Sports editor Reid Laymance is in his second tour of duty with the Houston Chronicle. He can be reached at ...

These old TV commercials ran on KNDO some time back in the mid-1990s. Back then, the TV station was called 23 NBC. (When you get to commercial #8, you'll recognize a VERY familiar face (our very own ...

Music is deeply woven into our sense of self and place, becoming, in effect, an emotional map of a person’s life.

More than just a source of nostalgia, vintage advertising serves as a window into the attitudes, actions, and self-presentation of a more advanced society. If you look at a magazine from the 1940s or ...

For all the new-and-improved ideas Cohen came up with, one of my favorites was when he tried to brand a major broadcast ...

A 6.06-carat brilliant-cut diamond sits in the center of the comet, inspired by the motif Coco Chanel designed for her first and only high jewelry collection in 1932. Coco Chanel in bed at ‘La Pausa,’ ...