On #SXSW2020
See Anna’s column on the SXSW that didn’t happen, in today’s Dallas Morning News. Click here to read about “Not by Not West.”
Category: homelife
A Child’s (and Adult’s) Christmas in Nashville
Christmas brought to you by the town of Nashville itself. by Our Man in Nashville Jason T. Sparks I love other cities, understand—I can think offhand of no bustling metropolis that I don’t want...
Pebbles the Pooch Is Up for Adoption
Yesterday we met Pebbles, a six year-old Great Dane/ Catahoula. She’s up for adoption in Georgetown, Texas!
The Death of Retail, Pasadena Edition
The department store that I grew up going to just closed, and it feels like a death in the retail family. Opened as a stand-alone Foley’s in 1962, the store was later expanded, then...
Dad and Degas
For the last several months I had tried to convince my 78 year-old father to go see the Degas: A New Vision exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. I don’t live in...
Saturday Partea Time!
Today in Austin, Texas there is a party/fundraiser for my Burningman Camp. (Turns out it takes some real cash to make an art car!) A ton of effort has gone into making this...
The Minus 5: Awesome!
This Saturday night my husband took me to see The Minus 5 at The Continental Club in Austin. While I had heard him talk about the band–as well as about Scott McCaughey‘s earlier group...
Partytime Idea
Cleaning off some photo drives, I found these pictures from the Austin City Limits Music Festival last year. These ribbon decorations were in the Austin Kiddie Limits area, and I just love them. I...
Fighting The Scammers
When I was little, my parents ran a business out of our house. Since it was the 70s, most business came in through the telephone. From about the time I could speak, I was...
I’d forgotten all about this Wizard of Oz poster from Latvia
I just stumbled over this poster of a Wizard of Oz-ish theatrical production in Latvia in my photo library. It’s kind of awesome, considering that I read and re-read all the Wizard of Oz...
