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

By Johnny Trlica What’s in a name? Has anyone ever heard of Frances Ethel Gumm? If you are a fan of Judy Garland, you have. How about Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta? That would be Lady Gaga to all of you little monsters. How would you like to see Caryn Johnson as host of The View?

By Johnny Trlica This season of misery, fevers, chills, muscle aches and overwhelming fatigue has been especially severe, and I can speak from first-hand experience. Yes, yours truly caught the flu this year. For each of the past 25 or 30 flu seasons, I got a flu shot and scoffed at those who declined out

By Johnny Trlica Brunch is an important part of gay life and, as such, I was close to having to turn in my gay card. It took until February 11 before I attended my first brunch of 2018. It was a small intimate affair with my BFF and regular brunch partner Mychal Bass meeting at our usual location,

By Johnny Trlica Stop! Just stop. As a person of Czech descent I am obligated to educate the public about a grave misrepresentation. A sausage kolache (pronounced ko-lotch) is not a kolache. Those of us in the know refer to them as a klobasnik. Along with polka music, Czechs brought the pillowy, yeasted dough pastry to Texas in the late

By Johnny Trlica When candidate Donald Trump was running for president he promised to run the country like a business. Perhaps we should have asked him to be more specifi c. Was he talking about Trump Airlines? Trump University? Maybe he was referring to Trump Vodka. Wait. What? How can you lose money on vodka? It took the President exactly one