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WORTHWHILE CONVERSATIONS

HAVE WE DONE ALL WE CAN DO?

J. Harold Williams, Chairman & CEO, highlights the firm’s sponsorship of Pedal Away Alzheimer’s cycling event with Wealth Advisor, Lauren Rich, CFP®.

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL “FINANCIAL” TOPIC. EXPLAIN YOUR MEANING… We are discussing Alzheimer’s disease. After 50 years, we’ve learned first-hand that the challenges associated with Alzheimer’s disease impact a family’s wealth planning needs. Our Wealth Management Committee, chaired by Phillip Hamman, CFA, CFP®, has devoted significant effort to help families plan and adapt their finances accordingly.

Our fiduciary mindset, however, begs a further question: “Have we done all we can do?” Hence, we are the Title Sponsor for the 2021 Pedal Away Alzheimer’s Ride.

A “RIDE”… WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT? If you, or someone you know, is a serious cyclist, you know of the big fundraising event every spring – the BP MS 150. This is a 2-day bike ride (actually 180 miles) from Houston to Austin raising millions of dollars

toward finding a cure for Multiple Sclerosis and offering hope to those with MS. Less heralded is the significant amount of time and training these thousands of cyclists endure to prepare for that challenging 2-day ride. The Pedal Away Alzheimer’s Ride is one of the premier fall kick-off training rides that marks the start of the training season for next year’s MS 150.

THE TIE-IN TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? The important winner at the end of the ride is the Alzheimer’s Association.

The Pedal Away Alzheimer’s event benefits the Alzheimer’s Association and its research to find a cure and better treatments. I suspect if your family has not been directly touched by this, someone close to you has felt the impact. Imagine what it might feel like someday to reflect upon Alzheimer’s the way we do today about so many dreaded diseases of the past, like Polio.

WHAT MORE SHOULD WE KNOW? Get the full story on our website that provides the link to the event organizer, Ready2Roll Cycling (www. linscomb-williams.com/communityinvolvement). A number of L&W staff, as well as their family members, will be riding in the event on Saturday, September 25th. Other L&W staff will be volunteering at the event and working the rest stops for the expected 1,500 cyclists. If you are up for making the ride or just cheering us on, we hope you’ll come out and support this great cause.

For more information, or a copy of our Form ADV, Part II, with all of our disclosures, call Grant Williams at 713 840 1000 or visit www.linscomb-williams.com.

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TWO ELEPHANTS - SOCIAL DISTANCING

By McKenzie Fisk who is a transplanted Californian artist via New York City where she graduated with a double major in Fine Art and Chemistry from Columbia. She is the featured artist at this year’s Bayou City Art Festival which returns in October.

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Publisher’s Letter

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ne way to deter the mass exodus of people from Progressive states of New York and California entering Texas might be our newly created laws which they will find very different from theirs. Whether this is a good thing or bad depends on your perspective. Most real estate agents and developers would like the migration to continue. Our state’s new laws will make only a few states more conservative in their policies, from guns to voting rights and, most recently, women’s rights or access to abortion.

Many including me were premature in celebrating the end of the pandemic only a few months ago. Not having a statewide plan to curb student infections as children have reentered schools has hindered and confused local community efforts. Schools and children have become vulnerable to Covid 19, with cases skyrocketing due to the Delta variant. Social distance, wearing masks, and most importantly, the vaccines are still the only line of defense against this unprecedented virus that conservatively worldwide has killed over four million people so far. I met the first person I’ve known to have received the vaccine and still become infected with Covid. His case was relatively mild, but his mother, “an anti-vaxxer,” caught it and fared worse.

Those arriving from the west and north will see far fewer restrictions on not only mask-wearing and social distancing but your right to bear arms open and freely with no permit required.

