Asha Gilbert

3 weeks ago | houstonchronicle.com | Asha Gilbert

Asha Gilbert poses for a portrait as she shows off her grill in the Chronicle studio in Houston, Thursday, May 22, 2025. Brett Coomer/Houston ChronicleAfter living in Houston for nearly three years, there I was sitting in a chair at Johnny Dang’s store off Richmond. Dang himself was doing my mold, as I looked in the mirror. Although small in stature, Dang had an infectious personality as big as Shaq and the bling to match it, too. In my mind, I kept thinking, “Is this really happening?

1 month ago | houstonchronicle.com | Asha Gilbert |Jhair Romero

Slabs, the eye-catching and booming cars often seen cruising down Houston's highways with their signature chrome elbows sticking out wide, are as unique to Houston as the Astrodome or Buffalo Bayou. These vehicles were first popularized by Houston rappers in the 1980s, with their metallic candy paint, fully customized interiors and swangas — the elbows hanging off the rims — marking the basics of a common slab.

Jan 4, 2024 | houstonchronicle.com | Asha Gilbert |Octavia Johnson

Several Target stores saw a rush of customers eager to buy a Starbucks x Stanley Cup Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024. A Target on Shearn Street in Houston is shown on Jan. 4, 2024. Octavia Johnson/Staff photoHouston was not spared from the Starbucks x Stanley Cup craze, as one Houston Target in the Galleria area sold out of cups within 15 minutes. Target associates at the store on 4323 San Felipe St. told the Houston Chronicle the Starbucks winter pink Stanley cups sold out quickly.

Aug 11, 2023 | savvyherb.com | Asha Gilbert

The New York Attorney General wants parents to be on high alert about cannabis products that could be mistaken for regular candy and snacks. In a press release issued Tuesday, Attorney General Letitia James noted the products are not only illegal in New York, but pose a great danger to unsuspecting children. “These unregulated and deceptive cannabis products will only confuse and harm New Yorkers, which is why they have no place in our state,” James said in the press release.

Aug 11, 2023 | savvyherb.com | Asha Gilbert

Comedian Fuquan Johnson. The 16-year-old "Flash" actor Logan Williams. "The Wire's" Michael K. Williams. These famous names are just a few of the recent accidental overdose deaths linked to fentanyl. During the COVID-19 pandemic, more drugs have also been found contaminated with the deadly drug. There are stories like Brenda Brett's, a beloved cousin and Georgia-native who relatives say had no idea she was taking Xanax laced with fentanyl. She didn't want to die, they insist.