PEOPLE OF HOUSTON | september 2010
MARIA
MONCADA ALAOUI
age
34
sign
Virgo
origin
Hispanic, Half Spanish and Half Honduran
occupation
General Manager for Porsche Audi of West Houston and Momentum Luxury Cars.
MARIA MONCADA ALAOUI
age: 34
sign: Virgo
origin: Hispanic, Half Spanish and Half Honduran
occupation: General Manager for Porsche Audi of West Houston and Momentum Luxury Cars.
•What attracts you to a person? Their charisma. I love to meet people who are passionate about anything they do or are [...]
NONPROFIT | september 2010
Hope & Faith
September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, and a tough reminder that cancer continues to be the number one disease killer of children from the age of one year through adolescence.
“Childhood cancer affects everyone in some capacity,” points out Texas Children’s Hospital social worker, Mital Brahmbhatt. “It doesn’t pick and choose [...]
ON OUR RADAR | september 2010
SPA WEEK
Listen up, beauties on a budget! Spa Week 2010 is coming to Houston next month, offering fabulous five-star treatments at its signature $50 price point. Go get preened, primped and pampered at The Spa at St. Regis Houston, The Spa at Four Seasons Hotel Houston and ZaSpa at Hotel ZaZa, among others, October 11-17! [...]
ON OUR RADAR | august 2010
retail
Tiffany’s has created a groundbreaking little blue…iPhone app. The free application features a brand new way to shop for a diamond engagement ring. The accurate ring sizer determines the user’s ring size by placing an actual ring directly on the screen and aligning it with a certain size circle. Over 40 options are shown and [...]
NONPROFIT | august 2010
Anna Maria Garza has been involved in girl bands since she was seventeen years old, began booking shows soon after, and is prominently involved with the organization “Hands Up Houston,” the biggest independent booking collective in Houston. “The doors for young women in rock have been opened, knocked down…but we’re not walking through them,” Anna [...]
PEOPLE OF HOUSTON | august 2010
HILARY HAGNER
age 27
sign Sagittarius
origin White, Caucasian
occupation Certified Personal Trainer
•What’s your favorite trend?
I love the 70’s hippy style, but you wouldn’t guess that by the way I dress!
•If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would buy?
A family vacation. I want my kids to see the world, not just read about it in [...]
ON OUR RADAR | july 2010
development
True to Farb family tradition, Jonathan Farb, grandson of the legendary Houston apartment developer, the late Harold Farb, is embarking on a new phase of his career with his first multi-family development. Named City Place, the development is located in the heart of Houston’s Midtown at the corner of McGowen and Bagby. Farb sites his [...]
NON PROFIT | july 2010
Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory
Class is almost out at Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory. There is a palpable sense of relief, but students are still eager to learn. Some will be back for summer school, others for an SAT prep course, and the new freshman class will arrive in early August for work-study training. Welcome [...]
PEOPLE OF HOUSTON | july 2010
1. LEWIS WILLIAMS
•What’s your favorite trend?
Old school plaid shirts. My aunt calls them welfare shirts…lol.
•If you won the lottery, what is the first thing you would buy?
A Pez dispenser.
•What was your most memorable moment? When I went to Vegas and started with $20 and left with $4,500. Blackjack, baby!
•What do you prefer: reading, watching TV [...]
NON PROFIT | june 2010
The brightly painted walls of the David Weekley Home serving as a schoolhouse for Small Steps Nurturing Center, a top-of-the-line private preschool, are covered in project-oriented curriculum (“camping” is the theme of one classroom, “transportation” of another). From the paintings and dictation of young children, one might guess at the steep tuition of such a [...]