Surprisingly, Texas now is one of 20 states with laws that enable permitless carry of guns. The new transplants will also find new restrictions imposed on a women’s right to choose by outlawing abortions six weeks after conception in spite of the long-settled law in Roe v. Wade. Those with unwanted pregnancies beyond the imposed six weeks now will be forced to travel to nearby Louisiana or New Mexico to have a legal abortion.

With a spike in Houston’s violent crimes, Texas and local legislators are proposing new laws that will make it harder for those to secure a bond if you are already out on bond. Will this help stop some of the crimes we have seen lately?

We can only hope so.

While it is evident from these changes that Republicans are still in charge of Texas lawmaking, Democrats vow to make inroads and fight to avoid restrictions on abortions and voting rights that they say make it harder to vote.

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n October, the Bayou City Art Festival Downtown will spotlight the festival’s featured artist McKenzie Fisk along with more than 200 artists from around the country representing 19 different disciplines. The festival will feature live music, food trucks, and beverage stations throughout the festival along with two entertainment stages and art installations.

For the ultimate art lover, Bayou City Art Festival and Frost Bank will offer a limited availability VIP ticket experience, which will include a tented oasis with light bites, and complimentary beer, wine and other beverages. The relaxing setting under a canopy of trees will feature roaming musicians, artistic décor, a phone charging station and more. VIPs will receive all-day access to the VIP area, along with VIP parking.

Heights Community Salutes a Stalwart of The Arts

The one and only Keith Chapman who is retiring from Opera in the Heights has served on its artistic and administrative staff from nearly the beginning of its 25-year history.

Keith leaves an “inimitable legacy of many seasons and productions as their pianist,” according to a post on Facebook which also listed him as the conductor, orchestrator/arranger, historian, director of artistic administration, audition coordinator, surtitle writer, most trusted artistic advisor, as well as loyal friend, mentor, and an advocate to countless artists.

Despite long odds opera in the Heights has grown and endured. Let’s hope it will be back to full strength soon and for many more years.

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EVENTS Featured Artist: McKenzie Fisk

About The Artist Mckenzie Fisk who is this year’s Bayou City Art Festival’s featured artist “always knew I wanted to be an artist.” Fisk has a double BA, one in Microbiology and the other in Fine Art, with a minor in Chemistry. She went on to complete a Masters of Science in Physiology at Columbia University in NYC. “So I was definitely on a path, and as a scientist I knew I would at least have food on my table.

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Five new places to check out post-pandemic

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ow that people are starting to dine out again, here are a few places you may not have been to before, or at least not lately. Everything from Italian bites to big steaks—straight off the ranch—global cuisine, and, of course, Tex-Mex.

1 King Ranch Texas Kitchen 1605 Post Oak Blvd.

832.427.3049 kingranchtexaskitchen.com What happens when you marry two legendary Texas figures? If it’s the King Ranch family and hospitality king Tillman Fertitta, you get the King Ranch Texas Kitchen. This 10,000-square-foot eatery opened late last fall sporting a rustic ranch décor and old photographs and memorabilia. The menu features homegrown ranch meats, fresh Gulf Coast seafood, and locally sourced produce.

Favorites include the smoked brisket pimento grilled cheese, smoked brisket queso, King Ranch fried quail, and, of course, steaks. There’s an eight-ounce filet for sensible folk, and a 32-ounce Tomahawk ribeye that will set you back almost a C-note. Best values are the daily lunch specials and bonus points for comfortable outside dining and The Saddle Shop, a gift store with King Ranch branded merchandise. Great spot to take out-of-towners looking for an authentic Texas experience with chef quality food.

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2 Concura Italian Bites 4340 Westheimer Rd., St. 150 832.997.4220 concurahouston.com Italian for “with care,” Concura Italian Bites opened just this August in Highland Village. Love child of Italian fashion and design consultant Jessica Biondi and chef Angelo Cuppone, the eatery offers flavors from Biondi’s past in Fano, Italy along the Adriatic Coast.

