QUICKSAND
It was evening, the lights low, the room packed with tables and heavy chairs, booths in the back. Like most party rooms in restaurants located smack on interstate access roads, […]
Texas
REPRESENTIN’ AT TX FILM LOBBY DAY
Standing up! Off I went to Texas Moving Image Industry Lobby Day this past Thursday at the Texas Capitol in Austin. To meet with Texas Representatives or rather, their assistants […]
1st PICNIC
My first Willie Nelson 4th of July Picnic was a lifetime ago. The heat was sizzling and the crowd, a mere 60,000, thick and wild. Girlfriend road trip and all […]
CORSETS & CATTLE CALLS
First time for me in a corset. Going for the 1880’s look. Now I know why they had Fainting Couches. It’s a whole different set of engineering, even if you’re […]
NETWORK THAT FAME
Early Saturday morning, I’m off to UT campus to stand in a long line on the sidewalk outside Blanton Museum. Unusually chilly for an Austin April morning, some waiting in […]
STAND-UP
Down on 6th Street recently, Larry and I dropped in at Austin Ale House to catch the newest stand-up comedy show in Austin, Banter with Bogart. The location’s perfect, the food […]
GHOST IN OUR ROOM MAGNOLIA HOTEL
Being touched by unseen hands and seeing things moving on their own have always been a little creepy to me. Pretending I simply don’t see them or feel them has […]