Maggie and I had a great time visiting Dallas and Fort Worth over the weekend. Thanks to:
• Caffeine for making it all possible
• Everyone who came out to support the shows and buy CDs.
• Christin who housed and fed us
• Pascale and Jen at Opening Bell Mosaic
• Bearcats from far & wide
• The bartenders at The Ginger Man
• The cooks at Bread Winners for my salmon scramble
• The fine folks at Bill’s Records and whoever left a Springsteen bumper sticker in plain sight
• The obnoxious singing sandwich artists at Subway
• Robert, Mabel, Woody, and everyone at the Jefferson Freedom Café
• And the legendary Asylum Street Spankers for one hell of a good time
I hope to return soon! We returned to Austin at about 3 AM on Sunday morning, but we simply had to wake up and get moving in time to witness Mr. Rick Steves speak at Bookpeople. You may know him as a PBS travel host and author of Europe Through the Backdoor. We now know him to be an amazing speaker and thinker. He spoke at length to a standing room crowd about “Travel as Political Act.” I would summarize his message as “Other people do things in other ways, and that’s ok.” Think of how much we can learn from the world, if we just inject a little humility into our media, our politicians, and ourselves. Frankly, the world is progressively and quietly tip-toeing away from America, a sleeping giant with a penchant for violence, arrogance, and stubbornness. How I hope that we can turn the tide in 2009.
Sunday night, we went to a party celebrating the launch of vainaustin.com, where sweet Maggie gets her hair done up by superstar stylist Buffy Thomas. Maggie modeled for the site, and I simply must share the pics with you, because they and she are stunningly beautiful. Click the pic to see the full-size version if you can handle it.
Holly Bronko is the photographer, and you can find out more (and hire her) at hollybronko.com.
as reported in The New York Times
November 18, 1908
MOUNTAIN LION FOR TAFT.
Animal Lassoed After It Had Attacked South Dakota Travelers.
One clue whose answer consists of two rhyming words:
My family always has brand name lemon-flavored gelatin at Thanksgiving. I’m looking forward to stuffing my face with…
Highlight here for answer: [yellow Jell-O]
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