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O n a sunny day in April 2006, I meticulously laid out my clothes for the next day—black pencil skirt, black silk blouse, red heels (come on, it was 2006). I was going to lunch with Zarghun Dean, the founder and then owner of TRIBEZA. We had never met before, but I had been working as a freelance writer for the magazine and had just turned in an entertaining feature about a dinner party I’d thrown in my backyard. We went to Cantina
Laredo, and over guacamole and chicken tacos, he took me by surprise and hired me on the spot. And just like that, my life changed.
After college, I had followed the advice of one of the letters to the editor I received in response to one of the weekly fashion columns I wrote for the Texas A&M newspaper (the column was called “Campus Couture,” and my thoughts on style tended to rile my fellow Aggies). It said, “If you like Austin so much, you should just move there!” Before I was hired at TRIBEZA, I had lived in Austin for only two years and had very little understanding of the city. But from virtually my first day on the job, I started to meet the extraordinary citizens of this town, who generously shared their stories with me, allowing us to feature their incredible creative pursuits in the pages of the magazine. Over the years, I learned to trust my intuition about what kinds of stories I felt would resonate most with readers, and it was such an honor to play a small role in documenting a piece of Austin over the past eight years.
It feels special that my farewell issue marks the magazine’s 150th edition. I can’t wait to see where the magazine’s new editor, Paula Disbrowe, will take it. In my last few days in the job, I feel nothing but gratitude for the opportunity I was given and for all the unique characters of Austin that I got to meet who taught me the greatest lesson of all—to be no one but myself.
Lauren Smith Ford
Left: I can't thank my best friend and husband of almost 10 years, Bennett, enough for all of his love and support. He brings me peace, inspiration, and happiness everyday. right: Becoming a mother to my daughter Ellie almost two years ago is the best thing that has ever happened to me.
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Styling my two favorite fellas Michael Thad carter and Marques Harper for a story was a ball.
Artist and former TRI-BEZA designer Joy Gal-lagher has encouraged me professionally and personally many times throughout the years.
Gail chovan's fashion show at Delta Millworks with Anne campbell (right) and camille Styles (I will be joining her site, camilleStyles.com, as editor-in-chief) was a particularly fun night.
collaborating with the many talented photographers who shoot for the magazine was one of the best parts about this job. After interviewing legendary shooter Dan Winters in 2008, we became friends and have since collaborated on many projects. He has been a great teacher and inspiration to me.
i have met some of my very best friends through this job and shared many fun experiences with them along the way.
i got to spend time interviewing many people i have long admired.
The best experience of all was getting to interview Willie nelson backstage before his opening night at Acl live. It felt like an out of body experience to be cheek to cheek with an icon.
When George bought the magazine in 2011, he gave me the best gift of all—creative freedom. I will always be grateful.
Ellie on set for this month's cover shoot (facing page) and sharing a high five with chef Paul at Qui between shots for our article on the opening of the restaurant.
My mentor Pam colloff who always shared wisdom and gave me the courage to grow as an editor and person.
I must admit sitting next to my ultimate childhood crush Mark Paul Gosselar (also known as Zack Morris from Saved by the Bell) felt like a dream come true.
I am forever grateful to co-workers and dear friends like Ashley Horsley (who always took time to make a craft with Ellie in the office) and Staley Hawkins (a truly joyful person who always sees the best in people) for supporting me as a working mom and letting Ellie come along for the adventure.
Left: Interviewing Zac Posen before his look for love Fashion in 2006; right: A moment with Bob Schneider at the Saxon Pub. photo by Matt Rainwaters.
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yP urban Affair: 1. Darron Henderson & ciceley Fullylove 2. Elaine Holton & Brittany Moore 3. Ty Shaw & Jade Moore 4. Marcos Johnson & nikki Green 5. Tashara Mitchell & Graham cumberbatch 6. christopher Mcconnell & Sharnia Rowlett 7. Virginia cumberbatch & natalie cofield "girls" Premiere: 8. Marcus Powers & caitlin Slater 9. nisa lintakoon & natalia Dejesus 10. Ali Stintzi & claire Massey-Russell
yp urban affair bashThe Austin Area Urban League Young Professionals hosted its third annual yp urban affair black & white bash at Wanderlust Studio. celebrating "another year of impacting our generation, empowering communities, and changing lives," the night included a runway show and live auction to raise funds for 2014 community impact.
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The Austin Review: 1. Boomer Pinches & Tatiana Ryckman 2. Danna & Stephen callender 3. Andy liddell & Sarah Holland Den: 4. Julie kennedy, Ilyse kaplan & Rob Franco5. Elizabeth Brenner, Stewart craig & claire Fields 6. nate Jaffe & Marisa Tom 7. Hal Balyeat & Taylor livingston 8. Jacob Pechenik & Amal Safdar 9. Will Steakley & Darian Hon-igsfeld thinkery21: 10. Tim Dillon, leah Thornton & nick kepley 11. christina clark & Wyatt Tall 12. Stephanie Held & Eric Harvey
The Austin Review Launch partythe austin literary community celebrated the launch of new quarterly publication The Austin Review, an independent nonprofit literary journal drawing inspiration from austin's art scene, featuring flash non-fiction, short stories, and critical analysis. the night, hosted by the LIVESTRONG Foundation, featured music and readings by several of the contributors, including a reading by writer derrick brown.
private opening of “fOund” at the denThe DEN hosted a private opening for “Found: photographs of the rolling stones,” a two-month-long exhibition of rare and candid photographs of the rolling stones on their 1965 american tour recently unearthed at a los angeles flea market.
thinkery21the new austin children's museum, Thinkery, kicked off its new evening series thinkery21 with "new year, new museum," a night including aerial arts demonstrations from sky candy, projections from vJ group hypercards, home brewing demos, and more.
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after a decade Of beInG a sInGLe mOm, I must pause and cele-brate the wisdom I have received from my children on the subject of love.
There are many schools of thought on divorce, dating, and chil-dren. Some people are of the mindset that their children will never meet anyone they date unless they are totally in love and convinced this is the person they are going to marry. My kids, Luke in particular, gave that theory the stink eye early on. “Mom,” said little Luke back in the day, “I don’t want any surprises. Don’t say, ta-da, this is my boyfriend, don’t you love him too? I want to meet people when you meet them, so I can decide at the same time as you.” So we have had a No-Ta-Da policy in effect for many years. And they have had plenty of opinions.
There was one man who got the boot because he didn’t like dogs. Another because he “talked funny” when he spoke to them, the dis-missive baby talk that people use when they don’t have, don’t under-stand, or don’t particularly like children. Kids can sniff that out a mile away, and eye rolls and silent gagging gestures ensue.
There was one guy I really wanted to love. I liked his kids and my kids liked him. I tried, I really did. Grace just could not understand what my problem was. “Mom,” she said. “Just try a little harder. And keep trying. Remember how I didn’t used to like green beans? And you made me keep trying them and now they are okay? Well, pretend he is green beans.” She paused, and thought for a second. “But if he is asparagus, just forget it. I understand.” (He was asparagus.)
There was even a time when Luke picked out a guy for me. We met him in a grocery store parking lot, as we were loading groceries into the back of my VW and he was loading groceries into the back of his pickup truck, filled with surf boards. We made some chit chat about going to the beach and later on, what do you know, he showed up…with two darling kids in wet suits, carrying surfboards over their heads. Luke spotted him first, and started a conversation to stall him until I came back over. The cute guy asked if I liked to surf, and Luke said smoothly, “Yes, she loves it.” What? I hate cold water! I don’t surf! What the hell, Luke? I panicked and glared at my son. He glared back. It was a challenge and I could not back down. I stuffed myself into Grace’s size ten wetsuit, so tight I could not move my arms or take a full breath but I was not about to touch that freezing water with bare
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The Man for Us skin. I was abysmal; I think I drank more waves than I caught. Luke loves this story —especially because the guy had lots of tattoos and we learned he is a rescue paramedic fireman, specializing in getting injured people off mountains. Luke reminded me of my Navy Seal obsession and pointed out this was probably as close as I was going to get unless I follow through on my plan to fake a swimmer’s cramp off the coast of San Diego in hopes of Seal rescue. He also reminded me that to meet new people, you have to try new things. High five, Luke.
