… here are five places I really, really want to go on a date, like, now. Could be a friend date, I don’t care. Monger’s moved into Vino Vino‘s old space (next to my gym!) and I want to get oysters + champagne STAT. Josephine House has a three-course steak + frites night with bottomless…
Governor Abbott’s opening of Texas 100% and removal of mask mandate has caused a lot of reaction and opinion across the country. Hell, probably the world. Here’s the official summary of the announcement, and the PDF of the Executive Order. “… Today’s announcement does not abandon safe practices that Texans have mastered over the past…
I spent too long writing Convo 51, reacting to everyone’s reactions to Texas lifting the mask mandate and occupancy restrictions. No surprise here, I’m in favor of freedom in life and nuance in perspective, which isn’t easily captured in a quip. Entertainment The drunk pandy blizzy ep of Sacks and the City podcast is live!…
It’s been 50 weeks of this checklist, more weeks for most people locking down. Perhaps it’s fitting then that I’m off for a pandemic elopement in West Texas with my quarantine crew… and I’m too tired and stressed to post any controversial articles today. On to links to click! Entertainment This imagining is super cool:…
Oh, Covid. Is this chart real? I donate blood regularly, and tested positive for the antibodies in late January. I have a long theory, but basically this could explain why. Entertainment Register now and save the date (March 4 at 6pm) for an awesome virtual cooking demo! You don’t have to live in Austin so…
Today in yoga, my very favorite instructor said, “how are you today, Lyssa?!” “Hungover!” I said, and we giggled. Throughout class, she teased me, and I lost my balance more than usual, but I giggled every time. She said at one point, “at least you have joy!” What else could I have? Why was I…
The last list of 2020. Abbott vs Adler. Rain vs hot pool. Mask-erade vs masquerade. It’s new year’s eve eve; there’s almost just one last night of 2020… Entertainment Sacks and the City podcast episode 18 is our longest at 54 minutes, but it’s really like eavesdropping (with permission) on a long conversation between friends.…
Can you imagine that it’ll be 2021 for the next Feel Good Friday gratitude list?! So the last list of 2020 is a special hand-drawn graphic edition. Because why not mix it up at the very end of the year?! But also because Christmas 2020’s sunset was truly spectacular… Grateful for my family.
It’s sunny and 65 here, so it hardly feels like Christmas. But I’m pretty sure my parents called every member of my family from Costco or some other shopping destination today, asking us questions about what the others wanted. Don’t worry, mom and dad, no one has bought anyone anything yet—and what I have bought,…
My dad clipped an article out of the newspaper and brought it over to my house when Cowboy Pools launched during the early months of the pandemic this year. A few months later, they released the Cowgirl Pool, the polyurethane version with slightly sloped sides (way more comfy for sitting), and I had my pool…