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Design you own junk trunk!

Got an extra $600 laying around? If so, you can show off your summer body in custom designed swimwear.  If only my last name were Rockefeller. 🙁 http://www.orlebarbrown.com/ob-snapshorts-app    

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Desserts and Pastries, Dining, Entertainment, Lifestyle

I Can’t See a Thing!

People are always looking for new and unique experience no matter what city they live in. I’ve heard about the blind experience in cities like New York or L.A., but…

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Amazing Art for Free!

What an unreal opportunity to educate yourself about art for FREE! 422 art books available online via The Met.  

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Dining, Entertainment, Lifestyle

Las Manitas Lives! Sort Of

Any Austin old-timer can recall Avenue Cafe/ Las Manitas on Congress and 2nd street.  It was a food and cultural icon.  You’d literally walk through the kitchen to get to…

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Baking a Concha

I think I want to try to learn how to bake these for the holidays. It might be fun to make them in specialty flavors.    

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Morons at the Pump — Don’t Let It Be You!

    by Judy Card The story depicted here is based on a true situation that evolved on a typical summer Sunday at Georgetown Airport. A few facts have been altered to protect the guilty;…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Eight Days of Confusion

    by Diana Freeman December 06, 2005, This entry was provided by a friend, Diana Freeman. It is an narrative poem written by her son as a school assignment. The poem depicts the emotional…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: The Boy With The Pink Jeep

    by Scott Ballew “I’ve seen firsthand the terrible consequences of drug abuse. My heart is with all who suffer from addiction and the terrible consequences for their families.”-Columba Bush “But I will say…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Bound for India

    A short Jacinta story dedicated to ‘Mikey’ It was thrilling to hear the applause as I introduced the band to more than 5000 Robbie Williams fans. We were the opening act for his…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Putting The Fun In Funeral

    by Angela De Los Santos Two days ago this Christmas was looking damn good. Mom’s suicide attempt a failure, she was happily and safely encamped at our favorite inpatient rehab hospital. Jail time…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: Haikus

    by Rian Kochel I want for nothingexcept for an escape fromeverything I need Long days melt on icecigarettes burn in protestwhiskey wins the war This life is a gifta gift that has been…

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  • Stories from the Crowd: My Wednesday With Bill Clinton

    by Scott Sadler The following essay details a day I spent with Bill Clinton. If you get stumped by it’s vagaries – then you might just grasp the cluelessness I too was experiencing…

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