#1: Houston is Brat-centric

ABI's database shows that there are 976 registered Aramco Brats with a Texas address and over 350 in the Greater Houston area alone! That’s a lot of Brats who simply need to drive or take a cab to the reunion over Memorial Day weekend.

Now California boasts the 2nd largest Brat population with 696 registered addresses for Brats. Good news because right now there are round trip airfares from LA to Houston for around $255 and roundtrip airfares from San Fran for around $350.

Florida comes in third with 321 Brat residents, and it looks like round trip airfare from Miami to Houston, for example, can be bought for around $300. Not bad, right? We promise your investment will pay off in priceless memories! Why not sign up for air fare alerts or buy those plane tickets today?

Although Saudi Aramco might not like the current dip in oil prices…gas and air fares are certainly cheaper which will ensure that Brats can get down/up/over/south/north/east or west to Houston!

Commissary Highlights Bulletin for February 10, 1979: Avocados hit the commissary shelves, so, of course, you will want to know how to grow your very own "pot-plants," and a recipe for English Country Meatballs.

Once again, we have a special, online raffle for reunion attendees...with 3 different prizes!  Only those who register for the reunion by the early registration deadline (3/31/2015 CDT) are eligible to participate in the drawing to win:

1. 4 complimentary room nights at the Omni Hotel*

2. $150 Mokara Spa gift certificate

3. $100 Omni gift card 

Tickets are $5 each. We will pull a name for each prize, so be sure to buy at least 3.  You could win more than one prize!

Please be sure to read all rules carefully!

* Prizes must be used during the reunion.  If you win the room nights and are only staying for 3 nights, you will receive 3 complimentary nights.

Please be advised that the Omni is almost completely full, particularly Saturday night.  We will be offering some overflow options, but, in the meantime, we ask those of you who will not be able to attend as planned but who still hold Omni rooms to please cancel your reservations and release those rooms to other Brats.

Shukran!

Please read all instructions carefully and make note of early registration deadline and any cancellation dates.

Early registrants will be eligible for a special raffle offer.  Stay tuned for details.

Commissary Highlights Bulletin for January 27, 1979 - Some Valentine's Day history and goodies, including a recipe for a Valentine Cheesecake, and a plea for hallalas.

Amber Perkins Neal (DH '86) is our new Database Director. For several years, Amber has designed and maintained databases in the University setting and, currently, for a philanthropic foundation. Living by the "OCD-works-for-me" philosophy has served her well.

Amber decided to use her skills to give back to a community that has had a profound impact on her life and to remain better connected to those with similar experiences and background.

When Amber isn't at work, she spends her time trying to find places to camp and kayak since moving from NH to TX. An amateur chef, she is currently teaching herself the art of Moroccan cooking!  Yum!  Amber, her, hus

band and her mother are raising four kids who are "hers, his, and not ours, but we'll keep them."

Commissary Highlights Bulletin for January 13, 1979 - Out with the old and in with the new:  Arabic language and new children's magazines hit the racks, plus stop those nasty habits of stealing grocery carts and smoking.