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Charm School: Texas Rib Kings, Austin TX

Posted in Barbecue, Food, tagged , , , , , on June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

On September 6th 1995, I began to realize that professional photography wasn’t my calling. That was the day that Cal Ripken Jr. broke Lou Gehrig’s “Iron Man” record, playing his 2,131st consecutive game. I wasn’t exactly a big baseball fan, let alone an Orioles devotee. This was the pre-Nationals, post-Senators days, when the Orioles were [...]

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Welcome to Texas

Posted in Politics, Texana, tagged , on September 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »

People who have never visited Austin often don’t realize that it is a pretty progressive city, a blue dot in an otherwise deeply red state. And for those of us who live here, you can often go days at a time without thinking about the the fact that Rick Perry is your governor. But even [...]

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Gold’n Crisp, La Grange TX

Posted in Food, Fried Chicken, Travel, tagged on August 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Almost back in Austin, we still had room for one final road meal. But we were off the Roadfood map, and not exactly in an area with any Yelp reviews. It was time to go old-school and pick a place based on looks alone. We encountered this promising sign in La Grange, Texas. La Grange [...]

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Shear Heaven

Posted in Southern Gothic, Travel, tagged on July 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

When we passed this sign in La Grange, Texas, I demanded that we turn around and go back for a photo. Conveniently located just across the road from the cemetery, I have to wonder if Curl Up and Dye gets most of the funeral business in town. I imagine the beauty parlor from Steel Magnolias [...]

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Avalon Diner, Houston TX

Posted in Food, Travel, tagged , on July 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Originally, our plan was to have breakfast in Houston, but it didn’t work out that way. Breakfast became lunch, and this was to prove a theme of the trip. Of course, the nice thing about driving is that when plans change, it’s no big deal. So we had burgers at the Avalon Diner in Houston [...]

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