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Local designer boosts area businesses

By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

Heights resident Dalia Rihani says she was charmed by all the unique architecture in her neighborhood. So in 2017 the graphic designer and illustrator started doing drawings of the historic houses she and her husband photographed on their bike rides - and mailing postcards of the homes to their owners.

Now, another passion project of Rihani’s is helping local businesses impacted by COVID-19.

“I started illustrating local businesses to bring attention to independently-owned places that need our support during this time,” Rihani said.

She then shares the results on her Instagram page (@drhani12).

“A big reason why I enjoy living in the Heights is because of all the wonderful independent restaurants, bars and coffee shops - and everything in between,” she said. “They shape our neighborhood and add so much welcome character to the area. These places are the heart of communities, and we’re so lucky to live in a city that has such an incredible and diverse variety of places to eat and drink. It’s heartbreaking to think that so many of them may not ever reopen.”

Among the local businesses highlighted by Rihani is Tea Sip on West 19th Street.

“This year has been crazy, to say the least, but we are so thankful for our supportive community and people like Dalia who are bringing awareness to local businesses,” Tea Sip founder and CEO Jessica Boyd said.

Rihani hopes to bring more attention to the work of the Independent Restaurant Coalition, which is trying to save local restaurants and the more than 11 million employees they employ by getting Congress to pass the RESTAURANTS Act. The bill would set up a $120 billion fund to provide grants to restaurants and bars that cover payroll, mortgage and other expenses through 2020.

“Independent Restaurants employ 11 million workers directly, and indirectly 5 million more that’s over 10 percent of the entire U.S. workforce – so saving them would have a huge economic impact that goes way beyond restaurants, including up and down the supply chain,” she said.

Rihani says she knows the issue is much bigger than the restaurant industry.

“I’m trying to do what I can to bring attention to our favorite local places in hopes that they not

Contributed art Heights resident and graphic designer Dalia Rihani has begun illustrating local businesses to bring them much-needed attention during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted the economy locally and beyond.

only survive this pandemic but also help revive our economy,” she said.

There is not a defined process for who or what Rihani illustrates, or when, but she doesn’t tell people or places when she draws them. She just tags them on Instagram when she posts her work and sends complimentary originals upon request.

“A few of them have reached out and (others) will repost on their social media feed,” she said.

Rihani said Uncle Bean’s Coffee on Houston Avenue is among those who showed their appreciation.

So far, Rihani has drawn 35 business since midMarch. She estimates that it takes her about 4-5

Business Briefs: GOOF getting Sport Clips

By Betsy Denson betsy@theleadernews.com

Sport Clips Haircuts, the nation’s largest franchise dedicated to men’s and boys’ hair care, will open Aug. 17 in Oak Forest’s Ella Oaks shopping center at 1727 W. 34th St. This new location, owned by local resident Chris Martin, is the latest of the franchise’s more than 1,850 locations across the U.S. and Canada as well as the 94th for the Houston area.

“Sport Clips offers our clients the expertise of welltrained stylists in a fun and clean environment where they can enjoy watching sports on TV during their haircut,” Martin said. “The health and safety of clients and stylists are at the forefront of our grand opening process, and we look forward to introducing clients to our services and distinctive experience.”

The new Sport Clips will offer “Sport Clips Clean Certified” stylists who have completed course work and are practicing enhanced sanitation guidelines as well as stylists wearing masks. Disposable masks are available for clients upon request.

Large, flat-screen televisions will play sports programming at each haircut station and in the lobby. Online checkin is the best way to schedule service with an estimated wait time.

The Oak Forest/Garden Oaks Sport Clips will provide free “MVP upgrades” to all first-time clients who purchase a haircut service. Hours of operation will be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m.

For more information, visit www.sportclips.com/tx552, find them on Instagram @ sportclips_oakforest or Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/SCTX552.

Brand facelift for IndyQuest The real estate brokerage firm IndyQuest Properties has debuted a new look on social media as well as in its signage, but firm owner Holly Inderrieden said it still has the same mission: “Your Dream is Our Quest” in real estate.

Creative support for the new branding came from Laura Tracy at Cork Creative Co. “We were looking for a sharper direction on the brand and Laura not only delivered but our team is extremely excited about the fresh new look,” Inderrieden said.

For more than two years, IndyQuest has saved a portion from every sale to be able to fund the drilling of water wells in Africa.

“We are partnering with 4Africa and are thrilled to say that we have now raised funds to fully fund two wells to make clean water a reality,” broker owner Creston Inderrieden said. “The first well will be drilling this year.”

IndyQuest Properties has also continued its community support to host much-needed blood drives during the pandemic with the leadership of its agent, Michele Nicol.

Two new team members have recently been added, Austin Nicoson and Glenn Taylor. For more information, visit www.indyquest.net.

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“Since reopening I have established a small but loyal customer base from the local community,” Intapanya said.

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Some scrumptious food combos don’t make sense Zarah Parker Managing Editor

Taste buds are weird. Sometimes they defy everything we know about food and what should taste good together.

