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Oct 28, 20132 min read
The Pattern of Change Is Change
The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...
Jann Alexander
Oct 16, 20132 min read
Close Encounters of the Austin Kind
First Encounter: Greetings from Austin, 2004 by Jann Alexander [Mural: Todd Sanders © Roadhouse Relics] It was still spring in Austin,...
Jann Alexander
Oct 14, 20131 min read
Where the Elite Eat in Waco
Where the Elite Eat by Jann Alexander © 2103 What could be tastier on Mondays than 2 for 1 Burgers at The Elite Cafe in Waco, Texas?...
Jann Alexander
Oct 11, 20132 min read
A Retro Transition From Movies to Books into History
From Movies to Books by Jann Alexander © 2013 Americana Ad, Austin History Center When Austin’s Americana Theatre held its gala opening...
Jann Alexander
Oct 3, 20133 min read
Reflections on Making a Mark
Lightscapes / On the Lake, Austin by Jann Alexander © 2013 . . . There’s a complex explanation in physics for reflection....
Jann Alexander
Sep 18, 20132 min read
Singing the Moody Blues for Antone’s
Moody Blues by Jann Alexander © 2013 Antone’s, the club whose name is perhaps most synonymous with The Live Music Capital of the World...
Jann Alexander
Sep 17, 20133 min read
How Does Art Connect Us?
ART CONNECTS ME to the whole wide world. It’s in the details of everything I see, be it a painting in a gallery window, a pair of...
Jann Alexander
Sep 13, 20131 min read
Overcome by Tall Towers and Big Cranes
Tiny Bar, Big Crane by Jann Alexander © 2010 We’d honestly like to see more of the Tiniest Bar in Texas. It’s just that these days,...
Jann Alexander
Sep 11, 20132 min read
Walk Back to Weird at Wiggy’s
Walk or Don’t Walk, it’s up to you at Wiggy’s I have long been fascinated by juxtapositions. In fact I’ve tried to build my entire...
Jann Alexander
Aug 29, 20131 min read
Terlingua Ghosts
Terlingua Ghosts by Jann Alexander © 2013 There’s a tiny speck of a town in Texas along the Mexico border that ensnares most visitors...
Jann Alexander
Aug 16, 20132 min read
Turned On and Powerful Once Again
Austin Power : “You can’t turn me on.” Austin Powers : “Au contraire baby, you can’t resist me.” Austin Power by Jann Alexander © 2013...
Jann Alexander
Aug 14, 20132 min read
How Can They Call It Health Camp?
Health Camp Super Burgers Since 1949 by Jann Alexander © 2013 Call it Road Kill, because the large milkshakes at Health Camp really...
Jann Alexander
Aug 9, 20131 min read
Austin: Truly in Hues of Blue
True Blues by Jann Alexander © 2103 Blue is the color of summer in Austin. Blue skies. Blue pools. Blue lakes. Blue neon. Blue...
Jann Alexander
Aug 2, 20132 min read
You Mean Austin Keeps on Vanishing?
Yes, it does. As noted in What’s Vanished Since 2004 , some of Austin’s best treasures have gone missing since I began my Vanishing...
Jann Alexander
Jul 19, 20132 min read
What’s Vanished Since 2004?
A lot of Austin has gone missing since I began my Vanishing Austin photo series in the spring of 2004. For one reason or another—...
Jann Alexander
Jun 28, 20131 min read
Boots That Are Made for Walkin’
Walk in Allens Boots by Jann Alexander ©2013 Allens Boots is a place I steer all of my Austin visitors to, direct from the airport, so...
Jann Alexander
Jun 24, 20131 min read
Too Late to Look for the Spear
Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013 Stylin’ High © Jann Alexander A pack of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum could relieve...
Jann Alexander
Jun 14, 20131 min read
The Pattern of Change
The Pattern of Change by Jann Alexander © 2013 It takes a whole lotta cranes to hoist up a new Marriott in downtown Austin, where...
Jann Alexander
May 31, 20131 min read
So Long, SoCo Trailers
So Long, SoCo Trailers by Jann Alexander © 2013 Sign of the Thaimes? Neon green picnic tables and a fallen Coat & Thai sign are all...
Jann Alexander
May 18, 20132 min read
There Goes the Neighborhood
A Hole in the Heart of Texas by Jann Alexander © 2012 Lamar Plaza is gone. It’s just a hole in the ground now. Since late 2012, dozens...
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