Shabbos & American "Idle" Purim?

• Shabbos: See y'all this weekend in Uptown (March 2-3) for some Shabbos action. Friday 6:30pm (want to join us for dinner?) Shabbos 10:00am - lunch following. Of course w/ cholent!
• Sat. Night - American “Idle” Purim: OK. I got the vote. We will change the name for Purim. It is now American "Idle" Purim! Apropos for the time America wastes on this hype! To clarify: you do not need to act or come in costume to enjoy the party! Audience can either act or be a judge! (Character/Talent registration requested. Not so FINE PRINT: No singing. No inappropriate dress.- Please). Multimedia Megillah, Purim feast, fun for the kids and more! Saturday night, March 3, 8pm! Please, please RSVP
• Mommy & Me is off to a great start. See winter photo pics on the gallery here!

• The construction of the Chabad Lubavitch Center on Fondren is in high gear. See an awesome edited YouTube video (clips taken with my handy Canon SD digital camera) of them drilling, belling and pouring the piers here.
• As I wrote last time, I took the kids to the children's museum. Pictures are here and a video of Mendel engineering a basket delivery pole is on my blog here. (BTW, please comment, holler or criticize my posts there, I would love to hear from you! www.chabadtexas.org/blog).
• The in-laws are coming! Chanie's fam will spend Pesach with us for the third year! Thanks to JetBlue for having a winter storm meltdown (pardon pun) last week, prices dropped to $123 roundtrip NYC-Houston!
• Personal Seder invite: As this email goes to close family and friends, please let us know if you would like to join us for either one of the two seders at our home, on April 2 or 3. Chanie & I would love to have you and have you meet her family!
• Heading west on Portal Drive, going home to get my kids for school, I was rammed in the right rear from on oncoming SUV yesterday. He bent his front grill and I get to drive a dilapidated car and rear bumper, and have a stiff neck! Why don’t accidents happen at more convenient times? Maybe I will post pics soon….

Purim around the town…

• See a complete Purim schedule of Purim activities in Houston by clicking here.
• Sunday - Purim Spotlight: ComedySportz Purim at JCC - Purim day, Chabad Outreach of Houston will be putting on an hilarious Purim party at the JCC on Sunday, March 4 at 3:45 pm.
  Visit their website for more information and to RSVP!
  About ComedySportz: ComedySportz is the Houston's longest running improv show. Founded in 1990, ComedySportz Houston consistently provides a fun, interactive, competitive improv show to audiences of all ages.  Clean comedy for everyone. ComedySportz celebrates the creative human spirit, not the rants of a potty mouth. Like in sports, fouls are issued to all transgressors including loyal fans. We welcome grandmas and bachelor parties alike! 
  Comedy played as a sport, not comedy about sports. ComedySportz pits two teams of improvisers in a battle for laughs and points vis a vis scenes, games, and songs based on audience suggestions. At ComedySportz, the audience is the winner Victory at a ComedySportz match is awarded to the team favored by the audience. Because suggestions vary, no match is the same. Every match is live, hilarious, clean, foolproof, fast-paced and positive.