Headed to SXSW Interactive tomorrow – I’m very excited. I’m from Austin so it’s actually a vacation and I’ll be down there for a week and a half to visit the family and play in the sun as well. This is the weather here today in Redmond and I need a vacation!If you are as … More SXSWi madness! Schedule in Excel for you geeks
It’s mid-November and eighty-five degrees. Where? Texas. I grew up in Austin – a great place to grow up because it’s a great place to visit, especially when Seattle is weather is getting annoying. I’m going down to meet my new niece, Katherine, and also renting a bike from Cowboy Harley (a Buell Blast, which … More Motorcycle rides from Austin into the Texas Hill Country
I grew up in Austin, Texas and the LBJs (Lady Bird and Lyndon Baines) were an anchor in the cultural landscape. There was the LBJ Library, the LBJ School of Public Affairs, LBJ State Park, LBJ High School… I grew up thinking of him more as belonging to Texas than being the nation’s president. He got … More Lady Bird Johnson
Ann’s Top 20 Austin Places: Cathedral of Junk: The wildest piece of art you’ll ever see. (Note: It’s a shadow of its former self since the City started giving them trouble but still worth the trip and on the highway coming off the airport). You have to call the home owner to make sure he’s home … More A Native’s Guide to Austin
West 37th St in Austin is famous for its Christmas lights – I’ve never seen anything like it. One part art, one part whimsey, one part Austin politics, shaken like a snow globe: My photos of the lights on W 37th St in Austin
