We were fortunate to catch up with some brilliant artists, creatives and entrepreneurs from throughout the Houston area and they share the wisdom with us below.

Lucy Shimazu

I bought Point Loma Village Florist off of my cousin in May 2024 since she was a mother of two babies and no longer could balance the life of being a mom and a business owner. The property manager knew she was in the process of selling the business and let her know that whoever takes over would have a rent increase. We decided it did not make sense to maintain that location. Therefore, I purchased the phone number and website only off of her and we shut down the store front.  Read More>> 

Girish Pradhan

I see risk as something that works best when you’re prepared. There’s always a lot of hard work in the background that people don’t see. For me personally, as a singer, I had been preparing and honing my craft from an early age. That preparation gave me the confidence to take big leaps; like dropping out of college and fully committing to music. Read More>> 

Bruce Turk

The most important factor behind my successes has been love—love of process and learning; love of interesting challenges and the spiritual growth that comes out of them; love and wonder at what I have been capable of. Love has led me through difficult times in my artistic career—the lonely times, the “failures”, the times when I didn’t get the thing that I thought I wanted. It is love that keeps me engaged, leading me to self-realization and connection through my art. I find the arts infinitely fascinating.  Read More>> 

Sundays At Midnight

Without a doubt—fun and friendship are the heartbeat of Sundays at Midnight.

Our story begins in late 2012 at a preschool fundraiser in Mission Hills (yes, really). While the kids were home with babysitters and juice boxes, a few moms—enjoying their own adult juice—realized their husbands all played music. One thing led to another and voilà—we were wrangled into a jam session (in a double-wide trailer, no less). Guitars came out, amps were plugged in, beers were cracked, and the band was born. Read More>> 

Halo Kitsch

As a musician who primarily focuses on writing from a first person point of view, a personal narrative, I think I crave to be understood and validated. Although, my dream has always been to make a comfortable living off of my art in the realm of music (be it as an artist or a songwriter, to connect with an audience that feels seen and understood by the way I explain the world through my own experience) in many ways I have already begun to tap into something much bigger than that – the spiritual bonding of myself to my listeners in pure human intimacy through music. Read More>> 

Richard Galiguis

In some ways I did not pursue an artistic or creative career, it pursued me. I have always been passionate about art and music. When I first started playing in middle school I knew it was going to be a life long obsession and passion. I remember also thinking around that time as a young teenager that I would always pursue music and there was no plan B. Read More>>