My children are wise old souls, emotional Yodas. After a painful expe-rience with an unhealthy man, my daughter sat me down for a talk. I will be able to picture this talk for the rest of my life. She was fresh from the shower, wet hair over her shoulders, wearing a huge T-shirt for pajamas. She sat cross-legged on my bed right in front of me, took a deep breath and said, “Mom, we need to talk.” Aren’t I supposed to be the one saying these things? She was eleven for crying out loud. And when I tell you what she said next, unless you know her, you might think I’ve edited her words. But I can’t even write as well as she spoke.
She grabbed my hands and looked at me, her gaze direct, “Mom. It’s over. Whether you think it’s over with him or not, it has to be over.” “Let’s see,” my diminutive Dr. Phil went on. “How can I explain this? Okay. Think of a puzzle with hundreds of little pieces. He has his puzzle. We have ours. Our puzzle is pretty good. We have the edges, the corners and some of the middle done. It’s not perfect. Pieces get popped out; we mess up and have to put them back. But we are doing fine.” She paused. I nodded to let her know I was with her so far, with her no matter what.
“But Mom, his puzzle is a disaster. There are pieces on the table but most of them are on the floor, behind the sofa, all over the room, all over the house. Some are lost for good. This is why it can’t work, why it won’t ever work. If he mixes his mess of a puzzle in with ours, we’re screwed. No matter how much you try, you cannot fix his puzzle. Besides, we need you working on ours.”
It turned out he had puzzle pieces all over the country, she was right. This much I know for sure, if my three children all agree on the man for us—it will be forever. Our man will know that while, yes, he got rather lucky with the woman who is his wife, his greatest gift, his blessing beyond measure, are the children who welcome him home.
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What is your favorite dessert? i love ice cream. it’s so versatile; whatever you’re in the mood for, you can find it in ice cream. you can mix up textures and flavor profiles, go simple or extravagant. plus, everyone can have a different flavor profile and be happy.
Which place in the world inspires you most?london. i’ve been there a few times, and i’m looking forward to another trip with my daughters this spring. it’s such a multicultural city, and there are all of these amazing pastry shops. when i was there for school i sought out as many as i could find. plus, there’s a lot of interesting wedding cake design coming out of the uK. in london, they put
wedding cakes on display in harrods and fancy de-partment stores. they’re crazy about cakes there.
If you could choose another career, what would it be?i would love to be a dessert historian, or a dessert anthropologist. i would travel the world, trying different desserts everywhere and writing their histories. i don’t know if dessert historian exists as a job, but why not? what could be better?
How does your graphic design background affect your work now?i approach cake design the same way i approach graphic design. the cake is a blank sheet of paper to me. i start to make a plan, and then i take away everything that’s not necessary. in design, you try to keep your work concise. my teachers used to say, “you don’t need that there; you don’t need that line, take it away.” i do the same in my cake designs.
What’s the biggest challenge you’ve overcome? it’s one i’m still working on: work-family balance. i have two girls aged six and nine and i’m not home on saturdays. i have to plan my weeks really well. What is perfect happiness to you? watching my children discover the world, seeing the light go on when they learn something new. it was amazing to see it when they were babies, but even now, there’s still this whole world for them to discover piece by piece. london is going to be an amazing experience for them.
Describe your style in four words.restrained whimsy, colorful, graphic
What’s the best kept secret in Austin? the elisabet ney museum in hyde park. she was this talented german-born sculptress with a long, romantic life story. it’s this amazing historic gem right in hyde park—and it’s a castle! how cool is that?
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t he front room of Coco Paloma Desserts, where owner, pastry chef and artist Paloma Efron meets with clients to discuss her custom cake designs, feels a bit like a sweet
culinary confection itself: The high ceilings are topped in crown molding and the walls are painted a sugary shade of pink. Efron, whose longtime dream was to open a pastry shop, says she still oc-casionally pinches herself. “There are days when I just stand here and look around and think, 'This is mine. I did this,'” Efron says. Efron comes to cake making by way of graphic design. Though she worked in her former field for years, she found herself baking in every spare minute. So she took a leap, enrolling in Le Cordon Bleu pastry arts program in London. Upon her return stateside, she immediately landed a gig at the Driskill, and while there, she crafted as many cakes as possible. And then in 2006, she opened her own shop. “The best part of it is not so much the physical end product, but instead the feeling that you’re a part of somebody’s celebration,” Efron says. “That’s what I get joy out of. I’m creat-ing a product that’s actually an important part of someone’s life.” J. netzer
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1. Marc Jacobs Petal to the Metal bag—I don't get to dress up for work, so I've got to at least pamper myself with awesome accessories! I've had this bag three years and still love it. 2. Pantone Book—I'm fanatical about having just the right color for our cake designs. 3. PME Gumapaste Tools—I use these for making flowers, sculpting figures, design elements for cakes, and texture on cakes. 4. The Liddabit Sweets Candy Cookbook—How to Make Scrumptious Candy in Your Own Kitchen—I just got this homemade candy cookbook for fun and can't wait to tackle the recipes. The writers are kind
of goofy, but passionate about their craft...kind of like me. 5. iPad Mini—I'm always referring to pictures for inspiration or to copy for a cake, such as flowers, cars, architecture and cartoon characters. I can have it right on my table and don't need to waste paper printing. Resolution is so much crisper, too! 6. A custom cake by Paloma.
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Entertainment Calendar
FEBRuARycAlEnDARSarts & entertainment
MusicJonAthAn BissFebruary 7-8, 8pmthe long center for the performing arts
gloriA trevi De PeliCulA tour 2014February 8, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
gorDon lightfootFebruary 11acl live at the moody theater
BoB sChneiDer AnD the moonlight orChestrA ft. the tosCA stringsFebruary 14acl live at the moody theater
reBirth BrAss BAnDFebruary 15, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
neutrAl milk hotelFebruary 17 and 18, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
PAt metheny unity grouPFebruary 19, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
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Jonny lAngFebruary 20, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
menuhin ComPetitioFebruary 21-march 2the long center for the performing arts
the gershWin exPerienCe: here to stAyFebruary 22, 8pmthe long center for the performing arts
DAryl hAll AnD John oAtesFebruary 23, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
shAron Jones & the DAP kingsFebruary 26, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
Amos leeFebruary 27, 8pmacl live at the moody theater
rAy Benson CD releAse PArty With milkDriveFebruary 27, 8pmthe paramount theatre
Filmthe Big fixFebruary 4, 6:30pmthe paramount theatre
the grADuAteFebruary 6, 7pmthe paramount theatre
CAsA nostrAFebruary 26, 7pmviolet crown cinema
Pit stoPFebruary 28, 7pmviolet crown cinema
TheatreWe’re going on ABeAr huntFebruary 9the paramount theatre
in the next room or the viBrAtor PlAythrough February 23Zach theatre
othelloFebruary 13-march 2the long center for the performing arts
Comedysteve rAnnAZZisiFebruary 5-8cap city comedy
the trutv imPrACtiCAl Jokers tour feAturing the tenDerloinsFebruary 8, 7:30pmthe paramount theatre
kevin neAlonFebruary 14-15cap city comedy club
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mAC-n-CheeseFebruary 26cap city comedy
Colin moChrie & BrAD sherWooD: tWo mAn grouPFebruary 27. 8pmthe long center for the performing arts
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CreAtive ACtion frienD festFebruary 8, 11amcentral market
fAmily DAnCe WorkshoP – hAnsel AnD gretelFebruary 9, 2:30pmballet austin
truDy’s BoWl for kiDsFebruary 28, 3pmhighland lanes
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roDeo Austin gAlAFebruary 8, 6pmpalmer events center
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Peking ACroBAtsFebruary 9, 3pmthe long center for the performing arts
the noBility ProJeCt feeD the PeACe AWArDsFebruary 9, 6pmFour seasons hotel austin
night of 50,000 livesFebruary 13, 6pmsway
the glAss ProJeCtFebruary 14-16, 8pmthe long center for the performing arts
heArt of the City: A CeleBrAtion of soulFebruary 15, 8pmscottish rite theater
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Austin lyriC oPerA huilD mAgnifiCent mAestros Wine Dinner & AuCtionFebruary 22, 6pmFour seasons austin
go reD for Women summitFebruary 26, 8:30amat&t executive conference center
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r omance, surrealism, and intentional discomfort combine in “Liv-ing in the Layers,” this month’s Davis Gallery show from Austin photographer and collage artist Peggy Weiss and Dutch photogra-
pher Micky Hoogendijk. The show, inspired by “dreams, memories, and the vulnerability of man,” the gallery explains, is a multifaceted mixed medium exploration of image, collage, photography, video, and installation pieces, intended to speak to both a dreamlike, ethereal place as well as the com-plexities of everyday life.
