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Jann Alexander
Feb 5, 20151 min read
When There’s Only One Way Out
Only One Way Out: Down by Jann Alexander © 2105 Sometimes, life throws a lot of choices your way. But in the end, there’s only one way...
Jann Alexander
Nov 11, 20142 min read
Following the Signs
Hither and Yon, Port Aransas, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2014 | Sign by Kandice Turicchi Dorothy: Now which way do we go? Scarecrow:...
Jann Alexander
Oct 30, 20142 min read
So Many Signs, So Little Time
October has been a month of signs at Pairings , exploring the themes of art + meanings within our everyday surroundings. The inspiration...
Jann Alexander
Oct 7, 20141 min read
Unintended Redundancies
Do you believe in signs? Sometimes they really speak to me. Other times, they’re . . . well, they may have a modicum of truth, but they...
Jann Alexander
Oct 6, 20141 min read
Signs of Changing Times
Closed or open, since 1862. Come on in. Wear your shirt. Because we’ve got our rules. Don’t like our rules? Eat somewheres else. Ashes...
Jann Alexander
Oct 5, 20141 min read
You’ll Always Have Choices
No Parking by Jann Alexander © 2011 Scuttled by Jann Alexander © 2011 There’s Parking Signs, and then there’s No Parking Signs. These...
Jann Alexander
Oct 4, 20141 min read
Does Beer Make Others More Interesting?
Drink Miller by Jann Alexander ©2014 Pop Beer Quiz! Pop a beer to answer a few questions about it on this holiest of beer-drinking days....
Jann Alexander
Oct 3, 20142 min read
All the Signs Pointed Me in One Direction
Willie Nelson Live, 2004 by Jann Alexander ©2014 It was May 2004 and there were so many signs in Austin, Texas, I almost ran out of...
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
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 21, 20082 min read
Movin’ On—Carefully
Movin’ On—Carefully by Jann Alexander ©2008 How do you move a neon sign? Especially one that’s achieved icon status in Austin? As it...
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