What color do you bleed?

Orange, right? (Good answer.) Or are you telling me you bleed maroon?
There’s really only one way to find out. Donate blood between November 23 and 26 at any of the community blood centers in Austin, Cedar Park or Round Rock, or at three campus locations, and make sure to tell them which team you’re bleeding [...]

Sat Nov 22: Save Reagan High Rally & March

I’m not sure this is posted anywhere online, but I wanted to help spread the word about this event. I’ve spoken to people who believe very strongly that closing Reagan High is not the answer. If you feel the same way, I hope you’ll come out for this event.
 
Save Reagan High Rally and March
Host: Stand [...]

Announcing our YouTube channel…

I’m such a follower. But we have a few videos related to the next issue, and uploading to the ‘Tube is so much easier than uploading to WordPress. Plus, I need the self-gratification that comes with mastering a Web application and gaining new “friends” and “subscribers.” (I wish I were joking.) Please check out the [...]

Why giving Thanksgiving groceries can be better than giving the cooked meal

Last year I attended El Buen Samaritano’s Thanksgiving event, newly titled “Hands for Hope: Thanksgiving Basket Event.” Ivan Davila allowed us to write about it in our first issue.
What makes this event so different from other Thanksgiving meal events is that instead of ladeling out the turkey and all the fixins on Thanksgiving Day, El [...]

Pizza Capital of the World

For a brief but proud period in its history, Austin celebrated pizza. 
The November 14th issue of the Austin Chronicle had a cover story titled “Indie Pizza,” in which the newspaper’s food writers tasted and rated some of the local pies. The cover photo featured a slice that looked as if it definitely could have been made by a local [...]

Here’s a preview of a feature story about black Austin for the next issue of GivingCity

We had a photo and video shoot earlier this week for a feature we’re working on for the next issue. Torquil’s posted a few photos on his blog. I think he really likes them. Thanks to Owen Laracuente for the photos and Randy Hinesfor the videography, and to Chris Jones for conducting the interview.
I’m excited [...]

I’ve been neglectful

I have been neglecting the blog for a while now, but I have lots of really important reasons/excuses.
First of all, there’s this day job. It’s new; I’ve only been there since July 1. So I’m trying to get my bearings. I think the new boss lady would frown upon my moonlighting endeavors, so I try [...]

Sam learns he could grow up to be president

Of all the things anybody is going to say about the election and Barack Obama, I’m sure this is the least relevant. I don’t care.
I kept Sam up tonight while his dad put Olivia to sleep because I wanted him to see the election. He’s 4 1/2 years old. I know he didn’t care, really, [...]

Remarkable Austinites who just happen to your need help getting food

Sarah Andrews of Meals on Wheels and More wrote me last week with lots of great news about this longstanding organization. First the biggest news was that it is going to be the recipient of the money raised by next year’s Capital 10K race, which last year raised more than $180,000 for University Medical Center [...]