I have no problem diving into a 500-plus page book and devouring it in a matter of days. If the book is as good as some I’ve read, all the better. I love getting sucked into a great story. Book reviews are another matter. Most book reviews are too long and use too many unusual […]
La Gloria was wonderful! Featuring Mexican street foods, La Gloria sits on the outer edge of the old Pearl Brewery and was the perfect meal for a hot Saturday. We turned street food into family style – having my brother, Jackson, and my dad order for the table. You know what that means: there’s zero […]
Would you like a burger with your cheese? Man! This was a fantastic hamburger – the Flaming Jalapeno from Chris Madrid’s in San Antonio. The “flaming” part had me worried, but honestly, it wasn’t that spicy. It was just good. A little hole in the wall, nondescript place, we would have never known to try […]
Erik Larson makes history interesting. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hilter’s Berlin chronicles one family’s experiences in Berlin in the years leading up to World War II and it is fascinating. The family is that of William Dodd, the US Ambassador to Germany, and without much political support […]
Tonight’s dinner was fresh and tasty – homemade beef fajitas based on this recipe (although no measuring of ingredients was employed, so “recipe” might be a stretch – more like an educated guess in the general direction of “fajitas”). A quick trip to HEB after work yielded all the necessary provisions and a quick prep […]
After hearing mostly good things about Lucy’s Fried Chicken, we decided to give it a go. We ventured out on Saturday afternoon – a potentially deadly move as far as crowds in Austin go. It was around 3 p.m. though and we got lucky in that the restaurant wasn’t packed and there was parking right […]
I have a useless gift: the gift of judging books by their covers. It’s not a flawless system, but for the most part I do pretty well at the bookstore – especially in the sale section. My latest successful find is The Matchmaker of Kenmare by Frank Delaney. I was drawn to the book by […]
For a while I was burning my way through a book or so a week, but then I hit a dry spell. I blame other projects and life distractions in general, but I’m back on track now! I just completed The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie: A Flavia de Luce Mystery by Alan […]
What better way to work up an appetite for dinner than to read a new diet book? I decided to flip through Bob Harper’s The Skinny Rules: The Simple, Nonnegotiable Principles for Getting to THIN after work today. I borrowed the book from my friend Carrie, and while I think the principles are sound – […]
There aren’t many books that I read more than once. Certainly not but a few that I’ve read more than twice. But Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of my all-time favorites and I unashamedly admit to being a little bit obsessed. It borders on ridiculous actually. Other Jane Austen works lose me in […]
South & Town 