Santa’s hideout at chicken fried heaven: a family tradition
Every year we go out to Elgin to cut down our Chrismas tree. And every year we stop at the Cafe 290 in Manor to get their heart attack appetizer, the Chicken Fried Universe: fried green tomatoes, onion...
View ArticleThis is too cool not to share
Kids today have all the coolest stuff. Playstations, scooters, LEGO robots. They even get colored braces. Liam got his yesterday, and in keeping with the season (and because everything that Dad thinks...
View ArticleRandom Mardi Gras Memory
My kids’ first Mardi Gras was in 2002, and they thought it was better than Disney World. I remember late on Bacchus night, standing on the back of a kid ladder while Cassidy, who was almost 8, sat in...
View ArticleParalyzed
My life is like this right now. Work. School. Kids. Housing. Moving. Staying. By the end of May there will likely be clarity, but right now there is nothing but fog and nothing I can do but wait for it...
View ArticleWalkin’
…And the only reason I’m singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if you’re in a situation like that there’s only one...
View ArticleHouseless, but not homeless
alt="Our old house" /> Today we closed on the sale of our house. The Walker-Stiles house was our home for six years, and a few years back we were able to get it declared a City of Austin historic...
View ArticleNot far from the tree at all
While waiting on our dinner at the Ye Old College Inn the other night, Liam decides to entertain himself. Ray: I’m going to need another Barqs. Liam: I’m going to need another Barqs. Ray (looks at...
View ArticleAnn
In July of 1992, Gina and I flew into Austin from San Francisco for some job interviews. The city life in the Bay Area was starting to wear us down and we were both homesick for the heat we grew up...
View ArticleA Ricey Weekend
A ricey ricey weekend. Saturday we went to see Tulane play my alma mater Rice in the Superdome. It was nice finally getting to spend some quality time in the Dome, since the Monday Night Football thing...
View ArticleMe neither, H
I just don’t wanna. When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That’s always changing things...
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