Posts Tagged ‘texas’
I Mess With Texas, The Continuing Saga
Or, I've lost count how many times I've messed with Texas. The Mess With Texas Sign Mainly because I occasionally begin to think it might be OK down there, and then I remember: I've only ever really been to Austin. So I forget to pay attention. And then BS like this pops up. From the…
Read MoreHome for the Holidays
My tale is told Well, it's finally happened: "Home for the Holidays" is a podcast reality. It's a really great way to end what has — for the most part — been a pretty trying year. The story came about last November when I was visiting the family in their suburban Austin digs; anyone who…
Read MoreTrees, Matzo and Killer Whales … oh my!
First a little housekeeping: Spring has sprung Bette has bloomed! (Also, those keeping track will notice that the tree fairy returned post-planting and gave my little sapling a frame of stones.) Yay for Bette surviving the winter. Next: What “Well Told Tales” loved, “Alfred Hitchcock Magazine” was less than charmed by. I got a form…
Read MoreHome safe, butt kicked. Film at 11.
Out cold Whew, just back from another Texas trip. Never even saw Austin. In three days I hit: Pflugerville, Gruene (pronounced "Green" but you know we had fun calling it "Groin"), Round Rock, and Sea World. My niece Sydney (at left) may in fact have been more tired post-Shamu (and really, is there more tired…
Read MoreWhat sound does the peacock make?
Austin Zoo Entrance So, two Novembers ago, I was down in Texas for Thanksgiving. Craig, my SIL Kris and their then-onliest-child Sydney and I went to the Austin Zoo. Now, bear in mind, I was accustomed to the Washington, D.C. zoo, and the Bronx Zoo. They were enormous metropolitan monstrosities with attendance to match, particularly…
Read MoreHome again, home again
Better than one At left, the latest in the continuing selection of "Two Heads Together" photos. This is what happens: SXSW is such a huge, overwhelming event with so much going on at all hours that the idea of blogging it is just insane. Some people appear to have more than 24 hours in a…
Read MoreMessin’ time is here
Busier than a one-armed paper hanger Dear Publicists, I am closed for any further contact about South By Southwest 2008. My dance card is so full my feet are broken. I am entertaining any offers to drive me to the airport tomorrow morning, however. AT SIX. Hatty For those who have an interest, I'll be…
Read MoreOh, Heathcliff….
Oh, my word. My flying buddy Heath Ledger seems to be dead. Manhattan hotel room apartment building. Appears to have hanged himself taken pills. Bad news. More no doubt to come. EDIT: For the morbid, here's info on the apartments in the building where he was found.
Read MoreThanks and giving, and giving, and giving….
Chef Combo First, there were nachos and cheese and crackers. Then there was ham and turkey breast and stuffing and corn (with a whole stick of butter!) and gravy and cranberry and pickles and rolls and mashed potatoes and green bean casserole and I think that's the whole schmear but I could have forgotten something.…
Read MoreNYC – Austin, 5:35 flight
Brokeback celeb, first class w/ iPod. I'm Not There, I'm Here Post Flight Update: In case you're wondering who you should be looking at, it's the blond dude with the little pony tail in first class. Only person in first class. The flight attendant came over to my seat later (the one next to me…
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