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By Brooke Lewis  | Monday, September, 19, 2022
☀️ 92  / 🌒 74°
Hey, everyone! Lately, chai tea lattes have me in a chokehold. It feels like I’m always craving one. What’s your fall drink of choice? Let me know.

What Houston's Talking About

💻 Better Access

AirMail, a new website that allows residents to better navigate pollution issues across the city, recently launched. Citizens can now see where polluting projects are planned, file official comments and request public hearings — something community advocates say was trickier on Texas’s environmental website. [Inside Climate News] 


👮 False Threats 

The local FBI office said its monitoring recent false threats made against Houston-area schools. Last week, three different high schools dealt with fake threats, causing some to go into lockdown or be evacuated  [Houston Chronicle] 


📝 Pardon Denied

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied a posthumous pardon for George Floyd’s minor drug conviction he received in Houston. The agency originally recommended the pardon for Floyd, whose death in 2020 sparked protests across the country and renewed conversations about police brutality. [Texas Tribune] 

💉 How To Get All Your Shots

OK, time to channel your mom for a second. It’s getting cooler — or at least below-100-degrees-Houston-cool. We’re all about to spend more time indoors, which means more germs. Yay! But seriously, the CDC says flu season begins in fall, with it usually peaking between December and February. Houston doctors are also recommending flu shots earlier this year because they’re predicting a bad season. Yikes. Besides the regular flu, we still have COVID-19 and monkeypox to worry about. So, have you gotten all your shots? If not, don’t worry, I’m about to break it down.


🤢 Flu

The CDC recommends that anyone 6 months and older should get a flu vaccine every season. There are plenty of places to grab a flu shot around the city. Both CVS and Walgreens are offering appointments. If you don’t have insurance, the city and county health departments also host free flu shot clinics throughout the year. 


😷 COVID-19 

Earlier this month, CDC recommended that everyone get an updated COVID-19 booster, which better protects against omicron variants. Experts say you should get a booster, even if you’ve had previous shots or had COVID-19 during the omicron wave in late 2021 and early 2022. You should wait at least two months after your last booster or three months after your last COVID-19 infection before getting the shot. Around the city, you can get a booster at Walgreens, CVS, or through local hospitals. The Houston Health Department and Harris Public Health also recently started administering shots.


🤒 Monkeypox 

Monkeypox, which first started showing up around the city in June, still remains a threat. Last month, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo said that men who have sex with other men are now eligible to receive the vaccine. Previously, vaccines were only available to high-risk people who had come into contact with someone infected. If you’re looking to snag a shot, you can call Harris County Public Health’s monkeypox hotline 832-927-0707. To schedule an appointment with the Houston Health Department, call 832-393-4220. 

Want me to explain a specific issue or take a closer look at a problem facing our city? Email me at brooke.lewis@citycast.fm 

Where Is It? 

A lovely sunset in Houston. (Brooke Lewis/ City Cast Houston) 

Can you tell me …

1. What park am I watching this lovely sunset from?

2. Do you have a fun memory, interesting fact, or funny story from this area? 

Send your answers to brooke.lewis@citycast.fm and I’ll announce the winner and other fun tidbits tomorrow!

🗓️ What To Do 

🍦EaDo Bike Ride | Today | 7 p.m. 

Want a great way to cap your day? Cruise on a group bike ride with EaDo Bike Co and end it with an ice cream treat. [Free] 


💃🏿 Bollywood Dance | Today | 6:30 p.m.

Sweat it out and learn some Bollywood dance moves at Evelyn’s Park. [Free] 


🎤 Lend Me A Soprano | Tomorrow - Sunday 

Check out this laugh-out-loud comedy that follows a world-class soprano at her new opera company. Shows are happening at the Alley Theatre all month long. [$26 and up]  

Today On City Cast Houston 

City Cast Houston host Lisa Gray writes: 

“It was a special pleasure for me to interview Phyllis Frye, who’s the subject of a new biography, “Phyllis Frye and the Fight for Transgender Rights.” In 1976, when Phyllis began living full-time as a woman, wearing a dress in public meant that she was breaking a Houston law. Her tires were slashed, the house was egged, and on Christmas and Easter, obscene phone calls clogged the phone. Her wife worried that Phyllis might be killed."

“I met her in 2001. Even LGBT groups such as the Human Rights Campaign shied away from trans issues then, but Phyllis persisted — leading a handful of picketers to protest the HRC, and composing path-breaking legal briefs from the “law office” in her bedroom. I worried that her cause was going nowhere. But I thought then — and still think now — that she’s one of the bravest people I’ve ever met.”

Hey, Phyllis 😊
Let’s make this week a great one! ☀️
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