Food combinations can be reasoned out. Chocolate on pretzels? Sweet and salty combos are no stranger to our palate. But sometimes our taste buds find a combo, usually by accident, and it becomes what I call a “food quirk,” or eating foods together that would prompt funny looks from other people. Included in this is the way some people eat certain foods, like eating one item completely before moving to the next one on the plate.

I’ve always considered my quirks to be pretty low-key.

When I was younger I was at a baby shower with my mom with a plate of finger foods.

Not wanting to be rude and toss away a plate that still had food on it, I quickly stuffed a cucumber slice and Frito in my mouth and discovered that my taste buds like the vegetable-chip combo.

I also love putting pepper in my ketchup. My dad did it, so I just started doing it one day.

I like how the pepper dilutes the sweetness of the ketchup.

But the one people always ask me about is when they see the way I eat Chick-fil-A nuggets: I wrap the nugget in a waffle fry. I’ve done this for years and now I can’t eat the nuggets from there without the fries. There’s just something about the added potato that I enjoy alongside the meat, which isn’t too far off what my brother and I did as kids — put fries on our hamburgers.

A lot of the quirks I’ve heard about from other people involve adding ketchup to a dish that doesn’t traditionally use ketchup, like mac

‘n’ cheese, eggs, Fritos and bacon. Another involves dill pickles, from adding popcorn or peanuts in the middle of the pickle to shoving a peppermint stick in the middle of one. The last one I would have never believed if it hadn’t been my co-worker’s own quirk.

I wanted to know more, and how weird some people’s quirks could get, so I asked residents in community Facebook groups to share their odd eating habits.

With almost 200 comments to sift through, I came to the conclusion that our taste buds have the ability to find the strangest combinations and that our minds make us eat a certain way and we just don’t know why. So maybe I should add that not only are taste buds weird, our brains are weird, too.

A good example of the mind making us do things came from resident Georgia Lister, who said she always puts two cherry tomatoes on

her plate at a salad bar, but never eats them.

Another resident, Samantha Buck, said she cuts her meat proteins into perfectly proportionate bite-sized squares and that none of her foods can touch, meaning no sauce can go on her plate.

“No idea when it developed … definitely a later in life thing,” Buck wrote, “just started getting grossed out by mushy foods and liquids on plates.”

Lucas Strom said he tries to be the last person to order while dining out because he doesn’t want to order something someone else has. He keeps his top three choices in mind while the ordering plays out.

“Everyone thinks I’m weird.

And oftentimes I don’t get to eat what I really wanted. It’s a bizarre thing,” Strom said.

Lots of people add chocolate candies on fresh, hot popcorn, but the one addition that surprised me came from Robb

Webb, who puts olives on his popcorn.

“I accidentally discovered that I love the flavor of cold, leftover cooked salmon with hot scrambled eggs,” resident Deborah Seghers wrote. “It makes no sense, but I love it.”

I think that’s the general idea for most people’s food quirks: They make no sense.

And even though we know we have our own, we still look at other people funny when we see them eat their combos.

“My husband and I have been married for almost one year, and I recently discovered that he puts cinnamon on his scrambled eggs,” wrote Shelby Bloom. “He’s a good man, but I will never understand this.”

Mustard or ketchup on green beans, apple sauce on Cheez-Its, Lay’s BBQ chips with syrup, beef jerky dipped in yogurt, chocolate cake and pickles and vanilla ice cream with orange juice are more combos people wrote about that I will never understand.

Except for maybe that last one, which was said to taste like a Dreamsicle.

For Elizabeth Sanchez, her quirk steamed from an episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood in which host Fred Rogers wraps a slice of American cheese around a banana. She’s enjoyed the snack ever since.

Lene Baggett eats peanut butter sandwiches with a bowl of chili because that’s how her high school served it, though she’s not sure why they served it that way. Anjali Olligschlaeger’s mom served her peanut butter and onion sandwiches and now her kids enjoy them as well. Fresh out of college, Quad Heinicken started dipping chicken nuggets in apple sauce, but can’t remember why the habit started.

Although other people’s food quirks will probably never appeal to me, I think it’s interesting to discover that we’re all a little weird.

Local chefs raise funds for immigrant restaurant workers

By Zarah Parker

Killen’s final bid raised $350 toward the cause, Giagrande’s raised $180 and Yu’s raised $640.

“I love having a chance to engage with our guests so the opportunity to have a 30-min-

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Local chefs and culinary influencers teamed up with the national initiative #AskChefsAnything, a campaign that raises awareness and funds to feed immigrant workers in the hospitality industry who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The #AskChefsAnything initiative was started by Gaeleen Quinn and Anna Polonsky, both of whom are New York startup founders and food industry veterans. They wanted to help immigrant workers, who they say are most impacted in the restaurant industry by the pandemic.

