About 9 last night I remembered that I’d seen that the fencing had been removed around Town Lake Park. So AJM and I walked down and took a stroll through Austin’s newest park. We were not alone. Couples lingered here and there under the full moon. We stood at the top of the observation mound and exclaimed our love for Austin.
June 30, 2007
Glenfinnan Monument, Loch Shiel
that image of the mountains sliding into Loch Shiel is one of my favorite natural features. I think it was something I often drew before I ever saw it in photographs or in real life. So when I saw it for the first time, I felt recognition, as if I were looking on a memory come to life.
April 13, 2007
Buenos Aires Cafe
Located just south of the Cash American Pawn shop on South 1st St past Oltorf, Buenos Aires Cafe takes one completely by surprise and delight. From the location and the exterior of the restaurant you’d guess it was a place to get cheap tacos or burritos. However, step inside and it’s transformed. The tiny interior is modern, calm and elegant, the food delicious, and the desserts. What a find! I
February 25, 2007
Austin Motel
So close, yet so far out.Or to quote another South Austin motto. “We’re all here because we’re not all there.” Another great sign from the mid-twentieth century motels that once lined Congress Avenue. This one saved and restored. The History of the Austin Motel
January 7, 2007
Children of Men
“It’s not about imagining and being creative, it is about referencing reality. So — the cinematographer, he said that not a single frame of this film can go by making a comment about the state of things. So everything became about reference — and not reference about what is around, like, oh, I’m walking around, and this is what I saw on the street, but about how this has relevance in the context of the state of things, of the reality that we are living today.” — Alfonso Cuaron Interview with Kim Voynar in Cinematical
January 6, 2007
New Year, New Kitchen
Sometimes you don’t know how far you’ve come until you look back where you’ve been.
November 27, 2006
I Could Make That!
I was raised to do it myself–and it never occurs to me that I could get someone else to do it for me.