Austin City Limits Music Festival starts today, and while we aren’t going, I will be there in spirit! I won tickets to the first show back in 2002, and we went again the next year because it was so incredibly fun. It’s definitely grown from a small, homespun local show to an international music festival, complete with the crowds to prove it. In fact, it’s so crowded and tickets sell out SO FAST, that next year, the festival will be two weekends in a row! How crazy is that?
But this year, we are in luck. The entire weekend lineup is streaming live on YouTube, so you can watch it from the comfort of your home, without all the sand and sweat. Jack White is playing at 8:30 Saturday night, and I will be watching! I hope you’ll check it out.
As for us, we’ll be heading back to Wildseed Farms for pumpkins. And maybe a little Dairy Queen, too.
What are you doing this weekend?
Watch Behind the Scenes – Working with Babies on PBS. See more from Call the Midwife.
I’ve watched the first two episodes of Call the Midwife on PBS, and I am in love. It’s such a charming show, and I’ve literally been moved to tears by the stories of the women each week. The midwives themselves are so sweet and truly eager to help, and when a young prostitute tells one, “God love your innocence, Nurse Jenny Lee,” I couldn’t help but smile. The series is incredibly respectful of birthing moms, babies, and birth in general, and I love this clip about the babies from the show. Producer Hugh Warren’s words are especially touching, I think. I hope you will check out Call the Midwife, which airs Sunday evenings on PBS.
KUT 90.5, my local public radio station, recently added Snap Judgment to its lineup. I heard this moving story on the show last weekend while I was getting ready, and I couldn’t keep my eyes dry as I put on my makeup. This account captures the power of true love in a little under six minutes, and I promise it will make your day!
(Ryan’s BeerFeast card.)
Full disclosure: This is a second-hand post. Ryan attended Austin’s Flying Saucer BeerFeast 2012 recently, and took lots of great pictures, so I am giving him total credit.
On that rainy Saturday, James was visiting my parents, and Rhys and I were snuggling up at home. But Ryan was braving the storms for a chance at some great local beers and a little people watching, and I got to check out his shots after the party. Of course, I was more interested in what the girls (and a few guys) were wearing than what he actually drank, and I had fun creating a collage or two based on the BeerFeast fashion trends.
It took me several hours over a period of days to make a semi-decent collage with my minimal skills, and I felt a little like the guy who helps Bill Cunningham with his weekly newspaper columns. Except that I am much less experienced. And a girl. But you get what I mean.
It’s always fun to people watch at Austin events, and you get a good mix of high fashion, street fashion, and everything in between. Here’s what really stood out to me.
(The Token Hipster. There’s one in every crowd and he is so unimpressed.)
(Men’s Fashion: the kilt, the hat, the lederhosen.)
(Nothing says, “Austin,” like boots and dresses.)
(Rubber boots for every style.)
(And more boots.)
(And more boots, to help with the puddles, and the people in them.)
(Even the Fashion Police were there, taking pictures of all the girls. You know, for official records.)
BeerFeast may not be my cup of tea, but I sure had fun with the photos!
