so busy this week. between work, and work, and packing for my trip, and crafts I barely had time to finish this. but i did..

• mongoose vs. cobra reading series: sam mansfield, shane lake, and peter hyland . mongoose vs. cobra 1011 mcgowen st . 8pm . FREE

tuesday december 10, 2013

• lambda nextgen houston december happy hour (young lgbta professionals) . lowbrow 1601 w main st . 6pm . FREE

wednesday december 11, 2013

• “tomorrow” magazine launch party . okra charity bar . 6-9pm . FREE
• chelsea norman memorial ride for safer cycling houston . whole foods montrose . 7-8:30pm . FREE . (this is a great opportunity to show support, i’m going to really try and make it)

thursday december 12, 2013

• blanket bingo . market square park . 6pm . $10
• authors in architecture: houston’s hermann park  . architecture center houston 315 capitol suit 120 . 6pm . FREE
• hullabaloo . gallery homeland houston 2327 1/2 commerce st . 6:30-10:30pm . FREE (all the cool kids are going to this)
• upload . dance from the heart 3221 houston ave . 9-11pm . $5-10

friday december 13, 2013

• ice skating + friday night flick at the ice: national lampoon’s christmas vacation . discovery green . 6:30pm . FREE + $12 to skate
• letter writing to prisoners . 4202 canal st . 7-9pm . FREE

saturday december 14, 2013

• rice village flea christmas celebration . rice village flea 5504 morningside dr . 10am . FREE
• 2nd annual winter faire .  Bayou Village School (waldorf) 3701 hardy st .  10am – 2pm . FREE (remember ebony from campfire quilts? well this is her kiddo’s school and she’ll be there selling her quilts – I’m totally going to stop by and check out the school.)
  It’s at the school: 3701 Hardy St, Houston, TX 77009
• 5th annual gingerbread build-off . hermann square park – city hall 900 smith st . 10am . FREE
• best of children’s film festival seattle 2013 . julia ideson library 500 mckinney st . 3pm . FREE (this looks CUTE)
• fun show // good bands . east side social center . 6-11pm . $5 (i teach stay at home mom‘s kid, so go to this and tell me about it)

sunday december 15, 2013

• bizarre holiday market on main st . 3700 block of main st . 12noon – 5pm . FREE
• bayou bend family day: historic hoidays . bayou bend collection and garden . 1 westcott st . 1pm  . FREE
• this is it! for real! love: art show no. 2 . eastdown warehouse 850 mckee st . 5pm – 12midnight . FREE
• holla from the rooftaop! official hollaback! houston launch party . khons bar 2808 milam . 5-10pm . FREE

ongoing events in houston this week:

• houston food not bombs . downtown public library . monday/wednesday/friday 8pm // sunday 7pm . FREE
• glassell school of art student art sale 2013 . glassell 5101 montrose . friday 12noon // saturday 10am . FREE
• mildred’s umbrella theatre company: museum of dysfunction VI . 12-15th . 8pm . pay-what-you-can
• buffalo bayou partnership 2013 christmas cruises . allen’s landing . 13-14th . 5pm . $7 (chris, did i already tell you to take your gf to this? if not, then this is me telling you now. DO IT)
• heritage society’s 51st annual candlelight tour + grand reopening of sam houston park . sam houston park 1100 bagby st . saturday at 6pm and sunday at 4pm . $