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Happy birthday to us! And from our Bayou City Magazine family to you and yours—whatever traditions you celebrate—we’re wishing you a bright and joyful start to 2015.
Tell me more about your holdiay traditions, haute hosting hints and passions or obsessions—by sending email to Becky@BayouCMag.com or connect with us on Facebook (facebook. com/bayoucitymag) or Twitter (twitter. com/bayoucitymag).
PHOTOGRAPHY BY TRISH BADGER VIDEO BY DNB PRODUCTIONS HAIR & MAKEUP BY JESSICA ALSTON FOR TRE SPA Happy birthday to us! November marked our first birthday and this issue closes out our first year of publishing Bayou City Magazine and Bayou
City Daily. What a great year we’ve had, from breakthroughs discovered to lessons learned to awards won.
In the “breakthroughs” category, we launched both augmented reality and interactive map technology to the Houston market. If you haven’t tried these enhancements to a typical magazine yet, now’s the time. Scan pages marked with a + with the free Layar app to see videos, buy products, download recipes and interact with the businesses we introduce. When you scan some articles, like Field Notes (page 22), you access our interactive maps, which let you connect with the local businesses, get directions, share the content and take it all on the road.
In the “lessons learned” category, we heard that you wanted our digital magazine to be available across platforms. I’m pleased to announce that our new digital magazine is available on our website as well as in the iTunes, Google Play and Amazon stores. You can read our great stories when and where you want to, in either a replica of the print magazine or a reflowed version easily read on any device, you choose!.
I hate to brag, but I just have to! In 2014
Bayou City Magazine won 9 international awards including a Nichee award for best startup and design awards out the wazooo from Creativity International. And, we are thrilled to be named finalists for two
Folio: Ozzie awards! These are the Academy
Awards for magazines and we’re up for two our first year! The Ozzie award winners will be named after we go to print for this issue but we’ll keep you posted!
On to year two! Your next issue will arrive in March and will introduce you to our coverage of Houston’s inspirational, innovative and influential. To whet your appetite to meet those people, spend some time getting to know our passionistas in “Public Displays of Passion” (page 37). These Houstonians share their excitement over the collections and obsessions that drive them, and help you get inspired to follow a few of your own passions.
Our cover honors philanthropist, passionista and hostess Phoebe Tudor. Tudor, photographed at the new Hermann Park Centennial Gardens, was the co-chair of the Hermann Park Conservancy Centennial campaign. In “Haute Hosting” (page 30), Tudor—as well as a few other well-known hosts, hostesses and event organizers— shares some of her secrets to creating a spectacular party, gathering or gala.
As we enter the season where many of us celebrate by bringing our families and friends together, “Haute Hosting” offers some ideas for glamming up the gatherings, “Glorious Guest Rooms” suggests ways to make those staying feel more welcome in your space, “Season’s Chicest” solves the problem of what to wear and “What’s Your Tradition?” unearths the places and events where H-town likes to celebrate.
Over this first year, we’ve gotten to meet, know and support so many of you, from our readers, to H-town leaders, organizations and businesses—I can’t wait to expand our circle in 2015. From our family to yours, whatever traditions you celebrate, we hope you have a bright and happy start to 2015.
Becky Davis Editor-in-Chief
Being from Texas, we walk a little taller, speak a little louder. It’s the pride of living here and knowing what we’re all about. At Texas Children’s Hospital, we’re proud of what we do and who we do it for. Since 1954, we’ve provided the finest medical care for children and earned our reputation as leading experts in the field –not by following trails made by others, but by blazing new ones. We’re proud to say we’re advancing pediatric medicine for children today and for generations to come.Whenever you need us, for whatever reason,you’ll find us right here.
Only in Texas.
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