CONCORD, N.H. -- Before they stuff themselves silly with Halloween candy, let your kids stuff some spare pantyhose to create plump pumpkins and other seasonal, soft-sculpture decorations.This project is perfect for those hose you've pushed to the ba ...
They started 40 years ago as the Community Singers but in more recent years have been known as the Brazos Valley Chorale. A journey started with a few volunteers now numbers up to 130 auditioned musicians, The chorale has seen nearly 1,500 performe ...
DALLAS -- Pamela Martin-Duarte hopes the new reality show Dallas Divas and Daughters dispels some myths about Texas -- starting with the hair."There's a lot of blondes in Dallas, but everybody doesn't have big hair," said Martin-Duarte, who with her ...
Here are this week's school menus. Milk is included with each meal.BryanMonday: Student holiday.Tuesday: Sea-shaped fish sticks, hot dog, macaroni and cheese, green beans, fruit.Wednesday: Cheese pizza, stuffed crust pizza, munchables, veggie dippers ...
* The Homebuyers Education Coalition, a volunteer organization comprised of professionals and para-professionals, will present an educational program for future homebuyers from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Brazos Valley Affordable Housing Corporat ...
Sunday* Financial Peace University. 5 p.m. First Baptist Church, 3100 Cambridge Drive, Bryan. Register: 776-1400 or david@fbcbryan.org.Monday* American Association of Individual Investors. 9:30 a.m. 2nd floor meeting room, Bryan Public Library, 201 E ...
NEW YORK -- Mattel has launched a new line of black Barbie dolls with fuller lips, wider noses and more pronounced cheekbones -- a far cry from Christie, Barbie's black friend who debuted in the 1960s and was essentially a white doll painted brown.Th ...
So, you know, it is what it is, but Americans are totally annoyed by the use of "whatever" in conversations.The popular slacker term of indifference was found "most annoying in conversation" by 47 percent of Americans surveyed in a Marist College pol ...
Maps are beautiful: the typography, the pastel colors, the highways connecting cities and towns like a detailed dot-to-dot. So why relegate them to the glove compartment, when they can be used as home decor?Plus, crafting with maps is a great way to ...
Holly Kopczynski always prided herself on raising her kids the right way, teaching them etiquette basics such as saying "please" and "thank you."Then it happened."We were at a restaurant for my mom's birthday. I looked over and there are my daughter ...
You've done it at the car dealership, the flea market and the garage sale. But what about the department store, the jeweler, the doctor's office?These days, you can haggle on almost anything anywhere, said Susan Spencer, executive editor for All You ...
Seems that a Broadway starring role and a Tony nomination has turned into quite a launching pad for 1994 A&M Consolidated High School grad Tommy Sadoski's acting career. As if it weren't on a fast track already, now his quickly sky-rocketing resu ...
AUDUBON SOCIETYCome to the Rio Brazos Audubon Society's October meeting and discover the joys of becoming an Eastern bluebird landlord. David Gwin and Jim Anding will share their knowledge of bluebirds, what it takes to attract them, how to build and ...
Fall in Aggieland means the hustle and bustle of students returning to town, the roar of the crowd at Kyle Field and merlot in the museum. What's that you say ... merlot in the museum? Surely not. OK, not exactly merlot, but certainly the much-antici ...
