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Vanishing Austin _ Too Late to Look for the Spear by Jann Alexander © 2013-0647

November 5, 2013

Blessings for The Man in Black

A broken-down bus that long lived at Austin’s famous honky-tonk shows some respect for the Man in Black. The missing 1948 Flxible Clipper bus that once lent its retro funk to Austin’s best-known dance hall, the Broken Spoke, made an unannounced road trip last spring to Adkins, Texas and ended up parked at Texas Pride Barbecue. Seems […]

June 20, 2013

Would You Like a Condo with that Custard?

Photography, Texas, Vanishing Austin

Sandy’s Frozen Custard may very well be the best frozen custard in Texas. And Sandy’s still serves its frozen treats the old-fashioned way—from its walkup window, just the way they did in 1947—and you can still slip back in time at Sandy’s, if you can ignore the tall condo and crane overtowering its vintage neon sign. […]