The #AskChefsAnything campaign partnered with the Southern Smoke Foundation, founded by Houston chef Chris Shepherd, to help raise and distribute funds. The funds were raised by the chefs and culinary influencers auctioning off a 30-minute, ask anything Zoom call. The auction began last Thursday and ended Sunday. The auction raised $15,430, which eclipsed the initial goal of $15,000.

One of the participating chefs, owner Ford Fry of La Lucha and Superica at 1801 N. Shepherd Dr., said the hospitality industry has been hit hard the last few months and the industry has to help its own. Fry’s interview was auctioned off at $140. “(The initiative) will be im-

ute call where someone can ask me anything about my career, our restaurants and my passions sounded like a lot of fun to me,” Fry said. “I hope I get the chance to talk to someone about why I chose this

path, and why the people are what make this industry what it is.”

Masson said she was up for any question, as long as she wasn’t asked for her Couch Potato Cookie recipe.

Contributed photo Ford Fry of La Lucha and Superica was one of several area chefs who participated in a recent effort to raise funds for immigrant workers.

pactful in many ways,” Fry said. “Providing groceries to immigrant workers with vulnerable households is a great first step in offering some sort of relief to those ladies and gentlemen working so diligently to serve other ladies and gentlemen in restaurants across Houston and throughout the country.”

Rebecca Masson of Fluff Bake Bar, 1701 W. 15th St., also participated in the initiative and saw it as a way to say thanks and to show support for what she called the “unsung heroes” of the kitchen, dining rooms and farms that are not eligible for government assistance. Masson’s interview bid

raised $380.

“Something as small as buying groceries for their families or paying the electric bill to keep the lights on will allow these folks to continue working and providing for their families,” Masson said. “Hopefully, reducing a little of their stress in their daily lives.”

Other area chefs that auctioned off an interview include Ronnie Killen of upcoming Heights restaurant Killen’s at 101 Heights Blvd., Jason Giagrande of the Roastery, which is located inside H-E-B at 2300 N. Shepherd Dr., and Justin Yu of Better Luck Tomorrow, 544 Yale St., and Squable, 632 W. 19th St.

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Introducing new cat to home with dog: A recipe for harmony

Dear Tabby, We would love to adopt a cat.

Problem is, we already have a dog and we’re not sure if a dog and a cat can get along. Any tips for safely introducing a kitty into our home?

Cat curious in Garden Oaks Dear Cat Curious, Adopting a cat is a wonderful way to add more love (and maybe a little sass) to your home! Dogs and cats can not only get along well enough to share a home, but often become the very best of friends.

While it’s sometimes a bit stressful introducing a new pet into a household, with a little forethought and planning, you can make sure that kitty gets started off on the right “paw” with your dog.

the dishes closer to the door until the pets can eat calmly directly on either side of the door. Next, use two doorstops to prop open the door just enough to allow the animals to see each other, and repeat the whole process.

Experts and vets alike have several tips for the introduction process. One important step is to see if it’s possible to introduce your dog to any potential cats before adopting. Many adoption centers encourage prospective cat adopters to bring in their dogs to see how a cat might react.

Once you find the kitty of your dreams, here are some of my favorite tips for introducing your new cat to your dog:

Mingle scents Switch sleeping blankets and beds between your cat and the resident dog so they have a chance to become accustomed to each other’s scent. Rub a towel on one animal and put it underneath the food dish of another animal.

You should do this with each animal in the house.

Set up safe space for Kitty Confine your new cat to one medium-sized room with her litter box, food, water and a bed. Feed the resident pets and the newcomer on each side of the door to this room. This will help all of them to associate something enjoyable (eating!) with each other’s scents. However, don’t put the food so close to the door that the animals are too upset by each other’s presence to eat. Gradually move

Do a room do-si-so Once your cat is using her litter box and eating regularly while confined, let her have free time in the house while confining the other animals to your cat’s room. This switch provides another way for the animals to experience each other’s scents without a faceto-face meeting. It also allows

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On April 27, 2020, an unauthorized individual obtained access to an NCP employee’s email account. NCP became aware of the unauthorized access on May 19, 2020 and took immediate steps to contain the incident. We terminated the unauthorized access to the email account the same day it was discovered and worked with a leading cybersecurity forensics firm to investigate this matter.

As part of our investigation, NCP conducted an extensive review of the employee’s email account to determine if any emails contained personal information. As a result of that review, beginning on June 18 NCP identified emails containing the names, addresses, dates of birth, dates relating to the provision of medical services or the payment for services, medical history and diagnosis information, prescription information, health provider information, insurance numbers, email addresses, and medical record numbers for some of our patients. We also identified emails containing the Social Security numbers of two individuals and the financial account information of one individual for whom we do not have current contact information to send a personalized notification letter.

At this time, we are not aware of any unauthorized viewing or misuse of our patients’ information. All available evidence suggests that the unauthorized individual’s purpose was to attempt to commit financial fraud against NCP-not to seek and obtain any personal information of patients. NCP sent notification letters by first class mail to all potentially affected individuals for whom we have up-to-date contact information and have arranged to provide them with 12 months of identity protection and fraud resolution services through Experian.

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