Stolen from Jessamyn’s photostream.

Posted March 14, 2008 by Casey
Categories: Photoblog, Politics & Controversy, Questionable...funny. Pointless.. Tags: george bush, george w bush, license plate, politics, protest, texas, w. Be the first one.

SXSW passes have apparently been sold out for weeks now. So what’s Bob Garlitz, the MaisonBisson cultural affairs reporter, to do? Hunt for celebrities around Austin, of course.

Here’s how he describes his first hit:

…I decide hell, yes, it is Owen and give a tiny decisive blink. He blinks back in acknowledgment. I give him a little punch on his shoulder and say Hey, how’re you doing? I’m doing real good, he says slowly…

Posted March 17, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Books, Movies, Music, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Style, Fashion and Food, Travel. Tags: austin, austin tx, bob garlitz, celebrity, celebrity citings, cultural reporting, owen wilson, robert garlitz, south by southwest, sxsw, sxsw2006, texas. 5 Comments.

You won’t get your salad dressing on the side in San Antonio. I don’t know what it says about a place, but in New England it’s so common I never learned to ask for it on the side, it just happens. Not so in San Antonio.
You’ll also have trouble finding a place to eat [...]

Posted January 22, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Travel. Tags: ala, ala midwinter, leisure, riverwalk, san antonio, san antonio tx, texas, tourist, Travel. Be the first one.

I’m in San Antonio for ALA Midwinter and enjoying the benefits of wide-area mobile internet access via my Treo and and the power of local search. This is sort of a test for me and my Treo, as I passed on all the usual trip prep I do and entirely I’m depending on what I’ll [...]

Posted January 18, 2006 by Casey
Categories: Technology, Travel. Tags: local search, mobile internet, mobile local search, mobile search, riverwalk, san antonio, texas, treo, treo 650. 3 Comments.

The text of what appears to be the press release (online at Alpine Avalanche):
The Fort Davis Merchants Association and the Jeff Davis County 4-H Club encourage everyone to come join the fun as they host the Second Annual West Texas Beautiful Burro and Mule Contest Saturday, Nov. 12.
The contest will be held on the west [...]

Posted November 12, 2005 by Casey
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless., Travel. Tags: 4h clubs, beautiful burro and mule contest, beauty contest, burro, costume contest, jeff davis county, livestock, mule, second annual, texas, tumbleweed smith, west texas. Be the first one.

Alcohol’s strange effects on people…

Posted May 1, 2002 by Casey
Categories: Travel. Tags: beer can house, cleveland turner, flower man, flower man house, flower man's house, houston, houston texas, john milkovisch, roadsideamerica, texas. Be the first one.