Hazmat Hikers To Trek Across Houston
Invasion of the Art Snatchers: Carrie Schneider and Alex Tu, pictured above (though not in their everyday wear), are planning to reproduce the Art Guy Michael Galbreth’s “The Human Tour,” reports...
View ArticleDriving in Houston? So Déclassé
Artists Carrie Schneider and Alex Tu — that’s Tu in the homemade Hazmat at right — recently walked the first leg of their revamp of Art Guy Michael Galbreth’s “The Human Tour,” a 40-mile hike through...
View ArticleWalking Little York with the Art Guys
And the celebratory stunt that the Art Guys pulled this month was walking the entire length of Little York Rd. Moving on, apparently, from their uprooting in early January at the Menil Collection, the...
View ArticleWhat It Means To Walk with the Art Guys
Following them in his van as they hiked all 26 miles of Little York, photographer Otis Ike seems to have had time to come to terms with the piece the Art Guys are calling “The Longest Street in...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Walking in Oak Forest
“Greater Oak Forest probably has fewer opportunities to be walkable than either the newer or older master-planned communities (i.e. Eastwood or The Woodlands). The older ones have secondary...
View ArticleComment of the Day Runner-Up: It’s Too Muggy To Walk Here
COMMENT OF THE DAY RUNNER-UP: IT'S TOO MUGGY TO WALK HERE "IMO people in Houston do not walk as much as they do in other cities. I have a friend who lives at West Ave and drives to Whole foods across...
View ArticleWhere the Art Guys Shall Dare To Tread
In February, the Art Guys went for distance, walking the marathon that is W. Little York Rd.; tomorrow, they’ll be going for danger. The 9th of their “12 Events” requires Jack Massing and Michael...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Unlearning That Nasty Stopping for Pedestrians Habit
“I recently moved back to Houston after living in Colorado for a few years. I still find myself in the habit of coming to a complete stop any time that I see a pedestrian attempting to cross a street....
View ArticleComment of the Day: Walking Is Not Native to Houston
“. . . I do think Houstonians tend to really regard walkers as oddities of nature. Our climate doesn’t really foster a natural desire to walk outside so it is a strange sight to see someone actually —...
View ArticleComment of the Day: Don’t Talk to Me About the Weather
“I lived in Washington, DC for 8 years and the typical Washington summer day is every bit as miserable as a Houston summer day. (There are somewhat fewer of them, of course.) And all summer, the...
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