Photos
The eclipse from an iPhone camera pointed at a telescope eyepiece.
Remote Cheese Tasting
In the spirit of supporting our local business during the pandemic, we signed up for a cheese-tasing course with Antonelli’s. We picked up a half pound of cheese from their shop: a pre-selected sampling of seven different cheeses. Then we embellished it with a little prosciutto, Castelvetrano olives, a baguette, and some wine. We then tuned into their video stream while they talked us through the full tasting menu. It was great, especially considering they had never streamed a tasting before and rushed into it with about a week’s preparation.
West Texas
We went to West Texas in November. Turns out it was an ideal time to go: cool at night, and the midday sun was not strong enough to be miserable.
We stayed at El Cosmico in Marfa for a couple of nights. Here is the inside of one of the tipis. Plenty of space and a fire pit to boot.
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Inside an El Cosmico Tipi[/caption]
Finding the desk at Sul Ross in Alpine was harder than we expected. It was pretty far, and we felt lost a couple of times. We pressed on and eventually found it.
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The Famed Desk at Sul Ross[/caption]
Merchant of Venice
Sunday before Memorial Day was the last day of the Austin Shakespeare production at Zilker park. Here we are waiting for the play to start.
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Waiting for the play to start[/caption]
Churchwood at SXSW
One of the advantages of things like music festivals and SXSW is the chance that you’ll happen upon a band that you’ve never heard of before, but stops you in your tracks. Churchwood was one of those acts for me. A couple of years ago we were at the Yard Dog for the cheap Lagunitas and the Jon Langford show. We got an entire day of great music, including Churchwood. They had a great sound and put on a great show. So much that we now just spend our SXSW Saturdays at the Yard Dog and trust them to take care of us. Here are a few pictures from the 2017 and 2018 shows.
Vintage Folding Cameras
A couple of folding cameras we inherited.
The one on the right is an Agfa. I don’t know what the one on the left is. The lens is a Rodenstock. The shutter is a Pronto, made by Gauthier. The AGC logo apparently stands for Alfred Gauthier Calmbach, and also refers to the shutter (the shutter people sure got a lot of branding on this camera).
Women's March Austin
A few photos from the Women’s March on Austin.
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It's a Living
This is one of my favorite SXSW photos. On the stage is a John Langord band that’s going bananas, but these guys are just working the sound board, so you can go nuts in the audience.
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Soundboard at Yard Dog[/caption]
No Age, FFF 2009
For some reason, this stood out tonight. No Age, back when Fun Fun Fun was at Waterloo Park.
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No Age[/caption]
Also: Get off my lawn.
RealAle Overview
Mmmm...beer...
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RealAle Brewery[/caption]
A wide-angle view of the RealAle plant. You can see the Hans Piis cans over to the left.
Look at All This Beer!
Hans Pils, as far as the eye can see!
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Hans Pils[/caption]
I happened upon a tour of the RealAle brewery in Blanco a while ago. As thirst-quenching as this looks, it’s palettes of empty cans.
Fisherman on Lake LBJ
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Fisherman on Lake LBJ[/caption]
Rescued from the archives.
Genius Gin Tasting
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Charles from Genius Gin pours a tasting.[/caption]
Crucifictorious Reunion
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Grandma Saracen joins the Crucifictorious reunion.[/caption]
