The Cold Coffee Club

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! This episode focuses on the history of this month and where you can go to recognize AAPI culture and heritage. Houston Public Media has shared tons of incredibly beautiful and educational programming that will help us all commemorate AAPI month. Visit Houston Asiatown (colloquially known as Chinatown), learn more with Asian Heritage Tours...

WOW! This is a big one, yall! Jenny got to talk about motherhood, parenting through the phases, and how deciding that a family with one child can be a great fit with New York Times Best-Selling author, podcaster and Houston-native, Melanie Shankle ! The ladies even reminisce about the old-school Facebook status days! Check out a few of Melanie’s books: Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at...

Wordle has swept the nation by storm! And we are STILL loving it! We're chatting about our Wordle strategies, what time of day we keep sacred to become completely immersed in the game, and what Wordle-like games we also enjoy!  STEAM, REACH, POINT, HEART and IRRATE are some of the our favorite starter words.  What do you do? What are your GO-TO starter words? Play with your morning coffe...

The Cold Coffee Club gets to chat with Chita Craft , meteorologist from Houston's KHOU11 news team! She shares how she manages to maintain an incredible career serving the Houston area while raising two beautiful children with her husband, Lane. Some true wisdom and advice from such a lovely, talented mama! "Cream & Sugar" Recommendations: Jenny is so appreciative to Next Level Urgent Care ! N...

What an eventful couple of weeks we had with the Oscars and Grammys! Yes, yes, we know... Will Smith & Chris Rock. Ok, yeah, everything that needs to be said about all that has been said! Moving on... Join Jenny and Ashley as they discuss the fashion of the Oscars and Must- See movies, along with their favorite Grammy's highlights!

Part of motherhood is finding the best ways to help your children manage, deal and overcome hard things. It can seem overwhelming and, sometimes, impossible to help your children bob and weave through difficulty and stress.  We sat down with Mary Engle, LPC , a child counselor who focuses on play therapy in an adorable house in Katy, to learn about how validating your children and their feeli...

Looking for something new to do? Looking for a group of awesome having fun? Looking to explore some incredible trails around the Houston- area? Join us as we chat with Houston Moms Contributor, Chris Sizemore, about the Houston Women's Hiking Group ! Check them out online, venture into new, scenic areas and take a hike! "Cream & Sugar" Recommendations:  Kick off the colorful Spring season...

Jenny and Ashley dig into their favorite shows: Hit, current shows and "oldies on repeat" shows! Ashley is loving:  On Netflix - Love is Blind, The Tinder Swindler On Hulu - Abbott Elementary, Tulsa Burning (also on the History Channel) On Peacock - The Courtship, Joe vs Carole Jenny is loving: On Netflix- Inventing Anna Amazon Prime TV - The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel  Jenny and Ashley's Com...

We’re so excited that Crawfish Season is finally here! Ashley and Jenny share how to go about eating crawfish and where you can find some of the best “mudbugs” in town! Don’t miss out the All-You-Can-Eat crawfish events Tad’s Louisiana Cooking will be hosting this year LA Crawfish has an awesome selection of flavors to season your crawfish. Bluewater Seafood was a favorite of Ashley’s years ago, b...

It’s RODEO TIME, Houston! Join us as we learn some of the ins and outs of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo for Houston Moms Co-Owner, Meagan Clahanan. She’ll share some insider tips and must-sees to make your rodeo experience one to remember! And don’t forget Houston Moms’ in-depth Guide to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo , made for newbies and first timers and veterans who want to make t...

In this fourth episode of the Cold Coffee Club, we delve into a story that has many mamas talking. It started as a simple Reddit post and has morphed into quite a discussion. A sitter called the police on a mother who was due to return to her children and was hours late. No call, no response, nothing. Apparently, she’d had a habit of being late to return, and the sitter was fed up. Here’s the orig...

Welcome to Episode 3 of the Cold Coffee Club! We’re talking all about Houston libraries today! Did you know you can have your local libraries curate personalized sets of books to fit your needs? Have you checked out all the events hosted by Houston libraries through each month? Have you ever used the fun learning tools available for you at libraries all around the metro area? In this episode, we g...

Welcome back to the Cold Coffee Club! This week, we dig into great ways to commemorate and celebrate Black History Month in Houston. We share some of our favorite restaurants to grab some grub, historical sites to check out and performances you need to see! Black History Month Must-Knows: Check out the Instagram account, @houstonblackownedbusinesses -So many incredible Black-owned businesses are s...

The Cold Coffee Club is back! Let us reintroduce ourselves. Join Houston Moms’ co-hosts, Project Coordinator, Ashley Black, and Jenny Isaminger, our Social Media Director, as they dig into all things motherhood! This week, we embrace 2022 while we “spill the tea”, share our “House Blends”, our favorite Houston Moms posts and what cool places around town are the “cream and sugar” in our lives these...

Join us as we just into the long-awaited season 2 of The Cold Coffee Club! We can't wait to share with you, vibe with you, and MOM with you!