In looking at the economy, and the changes that people are making in their lives as a result, I started thinking about ways that people are going to economize. One of the first things that's going to get hit, I think, is eating out a lot. But people are still going to want to socialize, and the
...
11/16/2008
If, like me, you're all about the food, and consider the kitchen to be the center of the home, you'll want to stop in at some of these "foodie" events in Central Texas in late November and December. Hairson Creek Farm's Annual Open Farm and Potluck. Farm Tour, Music (bring your own instrument),
...
11/14/2008
I was driving home from Austin this afternoon, listening to KUT (our local PBS station) on the radio. Since the Texas Book Festival is this weekend, Folkways was playing songs related in some way to books. I heard a song that I had never heard before, and it struck such a chord that hours later
...
11/01/2008
Lots and lots of events going on in Central Texas over the next couple of months. Of course, there's always lots and lots of events going on in Central Texas. Here's a smattering to help in your planning. Nov 1-2 - 12th Annual Austin Celtic Festival Fiesta Gardens, Lady Bird Lake, Austin
...
10/30/2008
It all started in the Cayman Islands. My daughter Jess was on vacation for a week in the Caymans, her first trip there - she loves diving and fell in love with the islands. While there, she met a young man, Chad, a couple of times. They exchanged internet contact information, and upon her retu
...
10/05/2008
I love music. It excites me, it soothes me, it focuses me. Chamber music cools me on a hot summer day. (I have no idea how it does that, it just does.) Perhaps it's because of my generation, with a sound track for our entire youth. Whatever, music is an important part of my life It's hard, t
...
09/10/2008
Las Manitas is - was - is - a downtown Austin landmark for the last 25 yeras. "Was" because it closed its doors yesterday to make way for an oh-so-Austin Marriott. "Is" for two reasons - one, we don't know yet for sure that they won't re-open in a new location, though it won't be the same, not
...
09/04/2008
Every year (this will be the 11th), the Austin Museum Partnership and member museum in the Austin area hold a city-wide, discover (or rediscover) Austin Museums Day - for free! This is a great chance to get out and explore the numerous museums in the Austin area, ones you've seen before, ones yo
...
09/03/2008
Labor Day means different things to different people. Officially, it is the day set aside to honor all of those who labor, without whose work we wouldn't have the society we do today. Everyone is supposed to relax from their labors (except the folks in the stores, presumably, for the Labor Day
...
09/01/2008
During all of the hooplah and media coverage of Hurricane Gustav, I've been more than usually interested in every detail. My daughter Jess will be moving to the Cayman Islands for 3 months mid-September, and her friend Chad will be there as well (more about this in another blog). My son P.J., w
...
09/01/2008
