Books I have read since 12/26/21: Transcendent Kingdom – great exploration between science and religion; recommend it although I did not it as much as I loved her first novel Homegoing People We Meet on Vacation – a bit predictable but entertaining nonetheless First Comes Love – ditto but also interesting that both this and…
Towels are one of those items in which you don’t think about what you want until you have to really freakin’ figure out what you want and then you wonder: do I want soft towels? Light towels? Big towels? Small towels? Absorbent? Am I going to lounge in them? It’s exhausting. In my new fabulous…
Couplets of brands on my mind right now: I’m Lovin’: Brazil Pants – um, it took a few tries to get it right, but my houndstooth pants (second skin comfortable) and jakar shorts (textured! yet soft) are in heavy rotation these days. Trade Coffee – a coffee recommendation engine that actually works; the Costa Rican…
Tonight, ABC will premiere My Generation – a new scripted drama set in Austin, Texas. And filmed at my high school! Maybe not a lot of awesome has come out of that school (except me, and my bro) but this show actually has made quite a splash with pre-reviewers. It’s kind of expected to be…
It appears the SXSW media frenzy has come earlier than usual this year. It’s just less than a month out, but the twitter/blogger/media buzz is already loud and, well, buzzing. So I’ve come to your rescue, this is life in austin readers, and put together the beginnings of a spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Asjskwdlt0podDk4V2R6T1VScHNGa05kQ0hyd2Y4d3c&hl=en I will be updating…
Austin Restaurant Week (which is really two beginning-of-the-weeks, Sept 13-16 and Sept 20-23) kicked off last night, so being the procrastinator I am, while fellow foodies headed out to Hudson’s on the Bend and other fine establishments, my handyman and I were just sitting down to choose our own adventures. We employed colored sharpies and…