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ShareTweet House Raising Day with Realty Austin & Habitat for Humanity As most of the readers of this blog already know, I have been an enthusiastic volunteer and supporter of Austin Habitat for Humanity since 1996. I’ve written about my experiences with them both locally in Austin as well as my blog post about [...]
ShareTweet Burning Fear – Austin’s 22nd Annual Hot Sauce Festival Pain is NOT a flavor! -Russell & Mattie Lewis August, 2008 I don’t remember the first time I tried hot sauce or tasted my first hot pepper. I cannot recall exactly when hot sauce became an everyday way of life. Or even when I realized [...]
ShareTweet A Video Tour Of Lost Creek Lost Creek, located in the Eanes School District is one of Austin’s finest neighborhoods! I do happen to be a bit prejudiced as we have lived in Lost Creek since 1992. There are so many good things I could tell you about Lost Creek that I finally decided [...]
ShareTweet “If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?” - Anonymous It happens all year round but especially around Valentine’s Day when the chubby winged dude with the bow & Arrow is on the loose. Something frilly…maybe sexy, certainly different from the usual in the type of nightwear begins to enter the minds of not only [...]
ShareTweet It happened is a flash…literally…I heard the explosion and stared at my hand, shocked out of my eleven-year-old mind… …instead of the familiar sizzle as the sparks made their way to the gunpowder packed cylinder, it immediately exploded. Zip—BOOM! I was frightened as my hand began to go numb while still throbbing in [...]
ShareTweet We are going to have a GREAT life together! -Margaret McNally, May, 1986 Backed up the in the inevitable traffic that clogs every parking lot at Christmas, I watch as two people go at it over an empty parking space. Though my windows are up, I can still make out the heated exchange that [...]
ShareTweet Austin’s 5 Star Trailer, The Mighty Cone, makes it’s small screen Debut! I’ve written about The Mighty Cone before in a post describing the incredible rise of Austin’s most famous Food Trailer The Mighty Cone-Quintessential food of the ACL music festival & Austin’s finest trailer . Well, the Mighty Cone, the creation of [...]
ShareTweet As if suffering through the hottest summer on record here in Austin, Texas was not enough, Sunday marks the 21st annual ‘The Austin Chronicle’ Hot Sauce Festival! Now don’t get me wrong, I love this festival and truly it is the largest and most important hot sauce celebration and contest in the world. I just [...]
ShareTweet The Alamo Drafthouse Best Place to Enjoy a Movie Without Talking and Texting! I love going to the movies, always have. Back in the last century, as a child, I used to go to the movies every Saturday morning with friends and we would watch the movie several times until the ushers would kick [...]
ShareTweet 2900 Willowbridge Circle Open House Sunday, 2-4PM This Sunday, I have the privelege of holding open 2900 Willowbridge Circle. This incredible home was one of the highlights of Austin’s 3rd Annual Austin Modern Home Tour back in 2010. As far as modern homes this house is nothing short of SPECTACULAR! Rebuilt in 2009 this Austin Luxury Home has [...]
