Results tagged “andreagrover”

Houston is pretty image-conscious, and rightly so. We've been labeled fat, dangerous, and not exactly the best place to have a kid either. Houstonians know our city's tops, but how do we tell the rest of the world that? The Aurora Picture Show and professor Jon Rubin (who's never been to Houston himself) are curating an exhibit about Houston by people who have never been here, and the results are very interesting. Rubin and APS's...

We start off this Tech Buzz with a list of The 50 Most Important People On The Web, Houstonist isn't on the list, but we know our 11 readers love us! We hope by now, you have changed your clocks for Daylight Savings Time. Jay Lee over at The Chron lovingly refers to DST as Y2K7 and reminds us to patch our systems and devices. Looks like we missed BarCampAustin at SXSWi this weekend....

So here's a civic project to get excited about: Tonight, Buffalo Bayou Partnership will host "Blue Bayou," a party to celebrate the opening of the Sabine to Bagby Promenade, a new park along Buffalo Bayou from downtown to the Sabine Street Bridge. The $15 million park — which doubles as a flood-control project — includes 2 miles of hike and bike trails linking the Allen Parkway/Memorial Drive trails with Sesquicentennial Park, 12 new street-to-bayou stairways...