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3 weeks ago | inregister.com | Sally Grace Cagle |Oscar Tickle

Prepare for springtime showers and look forward to colorful days ahead with these local finds. Scroll over the image below to get the details on each piece.

3 weeks ago | inregister.com | Jeff Roedel |Oscar Tickle

Lori DemandHometown: Dickinson, TexasAge: 63Artistry: Painter and gallery owner Online: itsalori.com, @itsalori2 on InstagramShe calls it “The Garden,” but where artist Lori Demand has just planted her creative life does not branch off into shadowed, overgrown woods. The central room inside In Demand Art Studios leads to the slightly more tamed workspaces of her artist friends. The only flowers are her vivid abstract expressionist pieces coloring the walls in feral strokes.

3 weeks ago | inregister.com | Maggie Heyn Richardson |Oscar Tickle

With its rooftop seating and sharable menu, springtime is a great time for checking out Luna Cocina, the five-month-old modern Tex-Mex concept in the Perkins Road Overpass District. Along with festive street tacos, fajitas and zhuzhed nachos, the spot features cool crudo offerings, like Blood Orange Tuna Tartare. Owner Faris Salameh says the dish was inspired by Luna Cocina’s exclusive use of fresh fruit juices in cocktails. “We were looking for another way to use blood oranges,” he says.

3 weeks ago | inregister.com | Aimee Broussard |Oscar Tickle

Spring is in full swing, bringing with it the most vibrant blooms and an abundance of fresh produce. And as we also know, the milder daytime temperatures and cool evenings will be fleeting so before we move into the sweltering summer months, let’s savor the ability to picnic without melting. The classic chicken salad, synonymous with picnic season, gets a delicious makeover with the addition of homemade poppy seed dressing for my Poppy Seed Chicken Salad.

3 weeks ago | inregister.com | Sally Grace Cagle |Oscar Tickle

Love, hope, strength, Lebanon—these are just a few of the inspirational words seen on the beaded bracelets handmade by Chloé and Tiana Khuri at the start of their philanthropic initiative, the Cedar Strong Project. The sisters were only 17 and 13 at the time, but their craft jewelry business was much more than a creative after-school activity. In August 2020, an explosion at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon sent the country into disarray, causing mass destruction and an economic crisis.