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Good Food In a Sports Bar? As if! Well Actually, The Park Surprises

After a bunch of errands, I was starving. We popped into the neighborhood mega sports bar call The Park (South Lamar).  I’ve had burgers there before but had not tried any…

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3:51 AM
Dining, Entertainment

Osteria Pronto at JW Marriott

So much is going to open and launch in 2015 in Austin. Looking forward to the new Italian eatery, Osteria Pronto, opening up in the JW Marriott.  I’ve tasted food…

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3:38 PM
Automotive, Entertainment

Want a Romantic Day Trip? Try Three Twisted Sisters

Three Twisted Sisters is not a wine btw. Seriously, grab your bf, partner, friends, whomever and hop in the car, slide open the sunroof and roll down the windows. There’s…

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10:59 PM
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Dandy’s Open House, Thursday 1/29 from 7-11

If you’re downtown and in the mood for libations and leather, stop into Dandy’s on Thursday night. I’ve always been a sucker for their shoes. Have yet to have then custom…

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8:40 PM
Automotive, Entertainment, Lifestyle

Cars & Coffee at The Oasis

The gorgeous weather brought droves of people out for the February Cars and Coffee event at The Oasis on Lake Travis. It was an incredibly diverse group of vehicles from…

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4:16 AM
  • Stories from the Crowd: From Balls to Screwballs to Highballs

    by Bob Emerson Recorded at Creek Haus on the banks of Cypress Creek in Wimberley, Texas on a brisk afternoon in March of 2013. Excerpt FromStories from the CrowdScott BallewThis material may be…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: My Brush with the Tower Sniper

    by Forrest Preece, August 01, 1966 I shot this photograph on April 1st, 2007 from the west side of The University of Texas tower’s observation deck. This was the first time I had…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Rescue in the Night

    by Toby Johnson Author; Gay Perspective, Two Spirits, Secret Mattertobyjohnson.com Production Manager/hi-tech guy,Lethe Presslethepressbooks.com Early one Saturday morning I was awakened by the ring of the telephone. It was 1980 and telephones had…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Postscripts from Tiananmen Square

    by Candace Partridge “Every trip that sustains us is in fact a journey home. Perhaps the dragons guarding our way are princesses in possession of the lost key to that place we seek.”…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Military Intervention

    “Saved by the Uniform” by David Callahan At the age of thirteen I had life all figured out. I was out and proud to my supportive parents and most of my close friends.…

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  • Stories from the Crowd

    In 2013, I embarked on publishing a crowd-sourced book. I asked many friends to contribute a short story, which I then published on Apple Books. However, the eBook format wasn’t something everyone embraced,…

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  • Protected: Bottlebrush

    There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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