Nibble on vitello tonnato, seafood carbonara, and marinated octopus and

potatoes with Taggiasche olives while sipping a Nigroni. A nice addition to Houston’s expansive Italian food world.

Concura Italian Bites was only open for dinner at press time.

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an-based JOEY Restaurant Group. With over 10,000-square-feet—with almost 2,000-square-feet of lush patio dining with a retractable roof that maybe our favorite outdoor dining spot—this luxe new eatery offers area shoppers a respite with a living green ceiling, paintings and artwork by local artists, and a wine wall.

Executive chef Chris Mills, executive director Matthew Stowe and head chef Zach Helm, the menu offers hungry diners a selection from around the world.

Sushi, check; Szechuan tofu lettuce wraps, check; big burgers and steaks?

Check, check. Exclusive cocktails (Hurricane Crush, just in time for the end of the season), and an extensive wine menu round out the meal.

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can dish up bites from multiple restaurants; everything from mac and cheese to burgers, fried chicken, and samosas. The hall also contains retail shops, a local artists’ gallery, and a wine bar. More restaurants are to come, along with a grocery store, a cheese shop, a coffee bar, and two Railway Heights Market more alcoholic bars, one a beer garden 8200 Washington Ave. with an outdoor dog park and a stage for railwayheights@companyofnomads.com live entertainment. Perfect spot for shopSpeaking of offering global eats, Rail- ping, playing, and dining, with lots of way Heights, Houston’s newest food hall, outdoor space.

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Opened in late 2019, you might have missed it during the 2020 lockdown, but it’s worth a visit as soon as you can.

Owned by the same folks who brought great BBQ to nearby The Pit Room, Candente adds a smoky flavor to traditional Tex-Mex via a wood-burning grill. Try the brisket nachos, a meal unto themselves, and the fajitas made with Niman Ranch skirt steak. Amazing margaritas and some delicious sangrias will help you wash down all the grub. Bonus points for the Day of Dead mural and spacious patio.

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Enchanted: Pierre Verger, “Untitled (The Sun Bursts Forth in a Few Hours to Light Up the Figure of Saint Peter, Fishing in a Lake Boat of Ancient Peruvian Model, Fiesta de San Pedro, Ichu, Puno, Peru)”, 1939–45. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 7 1/4 in. (20.3 × 18.4 cm).

The Menil Collection, Houston. © Fundação Pierre Verger

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Visual histories of the central andes at The Menil Collection

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By Virginia Billeaud Anderson

raveling in Peru, I knocked back a lot of beer. I was especially drawn to the brand Pilsen Callao. Which made it fun to see Peruvian keros (beer cups) in the Menil Collection’s fine exhibition “Enchanted: Visual Histories of the Central Andes” through November 14, 2021.

Keros are cups used for drinking maize beer (chicha) in Andean religious or political rituals. The practice of ceremonially brewing and drinking beer goes back to ancient times. Keros varied stylistically, the pre-Inca Wari peoples favored polychrome ceramic keros, while pre-Inca Chimú artisans excelled at ornate silver and gold keros. The Menil’s keros are wood carved and adorned with colorful images. An example of ritualistic use was the Inca religious ceremony, Inti Raymi, performed on the winter solstice to ensure the return of the Sun God, Inti. King Pachacútec lead a procession of bigshots and priests along the sacred path from Cuzco’s Temple of the Sun to the holy complex of Sacsayhuamán, where they sacrificed llamas and a few people, prayed to the sun, and drank corn beer in gold keros.

Confident the sun would return, they traipsed back to Cuzco.

In another example, the Chimú ritualistically downed beer and sacrificed children to the Moon god.

