There's a new vintage store in town--sort of a mashup of Uptown Modern and Mercury but not overly polished. I mean that in a good way, because that grittier version of Mercury means you're not paying Mercury prices. Here's what [...]
...And the winner is: Rich Plum--COME ON DOWN! Between an engineering mentor-y thing I'm taking Phoebe to tomorrow, babysitting my BFF's kiddo tomorrow night and the WEST tour on Sunday, it will be mighty hard to squeeze in a few [...]
We're on a mission to have more fun with home decor--and a great little project that will let you stretch a bit creatively without spending a lot of money is to paint your front door a fun, contrasting color. Realtors [...]
Magazine Monday will be postponed due to a packed schedule today with clients. In the meantime, I've updated my WEST Tour list from last week with notes following my visits over the weekend. I started at the bottom of my [...]
It's about that time, folks! You look forward to the EAST tour every year, and for the second year we also have the West Austin Studio Tour to give us a big art fix. I've gone through everyone's websites and [...]
So we were on our way to Seguin last weekend when this caught my eye: High Lonesome Gallery Scrreeeeeeeech. Had to stop, you know we did. The High Lonesome Gallery--part roadside attraction, part art gallery--offers so much fun, [...]
If yesterday's tragic bombing in Boston teaches us anything, it is that life is too short. You don't know exactly how much time you have on the planet, and the saddest thing of all is that it could only be [...]
Okay, so I've been playing hooky with the blog the past two days. My apologies for "Art Week" turning into such a short stint, but I can at least fill you in on some don't-miss art-related events going on this [...]
Art on 5th gallery owner Joe Sigel's living room features a piece by Canadian artist Sacha. Photo by Suzi Q. Varin / Q Weddings. We're going to be focusing on art this week--everything from a current exhibition I'm [...]
Phoebe's recent spring break was more like a staycation, since Mommy and Daddy both had to work. We did try to do something special every day though, to make it feel like a holiday. One of those special somethings was [...]