How Does Art Connect Us?
Oh, the stories we can tell, when we have a connection with our art.
Austin
A Summer Invitation
— There is nothing as inviting as a languid, limpid pool of cool blue water on a hot summer day. — ORDER A PRINT of Blue Pool by Jann Alexander and visit AustinDetailsArt.com for more fine art photography and paintings. RELATED ARTICLES Truly in Hues of Blue (VanishingAustin.me) Cool, Clear Water (YouTube.com) Daily Prompt: Water
Time Traveling
Time travel right from your own iPad, your desktop or your car. Just get there when you can.
Would You Like a Condo with that Custard?
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. […]
So Long, SoCo Trailers
Sign of the Thaimes? Neon green picnic tables and a fallen Coat & Thai sign are all that remains of a once bustling food trailer court in the heart of the South Congress action. Next up: a new hotel. Of course. ♣ Shop with PayPal: Among the nearly 100 photographs in my ongoing Vanishing Austin series are many survivors. Admire their […]
Where Oh Where Will The Warehouse Go?
The freight lines brought the low-brick industrial warehouses that once dominated Austin from I-35 to MoPac, and in the early 20th century, the building known locally as the Spaghetti Warehouse was part of a busy commercial district, warehousing groceries. Reincarnated as a brothel during Prohibition, and serving up spaghetti with mystery dinner theatre since 1975, the 1902 […]