I Miss the Ocean
Austin, Texas has a lot of things. What it does not have is an ocean. Given that I grew up fairly close to the Gulf of Mexico, near Galveston, Texas, I thought that I...
Author: Anna
Giant Fake Cupcake, FTW!
Going through my iPhoto library, I found this picture of a giant fake cupcake. It’s from the Louis Vuitton window display last spring. It must be all the time playing “house” as a child,...
Fantastic ALIENS Baby Shower Cake!
I wanted to share this picture of the cake that my friends (known as “The Charlie’s”) made for their own baby shower cake. Because every single time I look at a picture of this cake, I think how awesome it is.
Fantastic Fest: The Seventh Inning Stretch
With the major craziness of the weekend of Fantastic Fest behind us, it’s time to look at what films you can–and should–still catch at the festival as of Tuesday afternoon. The films are listed...
Looking forward to the DIY Wackiness at Fantastic Fest!
Never mind the hella-awful Austin allergy forecast (which features the four icky horsemen of the achoopocalypse riding into town on their microscopic horses) …but today is the first day of Fantastic Fest, 2012. It’s...
Summer Sound is coming up…and I can’t help thinking of last year…
This weekend in Liepaja, Latvia is the second Summer Sound festival. I was there last year. While I’ve only been to Liepaja twice–once for the Baltic Beach Party and once for Summer Sound– my...
I seem to be taking my husband to the Positivus Festival.
One of the things that surprises me about my life is that I’ve been to the Positivus music festival in Salacgriva, Latvia more than once. I’ve written extensively about the festival. I’ve seen American...
Give a homeless animal a chance at a soft landing
Recently the Austin Animal Center has received more animals than they can handle. They are at full-as-a-tick capacity, with an additional 518 dogs and cats in offsite foster care. Hearing about the number of...
Praha (Prague) Aug 2, 2011
My brother-in-law is going to Prague for the first time later this month, to do a bit of work for his company. It’s his first trip to Eastern Europe. This post is for him....
Eating at Tim Ho Wan In Hong Kong!
When my traveling companion and I first heard about “the world’s cheapest 4 Michelin Star” place, we figured that at the worst, the place would be cheap, and that we probally wouldn’t die of...
