Even Austin has its Waterloo (@WaterlooRecords)
The first time I was ever in Austin, I wanted to go to Waterloo Records first. I had already heard about the shop long before …
Seattle of the South: Austin’s Monkey Nest Coffee (@MonkeyNestATX)
Monkey Nest Coffee proclaims itself “An Austin Original”, and it has earned something of a name for itself in a city that could rightly be …
Taking A Vinyl Break at Breakaway Records (@Breakaway Austin)
I first discovered Breakaway Records when it was on Fifth Street in East Austin. That was my first long-term visit to Austin, and my first …
MonkeyWrench Books (@MonkeyWrenchATX) in Austin’s North Loop
MonkeyWrench Books is a collective that runs a left-wing bookstore in Austin’s ultra-hip North Loop neighborhood (Well, really, what Austin neighborhood ISN’T ultra-hip?). The average …
Third Coast Music and Apparel, East Austin
Third Coast Music and Apparel in East Austin is a branch of the store in Elgin. It appears to be full of T-shirts and mixtapes, …
Starting SXSW Week with Breakfast at @TheOmelettry in Austin
Every year, I celebrate my first day of South By Southwest in Austin by going to breakfast at The Omelettry. A neighborhood institution since its …
Hopdoddy Burger Bar (@hopdoddy) in University Park, Dallas
While driving from Memphis to Austin last week on Sunday for South By Southwest, I decided to stop at Hopdoddy Burger Bar in Dallas for …
Bellevue Middle Majorettes and Drummer @ BJ Danz Starz Jamboree
Bellevue Middle School Majorettes take it back to the old school with a drumline, while all the other majorettes at the jamboree used CD’s.
BJ Danz Majorette Jamboree @ Elliston Baptist Academy, Memphis
There was supposed to be a cook-out and basketball tournament at Westside Park in Frayser, but when I got there, I found that there was …
The Third World in Frayser?
People call a neighborhood south of the Frisco tracks, east of Airways and north of I-240 the Third World, but this restaurant/club on Whitney Avenue …