Columbia University Alumni announce
Worldwide Welcome to New Alumni
Annual Social for All Alumni
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Hard Rock Cafe, 502 Texas Avenue
in Downtown Houston, Bayou Place
See directions below.
6 pm Free appetizers, No Host (Cash) bar
TIPS FOR GRADUATES COMING TO HOUSTON (Excerpts)
Anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly on the local food, wine and dining scene should subscribe to
My Table: Houston's Dining Magazine (www.my-table.com), now in its 16th year of publication. In addition to those resources listed above, other foodie favorites to add to your black book: Super H Mart, Spec's (the original on Smith St.), Central Market, House of Coffee Beans, Louisiana Foods, The Path of Tea, Mi Tienda and Sandy's Produce Market.
From Brian Swain (bswain2000@yahoo.com):
My first piece of advice would be "Don't buy a house for at least 3 months, i.e. until you've had a chance to see all the various neighborhood choices that are available." Other useful tidbits could include:
- The best ice cream is at Amy's on Sheperd
- Don't bother buying Texans seasons tickets because they suck so much that tickets to any given game are really cheap.
- Get an EZ-Pass for your car
- Get a car with a really good stereo system - you're going to be in that car A LOT.
- If you're single definitely DO NOT buy a house in the burbs - Get inside the loop.
From perpetual tourist Theresa Quintanilla (theresa@qviews.com):
Favorite web sites for learning about Houston:
Houstonist.com
- Swamplot.com
- Blogs.HoustonPress.com
- HoustonArchitecture.com
Share a tip, recommendation or offer your expertise:
Directions to Hard Rock:
From I-45 North: (The Woodlands, Champions, International Airport area)
Take I-45 Southbound, exit McKinney, left on Bagby, right on Texas.
From I-45 South: (Galveston, Clearlake, Hobby Airport area)
Take I-45 Northbound, exit Houston/Memorial Drive. Turn right on Memorial, left on Bagby, right on Texas.
From I-10 West: (Katy, Bear Creek area)
Take I-10 Eastbound, exit Smith Street turn right on Prairie, turn left on Babgy, turn left on Texas.
From I-10 East: (Baytown, Beaumont area)
Take I-10 Westbound to I-45 South, exit McKinney, left on Bagby, right on Texas.
From 59 North: (Kingwood, International Airport area)
Take I-59 Southbound, exit Hamilton, right on Capitol, right on Bagby, right on Texas.
From 59 South: (Sugarland, Galleria area)
Take 59 Northbound to I-45 North, Exit Houston/Memorial Drive. Turn right on Memorial, left on Babgy, right on Texas.
From the Galleria area:
Take 610 loop North to Woodway/Memorail Exit. Turn right at Woodway. Woodway turns into Memorial, which turns into Texas upon entering the downtown area. We are located on the right side.