Angie Frederickson

The fourth annual Doctors in Recital brought a sold-out crowd to River Oaks Theatre for an evening of musical performances by physicians from across the Houston medical community. This year’s program highlighted the artistic talents of Houston physicians with a repertoire of classical and contemporary works performed on a Steinway Spirio concert grand piano provided by Steinway Piano Gallery of Houston.

When Melissa Darlow arrived at Brenner’s on the Bayou for what she thought was a birthday lunch for her older brother, Matthew, she was shocked to find her boyfriend, Michael Fogel, waiting outside. Melissa thought Michael was out of town, but he was there and ready to surprise her with a marriage proposal. She said yes! The groom-to-be had been secretly planning the engagement for months, including bringing together both families for a celebratory lunch.

Girl Scouts Mia Varughese, Saskia Vogt, Akshara Vishnu, and Lillian Kantor (pictured, from left) helped restore oyster beds in Galveston Bay as a community-service project to help earn the Girl Scout Silver Award. The girls have been friends since kindergarten at River Oaks Elementary; Mia, Saskia, and Lillian are now freshmen at Lamar High School and Akshara is a freshman at Carnegie Vanguard High School.