The exhibition also brings together old and new figures in the Austin art scene: Weiss has been a familiar name in the city since the mid-1970s, initially as the owner and operator of Jeffrey’s restaurant before making a name as a photographer and artist whose work has been shown internationally.
Hoogendijk moved to Austin in 2011, having previously worked in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the Netherlands, and has also worked as a model and actress. Now shifting behind the camera lens, her images and portraits in the Davis Gallery show, inspired by the Dutch masters, are qui-etly elaborate; in sum, a deeply conceptual and often jarring exploration of hypnagogic beauty. L. pattersOn
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FEBRUARY 22DAvis gAlleryliving in the layers: peggy weiss and micky hoogendijkreception, 7-9pm
OngOIng Women & their Work gAlleryyuliya lanina: arcadian rhapsodythrough February 6
DAvis gAlleryut printmaking: working generationsthrough February 8
gAllery shoAl Creekinternational printmakersthrough February 22
flAtBeD Pressbroken brushes: german expressionist prints by hitler’s degenerate artiststhrough april 5
the ContemPorAry Austincharles longthrough april 20
yArD Dog Artdeborah mersky “eve’s necklace: new prints and objects”through February 15
lorA reynolDs gAlleryalexandra grant: century of the self curated by sarah c. bancroftthrough march 15vishal Jugdeo: a weight dangles above your head curated by sarah c. cancroftthrough march 15
BulloCk texAs stAte history museumbattleship texasFebruary 1-april 13
BlAnton museum of Artbetween mountains and sea: arts of the ancient andesFebruary 1-august 17converging lines: eva hesse and sol lewittFebruary 23-may 18perception unfolds: looking at deborah hay’s danceFebruary 23-may 18
Art on 5th gAllerygabe leonard one man showFebruary 17-march 15
hArry rAnsom Centerthe world at war, 1914-1918February 11-august 3
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Jones Center700 Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78701
Laguna Gloria3809 West 35th StreetAustin, Texas 78703
Director’s Circle: Michael and Jeanne Klein, Suzanne Deal Booth and David G. Booth, Michael A. Chesser, Johnna and Stephen Jones, The Still Water Foundation, Melba and Ted Whatley, Anonymous
Exhibition Sponsors: Deborah Green and Clayton Aynesworth, Susan and Richard Marcus, Jane Schweppe, Diane Land and Steve Adler, Sue Ellen Stavrand and John Harcourt, Don Mullins, Amanda and Brad Nelsen, Pedernales Cellars, Gail and Rodney Susholtz, Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee, Janet and Wilson G. Allen, Shalini Ramanathan and Chris Tomlinson, Austin Ventures, Oxford Commercial, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Lindsey and Mark HannaAdditional Support Generously Provided By: ACL Live at The Moody Theater, Pedernales Cellars, Luxe Interiors + Design, The Texas Tribune, Hotel Saint Cecilia, Hotel San Jose, W Austin, Four Seasons Hotel Austin, InterContinental Stephen F. Austin Hotel, The Austin Chronicle, KUT/KUTX
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s econdhand experience, idealized cliché, and meticulous monotony are all driving forces in the work of Jason Urban, an Austin artist, UT printmaking instructor, and the founder of Printeresting, a website he co-founded to share
creative uses of print media. Urban’s latest show at Wally Workman Gallery begins with an exploration of computer desktop backgrounds. As he explains, these images typically depict scenes of idealized nature: from dramatically lush rainforests to the isolated Mohave at sunset, they’re places that feel familiar even though we’ve likely never experienced them firsthand. “Some of my work deals directly with clichés,” Urban says. “What we think of when we say the word ‘apple’ is an idealized, perfect apple. If you go to the grocery store and look at a bin full of apples, few of them are actually ‘perfect.’ They all have their various idiosyncrasies…I think I'm drawn to images of sunsets and other clichés because they seem boringly familiar but they're actually rare.” His work—rooted in an awareness of art’s working through this imag-ined, disconnected lens—incorporates various print processes and utilizes repetitive motifs, a process Urban finds satisfyingly meditative. Through gradients and color shifts, he channels the pixilation of digital mediums through which we experience nature. “I have a seemingly endless appetite for repetition,” Urban, who holds a BFA from Kutztown University and his MA and MFA from the University of Iowa, writes in his artist’s statement. “It's this inclination that has led my work to embrace print-making, the very essence of repetition: obsessive compulsive work.” Urban’s show at Wally Workman Gallery runs February 1-22. For more information, visit Jasonur-ban.com or Printeresting.org. L. pattersOn
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Museumsthe ContemPorAry Austin: lAgunA gloriA3809 w. 35th st. (512) 458 8191 driscoll villa hours: tu–w 12-4, th-su 10–4 grounds hours: m–sa 9–5, su 10–5 thecontemporaryaustin.org.
