Tag: Austin
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Letters #14
Dear Bluebonnets, You’re pretttttty. Dear Husband, Thank you for taking me out for walks and picnics and cappuccinos and chili-cheese fries and movies and snow cones and fun. All my base are belong to you. Dear Family, Thanks for a wonderful weekend and yummy food and old jewelry and owl presents. You made me feel […]
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SXSW Inspiration
So SXSW is over – this year it seemed to go by really quickly! We usually stay away from the crowds for most of the week, but we try to walk downtown at least once during the madness to check things out, and this year we almost missed it. It’s such a different feeling – […]
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Weekend Moments #4
Hey everyone! This weekend: On Friday, Aimee and I had a meeting and photo shoot up north. I stopped at Asahi Imports for some ingredients for recipe testing, then came home and tested two recipes. We stayed in and ate chocolate drumsticks. On Saturday, we took a city walk with our friends N. and E. […]
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Weekend Moments
Hi guys! I made another video of tiny moments of my weekend. I tried to keep each clip really short, so it would just be a kind of glimpse at things. Details: On Friday we met friends at Nubian Queen Lola’s for dinner. We shared gumbo with cornbread. I had the best fried catfish and […]
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Thunderheart Bison: Ranch to Trailer
So there’s a new food trailer near our place (on West 5th Street, between Baylor and Walsh), run by the peeps who own Thunderheart Bison. We walked down there the other day and tried a few things. This is the Asian steak salad – tender bison sirloin, greens, tomatoes, crunchies, and sesame dressing. This was […]
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Monday
A few things on my to-do list: read my friend Steve’s article in Best Food Writing 2011 (!!!); write to pen pals; figure out schedule for Austin Film Festival. Had lunch with lovely friends at Buenos Aires Cafe. I have no idea how they make beef tenderloin so darn tender. Bela visits us every day […]
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Fino on film
I suppose I got a little camera happy the last time I was at Fino. I just remember that the light was lovely, and I kept snapping away. 🙂
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Wednesday
Today I woke up to smoke. All of Austin was under a haze of smoke from the wildfires in nearby Bastrop. It’s a veil, hanging everywhere. It’s hard to believe that so much fire has devastated so many homes and lives, and it’s still raging, so close by. I got a haircut, then stopped at […]
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Noble Pig
We had lunch at Noble Pig a few days ago. Have you been there yet? It’s way the heck up north, but the sandwiches are so freakin’ good that it’s worth the drive. We stopped in on our way to IKEA, which worked perfectly. This is Justin giving me The Look… maybe he’s tired of […]