It’s All About Your Perspective

Vanishing Austin_Overtowering Sandy's by Jann Alexander © 2013

In Austin, Texas, we take our local landmarks seriously, and our city ordinances decree that new high-rise condos must not exceed the height of our beloved homegrown businesses. Continue reading

Remember the Alamo?

Vanishing Austin_Remember the Alamo by Jann Alexander © 2014

Remember the Alamo? Not the one that began its life in San Antonio, Texas, and made famous by a battle, but the one in Austin, that began life as the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Continue reading

Good Things Always Come in Threes

Margaritaville by Jann Alexander (c) 2012

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Why not try a threesome on National Margarita Day? (As in, three margaritas.) Continue reading

Making Texans Proud Since 1964

Texas Proud Since 1964 by Jann Alexander © 2013

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Broken Spoken Here. The Broken Spoke offers dining, dancing and development. Owner James White, now 75, likes to point out that although “the Broken Spoke isn’t quite as old as the Battle of the Alamo — it captures the mystical charms that make … Continue reading

When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification

Three Boys and a Polaroid © Jann Alexander

Three Boys and a Polaroid first appeared as the post, When a Polaroid Was Instant Gratification, at Pairings :: Art + What Goes With It. The post reappears here by gracious permission of its author, photographer Jann Alexander, who writes about … Continue reading