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Cindy Gabriel
Cindy Gabriel was born into journalism. Her parents met on their college newspaper staff, then took her to work with them while running her great-grandfather’s small town newspaper in Rosenberg, Texas. It never occurred to her that going to work was anything but fun. The sound of the printing press, the smell of fresh ink, mixed with iron shavings from the typesetter, stale coffee and flattened cigarettes on the floor are etched into her earliest memories. Cindy’s first job in journalism would be as a wire service reporter. This would lead to radio news jobs for KIKK, KTRH and KQUE. Finally, she would become a local TV news reporter for the CBS affiliate, KHOU TV-Channel 11, followed by a stint as producer of the nationally syndicated Dr. Red Duke Health Reports. More recently, Cindy has worked for city and county government handling media-related communication involving the relocation of evacuees from New Orleans to Houston following Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike and Harvey recovery efforts. The highlight of this was her production of a light-hearted video for homesick New Orleans evacuees on finding a job in Houston. The video, which opened with a little riff on The Wizard of Oz in the backdrop of downtown Houston, then appeared as the front-page lead story in the Sunday, New York Times.
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BEFORE SHE KNEW Telluride, August 2023: Cindy Gabriel, unaware that she had hyperparathyroidism, plops on the side of a hiking trail to gaze at the sky and wait for her family to return. Now she knows she wasn’t just being lazy.
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SOFA TIME Grandsons Eli and Faires Weber help pass the time as Cindy Gabriel counts the days until surgery. (Photo: Julia Weber)
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LIKE, ‘TOTALITY’ OKAY Catching eclipse glimpses between the clouds mesmerizes Cindy Gabriel on her back deck in Hunt, Texas. (Photo: Ellen Hart)
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"Stan-the-man" Ehrenkranz, Amy Dolittle, writer Cindy Burnett, writer Cindy Gabriel. (Photo: Dee Zunker Photography)
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The Buzz team, from left: Jo Rogers, Leslie Little, Pooja Salhotra, Michelle Casas Groogan, John Duboise, Dai Huynh, Todd Freed, Caroline Siegfried, James Arturo, Joni Hoffman, Michael Hoffman, Mike Hart, Andy Blitzer, Cindy Burnett, Sharon Albert Brier, Karen Vine Fuller, Cindy Gabriel, Cheryl Ursin, Angie Frederickson, Nikky LaWell. Not pictured: Jordan Magaziner Steinfeld, Annie McQueen, Russell Weil, Cathy Gordon, Jennifer Oakley, Andria Dilling, Tracy L. Barnett. (Photo: Dee Zunker Photography)
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FIRST BEST FRIENDS Sharon Trojan Hollinger and Cindy Gabriel still cherish their shared adolescence. As Dolly Parton sings, “You can’t make old friends.”
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FINDING PERSPECTIVE Cindy Gabriel and husband Stan Ehrenkranz see the world as if life is rigged in their favor.
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LIFE COMING FULL CIRCLE Jason Bradley, Cindy Gabriel, Stan Ehrenkranz, and Cindy Bradley enjoy a moment on the Bradley’s back porch in Durango, Colorado.
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BEING RAISED WRIGHT Cindy (Wright) Gabriel at about 8 years old, along with 2-year-old Clymer Lewis Wright III, aka Buddy. Cindy still had a couple of years to go as a full-fledged Daddy’s Girl.
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A RELIC This monument is to honor members of the Jaybird Party who died for the “cause” of restoring an all-white government to Fort Bend County. It stood in downtown Richmond from 1896 until 2021 when it was quietly moved to Hodges Bend Cemetery in Sugar Land, Texas, on land originally deeded by pioneer Stephen F. Austin. (Photo: Melissa Noble)
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Brent Parker, Cindy Gabriel and Stan Ehrenkranz. (Photo: Emily Jaschke)
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FAMILY TIES Sisters-in-law Aimee Ehrenkranz McCrory and Cindy Gabriel just before Stan-the-Man walked daughter Jenny down the aisle in the latest Ehrenkranz wedding. The photo was taken by brother-in-law Bob Westendarp (Heather’s husband).
