Liliana Calderon, who is expecting her second child this summer, assembles ingredients for the Venezuelan-style chicken soup her grandmother taught her to prepare. A key ingredient is a fresh hen, ideally with fully formed eggs that also go into the soup for extra protein. (Photo: www.lawellphoto.com)

How to Baby a New Mother

May 2013

Liliana Calderon, a physical therapist, studies her family’s health like a biologist in a lab. So right after she gave birth to her first baby four years ago, the new mom launched a strict nutrition plan – for herself.

For 40 days she sipped fresh guayaba juice, drank potassium-rich sugarcane water, and savored daily bowls of her Colombian grandmother’s chicken …

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Wedded

Wedded bliss
More than 550 guests came to celebrate the marriage of Jay Zeidman, son of Kay and Fred Zeidman, and Anat Kaufman, daughter of Gila and Michael Kaufman, on March 16 at The Corinthian in downtown Houston. The couple married on 12/12/12 in Jerusalem in a private ceremony with close friends and family but saved …

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In This Issue

  • Mailbag – May 2013
  • Buzz About Town – May 2013
  • Travel Buzz – The world on wheels
  • Neighborhood Tails – Buffy, age 5 months
  • How to Baby a New Mother
  • SportzBuzz – May 2013
  • Buzz Kidz by Rifqa Sa’aadat, age 16
  • Are You Gonna Eat That?
  • Rumor Has It – May 2013
  • Back Porch – Traditionally or not, celebrating moms
  • Buzz Pics – My Treasure
  • For Good or Bad, Happy Mother’s Day
  • Enlightened By Exercise
  • SXSW – Diary of a non-techie
  • Time to cowboy up
  • Mr. Bowyer is retiring
  • Tex – 2012 Pet of the Year
  • 2012 Tanglewood/River Oaks Buzz Pet of the Year Contest