While rummaging through the collection, Menil curator Paul Davis came across photographs taken by French photographer Pierre Verger in Peru. Verger met John and Dominique de Menil in Buenos Aires in 1941, expressed his desire to return to the Andes to photograph religious festivals, and hit them up to underwrite his work. The de Menils agreed, and Verger (1905-1973) dedicated to them the book that helped make his reputation as a photographic anthropologist. As well, he gifted nearly 200 gelatin silver prints made from 1939 to 1945. Davis excitedly organized an exhibition with Verger’s never before exhibited photographs, other Andean artifacts in the Menil’s col-

lection, and additional items borrowed from the Museum of International Folk Art in New Mexico. The show’s 67 objects - photographs, textile fragments, ceramics and more, trace Central Andean cultures from ancient times to the twentieth century.

Verger’s photographs of the monumental walls of Sacsayhuamán, and the interior of Machu Picchu’s Royal Tomb are straight-forward records of Inca archaeology. His photograph of a statue of Saint Peter being carried procession-style in a reed boat during the Fiesta de San Pedro, on the other hand, invites discussion. Reed boats, commonly seen along the Peruvian coast, have been used for nearly 3,000 years. The fisherman saint Peter, worshipped by fishing communities, slid into Peru with Pizzaro’s Catholicism. Not far removed from ritualistic prayer, dancing and boozing, and rowing the saint around in reed boats, are the mythical warrior Naymlap who invaded the Lambayeque Valley with reed boats, the legendary Taycanamo who arrived on reed rafts to begin the Chimú dynasty.

Also, the gods who came out of Lake Titicaca to crank-up the Inca dynasty.

Before the Spanish came plundering, there was no written history. Ceramics, however, provide abundant information to supplement archaeological evidence.

The pre-Inca Moche peoples made some of the finest and most informative pottery in existence. By studying battle scenes and sacrifices of captive warriors on Moche ceramics, historians can track Moche imperial expansion and military conquests. In equal measure, Moche pottery mirrors the sea’s bounty and maritime commerce. For instance, a ceramic vessel that illustrates reed rafts with cargo. The Menil’s exhibition includes a Moche stirrup-spouted ceramic vessel in the form of a sea lion from Peru’s North Coast.

Textiles are equally informative. Central Andean artisans made textiles from llama and alpaca wool, or cotton, to be worn as normal apparel, and for ceremonial purposes. A primary use was to wrap bodies and serve as grave goods. In Peru you can see open pits with mummies

Polychrome Round-Bottom Bowl Depicting Sharks or Orcas, ca. 100–800 CE. Nazca style. Early Intermediate Period, Peru, South Coast. Ceramic with slip paint, 5 3/8 × 5 1/2 (diameter) in. (13.7 × 14 cm).

The Menil Collection, Houston, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Klejman. Photo: Paul Hester

Drinking Cup (Kero) in the Form of Head, Possibly Representing a Person from the Forest (Anti or Chuncho), late 15th–18th century. Quechua. Colonial Period, Peru.

Wood, natural resin, and pigments, 8 1/4 × 6 3/8 × 7 3/8 in. (21 × 16.2 × 18.7 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: Paul Hester

Waisted Cup (Kero) Depicting Two Musicians and Floral Elements, late 15th–18th century. Quechua. Colonial Period, Peru. Wood, natural resin, and pigments, 5 3/4 × 5 3/8 × 5 1/4 in. (14.6 × 13.7 × 13.3 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: Paul Hester

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Pierre Verger, “Untitled (Devils with Long and Sharply Pointed Horns like Sabers, Fiesta de San Pedro, Ichu, Puno, Peru),” 1939–45. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 7 1/4 in. (20.3 × 18.4 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Fundação Pierre Verger

wrapped in textiles that are remarkably unfaded. Textile fragments in the Menil’s show are similarly vibrant. One rare and precious textile fragment, the Chimú Prisoner Textile, illustrates a maritime-themed sacrificial ritual. The Prisoner Textile is a fragment of a monumental 13th century textile that decorated the red adobe wall of a nobleman’s tomb at the Chimú imperial palace and pyramid complex Chan Chan. It depicts friezes of nude, neck-roped captives about to be sacrificed, and some disembodied heads. A related textile fragment decorated with sea animals helped scholars identify these prisoners as fishermen. Fish and other references to maritime activities on Chan Chan’s interior walls support this interpretation.

