By Johnny Trlica Has anyone ever noticed that there is a dearth of fast food restaurants in Montrose? Wendy’s ran away several years ago and Burger King followed suit last year. Relief is on the way. Shake Shack received a building permit last week and will soon begin construction on the property that was previously

By Johnny Trlica We’ve been following three big stories this week on the Houston Rainbow Herald Facebook Page. Let’s get right to them. Gay man attacked in Montrose Hate crimes have been on the rise since the election of Donald Trump as president and what appears to be a hate crime has occurred on the

By Johnny Trlica COMMENTARY: August of 1968 seems like a long, long time ago. I was a mere child of 12, growing up in small town Rosenberg. On August 1, the Houston Oilers scored a 9-3 pre-season win over the Washington Redskins in the first football game played in a domed stadium. I don’t recall

By Johnny Trlica Is it too early to start thinking about another World Series title? As we enter the dog days of summer, our Astros are just one of two teams (as of this writing) with 60 or more wins. The boys of summer are primed to bring H-Town back-to-back championships. Here is a sampling

By Johnny Trlica COMMENTARY: “This is not who we are.†That line has been uttered thousands of times over the past couple of weeks in response to the Trump administration’s policy to separate immigrant families. Are we really better than ripping infants and toddlers from their mother’s arms and locking them in cages? Is it

By Johnny Trlica | COMMENTARY: The recent deaths, apparently by suicide, of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade, remind us that we can never know what is going on with another person. One would think these two celebrities had everything to live for. “We often assume that people who commit suicide are mentally ill, but this

By Johnny Trlica COMMENTARY: Life is about taking risks, or so it’s been said. A few years ago, at 58, I left the psychiatric hospital industry to pursue a career in apartment leasing. With varying degrees of success at several properties, I landed at a horrible property with an even worse property management company. Not

By Johnny Trlica |  A fish rots from the head down. Many people were dismayed that a White House staffer, when speaking about Senator John McCain, would say, “It doesn’t matter. He’s dying anyway.†Kelly Sadler’s revolting remarks are a result of the culture of the current administration. Without going into a litany of his

If you are not a news junkie you are missing so much. In the span of a week, we saw the President’s lawyer’s office raided by the FBI, a doorman at Trump Tower claim he knows of a Trump love child, and the Speaker of the House announce his retirement. Oh, and the United States’

By Johnny Trlica Another Easter has come and gone and, with that, another successful Bunnies on the Bayou. A few friends and I had the pleasure of attending this year’s event (number 39), at Water Works on the banks of Buff alo Bayou, downtown. Bunnies on the Bayou, Inc. is a 501(c)3, all volunteer organization dedicated to the raising and