How a Houston Instagram Influencer is Weathering the Coronavirus Storm — Meredith Flores on Her Family’s Social-Distancing Life

While some of us are suffering from a severe case of cabin fever during this time of COVID-19, others are embracing the social-distancing edict with flair. They refuse to let the crisis get them down and do their best to help others.

For a peek at life behind virus-closed doors, we’ve turned to Houston sophisticates and queried them on their homebound habits. Today begins a regular series, Cocooning at Home, in which notable figures share their way of handling the social isolation.

First up? A Texas It-girl with 14.3K Instagram followers.

Meredith Flores

Flores was set to chair the hipster Glasstire fundraiser in late March, but we know what happened there. In November, she was instrumental in the success of the Citizens for Animal Protection Celebrity Paws Gala.

PaperCity: What is your coronavirus playlist?
Meredith Flores: “The Walk” by Mayer Hawthorne, Leon Bridges, Elton John. I’ve been playing sunny, happy music.

PC: What are you binge watching?
MF: Little Fires Everywhere on Hulu, Hunters on Amazon Prime, and Tiger King on Netflix

PC: If your life currently were a reality series, what would it be called?
MF: My Turn or Your Turn To Do the Dishes

PC: How have you been filling your time with productive activities?
MF: Every night, I have been honing my skin care and spa routine with all the Biologique Recherche products from my aesthetician Deborah Michelson at Bella Rinova.

PC: Cooking at home: What are your go-to recipes?
MF: Mason (my boyfriend) is really the cook in our home. Before hunkering down in Palm Beach, we picked up a porterhouse to cook ourselves from our beloved local Georgia James and curbside margaritas from Armandos. We made homemade tikka masala ourselves with vegetables from my mother’s vegetable garden.

PC: Where are you ordering take-out from?
MF: Our favorite take-out dinner so far was from Le Colonial. The seared chicken dumplings and crunchy salad are fantastic.

PC: What would your dream take-out be, from any place in the world?
MF: Ideally, anything from Guy Savoy in Paris.

PC: If stranded some other place in the world, where would that be?
MF: If I had my pick, I’d really love to be stranded in the Bahamas.

PC: Your go-to cocktail for the homebound.
MF: I’ve been loving vodka lemonades (freshly squeezed) lately.

PC: Games that are keeping you entertained.
MF: Rummikub is my obsession.

This is the first in a series of Q&As with Houston movers and shakers on their social-distancing lives.