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Austin Fashion Week 2012 Social Report No. 4
The signature achievement of Austin Fashion Week is bringing the city’s style scene together in one place. That happens in dribs and drabs during the opening party, boutique crawls and official...
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Concordia University Texas Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel
Penny Cedel had the right idea. Five years ago, the wife of Concordia University Texas president Tom Cedel — and a major force on campus — figured that a black-tie gala in August would be considered...
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Untold Austin Stories: Deep Eddy
Electricity played a silent part in the growth of Deep Eddy in Eilers Park. First, when the electricity-producing dam on Lake McDonald broke in 1900, it gave the Swedish Johnson family, which owned the...
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Bill Munday pays $350,000 -- for a Fiat
Who spends $350,000 for a tiny Fiat? Austin-area car dealer Bill Munday, who paid that steep price for Jay Leno’s Fiat 500 Prima Edizione. (Not unlike the generic one pictured.) The money, of course,...
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Pay It Forward for Lone Star Paralysis Foundation at AT&T Center
Former Carillon food and beverage director Daniel Curtis certainly knows how to repay a good deed. Paralyzed in a diving accident, he helped raise money a second time for others who share his condition...
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Kendra Scott Fall 2012 Collection Opening
Does anyone in Austin begrudge Kendra Scott her incredible success? She’s Hollywood gorgeous, but grounded by her home life, husband and two boys. She started a business in the spare space at their...
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Talk about timing: Livestrong gala lineup revealed
Just as a legal, ethical and perceptual firestorm raged around Livestrong founder Lance Armstrong, we received a handsome invitation to the foundation’s 15th anniversary gala. The guest list for the...
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Future Forum for LBJ Library & Museum at Scholz Garten
Ten years ago, Catherine Robb religiously attended events for the LBJ Library and Museum. After all, President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson were her grandparents. Her parents, Lynda Bird...
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Bernie Taupin Exhibit Opening at Russell Collection
What a delicious job! On assignment, I’ve heard Elton John sing a full set of songs at an Andy Roddick party. Now I’ve spoken his sometime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin. And I’ve perused his art at...
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Tour de Vin at W Austin
Roles change. The Wine and Food Foundation of Texas was closely associated in the public’s mind with what has become the Austin Food and Wine Festival. Somehow, I missed how and why that changed...
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Profile: Jeff Lau of the Andy Roddick Foundation
He might have a lot yet to learn, but newly named Austin foundation director Jeff Lau exudes competence. Maybe his aura of unforced authority was forged during countless hours on the tennis courts and...
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Austin Untold Stories: Oakwood Cemetery Chapel
In at least one place, Austinites gathered as one. Since 1839, Austinites of all backgrounds have been buried in Oakwood Cemetery, though originally in segregated sections. And since 1914, their...
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Farewell Party for Laura Kelso at Malverde
Food blogger Laura Kelso did it just right. On Dishola, a site she co-founded, she reviewed food by the dish. She built a clean, clear, concise brand. She promoted and maintained it consistently,...
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Profile: Businessman, philanthropist, teacher and pilot Jack Long
When Jack Long wanted to start a business, he didn’t summon a creative staff, pick synergistic teams and lead brainstorming sessions. “I went to my little office,” Long says with a gentle, endearingly...
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September Look Ahead for Real Magazine
In case you missed my column in Real magazine on Friday: Austin high life returns to top form in September. Start at the tippy top of the social ladder with the Topfer Theatre Opening Weekend (Zach...
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Guadalupe: Neighborhood Profile for Real Magazine
In case you missed this profile I wrote for Friday’s Real magazine. One inescapable fact about the Guadalupe neighborhood: It rests atop a steep hill. In fact, this high point on the wooded prairie is...
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In Search of a Post-Game Cocktail
It is possible to purchase a classy drink and snack after the game. Hopfields’ drink chef Carter Wilsford and I watched a chunk of the Longhorns-Cowboys mixed blessing at Trudy’s Texas Star. Nothing...
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Untold Austin Stories: Taniguchi Japanese Garden
Need a retirement project? Follow the example of Isamu Taniguchi. From the Wakayama Prefecture near Osaka, Japan, Taniguchi had studied botany, agriculture and bonzai grafting before immigrating to...
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Trivia for O. Henry's 150th Birthday
Each age discovers its own O. Henry. Or for that matter, its own William Sydney Porter, the real name of the short story writer who lived a turbulent life, a slice of it in Austin. Sept. 11 marks...
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People's Plaza Reception at Topfer Theatre
Zach Theatre is passing up no chances to toast its new Topfer Theatre. Last week, artistic director Dave Steakley rolled out energetic snippets from upcoming shows on its large, very live stage. Later...
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