the ContemPorAry Austin: Jones Center700 congress ave. (512) 453 5312 hours: w 12-11, th-sa 12-9, su 12-5 thecontemporaryaustin.org
Austin ChilDren’s museum201 colorado st. (512) 472 2499 hours: tu 10–5, w 10–8, th–sa 10–5, su 12–5 austinkids.org
BlAnton museum of Art200 e. mlK Jr. blvd. (512) 471 7324 hours: tu– F 10–5, sa 11–5, su 1–5 blantonmuseum.org
the BoB BulloCk texAs stAte history museum1800 congress ave. (512) 936 8746 hours: m–sa 9–6, su 12–6 thestoryoftexas.com
elisABet ney museum304 e. 44th st. (512) 458 2255 hours: w–sa 10–5, su 12–5 ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney
frenCh legAtion museum802 san marcos st. (512) 472 8180 hours: tu–su 1–5 frenchlegationmuseum.org
george WAshington CArver museum1165 angelina st. (512) 974 4926 hours: m–th 10–9, F 10–5:30, sa 10–4 ci.austin.tx.us/carver
hArry rAnsom Center300 e. 21st st. (512) 471 8944 hours: tu–w 10–5, th 10–7, F 10–5, sa–su 12–5 hrc.utexas.edu
lBJ liBrAry AnD museum2313 red river st. (512) 721 0200 hours: m–su 9–5 lbjlibrary.org
mexiC–Arte museum419 congress ave. (512) 480 9373 hours: m–th 10–6, F–sa 10–5, su 12–5 mexic–artemuseum.org
o. henry museum409 e. 5th st. (512) 472 1903 hours: w–su 12–5
umlAuf sCulPture gArDen & museum605 robert e. lee rd. (512) 445 5582 hours: w–F 10–4:30, sa–su 1–4:30 umlaufsculpture.org
arts & entertainment m u s e u m s & g A l l e r i e s
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galleriesArt on 5th3005 s. lamar blvd. (512) 481 1111 hours: m–sa 10–6 arton5th.com
the Art gAllery At John-WilliAm interiors 3010 w. anderson ln.(512) 451 5511hours: m–sa 10–6, su 12–5jwinteriors.com
ArtWorks gAllery1214 w. 6th st. (512) 472 1550 hours: m–sa 10–5 artworksaustin.com
Austin Art gArAge2200 s. lamar blvd., ste. J (512) 351-5934hours: tu–sa 11–6, su 12–5 austinartgarage.com
Austin Art sPACe gAllery AnD stuDios7739 north cross dr., ste. Q (512) 771 2868 hours: F–sa 11–6 austinartspace.com
CAPitAl fine Art1214 w. 6th st.(512) 628 1214hours: m-sa 10-5capitalfineart.com
ChAmPion800 brazos st. (512) 354 1035 by appt. only championcontemporary.com
CreAtive reseArCh lABorAtory2832 e. mlK Jr. blvd. (512) 322 2099 hours: tu–sa 12–5 uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab
DAvis gAllery837 w. 12th st. (512) 477 4929 hours: m–F 10–6, sa 10–4 davisgalleryaustin.com
flAtBeD Press2830 e. mlK Jr. blvd. (512) 477 9328 hours: m-F 10-5, sa 10-3 flatbedpress.com
gAllery BlACk lAgoon4301-a guadalupe st. (512) 371 8838 hours: sa 1-5 galleryblacklagoon.com
gAllery shoAl Creek2832 mlK Jr. blvd. #3 (512) 454 6671 hours: tu–F 11–5, sa 10–3 galleryshoalcreek.com
grAyDuCk gAllery608 w. monroe dr. (512) 826 5334 hours: w 11-6, th 4-8, F-sa 11-6, su 12-5 grayduckgallery.com
JeAn–mArC frAy gAllery1009 w. 6th st. (512) 457 0077 hours: m–sa 10–6 jeanmarcfray.com
lA PeñA227 congress ave., #300 (512) 477 6007 hours: m-F 8-5, sa 8-3 lapena–austin.org
lorA reynolDs gAllery360 nueces st., #50(512) 215 4965hours: w-sa 11-6lorareynolds.com
lotus gAllery1009 w. 6th st., #101
(512) 474 1700 hours: m–sa 10-6 lotusasianart.com
monDo gAllery4115 guadalupe st.hours: tu - sa, 12- 6mondotees.com
the nAnCy Wilson sCAnlAn gAllery 6500 st. stephen’s dr. (512) 327 1213 hours: m-F 9-5 sstx.org
okAy mountAin gAllery1619 e. cesar chavez st.sa 1-5 or by appointment(512) 293 5177 okaymountain.com
Positive imAges 1118 w. 6th st. (512) 472 1831 hours: m-sa 10-5, su 12-4
Pro–Jex gAllery1710 s. lamar blvd., ste. c (512) 472 7707 hours: m–F 10–6, sa 12–4
reD sPACe gAllery1203 w. 49th st. by appointment only redspacegallery.com
russell ColleCtion fine Art1137 w. 6th st.(512) 478 4440 hours: tu–sa 10–6 russell–collection.com
sofA1319 rosewood ave.by appointment onlysofagallerytx.com
stePhen l. ClArk gAllery1101 w. 6th st. (512) 477 0828
hours: tu–sa 10–4 stephenlclarkgallery.com
stuDio 101011 west lynnhours: tu–sa 11–5 (512) 236 1333 studiotenarts.com
testsite502 w. 33rd st. (512) 453 3199 by appt. only fluentcollab.org
WAlly WorkmAn gAllery1202 w. 6th st. (512) 472 7428 hours: tu–sa 10–5 wallyworkman.com
Women & their Work1710 lavaca st. (512) 477 1064 hours: m–F 10–6, sa 12–5 womenandtheirwork.org
yArD Dog1510 s. congress ave. (512) 912 1613 hours: m–F 11–5, sa 11–6, su 12–5 yarddog.com
Alternative Spaces
ArtPost: the Center for CreAtive exPression4704 e. cesar chavez st.artpostaustin.com
Austin PresenCe330 bee cave rd., #700 (512) 306 9636 hours: tu–F 10–6, sa 10–4austinpresence.com
BAy6 gAllery & stuDios5305 bolm rd.(512) 553 3849by appointment onlybay6studios.com
Big meDium5305 bolm rd., #12 (512) 939 6665 bigmedium.org
ClArksville Pottery & gAlleries4001 n. lamar blvd., #550(512) 454 9079hours: m-sa 11-6, su 1-4
Co-lAB ProJeCt sPACe613 allen st. (512) 300 8217 by appointment only colabspace.org
fAreWell Books913 e. cesar chavez st. (512) 476 domy hours: mon-sa 12–8, su 12–7 domystore.com
JuliA C. ButriDge gAllery1110 barton springs rd. (512) 974 4025 hours: m–th 10–9:30, F 10–5:30, sa 10–4 ci.austin.tx.us/ dougherty/gallery.htm
PumP ProJeCt Art ComPlex702 shady ln. (512) 351 8571 pumpproject.org
QuAttro gAllery12971 pond springs rd. (512) 219 3150 hours: m–tu 10–3, w–sa 11–4 quattrogallery.com
roi JAmes3620 bee cave rd., ste. c (512) 970 3471by appointment only roijames.com
sPACe 123121 e. 12th st. (512) 524 7128 t-F 10-5 space12.org
Fredericksburg
AgAve gAllery208 e. san antonio st.hours: m-sa 10-5(830) 990 1727agavegallery.com
ArtisAns At roCky hill234 w. main st. (830) 990 8160hours: m-sa 10-5:30, su 11-3artisansatrockyhill.com
freDeriCksBurg Art gAllery314 e. main st.(830) 990 2707hours: m-sa 10-5:30, su 12-5fbartgallery.com
insight gAllery214 w. main st.(830) 997 9920hours: tu-sa 10-5:30insightgallery.com
Whistle Pik425 e. main st.(830) 990 8151hours: m-sa 10-5
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who has worked with the likes of thomas Keller and Jona-than benno, and whose newest restaurant project, olamaie (1610 san antonio st.), will bring elevated southern cuisine to central austin this spring. more at olamaieaustin.com.
Q: Please define "modern southern." A: We define [it] as taking ideas from southern culinary heritage and reinterpreting them in a way that reflects our background and per-spective. [olamaie co-principals] Grae nonas, Ben Hickerson and I were trained at restaurants where classical technique was combined with modern presentation. It doesn’t mean you will see us hang bacon on a wire. “not that there’s anything wrong with that.” […] Q: olamaie is named after four generations of women in your family: What meals do you associate with the original olamaies? A: I didn’t know my great-great grandmother, obviously, or great grandmother, but I did live with my grandmother as a child. Big ola was her nickname; she was smaller than my mother, little ola. She could talk in her beautiful Tennessee accent for days and took even longer to eat a meal. Her specialty was TV dinner in front of an episode of “Magnum P.I.” Sometimes, she’d bake a ham, but it wasn’t ever a culinary adventure. My mother, on the other hand, is one hell of a cook…Whether it was marinating birds in crystal Hot Sauce and milk for fried chicken or supping at The cupboard in Memphis, food is and was always the central part of our lives.
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niCely noteDThere’s no month like February for getting inspired to put pen to paper
and send out a heartfelt card. We spoke with Perry Nelson of Nicely
Noted—a local stationery subscription service that delivers a monthly
assortment of hand-pressed cards to your doorstep—about the magic
of snail mail.
