Summary: On the cover this month: American West Rodeo Cowboy Boots with Riding Spurs. Images of traditional leather boots on old weathered wood planks have long been identified with Texas, whose largest city, Houston, is the site of this year's AACC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo. Houston's summers may be hot, and Houston may not be the first place you think of as being trendy or hip; yet Forbes Magazine recently named Houston as America' s coolest city to live in. The downtown has been revitalized with an exquisite restaurant scene, professional sports facilities, musical entertainmen t, museums, theaters, and a modern convention center. And when you includ e the breadth of science that will be presented at the Annual Meeting, you wi ll realize that the AACC and Houston have it all!
