Month: August 2007

Matching Dresses

My two clients yesterday wore identically patterned dresses, but in different colors of lightweight material. Both from Green Bay, Wisconsin, they had already figured out how to stay cool in Texas in August. One had just moved to this metro area and was welcoming her visiting friend. An amateur photographer colleague of mine was also …

Kevin and Joseph

My friend and fellow geographer Kevin Anderson delivers noontime lectures on ecological topics every month for the CER. This past Monday was Discovering the Colorado: Environmental History of this Texas River. Kevin also leads occasional tours along Waller Creek, the informal eastern edge of the original Austin city, and never ceases to extol Life on …

Wedding Party

The Captain’s daughter was getting married in Austin this weekend, so he treated his friends and family to a Downtown Tour Friday and Saturday. After a scrumptious lunch at Hula Hut, the first day’s contingent saw 6th Street, the Capitol grounds, UT, the Drag, LBJ Library, and Hyde Park. Saturday, another batch of the same …

Newcomer Orientation

Yesterday I got to introduce a new resident to Austin’s charms. From Chicago via Colorado, Dr. H and her parents enjoyed an overview of neighborhoods close to downtown south and west. Of special interest were SoCo, Travis Heights, Bouldin Creek, Zilker, Barton Hills, Clarksville, and Tarrytown. These three travelers, whom I met at the Driskill, …

Rain Again

Flash–Crack–Boom! Here comes another downpour, this from tropical depression Erin. We in Central Texas enjoyed several weeks of dry, hot conditions–normal for August–but woke up to precipitation once more. It’s expected to last most of today and perhaps into tomorrow. With luck, this rain will clean the air here, which has looked awfully dirty recently.