Q: tell me about your history with writing letters: what do you love about sending and receiving them?A: I send several notes a month, typically thank yous, an occasional
birthday card, and some notes to say hello to friends far away. What
I love about sending and receiving notes is the physical manifestation
of sentiment. You think about someone and put words to paper that
arrives at their doorstep days or weeks later. The discovery of a let-
ter in your mailbox is a joy. And, the fact that you can rediscover that
same letter over and over again tacked to the fridge or hidden away in a
box filled with memories is pretty incredible. I often return to Bryon's
statement, "Letter writing is the only good device for combining soli-
tude with good company." nicelynoted.com
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au s tI n O b s e s s I O n s withAustin mAr Athon director J o n C o n l e yWherein we ask locals what they are loving right now in our city
1. running at the Austin high school track “There is no prettier place to watch a sunrise over the city or see the
sunset glinting off of the skyline. The colors and city view are dif-
ferent every day.”
2. the Austin film festival “While I don’t always go to the films themselves, I love the random
celebrity sightings and the feel-good buzz in the air. Conley Sports
Productions is also a sponsor of the Film & Food Gala benefiting the
Young Filmmakers Program.”
3. the sustainable food Center’s downtown Austin farmers market
“I love the local foodie atmosphere and I love buying interesting
locally-raised meats from a guy named Sebastien [Bonneu of Coun-
tryside Farm]. He is a one-of-a-kind ambassador for buying locally
sourced meats.John Conley has been the race director of the Austin Marathon for 17 years, and also serves as director of the 3M Half Marathon, Cap10K, and is the CEO of ConleySports. The 2014 Austin Marathon takes place Feb. 16. More at youraustinmarathon.com
t h r e e t h i n g s t o B e e x C i t e D A B o u t t h i s m o n t h i n A u s t i n :1. new products from milk and honey: The Austin favorite for day spa indulgence recently launched its own line of bath and body products, available at their three locations and on their website. Good because: From bath soaks to home fragrances, the entire line is natural, organic, and nicely packaged: everyday luxuries we can get behind. milkandhoney.com
2. this excerpt from a 1965 letter from sol LeWitt to eva hesse:“Just stop thinking, worrying, looking over your shoulder wondering, doubting, fearing, hurting, hoping for some easy way out, struggling, grasping, confusing, itching, scratching, mumbling, bumbling, grum-bling, humbling, stumbling, numbling, rumbling, gambling, tumbling, scumbling, scrambling, hitching, hatching, bitching, moaning, groaning, honing, boning, horse-shitting, hair-splitting, nit-picking, piss-trickling, nose sticking, ass-gouging, eyeball-poking, finger-pointing, alleyway-sneaking, long waiting, small stepping, evil-eyeing, back-scratching, searching, perching, besmirching, grinding, grinding, grinding away at yourself. Stop it and just Do!”Good because: It’s part of “Converging Lines: Eva Hesse and Sol LeWitt,” on display at the Blanton Museum February 23–May 18. This new exhibi-tion will celebrate the friendship between Hesse and LeWitt, two of the most significant American artists of the post-war era, by featuring work of both artists and intimate glimpses of their relationship. blantonmuseum.org
3. briggo coffee: the world's only "Robotic coffee House." yep. In-stalled first at uT's Flawn Academic center (and with forthcoming ki-osks in the works at Austin airport and several local corporate offices), Briggo allows for "over-the-top specialty coffee that you would see at a very high-end coffee shop" to be made-to-order via smartphone, says Marketing VP Dan lowden. To get a coffee, place your order online or at the machine, then watch the Briggo make your drink, type in a confir-mation number, and ta-dah! With the swivel of a lazy Susan turntable, your Americano with a splash of two percent is ready.
Good because: While we wouldn’t necessarily give up our favorite local spots for futuristic coffee, sometimes that’s not an option. And so much cold robot love for making good-tasting, customizable coffee more accessible. briggo.com
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K e l ly C o l C h i n + J o n at h a n S K a g g S
they fell in love aS StudentS at ut, then Spent nine yearS in San fran before
moving baCK to auStin in 2012. SinCe date nightS are a preCiouS few aS parentS to
a toddler, they Savor SpeCial nightS out.
“Like most new(ish) parents we probably don’t get as many nights out as we might like, so we keep the love alive close to home during the week. We have fun grilling in our backyard, opening a bottle of wine and watching a movie, or meeting for a lunch-
time yoga class at our favorite studio, Yoga Con Amor. That said, we truly cherish a
real date night. When we can get a sitter we head back to the Hotel San Jose bar, hit
happy hour at Uchiko, savor a meal outside at Justine’s, or catch a movie at the Alamo
Drafthouse. After dinner, it’s fun to take it down a notch at the White Horse Saloon. We are novice two-steppers and there’s always a band playing there. The divey little honkey-tonk is the perfect ending to an evening—they have pool tables, a taco truck for late night, and most importantly, whiskey on tap. You can’t beat that!”
Jonathan Skaggs is a geologist and member of Austin band, My Golden Calf. Kelly Colchin is an art director, artist, and doting mom.
Jonathan and Kelly taking a break from two-stepping with a round of whiskey at the White Horse.
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a writer Couple alwayS findS good ConverSation and deliCiouS
food over dinner at their favorite SoCo Spot.
“A perfect date night includes a place where we can talk to heart’s con-tent over a delicious dinner, and for us that place is the charm and com-fort of Enoteca. The restaurant has a warm, friendly neighborhood vibe, including the people who work there. It’s also kind of our Peach Pit or Central Perk, where we’ll randomly meet up with our friends during the week and stay way too late. We first tried Enoteca this past August when we moved back home to Austin from Los Angeles, and we found it to be immensely romantic because it just felt like ‘home.’ It’s so consistently good, never pretentious, and the kind of place where you can really focus on your company. On date night we stroll there
m at t C o o K + l a u r e n w o l f from our home in Travis Heights and often sit at the bar. We’ll share the caprese salad and almost without fail Matt will order the amazing Rigatoni con Polpette, and I usually try one of their specials. An Italian wedding cookie adds the perfect touch of sweetness before we head to Donn’s Depot, where we danced together to “Georgia on My Mind” on our first date six years ago.”
Matt is a screenwriter for film and television. He has multiple projects un-derway including “Triple Nine,” which has John Hillcoat set to direct, and Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Christoph Waltz, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Mi-chael B. Jordon attached to star. He is also adapting the Vietnam novel “Matterhorn”, by Karl Marlantes, into a screenplay he will direct. Lauren is a writer and researcher. She was most recently the research assistant for Pulitzer-Prize winner, and Austin local, Lawrence Wright’s book, “Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief.” She is currently writing a script with actress Nia Long about the inspiring life of the local boxing champion and trainer, Ann Wolfe.
Lauren and Matt enjoy vino before dinner at enoteca.
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native auStiniteS and high SChool Sweet-
heartS find time to reConneCt on the water.
“Our favorite date night has always been one
spent out on Lake Austin. We both grew up
spending time out on the lake with our families,
so…[the lake] has always been a shared passion:
Matt even proposed to me while we were there.
During the summers, our favorite date is usual-
ly an early Saturday morning to beat the weekend
crowds: a thermos full of coffee, our dog Brooks,
and a quick wakeboard/ski session followed by
breakfast at Ski Shores or Mozart’s. When the
weather starts to get colder, we usually head out
on a Friday night all bundled up, pick up our fa-
vorite pizza from Little Deli, and grab a great
bottle of wine in time to catch the sunset. It’s the
place where we can just be truly uninterrupted
and finally catch up together from the chaos of
the week, where we come up with our best ideas,
next adventures, or finally resolve our recent dis-
agreement…If the weather isn’t cooperating, then
we usually head to one of our two favorite spots—
Home Slice or Enchiladas Y Mas, followed by a
quick round of bowling at Dart Bowl.”
Jaki Lockwood is a nurse practitioner at AAOBGYN, and Matt is a project estimator for DPR Construc-tion. They have enjoyed married life together for three and a half years.
m at t + J a K i l o C K w o o d
This fun and energetic pair likes to enjoy their favorite bottle of wine and a pizza from Little Deli for a date night on the water.
