This post is a helpful explainer as to why I still blog, however many years (decades??) later. Thanks for reading thisislifeinaustin/aspen/youaremycelebrity/xlyssa/all the iterations this blog has been! Read Em’ History major here. Fascinated by the concept that North America is truly 11 nations shaped by their cultures and backgrounds. Rings very true. May need to…
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Checklist 75
There’s a blogger I follow who has been blogging about as long as me, and she’s been making a list like this for over a decade. She’s on #324. I may never get there but 75 sure feels like some sort of achievement. Feed & Bev Me SO PROUD of my friends Balanza Vineyard for…
Checklist 73
You know Zoom has taken over your life when an entire company has sprung up around a “work robe”—a mullet of bathwear with a button up top and “comfy” robe bottom. Part wtf and part wfh. Feed & Booze Me I love sacha inchi and Brass Roots snacks are making puffs from them, which is…
Checklist 69
It’s possible I’m obsessing over house changes because I’m, well, in my house a lot. Should I paint the cabinets? Greywash them? I need more art. I should move the art I do have… Feed Me As someone who loves shrimp, this article and its accompanying photo is epic: How to Cook Shrimp. Three I…
Back On! Backyard Ball Supporting Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
After a virtual Backyard Ball last year, the Tomorrow’s Leaders event of the season is back, baby! Put Thursday, September 23, 2021 at 6:00 PM at Mercury Hall on your calendar, buy your tix at backyardball.org ($90 for 2 or $50/each), and get ready to enjoy delicious food from local restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries.
Checklist 53
Week whatever because I’ve skipped a few and also given up; we’re just numbering checklists here. Entertainment Listen to Ep 27 of Sacks and the City Pod! Feed & Wine Me I’ve mentioned Boxt before and still promise a full wine review, but just received my second delivery and they are still just killing the…
Checklist 52 (?!)
Happy Covidversary? A whole calendar year ago, I started posting some virtual things to do … and a whole year later, we still need this (and a state of the covid address tonight…) If you need a good laugh about a purported side effect of the pandemic, read Break a Toe Recently? You’re Not Alone…
Checklist 51
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!…
Checklist 42
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.…
Checklist 38
I’m headed out on my first airplane trip in 10 months. To help understand COVID-19, the data, science, and politics, make sure you sign up for the new newsletter from my dear friend and the smartest, most logical Nurse Practitioner I know: bit.ly/veronicamax Entertainment An 8-mile long wall of art deep in the Amazon is…