All those sacrifices didn’t keep the Chimú from being hammered by the Inca around 1470. The Inca stole Chan Chan’s gold and artisans and hauled them to Cuzco to make gold Inca gods, clueless of course that the Spaniard’s diseases and forced conversions were imminent. By the 18th century when a colonial-era Cuzco artist painted a religious icon painting of the patron saint of Cuzco, the Virgin of Bethlehem, seen in the exhibition, its details nodded to the indigenous past. The virgin’s garment borrows from Inca textiles and jewelry. Gold leaf on the canvas associates with the sun god Inti. The garment’s mountainous shape calls up earth mother goddess Pachamama, and links to the colorful costumes worn by dancers in Peruvian festivals.

The show has a blue and yellow feather mantle made by

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Textile Fragment Depicting Male Figure, Plants, and Monkeys, ca. 1400–1460. Chimú.

Late Intermediate Period, Peru. Camelid fiber and cotton, 9 5/8 x 7 ¼ in. (24.4 x 18.4 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. Photo: James Craven

Pierre Verger, “Untitled (Lovely Dance of the Puli Puli with Spectacular Headdresses of Feathers and Flowers, Fiesta de la Virgen, Copacabana, Bolivia)”, 1939-45. Gelatin silver print, 8 × 7 1/16 in. (20.3 × 17.9 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston. © Fundação Pierre Verger

the Wari civilization, an imperial Central Andean culture that thrived from 600 to 1000 AD. Somewhat overlapping, the Nazca civilization on the south coast of Peru, was renowned for ceramics and elaborate textiles, and for its petroglyphs, the “Nazca lines.” I knew I would die in the single-prop plane used to see those lines. The Menil’s show has a Nazca round bottom polychrome ceramic bowl decorated with a toothy fish. Curator Davis said vessels attributed to the Nazca (ca. 100 BCE–800 CE) are the oldest Central Andean objects in the museum’s collection. He said the fish-like beings with razor sharp teeth depicted on the Menil’s round-bottom vessel are a common Nazca motif. They are thought to represent orcas, sharks, dolphins, or a composite of these and other sea creatures.

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Jeff Van Gundy was the head coach of the Houston Rockets from 2003 through 2007 as well as the New York Knicks and still makes his home in Houston. Now he’s the lead NBA analyst at ESPN. Jake, BK, and Cody, of the show Wheelhouse on ESPN Radio 97.5 caught up with the former coach to discuss all things Houston sports.

Jake Asman: There’s been a lot of changes with this Rockets team throughout the off-season. Of course, it all started really with the trade for James Harden. But if you think back and just look at the roster right now as it currently stands. How would you evaluate the job the front office led by Rafael Stone has done?

Jeff Van Gundy: Oh, I think they have done a tremendous job after being dealt a very difficult challenge with both Westbrook and Harden, both wanting out, you know, simultaneously and you know, every transaction is now scrutinized to the Nth Degree. They’re going to have some growing pains going forward. But what they have now, once again, is hope. And I think Stephen Silas and his staff weathered that storm last year as well as you could. This year, they go into it with a different challenge, which is to grow these young players and bring them along with some of the veteran guys. And I think Houston can get good quickly. I do. I think they have the ability now through what Rafael and his 20 | Mv | September + October 2021

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staff have done to put an exciting team on the floor.

Brad Kellner: Jeff, you used the word hope during that answer. The main guy who was giving Rockets fans hope moving forward is Jalen Green, the number two pick in this year’s draft. What are your thoughts on Jalen Green? And do you agree with the Rocket’s decision to go with Jalen Green over Evan Mobley, over Jalen Suggs, over some of the other players who were available at number two?