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a happy Couple with buSy SCheduleS SeeKS out Clever wayS
to feel liKe they are on vaCation in their own City.
“Perla’s was our first date. It was a beautiful night in Austin
and being a Hill Country boy, nothing beats sitting under their
big oak trees. We love the quality of food and attention to detail.
We are a relaxed couple and enjoy the East Coast beach vibe here.
I must confess a big draw is having the ability to walk from our
home on Rainey and bring our two pups along with us for brunch
or dinner…We love the Grand Platter because they spend a good
20 minutes meticulously preparing a variety of raw and cooked
seafood. It is so fresh and beautiful that I will never tire of it. We
always pair it with a bottle of crisp French Rose.”
Rory is the founder of ROAR Salon, and Gabriel Rodriguez is a Man-aging Partner at Empiric Institutional.
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Perla’s is where the sparks first flew for this chic pair, so it will always be a favor-ite date night spot.
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Kate LeSueur and David Phillips were married at Laguna Gloria in a beautiful ceremony filled with natural details that honored the setting.
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Gloria was the only choice for their picturesque nuptials.
“It was the first place we saw together,” Kate recalls. “And it felt
right and exciting…we could easily imagine it all.” The bride, a
freelance food and lifestyle photographer, met her groom, David,
on a blind date over three years ago. Their first seven-hour date
set the tone for a romantic courtship that led to a surprise en-
gagement followed by a picnic David threw at the French Lega-
tion. When it came to planning the wedding’s look and feel, they
had a strong vision from the beginning. “We wanted things to
feel generally natural, loose, a little wild, but still classic and sort
of understated. We love hosting, and wanted everything to look
and feel like us,” Kate says. “Since it was a party in a garden, es-
sentially, outdoors, no tents, so much green around, we wanted
everything to feel as natural to the venue as possible.” After the
ceremony in front of 165 guests, the couple snuck upstairs into
the house to have a private, quick meal together. Kate recalls: “I
have never been so thrilled. Ever. We likely would never have oth-
erwise had those few minutes together just after the ceremony,
eating, and being able to get a quick glance out over the whole
of the reception. It was pretty surreal.” Then, the couple was off
on their month-long honeymoon that David single-handed-
ly planned as surprise for Kate; they spent time in Istanbul,
Nice, Cote D’Azur, Corsica, and ended the trip in Italy.
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After a horseback riding on a Texas ranch, Matthew surprised
Caroline, an Austin native and Westlake/UT grad: a camp-
fire outfitted with rocking chairs and blankets, street signs he
had made with both of their names, a plaque with pictures
of them together, and one of their favorite quotes by John
Wooden based on 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7. The bride remem-
bers “He then said many sweet things, prayed, and got down
on one knee and popped the question!” They were married
at First United Methodist with a reception at Four Seasons
Austin. They shared a sweet first dance to Keith Whitley’s
“When You Say Nothing At All” before joining their guests
for dinner of a tasty menu that the bride describes “a little bit
of everything,” featuring passed hors d’oeuvres, salads, truffle
mac and cheese, and stations for dishes like beef tenderloin,
pasta, and a candy bar. Even with 800 guests in attendance,
the bride has one favorite memory of the night—“I got to
marry my best friend!”
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1. The couple honeymooned at Capella Pedregal in Cabo San Lucas and now reside in Houston where Matthew is an Analyst at Barclays, and Caroline works at Greenwood King Properties. 2. The happy couple with the bride’s family. 3. The Cake Plate made the bride’s six-layer tra-ditional wedding cake with a hint of almond. 4. When it came to flowers, Caroline put all her trust in the master himself, David Kurio, and let him lead the design for awe inspiring arrangements. 5. The bride’s Rivini’s Dari dress featured a trumpet silhouette and was made out of tiered lace. 6. The athletic pair (he was a baseball player at Rice University), and she a cheerleader at UT, exited the wedding after dancing the night away to the sounds of “Sauce the Band.”
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This creative couple’s wedding at Green Pastures Restau-
rant was full of unique details that captured their sweet
love—their Corgi, Button, was ring bearer; the bride, a
graphic designer/chalk artist/letterer (check out her work
all over Central Market Westgate where she is the store art-
ist), painted the lyrics to “In a Sentimental Mood” on a piece
of stained plywood and designed the invitations, programs,
cups, and custom matchbooks; and they exchanged personal
gifts on their wedding day, him giving Fleetwood Mac’s “Ru-
mors” on vinyl and she gifting a green Scalamandre Zebra
Print Tie (the wallpaper pattern featured in one of their fa-
vorite movies, “The Royal Tennenbaums.”) The couple met
through a mutual friend in 2006 while attending TCU and
were engaged while on vacation in Tulum, Mexico. Married
under the sprawling oak trees of Green Pastures in front of a
crowd of 275 guests, they started off the festive party with a
first dance to Billy Holiday’s “The Very Thought of You.” Bau-
doiun, who works at C3, calls the dance the best memory of
the night—“I finally got her to dance with me! She’s more of
a solo dancer. But also because it was really cool to say, “I just
danced with my wife.’”
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1. The bride wore the Gemma dress by Hayley Paige—an ivory, strapless gown with silk organza brocade in a subtle floral pattern. 2. The couple worked with Posey Floral and Events to create the table arrangements that used garden roses, tea roses, scabiosia, peonies, ranunculus with garden greens, and herb accents. 3. Baker and friend of the couple’s, Alice Crow, made delicious cakes like a pistachio cake with chocolate ganache filling and a vanilla orange buttercream frosting. 4-7. They chose Green Pastures Restaurant for its amazing backyard and oak trees. The bride says: “I wanted a garden wedding with lots of greenery. I love the idea of this gorgeous historical home that’s tucked away in a cute little neighborhood. It’s like a well kept secret.”
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The whimsical wedding of Izzy and John was perfectly Texas
and just what she had always imagined. The venue was an easy
choice—“Kerplunk,” Izzy’s family river property in Hunt, Texas.
Kerr had dreamt of having her wedding there since she was a little
girl, and with the help of her family and a lineup of talented ven-
dors, her dream nuptials became a reality. She, a senior consultant
with Deloitte Consulting, and John, an attorney with WattBeck-
worth, exchanged their vows standing in front of a simple Cedar
cross, accented with flowers on the banks of the Guadalupe Riv-
er. Local bluegrass musicians played river-themed gospel hymns
to complement the setting. It was important to Izzy to share with
guests “how magical that part of the country is,” so she invited
guests to stay at nearby Camp Waldemar, which became the center
for activity for the wedding weekend as guests slept in cabins, ate in
the dining hall, competed in lawn games, and enjoyed swimming,
canoeing, and floating on the river. Kerr and Schulte’s 15-month en-
gagement allowed the couple to develop a number of custom design
details—bridesmaids wore custom made dresses by Chloe Dao,
guests entered the property through a handmade cedar archway,
and traditional place cards were replaced with heart-shaped rocks
Kerr’s family gathered on a trip to Maine (her sister hand-painted
each guest’s name on the rocks). The couple enlisted Susan Johnson
of Don Strange Catering to create a delicious Hill Country menu
with locally sourced ingredients like peach and goat cheese salad,
beets, and radishes, mashed cauliflower, rosemary lamb chops, and
chayote squash. Instead of the traditional cakes, they went with
miniature pies like pecan, blueberry apple, and lemon chess served
on vintage pressed glass pie plates. “Our favorite memory of the
night was looking around the dance floor and seeing all of our sib-
lings and best friends dancing, laughing, and celebrating,” Izzy says.
“Spending that joyous and festive moment with those dearest to us
was a memory we will never forget.”
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1. Izzy and John posed for photographs following the ceremony while relaxing by the Guadalupe on a hammock. 2. Guests enjoyed the “summer-camp” themed weekend with lawn and river games at Camp Waldemar. 3. A Bride versus Groom kickball game was held the morning of the wedding to create a fun and exciting tone for the day.
