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My East Aldine
Time to celebrate industrious women at a neighborhood “pop-up”
In honor of International Women’s Day – and to promote women entrepreneurs in East Aldine – a special market will “pop up” Saturday, March 6, at an event center on the Eastex Freeway. “Babes Support [...]
Indulge or be healthy? At this hut and cafe, you decide
There will not be a huge midway with funnel cakes and fried Oreos this season: The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo has been canceled due to COVID-19. But residents of the East Aldine are able to get [...]
Dazzling street-level art brightens the District landscape
A pleasing touch of moonlight, flowers and sunshine came to East Aldine just in time for Valentine’s Day. But the feel-good objects won’t fade away like the holiday. They are permanent neighborhood decorations known as [...]
Cake pops are sweet for Valentine’s or any day
“A party without cake is just a meeting.” -- Julia Child Late at night, while her family is sleeping, Laura Lumbreras is busy in her kitchen, cooking the sweet treats for her home-based business, Pookie Pops. Her strawberry chocolate [...]
On the Art Bus, kids go where their creativity takes them
The story of the brightly painted, 30-foot school bus known officially as "The Art Bus" is, in a way, not unlike the story of 2020. If something could go wrong, it did. Not unlike that [...]
Stop in or roll through a colorful oasis of food and drink
Once upon a time there was a tire shop on Lauder Road. But now — thanks to hard work, dreams and lucky timing — the same space is a colorful oasis of eye-popping food, drink [...]
Western wear is the hub of an enterprising family’s collection of businesses
Just inside Indomable, a western wear store, there is an overwhelming fragrance of finely tooled leather blended with a hint of cedar from the rough-hewn shelving. The shop is filled with boots of all colors [...]
Enterprising couple creates colorful custom bicycles
There is a group of people in the East Aldine Management District who have gotten healthier during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are the customers of Heavenly Cruisers, a specialty bicycle shop owned by Noe and [...]
Fun takes flight at store for birds, other pets and their foods
Stepping inside Elsy’s Bird and Feed store, any shopper can tell the experience is going to be fun. An 8-foot, brightly-colored metal rooster looms over the entrance, as a gray African parrot named Paquito chirps [...]
New healthy spot aims to shake up your health
Before packing on any more pandemic pounds, residents of the East Aldine District might want to sip a “skinny horchata” at the Revive Healthy Spot on Aldine Westfield Road. The health food store and dining [...]
Halloween caravan success inspires Christmas toy drive
There were scary masks, clown masks, funny masks, pretty masks, safety masks, pig masks on deputies. It was, after all, the Halloween Caravan hosted by the East Aldine District. Everybody also wore a smile. The [...]
Houston Hog Removal came to the rescue at Keith-Wiess Park
City parks need upkeep. Especially when they get torn up by wild hogs. The feral beasts were the problem at Keith-Wiess Park that led the East Aldine District to one of Jeff Baker’s businesses, Houston [...]
Meet the new Sheriff’s Office day shift patrol supervisor
There is a new sheriff in town -- well, sort of. We had a chance to get to know the new Harris County Sheriff’s Office day shift patrol sergeant for District 2, which includes East [...]
An interview with Aldine ISD icon Rose Avalos
Rose M. Avalos’ remarkable life of dedication and accomplishment has always been intertwined with the Aldine Independent School District. She was an AISD student, classroom teacher (English, reading, Spanish), counselor, assistant principal and principal (Escamilla [...]
Houston Grand Prix
Americans have a tendency to democratize sports for the less athletic or wealthy. Hence touch or flag football for the less brawny among us; slow-pitch softball for those who can’t turn on a fastball; and [...]
