I spent too long writing Convo 51, reacting to everyone’s reactions to Texas lifting the mask mandate and occupancy restrictions. No surprise here, I’m in favor of freedom in life and nuance in perspective, which isn’t easily captured in a quip.
Entertainment
- The drunk pandy blizzy ep of Sacks and the City podcast is live! Give it a listen, preferably while glugging wine of your own.
Austin Me
- Amplify Austin Day is a double-donation day where sponsors like Tito’s will match donations for charitable organizations across the city. I support: Austin Art from the Streets, Austin Angels, The Dog Alliance, and CASA (you can search for each org on the Amplify Austin page).
- The most expensive home ever sold in Austin: listed at $38.9M but no sale price disclosed. Amazing photos here.
Shop Shoppin’ Away
- My college suitemate launched an awesome personal development company called Topknot—it helped me find my latest job. Now, they’ve launched a collection of 8 sweatshirts, each donating 100% of proceeds to a different cause. $30, buy one today—I bought Equality, obvs.
- Loving Fjallraven’s Samlaren collection made from “foraged” fabric scraps. They say: Samlaren means “Gatherer” in Swedish and is the name we have given our limited collection of clothes and equipment created with leftover fabrics from our mills and factories.
- Also into this super-lightweight bag collection by GBY.
Week 51 (convo). Week 50. Week 49 (blizzy). Week 48. Week 47. Week 46. Week 46 (the convo is back). Week 45. Week 44. Week 43. Week 42. Week 41. Week 40. Week 39. Week 38. Week 37. Week 36. Week 35. Week 34. Week 33. Week 32. Week 31. Week 30. Week 29. Week 28. Week 27. Week 26. Week 25. Week 24. Week 23. Week 21. Week 21: the shame convo. Week 20. Week 20: the infection convo. Week 19. Week 19: the polarization convo. Week 18. Week 18: the wrong convo. Week 17. Week 17: the convo. Week 16 (the rant). Week 15. Week 14. Week 14+. Week 13 skipped (it’s unlucky anyway). Week 12 (not really about Covid). Week 11. Week 10. Week 9. Week 8. Week 7. Week 6. Week 5 here. Week 4 here. Week 3’s here. Week 2’s here. There is no Week 1 because we didn’t know back then.