My Big Gay Wedding

Houston duo emerges as finalists in My Big Gay Wedding: Businessman, flight attendant wow Tim Gunn

Houstonians Jeff Robertson and Jeremiah Pyant have extra special Valentine's Day plans, and they need voters help to make their dream day — and lifetime together — come true.

The pair are finalists in the My Big Gay (II)Legal Wedding contest sponsored by the ACLU and hosted by fashion guru and television personality Tim Gunn. The goal: To help five same-sex couples live their fantasy weddings while highlighting the conflicting patchwork of state marriage laws. Contestants with the best ideas of how they'll cross state lines to tie the knot will walk away — and down the aisle — with $5,000.

The deadline for voting is Valentine's Day — this Friday.

Contestants with the best ideas of how they'll cross state lines to tie the knot will walk away — and down the aisle — with $5,000.

The "Dynamic Duo" — an apropos nickname as Jeff and Jeremiah describe their relationship most like the original Batman and Robin movie — met on an airplane. Jeff was flying on a business-related trip, while Jeremiah was the flight attendant. They hit it off and maintained a long-distance relationship until they relocated to Houston months later.

In addition to love, "adventure, fun, trust" are among their common bonds now, according to their contest questionnaire answers. While their "Bucket List" wishes for travel focus on Greece, Australia and Japan, Jeff and Jeremiah show their true companionship with a sweet and intimate wedding idea.

"We would love to take a road trip and record our awesome journey!" they write. "We would stop in cool places for unusual photo ops i.e. World's Largest Shoe (there are tons of places like that here in Texas) or take pit stops to check out the local famous/favorite diners, drive-ins or dives."

Jeff and Jeremiah also shared their surprise marriage proposal on YouTube — and it's brought in well wishes from across the country. Jeff was super stealthy sneaky (and most creative!) in his arrangements to make the big engagement step happen on the couple's annual trip to Mexico.

The moment was perfect — complete with a very fashionable and handsome couple, family, friends and champagne — and set to the the tune of Jennifer Hudson's Giving Myself. Watch it all on video (at the top of this story).

Then you decide how to cast your vote.

Time to celebrate with a vote for Jeff and Jeremiah.

Jeff and Jeremiah engagement February 2014

Courtesy photo

Time to celebrate with a vote for Jeff and Jeremiah.

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Self-driving Waymo robotaxis hit the streets in Houston

Waymo driverless car

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Waymo is now offering driverless rides to Houstonians.

Waymo will begin dispatching its robotaxis in Houston and four more cities in Texas and Florida, expanding the territory covered by its fleet of self-driving cars to 10 major U.S. metropolitan markets.

The move into Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando, Florida, announced Tuesday, February 24, widens Waymo's early lead in autonomous driving while rival services from Tesla and the Amazon-owned Zoox are still testing their vehicles in only a few U.S. cities.

In contrast, Waymo's robotaxis already provide more than 400,000 weekly trips in the six metropolitan areas where they have been transporting passengers: Phoenix, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta, and Austin.

Waymo's cars soft launched service in San Antonio in November 2025, initially only offering the rides to employees. The company first began testing Alamo City’s roads the previous May as part of a multi-city “road trip” meant to map out roadways and help alleviate local concern over safety and other issues.

Waymo operates its ride-hailing service through its own app in all the U.S. cities except Atlanta and Austin, where its robotaxis can only be summoned through Uber's ride-hailing service.

The expansion into four more markets marks a significant step toward Waymo's goal to surpass 1 million weekly paid trips by the end of 2026. Without identifying where its robotaxis will be available next, Waymo is targeting a list of eight other cities that include Las Vegas, Washington, Detroit, and Boston while signaling its first overseas availability is likely to be London.

To help pay for more robotaxis, Waymo recently raised $16 billion as part of the financial infusion that puts the value of the company at $126 billion. The valuation fueled speculation that Waymo may eventually be spun off from its corporate parent Alphabet, where it began as a secret project within Google in 2009.

Although Waymo is opening up in four more cities, its robotaxis initially will only be made available to a limited number of people with its ride-hailing app in San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, and Orlando before the service will be available to all corners in those markets.

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This article contains additional reporting from CultureMap San Antonio editor Brandon Watson.

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