I’ve worked in the oil & gas industry in Downtown Houston for over 15 years. Like many others, every day I walk through tunnels on and surrounded by lovely rocks, minerals, and fossils without a second thought. Though we may not have mountains in this part of the state, we have a stunning skyline and […]
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Skyline Geology: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Downtown Houston’s Buildings (City Hall Loop)
I’ve worked in the oil & gas industry in Downtown Houston for over 15 years. Like many others, every day I walk past buildings covered in lovely rocks, minerals, and fossils without a second thought. Though we may not have mountains in this part of the state, we have a stunning skyline, and I will […]
Geology Basics: For the Casual Observer or Amateur Enthusiast
Twice a year my running partner and I, both of us geoscientists, teach geology for Texas Parks and Wildlife Becoming an Outdoors Woman program. I created the course in 2014 by condensing an entire semester of freshman level physical geology into a 3.5 hour workshop (~1 hour lecture, ~1 hour lab, and ~1 hour spent in the […]
Loire Valley Wines Event: Spring to Loire in Houston
There are a couple countries/regions that have been swaying me away from my usual Italian pour lately. While I’ve been learning about and enjoying South American wines, I received an invitation to attend the Spring to Loire tasting and seminar event hosted by Loire Valley Wines. Having never dabbled in this French region, I jumped […]
Spring Equinox Newsletter
Happy Spring Equinox! This is Red Shoes. Red Wine.‘s quarterly newsletter/zine, the first of its kind on the blog: a short and colorful recap of all the adventures we’ve had this past quarter, blog posts that were published, and a reminder to subscribers of all the goodies hidden in the password protected Subscriber’s Only page […]
Costuming Wonder Woman Fan Art (Pinspired)
As a huge fan of the recent Wonder Woman film (2017), I had already made Diana Prince’s blue gala dress and Amazon villager, but this Wonder Woman fan art pin by mushroomtale on Pinterest…this called to me as a woman and as a costumer. I’m fit, but nowhere near Gal Gadot, no matter how many […]