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They started their friendship in the mountains while
working at Yosemite National Park in 20013; it was only
fitting that they would tie the knot with the majestic high
altitudes of Big Sky, Montana as a backdrop. “We have al-
ways shared a love for nature and the outdoors and knew
we wanted to get marred outside,” Kerri says. The bride,
who works in public relations, walked down the aisle in
an all-lace ivory gown by Mori Lee on the lawn outside
the Big Sky Chapel. The couple brought many special
design details in to their special day with mason jars,
rustic crates, handmade wooden signs, and off-white
burlap table runners. The intimate group of 80 wedding
attendees enjoyed a delicious dinner of bison spring rolls,
grilled pork tenderloin marinated in honey-sage cider vin-
aigrette served atop roasted apple-mashed potatoes with a
red currant demi-glace. Before jetting off to on their honey-
moon Bora Bora, they danced the night away. The groom
says: “Dancing with all of our guests (ages 3-83) late into
the night is something that I will never forget!”
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1. The couple resides in Austin, where Kerri work in public relations and Trevor in renewable energy. 2. The lawn outside the Big Sky Chapel was the perfect setting for this outdoor-loving couple. 3. The lovely bride walks down the aisle with her father. 4. The groom’s Scrabble cake was a nod to one of the couple’s favorite table games. They had a selection of flavors like Chocolate Stout with Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Cupcakes, Southern Carrot Cake, and Southern Red Velvet. All desserts were made by Cakes by Jenn of Big Sky, Montana.5. The “Stop by” and “Say hi” signs hung from the back of the couple’s chairs and encouraged guests to stop by and chat during dinner. 6. The couple worked with Bloom, a floral design studio in Big Sky, for the decor of the event. 7. The bride and flower girl share a Texas mo-ment in their cowboy boots. 1
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It all started at a Killers concert at Madison Square Gar-
dens: Marnie, owner of MOD Fitness Studio, and Keith,
VP of Sales at Retailmenot, were introduced by a mutual
friend in New York City in 2008 (who ended up officiat-
ing the ceremony!), but for their Austin wedding looked
to the West Coast for inspiration. “Being from California,
[Laguna Gloria is] the perfect mix of Napa’s elegance
and sophistication with a combination of Palm Springs’
glamour and fun,” Marnie explains. The night was classi-
cally formal—Marnie in a stunning embellished Marchesa
dress—and lush, with layers of romantic blooms and cab-
bage roses in blush, greens, mints, and ivories curated by
Posey Floral and Event Design. Under festoon lights and
surrounded by candlelight, guests dined family-style on
long tables, enjoying seasonal salads, wood-roasted vegeta-
bles, and mesquite-smoked beef tenderloin with gorgonzo-
la butter catered by Primizie. After dessert from Polkadots
Cupcake Factory, dancing, and belting out the words to
Journey songs, the end of the night came full circle to the
couple’s first night together: one of their mutual friends,
a NYC singer-songwriter, performed several songs at the
reception. One of her song picks? “Read My Mind” by
The Killers.
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1. The couple shared a “first look” before the ceremony, strolling down 2nd Street District and stopping at one of their favorite spots, La Condesa. 2. The bride enjoying the moment with family and friends before becoming Mrs. Duncan. 3. Dinner was served under festoon lighting and candlelit ta-bles overlooking Lake Austin.
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4. the bride and groom made their exit through a sparkler send off before hitting the after party. 5. an assortment of hydrangeas, peonies, roses, dusty mill-er, lisianthus, garden berries, pears made up the table arrangements by Posey floral & events. 6. adorable flower girls. 7. the bride in a stunning Marchesa gown.8. Guests toasting to the start of the evening. 9. a delicious assortment of sweets and cake by Polka Dots cupcake factory.
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This handsome couple’s sweet love first began in 2006, and they became
engaged when Nathan, the director of diversity at St. Andrew’s Episcopal
School, proposed in Rome, Italy. “I had studied in Rome in high school
and college and fell in love with the city. I decided that someday I’d come
back to propose to the man I wanted to marry,” he says. “Each day I had se-
cret talks with the hotel concierge in Italian and she helped me plan elab-
orate, romantic proposal scenarios all over the city...but I got too nervous
every time! I ended up proposing on the terrace outside our hotel room
on Christmas Eve, which turned out to be perfect.” They chose Nathan’s
parents home overlooking Lake Travis as the wedding venue and first ex-
changed vows at the McGill Chapel at St. Andrew’s in front a group of 150.
They went with modern decor, featuring simple, elegant touches like lumi-
naria lining the steps down to the lake. “We really wanted to throw a great
party for our friends and family so we put most of our energy into making
that happen,” he says. “It came down to music, food, and friends.” One of
the most memorable moments of the night happened when the guys en-
1. The couple looked dashing with Justin (left) in a gray Zegna suit and Tom Ford tie and Nathan in a charcoal Armani suit paired with a black Gucci bow tie. 2. Nathan’s parents lake house was transformed into the location for the ultimate dance party. 3. The playlist, created by Justin (a former DJ), was made up of a lot of Beyonce, Michael Jackson, and Earth, Wind & Fire. 4. Na-than sharing a quiet moment with his mother during the first dance. 5. The guys didn’t want to interrupt the flow of the party, so skipped a sit-down meal for hors d’oeuvres guests could easily access from the dance floor throughout the night. 6. Stylish wedding guests. 7. A sweet moment during the ceremony at the McGill Chapel at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School, where Nathan works.
joyed a first dance with their moms to Aretha Franklin’s “Angel.” Then,
they got the crowd moving for an epic dance party with songs like Rupaul’s
“The Beginning” and Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” and celebrated late
in to the night before jetting off on their honeymoon to the island of Saint
Barthélemy in the French West Indies. Nathan remembers: “For me, the
best part of the night was just having so many friends and family in one
place celebrating—it was such a happy time. It’s not often in your lifetime
you can have a gathering of that many loved ones.”
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It was love in the Chicago O’Hare arrivals lane for Laura and
Connor Taylor. Laura explains: “[In 2010], one of his best
friends from Indiana University was marrying one of my
roommates from UT…Connor’s flight for the wedding week-
end got in at the same time as mine so we carpooled together.
We hit it off and he asked me for my number at the end of the
reception.” Shortly after, Connor moved overseas for work, but
they kept up their relationship via Skype and letter-writing be-
fore he moved back to Austin. Three years after they first met
(to the weekend!), the couple married (on Connor’s birthday)
at Winfield Inn in November. Unseasonably chilly weather be
damned, the couple moved their 200 guests into the venue’s
pavilion (“along with all the space heaters in Central Texas,”
Laura laughs), which she explains actually ended up making
the ceremony extremely intimate and cozy. “Everyone [was]
bundled up in pashminas that we had set out, sipping on hot
cocoa, and snuggling with their dates while we said our vows,”
she explains. With a floral palette of whites, corals, and lots of
greenery executed by the Nouveau Romantics, guests dined
on farm-to-table fare catered by the venue. And along with the
traditional white wedding cake from Coco Paloma Desserts,
the couple chose a groom’s cobbler: berry cobbler topped with
a big scoop of Blue Bell ice cream. Before flying out to Riviera
Maya, Mexico, the night ended with a dance to ‘their song,’
Ben Rector’s “Forever Like That.”
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1. The bride, in her BHLDN gown, and her mother share a moment before the ceremony. 2-3. The couple worked with Nouveau Romantics on a cre-ative floral design scheme in mostly whites, creams, soft coral, lavender, and greenery. 4. Coco Paloma Desserts made a delicious white wedding cake with French vanilla buttercream frosting. 5. After dancing in to the night, the couple headed to Riviera Maya, Mexico for their honeymoon. 6. The cou-ple prepared for the cold weather with pashminas for the bridesmaids (and extras for the guests) as well as a hot cocoa bar with a station to customize warm drinks with Bailey’s or whiskey. 7. The charming Winfield Inn and its grounds in Kyle, Texas made the perfect backdrop for photos.
