Posts from June, 2001
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Jun0Austin Summer Skate & Music Fest
Strangely enough, Austin does not have a public skatepark. This isn’t exactly true. There is the “House Park Skate Park” located at the Austin Rec Center in the Shoal Creek area. It is like half the size of a a tennis court and is surrounded by a chain link fence. One of the few times [...]
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Jun0The Sacred Springs
Sarah and I have both decided that one of our absolute favorite things about Austin is Barton Springs in Zilker Park. If you are unfamiliar with the pool, here are some quick facts: the springs are around 68 degrees year round, Native Americans called them the Sacred Springs, they became part of Zilker in 1917, [...]
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Jun0Austin Towers
The past few years have seen an incredible rise in cell phone towers across the country. They are now ubiquitous. Generally considered a blight, cities have been tinkering with innovative ways to mask these monuments to modernism. Some of the stranger places I have seen towers include one at the top of the big hill [...]
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Jun0Reasons I love Austin
This was one of those weekends that reminded me of what is so great about Austin, Texas. For one thing, there was just so much going on it was mind boggling. Sarah and I are often frustrated because there seems to be so much to do here but we just can’t afford to always go [...]
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Jun0Weird green signs
I just got back from a little stroll through tha hood. Here in Bouldin Creek, home of tha Southside Playaz, we keeps it real. Yeah, whatever… anyway, I was walking down S. Congress and as I passed the Magnolia , I saw a green sign on a pole. I have seen these hundreds of times [...]
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