Posted on December 10, 2008 by Nim
Man, I’m totally sold on First Thursdays. Not only was there a great sale at the yarn store (more on that later), not only was there a santa pub crawl going on, not only was there a mile-long impromptu parade of VW buses and bugs and things, but there were also artists set up, waiting [...]
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Posted on December 5, 2008 by Nim
Here are some images from last night. I’ll flesh out a bit more detail about that amazing lightbulb mobile tree in a bit, once I find the artist’s card (and thus name).
Meantime, here’s the skinny:
We went there to enjoy the sights and see what kind of sale would happen at Hill Country Weavers. Little miss [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2008 by Nim
First a disclaimer: no, it’s not the town it used to be. I grew up here-ish, and the Austin my mom remembers isn’t the one of today. And that’s ok. Things change, it’s cool. Here’s why it’s still cool, though, and why I’m loving being here:
1) First Thursdays. Why have I never been there before [...]
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