. The…

Building a better community with Junior League of Houston

The Junior League of Houston has been committed to building a better community since 1925.  The women-run organization serves the greater Houston area through volunteering, financial support and training women to share the skills they have learned to continue philanthropic efforts. The Junior League of Houston Fire & Ice Charity Ball is the League’s largest…

Building a better community with Junior League of Houston

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HOUSTON — The Junior League of Houston has been committed to building a better community since 1925.  The women-run organization serves the greater Houston area through volunteering, financial support and training women to share the skills they have learned to continue philanthropic efforts. The Junior League of Houston Fire & Ice Charity Ball is the…

Meatless Mondays

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January always brings around new health kicks. This year I have friends and coworkers giving up soda, attempting a Whole30 diet, cutting out gluten, cutting out dairy and following a keto diet. Resolutions are always great, but these types of complete overhauls are not for everyone. I think being realistic is key. Meatless Monday is…

Book-club Christmas banquet

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I go all out for all holidays, but Christmas holds a special place in my heart. My mother has always hosted friends and family in a cheerful home for the holidays, and I love carrying on that tradition. December feels magical. I even have a miniature food-themed tree in my kitchen. One highlight every December…

Charity Ball Preview Night: Fuego & Frosty

Thursday, February 7, 2019

Doors open at 6:30 pm. Event starts at 7 p.m. in the Junior League Ballroom.

Don’t miss out on the hottest ticket to the coolest place in town for the Fuego & Frosty Preview Night on Thursday, February 7, 2019. The night will sizzle with a dinner buffet of spicy and chilly food, frosty adult beverages, a one-of-a-kind Charity Ball volunteer cast performance, an auction filled with cool items and…

50 Years of Junior League Cookbooks

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Since 1968, Junior League of Houston cookbooks have inspired countless home cooks. Often handed down generationally, from mother to son or daughter, with notes scribbled in margins and spills on time-worn pages, the books are much more than mere mélanges of recipes. They’re the products of hundreds of hours of work – all volunteer –…

More holidays, more fun

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I’m just going to say it – day-to-day cooking is not my favorite. Planning meals, finding time to grocery shop, and cooking after a long day at the office or meal prepping on Sundays while my 3-year-old and 6-month-old daughters are playing nearby is not high on my to-do list. We eat out and pick…

Charity Ball Auditions

Monday, October 15, 2018

6:30 pm

It’s audition time once again for the  2018-2019 Charity Ball show! Auditions are October 15, 2018 at 6:30pm in the board room. If you are a singer, please bring a one minute prepared song. If you are a dancer or a singer, please wear clothes you can move it. Dancers will learn and perform a…

Culinary kickoff

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October is the perfect time to reunite with friends for a “homecoming” party, and what better backdrop than college football. Living near Rice Stadium, we mark each of the Owls’ home games on our calendar with red ink. At times, it seems the Owls’ glory days (1954 Cotton Bowl champs!) are in the past; therefore,…