It is always interesting to hear which names were the most popular in the United States. A recent report revealed what the most popular baby names here in Houston were for 2022. For baby boys born in Houston, here are the three most popular names:
Liam
Noah
Mateo
For baby girls, the most popular baby names in Houston for 2022 were:
Emma
Olivia (had been #1 for the past 3 years)
Camila
Baby name data was released by the Houston Health Department.
And… in case you were wondering, we looked up the top baby names in Japan for 2022. For boys, the top three most popular names were:
The Annouras were planning an end of the year trip to Turk and Caicos but after delayed flights and several miscalculations with Southwest Airlines, they gave up in Fort Lauderdale and pivoted to Key West for the holidays. As many people struggled with their flights on Southwest, the answer to many people’s problems was to just rent a car and get to their destinations by driving. Instead of wasting pre-booked hotel rooms and cruises, we have friends that rented cars and drove halfway across the United States to make their vacations come true. For us, it was still fun driving through Miami, then through the Keys, to get to the southernmost point of the USA, walking along Duval Street, and relaxing on the beach. We checked out the snorkeling at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo and headed to Miami’s South Beach for New Year’s eve. All along South Beach was packed with people walking up and down the esplanade, private parties happening at the restaurants, and at midnight, there were several amazing fireworks shows. We watched from the beach along with hundreds of other people, then made our way back to Fort Lauderdale, turned in the rental car, and took the first flight back to Houston on Jan 1. It was a very fun winter trip!
In other Annoura Family news, oldest son Joe is working on getting his Texas real estate license. He has completed all his courses and will take the state and national test later this week! By the time our next newsletter comes out, we should have an additional member of Team Annoura. Fingers crossed and good luck, Joe!
Team Annoura had an incredibly busy week last week with the arctic freeze that came through Houston. For all the homes we manage we had to make sure our tenants were diligently winterizing their homes- wrapping pipes, turning on their heaters, and dripping their faucets. But, because a lot of our clients were out of town for Christmas, WE had to go into their homes and help them winterize their homes. Even with precautions done, several homes suffered broken pipes and various damage so now we are busy working with water extraction companies, plumbers, and insurance companies to help our landlords get their houses back in shape. Property management is a lot of work! In other Annoura Realty news, our Valencia tenant moved in last weekend and our Houston Ballet client leased his house out successfully with his new tenant moving in yesterday. We brought a new house to market for lease in Bay Glen over the weekend (www.har.com/4547826) and Koh and Susan got a house under contract for Koh’s clients just before Christmas (www.har.com/38292467). A lot of people have been waiting for the new year to start and will begin their house hunting this month. We also have several new Japanese expats arriving this week and a Japanese tech company Susan met on her Tokyo Trade Mission trip coming to visit Houston next week, so we expect January to be a busy month. As always, if you or anyone you know needs anything real estate related, please reach out! Whether it’s leasing, buying or selling, if they are moving to Houston or moving within Houston, we are ready to help!
車好きなお友達の皆さん! 私の年齢にもなると、青春時代をよく思い出すものです。中年の危機というものでしょうか？笑 私のクライアントの 方で1987年式の BMW 325 の売却を考えているという相談から始まったストーリーです。物件の売買のお手伝いもさせていただたきましたが、家族ぐるみで長年お付き合いさせていただいている友人でもあります。夫婦2人とも、とても才能のあるホームデザイナー、旦那さんは大の車愛好家でも知られています。彼から電話をいただいた時は絶好のチャンスだと興奮しました！攻と丈は数日かけて、駐車用にガレージのスペースを空け、ついに購入しました！スーザンの毎日の車にはなりませんが、少しの距離を楽しむ分には丁度良い車になるでしょう！ (トランクスペースはとても大きいです)
Who are my car enthusiasts?! At my age, you start reminiscing about your youth. I think they call that a mid life crisis? HAAAA! The opportunity arose where one of my clients offered to sell me his 1987 BMW 325. We have known him and his family for a long time and have helped them sell their home, buy a home, sell THAT home, and buy another home! They are both talented home designers and architect and I know he is a car enthusiast, always buying and fixing, updating and detailing classic cars. I told him a while back if he ever had an old BMW that was all fixed up and in immaculate condition to call me before he sold it to anyone else. Well, that phone call came in, and I knew it was a great chance! Koh and Joe spent a few days and cleared out a space in our garage to park it and a few days ago, we bought it! It won’t be Susan’s daily car, but it will be a fun car to drive around in, to run errands, or go to the gym or the golf course (it has a really big trunk!).
Mark these dates on your calendar if you plan on visiting a national park in 2023!
The National Park Service has announced that in 2023, there will be five days where admission to sites will be free to the public. To see a list of all the national parks offering free entrance fees on these 5 special dates, click here: https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/fee-free-parks-state.htm
Those particular dates are:
Jan. 16 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day)
April 22 (First day of National Park Week)
Aug. 4 (Great American Outdoors Day)
Sept. 23 (National Public Lands Day)
Nov. 11 (Veterans Day)
If your family regularly visits national parks, consider purchasing an annual pass, the $80 America the Beautiful National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass. Each pass covers entrance fees at national parks, standard amenity fees and day use fees for a driver and ALL passengers in a personal vehicle. That sounds like a pretty great deal!
