MECA Houston celebrates Dรญa de los Muertos with annual festival
HOUSTON โ This weekend people are celebrating Dรญa de los Muertos or Day of the Dead. Each year the MECA Houston organization hosts a colorful festival featuring several vendors and entertainment. โThey tend to forget where the families are coming from, where our roots are, and so that is my favorite reason for celebrating this festival with MECA Houston,โ he said. Saturdayโs unique festival featured several performers wearing colorful costumes with long feathers and different designs. โMy rattle here has something that looks like a monkey and thatโs because in the ancient calendar the day of my birth is one monkey,โ Xochitezca said.
Q&A: Meet Doc Strangeway, longtime ghost tour guide and owner of Houston Ghost Tour
Doc Strangeway), a clown-college alumnus who harbors a love for Texas history and all-things paranormal, is the owner and lead tour guide of Houston Ghost Tour, which escorts brave souls on ghost hunts and walking tours around the Houston-areaโs haunted spots. Q: What made you interested in launching Houston Ghost Tour? Why did you start your ghost tours here? A: I am a Houston native and most of us who were for Houston Ghost Tour have grown up in the area, known all about and lived here most of our lives. Could you share one of the stories or stops people can expect to see and hear on a Houston Ghost Tour?
When to begin mammograms, why you shouldnโt use COVID-19 as an excuse to skip them
โWhenever we diagnose breast cancer early, the cure rate is above 90%,โ said oncologist Dr. Philip Salem. Kylene Beers, of The Woodlands, said doctors found her breast cancer early. โIf you diagnose breast cancer early you can cure it,โ Dr. Salem said. Cancer is going to keep moving forward and do what it knows how to do, which is reproduce, reproduce, reproduce. Patients who put off mammograms and any cancer screenings could be putting themselves at serious risk.
Oktoberfest at home: This pretzel and beer keg could be the ticket
Oktoberfest is here, but now you can bring the German celebration to your home amid the coronavirus pandemic. Snack maker Snyderโs and Captain Lawrence Brewing Co. created a pretzel and beer keg, inspired by the love of the classic pretzel and beer combination during Oktoberfest celebration. canister of Snyderโs of Hanover pretzels and a five-liter keg of Captain Lawrenceโs Marzen Style Oktoberfest Brew. You can order it online for at-home Oktoberfest celebrations. The keg will be available starting on October 7 at 1 p.m. CT online at SnydersPretzelKeg.com for $49.99.