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NOT EXACTLY POKER FACE Two-year-old Faires (pronounced Ferris) Weber spots another Crazy Eight in Grandma's hand as they play against four-year-old Eli on a Saturday at Grandma’s country house in Hunt, Texas. (Photo: Julia Weber)
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Sharon Brier, who contributes our popular Rumor Has It gossip column, and Buzz staff writer Cindy Gabriel. (Photo: Dylan Aguilar)
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Front row: Cindy Gabriel, Stan Ehrenkranz, Don Mason; back row: Claudia Feldman, Scott Bowers, Dai Huynh, Sharon Brier, Mike Brier. (Photo: Dylan Aguilar)
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Pictured at our 2022 holiday party, held at Evelyn’s Park: (front row, from left) writer Dai Huynh, account manager Andy Blitzer, editor Jordan Magaziner Steinfeld, editor-in-chief Joni Hoffman, publisher Michael Hoffman, writer Sharon Brier, writer Jennifer Oakley, writer Cindy Gabriel, writer Karen Vine Fuller; (second row, from left): writer Michelle Groogan, writer Claudia Feldman, writer Cheryl Ursin, design manager John Duboise, writer Russell Weil, editorial assistant Caroline Siegfried, account manager Jo Vogel, writer Angie Frederickson, accounting and contract administrator Leslie Little, writer Cathy Gordon, writer Annie McQueen; (back row, from left) writer Todd Freed, writer Don Mason, photographer Michael Hart, illustrator James Arturo, photographer Nikky LaWell, and writer Pooja Salhotra. Not pictured: Writers Tracy Barnett, Cindy Burnett, Andria Frankfort Dilling, Cheryl Laird, and photographer Dylan Aguilar (behind the camera).
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PONDERING OR PROCRASTINATING? Cindy Gabriel tries to trick herself into starting a memoir.
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GETTING I DO OFF THE TO DO LIST Cindy finally nabs Stan-the-Man.
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AWE! Feeling awe can actually improve your health. Cindy Gabriel tests this theory with her grandson, Eli Weber. (Photo: Julia Gabriel Studio)
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THE GREATEST OF THESE Cindy Gabriel ponders love as some of it blankets Hunt, Texas, in the form of snow. (Photo: Stan Ehrenkranz)
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IN TRAINING Little Cindy Wright sits at her first typewriter, which looks a whole lot like one she would use 20 years later while working for Jack Cato.
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BEFORE KATE WORE IT The sweater – and Cindy Gabriel – next to the Max Scherzer jersey at Little Matt’s in West University, where the Washington Nationals partied after winning the World Series. (Photo: Julia Weber)
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HER FIRST CRUISE Stan and Cindy get a “great deal” on this Royal Caribbean picture package.
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HIS AND HER GRANDKIDS Stan Ehrenkranz, with “his” Arden Evans, and Cindy Gabriel, with “her” Eli Weber, share some togetherness. (Photo: Morgan Weber)
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A GOOD FEELING The Tom Hanks movie made Cindy Gabriel think of another reporter who fell under Mr. Rogers’ spell. (Photo: Julia Gabriel)
From: It’s You I Like -
I’M THE MAN Cindy Gabriel wonders if she’s created a monster. (Photo: Aimee McCrory)
From: Stan Fans -
ONLINE-DATING WIN Writer Cindy Gabriel with Stan-the-Man Ehrenkranz in San Miguel de Allende.
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ALL THE SIDES Cindy Gabriel looks at the upsides to the downsides of life. (Photo: Aimee McCrory)
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UH OH Cindy Gabriel serves time for disorganization. (Photo: Aimee McCrory)
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ALL IS CALM Writer Cindy Gabriel contemplates the days after Christmas from her “maintenance-deprived house” in Hunt, Texas.
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LIVING LARGE Cindy Gabriel shares a sunny day in Laguna Beach, Calif., with Stan “the Man” Ehrenkranz.
From: When I'm 64 -
Staff writer Cindy Gabriel celebrates the Big 5-0
From: 50 is the New 30
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