Jeff Van Gundy: Well, that’s the beauty of the draft, right? We’ll see. So much depends on things we don’t know about any of those young players. You know, three summer league games doesn’t tell you anything. It just stokes the desire to want to see them more. But I really do believe that consistency is the elusive trait that not many great players or not many players can find. But the great ones do. And we’ll see. Like we don’t know about health, about if money changes somebody’s love of the game, how much he’s willing to sacrifice to win. His rate of improvement. But certainly, you know,

Green is exciting. Where it goes from here? Who knows? But again, I go back to it. They have, you know, genuine hope now for a better future.

Cody Stoots: What’s your confidence level in Stephen Silas as the guy and what kind of challenge does he have in front of him with a lot of really young guys.

Jeff Van Gundy: I’ve known Steven since he was a freshman in high school, I worked with his dad. We were both assistant coaches with the New York Knicks.

And ever since that time, watching Steven grow in his basketball career, both as a player at Brown to the NBA, the one thing that stood out is work ethic and integrity. This is as fine a person as you could want to lead your basketball team.

He will not be discouraged by last year.

His challenge now is to try to blend the veterans they have with the young players and form a bond between those two groups. You know, Eric Gordon doesn’t want to wait three or four years. He wants to be good this year, he wants to be of value this year. I think he’s the perfect personality to draw the best out of all these players.

Brad Kellner: Just last week, James Harden came out and said, quote, at full strength, nobody can beat us end quote.

Jeff Van Gundy: They are the most

gifted offensive team in the NBA. Without question. And will their defense and will their lack of size hurt them in a playoff series? I don’t know. So much depends on who you play. And I’m fascinated with what Brooklyn’s trying to do. Kevin Durant, I got to see up close and personal with the Olympic team this August and you know, there’s no better offensive player and offensive talent than him. When you combine that with Harden and Irving and a shooter like Joe Harris, man, it’s going to be hard to stop them. So we’ll see.

Cody Stoots: Jeff, I’m going to disguise this as a basketball question, but it’s actually a baseball question. Have you ever seen a team just not be able to beat bad teams but play up to the level of good teams like this Houston Astros team? What do you think about these Astros?

Jeff Van Gundy: Baseball is so different because it’s not an intensity sport.

Usually, you know, if you were running into that in basketball, you would try to up the intensity level and really have the appropriate fear of your opponent, right?

Because every pro team is good enough to beat you if you’re not at your best. In baseball, it just seems like there are certain match-ups, for whatever reason, that just don’t work. But I really do believe, you know, Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros will be the last team standing. I think they’re going to win it.

Jake Asman: So going from the Astros, Jeff, to the Texans, what about the over/under four and a half wins for the Houston Texans in 2021.

Jeff Van Gundy: Over. They’re going to be the surprise team in the league.

I’m a season ticket holder, so I’m a homer, but I really believe they’re going to get six wins. I don’t really remember a worse situation to take over than the one they took over with having Dejaun Watson both wanting out, legal issues, and him being healthy, but still doesn’t seem available. I’m really looking forward to seeing if they have enough to compete.

I’m saying six.

Jake Asman: Finally, Jeff, I got to ask you this as we wrap up. So just

like you, I too am a Division three guy.

I went to Ithaca College. Now, I know you played ball at Nazareth College, which is in New York State, central New York area. Do you still hold the all-time free throw percentage record at Nazareth College?

Jeff Van Gundy: Yeah, but when you never could get to the free-throw line because you never got fouled it’s not really like that great a record. I knew where to throw the ball, but I couldn’t

get the ball in the paint on my own. My handle wasn’t quite good enough to get by people.

Jake Asman: Let’s hope you’re right. Texans win seven games. There might be a parade in this town, the way the Texans have been covered.

Jeff Van Gundy: I agree. I think about if the Astros win it all and the Texans win seven. And the Rockets show great promise. It’ll be a pretty good year in Houston sports.

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