Today, I finally eat lunch at Lucy’s Ethiopian Restaurant, and I understand why I have heard so many rave reviews. The two platters I share with a friend contain...
Read more03 Dec, 2015
07 Nov, 2015
a passing conversation…
07 Nov, 2015
I don’t go to Home Depot very often, but I dropped by today to exchange a toilet seat. As the woman behind the counter processed my exchange, she threw...
Read more27 Oct, 2015
a bachelor party..
27 Oct, 2015
MC Alexis Nicole Whitney Despite my years of being entrenched in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, I’ve never attended a drag show. But last night – even as I received flash...
Read more08 Sep, 2015
transported…
08 Sep, 2015
Yesterday, my mother, Minal and I drove to my friend Yaksha’s house where more friends joined us. After tea and a short visit, we piled into two cars to...
Read more11 May, 2015
afterwards…
11 May, 2015
audience members at the Baker Ripley Community Center; photo by Paul Hester A month has floated away, and I’m still processing my What Is Home? production, one that took...
Read more30 Apr, 2015
people don’t talk about the necessity of crossing…
30 Apr, 2015
Karen Martinez, a filmmaker and a recent college graduate, talks about “home” and crossing borders: Houston is my home. I was born in Tula, Hidalgo – Mexico – and...
Read more03 Apr, 2015
for me, everything is here: friends, family, health, doctors…
03 Apr, 2015
Most of the interviews I’ve undertaken for my project have been with friends and family who were born in spaces other than Houston. For the next month until my...
Read more13 Mar, 2015
students share stories…
13 Mar, 2015
Photo by Michelle Garcia Baker Ripley Community Center bustles this Thursday morning since many activities are being organized around campus for a national reporter site-visit. I drop off VBB’s...
Read more28 Jan, 2015
equating muslims to dogs…
28 Jan, 2015
view from the 16th floor of a Harris County courthouse The first round of questions is posed by the lawyer representing the father: Please raise your number if you...
Read more10 Nov, 2014
documenting the home by the freeway ramp…
10 Nov, 2014
photo by Minal I hand Minal my phone-camera before we enter the freeway ramp, so she can document the temporary “home” she sighted a few weeks ago: a tent...
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