Elaine Coombs' 'Sun Drop II'
This Upper Kirby gallery boasts a broad selection of original pieces with peachy accents. From Chloe Hedden’s beautifully textured Terracotta Express to Elaine Coombs’s Sundrop paintings, Houstonians can style their homes with shades of pale peach, pink, and orange.
Labne Halva (photo by Ralph Smith Studios)
Grab a slice of this year’s color with specialty gourmet cakes from the go-to in Rice Village. Custom cakes are available in a variety of sizes and each is one-of-a-kind, like Badolina’s intricate Raspberry Rose cake. Individual desserts including the exquisite Pistachio and Guava Labneh Halva offer guests a way to indulge in a little peach-tinted decadence.
Balboa Surf Club
The menu at this still-new spot near The Galleria is peachy keen with many health-forward eats. Nosh on the Patagonian inside-out salmon sushi roll with green apple and ginger; a Baja seafood cocktail; and Jumbo Louie with Maryland crab, Gulf shrimp and Louie sauce.
Citizens of Montrose (photo by Becca Wright)
Get a taste of the color of the year while sipping “spiked fluffy juice.” Try the Whipped Paloma: frothy pink grapefruit juice, tequila, and lime salt, or the Golden Hour: whipped orange juice, Tito’s vodka and Aperol.
Christian’s Tailgate offers its Orbit Peach 75 at all four locations. It’s a mix of Bombay Sapphire, lemon, peach puree and a splash of Champagne. Damp January, anyone?
Cosmetic bag at Hemline
Shine bright in Hemline’s peachy sequin set, perfect for a big night out. Each piece is $88. Need to warm up? The peachy-bronze Hausen Dylan Vest is just right for cold Houston days. Shop it here or head to the Woodway store. The peach cosmetic bag is also handy for keeping you in the pink.
Incorporate this year’s shade into your home with the Hibiscus Pink Bud Vase to enhance a colorful bouquet. Shop jewelry in the palette, like the Cannes gold demi cuff iridescent coral. Or lighten up the mantle with a soft peach elephant picture frame and add a pop of color to the dining room with metropolitan rose napkin rings.
Cluster ring at Zadok
It’s never too early to shop for Valentine’s Day, which is right around the corner. Zadok’s gorgeous 18-karat gold stone cluster ring looks much pricier than it is. Stones in natural hues of sky blue, citron and pale peach glisten with modern style that will enhance any outfit. Yes, please!
Known for creative cocktails, Heights & Co. offers a Jala-piña Margarita, a favorite year-round boasting the color of 2024. It is made with tequila, pineapple-guava, lime, agave and spicy tincture.
FM Kitchen & Bar's frozen cocktails (photo by Dylan McEwan)
A frozen peach bellini just might be your sip to toast to the color of year. Vodka, peach liquor, lemon, white peach puree and Champagne are combined to delicious effect. It’s popular at brunch by the glass or the pitcher while cheering on your favorite sports team.
Seeking island time? The Bahama Mama is the drink for you, made with Sailor Jerry, coconut rum, banana liqueur, pineapple, orange, lime and grenadine. Or opt for the Beachin’ Mule made with Jim Beam bourbon, peach Schnapps, lime, simple syrup and St. Arnold ginger Beer.
Brett Ishida, photographed by Amitava Sarkar at Asia Society Texas Center
Founded in 2019 by Brett Ishida, who splits her time between Austin and Houston, the critically acclaimed company returns to the Hobby Center Jan. 12-13 for keepsake, an evening of poetic narratives and cutting-edge movement featuring keepsake and warm my bones, both world premieres choreographed by Ishida, a world premiere by French choreographer Jeremy Galdeano, and “If the world were ending, would you hold me tight?” by Swedish choreographer John Wannehag.
ISHIDA’s dancers, many of them soloists and principals, come from all over the country, even overseas, with some being local to Austin and Houston’s dance communities. While some of the performers come from the world of classical ballet, others are grounded in contemporary movement and theater. “They’re very diverse in terms of their background, which you don’t typically see in a company,” says Ishida. “In this project, we have one dancer (Juliet Doherty) who has done a lot of film, television and commercial work.”
ISHIDA Dance Company with Juliet Doherty and John Wannehag (Photo by Amitava Sarkar)
Across the range of dancers and personalities is a shared desire to learn and interact with other people, and receptiveness to the benefit of new friendships and collaborations. “That’s a common denominator with all of these artists,” says Ishida. “Their openness, generosity, and kindness.”
Ishida’s “keepsake” is a trio that explores a dissociative fugue state — a temporary condition where a person experiences memory loss due to a traumatic event and often ends up lost in what would otherwise be familiar surroundings. “It’s less about the fugue state and more about why that happened,” says Ishida of keepsake, which features music by the late composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. The other world premiere, “warm my bones,” is a men’s duet referencing the Greek tragedy “Seven against Thebes” and the war between the brothers Polynices and Eteocles. For “warm my bones,” Ishida has selected The Rolling Stones song “Moonlight Mile,” perhaps as a reference to the brotherly rivalry between the still-rocking Jagger and Richards.
Growing up in Porterville, Calif., Ishida, a “nerdy, skinny” fourth-generation Japanese American, had plenty of untapped energy, which she channeled into all kinds of movement, with ballet being her favorite. “I was definitely drawn to that fairy tale of the ballerina in the book,” says Ishida. At age five, she would rope her older brother into doing lights for her own productions, complete with costumes and music from a tape cassette player. “I loved to create the whole thing,” laughs Ishida. At age 15, she received a full scholarship to attend the Kirov Academy and would go on to dance professionally and tour with several ballet companies. Years later, the aesthetic beauty of classical ballet, what Ishida refers to as “the lines, the angles, the technique,” are crucial components of her choreography, along with the range of possibilities contemporary movement has to offer. “It comes from the intention and the motivation of the character,” says Ishida. “The movement all has this drive and this emotional thing behind and in it, and it always goes back to what’s happening in the narrative.”
With an underlying emphasis on storytelling and character motivation, Ishida is dedicated to creating work without artistic compromise that for the audience, regardless of their experience with dance, is both relatable and memorable. “I created the company and these works to connect with people,” says Ishida. “I formed this because I wasn’t seeing what we’re doing.”