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After one of the bride’s cousins thought Caroline and Brian should be friends be-
cause of their shared background in politics, they met for lunch at Galaxy Café.
“It was unclear whether it was a date or a friend-date, but when Brian didn’t offer
to buy our lunch, it became apparent,” Caroline recalls. Of course, Brian still ar-
gues to this day that the restaurant’s pay-as-you-order set-up caught him off guard.
They stayed in touch over the next six months before starting to date in November
2011. Six months later, they were engaged and plans for their truly stunning and
special nuptials were underway. They chose the Salt Lick Vineyards at the venue
because they wanted to share “the best of Austin with their out-of-town guests.”
Between Caroline’s impeccable eye for design and music accompaniment by the
Texas Boys Choir, the outdoor ceremony was magical. The bride worked with An-
gelina Mata, a bespoke designer in San Antonio, on her beautiful silk satin gown
that featured subtle hip pads in a nod to Alexander McQueen, the fashion house
where Caroline interned in the summer of 2011 (she has also worked for House &
Garden, Vogue Living, and in the White House social secretary’s office). She also
wore a family veil of Brussels lace that has been wore by over 15 family members,
including her mother. Following the ceremony, guests strolled down a row of the
vineyard toward the reception, where a grand, covered outdoor pavilion, outfitted
with sparkling chandeliers, was erected especially for the event. The group of
300 enjoyed a seated dinner of a Texas-inspired vineyard, farm-to-table menu
prepared by Chef Tripe at Spanish Oaks and the Salt Lick team. Caroline has
always had a particular love of vintage details, especially silver and linens, so
she brought in family touches like a sterling silver Victorian nut bowl that be-
longed to her great-grandmother, filled with hand-sculpted marzipan fruit at
the top of the bride’s cake. The couple shared a first dance to “How Sweet It Is,”
and soaked in the night, as they greeted guests who had travelled from around
the world to be there. After an unforgettable night for everyone in attendance,
they jetted off to Nicaragua for a stay at the Mukul Resort.
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4. The guests walked through the vineyard to an outdoor cocktail hour before dinner. 5. Chrysanthemum wreaths greeted the guests at the gates to the vineyards. 6. The bride’s father selected the pink champagne guests enjoyed upon entering the recep-tion. 7. The flawless table setting. 8. Polka Dots made both the bride’s almond flavored vanilla cake with sliced strawberries between the layers and white-butter frosting as well as the groom’s chai flavored spice cake with cream-cheese icing, caramel drizzle, and toffee crumbles 9. For the reception, Caroline wanted the guests to feel like they were walking into someone’s home with warm, gracious hospitality. Floral designer David Kurio found fabulous glass hurricanes and crystal urn vases that lined the tables. There were arrangements of peonies, garden roses, chrysanthemums, and parrot tulips as well as tall arrangements of fruiting pomegranate branches.
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This beloved Austin couple was wed in a beautiful modern cer-
emony at Brazos Hall. They made their wedding as intimate
and personal as possible by having dear friends participate in
the ceremony, being wrapped in the groom’s dad’s tallit during
the Jewish ceremony, and toasting with champagne glasses
that belonged to Adam’s mom. Alex, the founder of Citizen
Generation and Adam, who works for Bazaarvoice, were in-
troduced by mutual family friends Susan and Bobby Epstein
and were engaged on the beach in St. Thomas. The event was
produced by Caplan Miller Events and guests dined on a 100
percent vegan meal by Kurant Events—passed hors d’oeuvres
during cocktail hour (like a spring roll inspired by Adam’s
favorite at Elizabeth Street Café), a salad (inspired by Alex’s
favorite at Uchi), plus melt-in-your-mouth mushroom ravioli.
Late night food included sliders and sweet potato fries. They
started the dancing off with “You Are the Best Thing” sung by
their friends Reid and Jena Umstattd and danced well in to the
night before heading out on their Napa Valley honeymoon.
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This lovely couple is no stranger to throwing a memorable event,
so when it came to their wedding, every detail was in order for an
epic night. Noel and Will have been friends since grade school,
but it turned in to something more in 2010 when they co-hosted
a Memorial Day barge party. He proposed at his family ranch in
April 2013 and planning for the party of their lives was soon un-
derway. They were married at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
where candelabras and votives warmly lit the aisles. Then, the
party began at the Blanton Museum of Art, along with 300 of
their closest friends and family members. The evening called for
“festive black tie attire,” so the couple used lots of red, gold, and
black and white striped details in décor. Guests dined on a feast
of holiday comfort food like brisket, roast chicken, smoked salm-
on, mac and cheese, cornbread muffins, and seafood tower of
oysters, jumbo shrimp, ceviche, and king crab that was prepared
by Lamberts (Will is a co-owner) and McGuire Moorman
Hospitality. After dancing to the sounds of The Motts, guests
were treated to a late-night snack of Lamberts’ famous Frito pies
served in mini Frito bags. It’s hard for the couple to pick just one
favorite memory of the night. Noel says it’s a toss up between the
couple dancing with their 90-year-old grandparents and coming
down the Blanton’s grand staircase for their entrance in to the
party to the beautiful music of San Antonio-based all female ma-
riachi band, Las Alteñitas.
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1. The couple jetted off on their honeymoon to Princeville Kauai, Hawaii. 2-3. The bride says she worked with “event guru Fallon Gaskamp, chefs Zach Davis, Rebecca Meeker, and Reid Guess, and Casey Gage and the rest of the Lamberts team who went above and beyond to make our special day deliciously one-of-a-kind and un-forgettable.” 4. Jeffrey’s pastry chef Michelle Arcilla made a three-tier carrot cake with cream cheese frosting for the bride and a chocolate on chocolate sheet cake for the the groom, which were accompanied by matching cupcakes, handmade choco-late truffles, bacci cookies, and Mexican Pan de Polvo. Groomsman Larry McGuire also supplied his signature bourbon eggnog made from scratch. 5. The bride was a vision in a lace trumpet gown with a sweetheart neckline and custom bolero jacket.
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“whoever said ThaT pleasure wasn’T funcTional?”
Architect Kevin Alter is quoting a magazine quoting
Charles Eames. “I think I read that in a design maga-
zine…but you understand the sentiment,” he explains.
“There are things that add value to a home that don’t
have to do with square feet; it has to do with how a
space is used.”
And to borrow from the Eames’ famous sensibility,
form absolutely follows function in the house Alter is
referring to, a compact 1921 Clarksville residence he
remodeled—and lived in for nearly a decade—before
selling it to its current owner in 2010, graphic design-
er Molly Cumming.
The property, a cozy, unassuming home perched on
a narrow lot, is modest at just under 1600 square feet,
but inside feels much bigger. Walking in through the
front door, the living, dining, and a small sitting room/
office share an open space that is loosely delineated by
pine half-walls, all parts of its original footprint. Oc-
cupied by a legal office before Alter bought the house,
it was “an architect’s dream project,” he explains, re-
ferring to the fact that structurally, the house was very
good, and the front half didn’t require major renova-
tions at all. But as for the rest of the house, there was
work to be done and room for Alter to flex his architec-
tural prowess within a confined space.
First lessOn: MaxiMizing storage space is key
Walking clockwise as you enter, the dining room
leads into a tidy kitchen, where heavy steel counter-
tops and a deep sink meet tons of stacked cherry wood
cumming reaches for a book in The library archiTecT kevin alTer designed To
be a focal poinT of The house, where naTural lighT sTreams in Through Two
skylighTs in The high-ceilinged, narrow corridor.
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a living room adjacenT To
The fronT room is framed
by The home ’s original pine
deTailing. recycled glass
boTTle from sparTan, $75.
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original builT-in pine cab -
ineTry in The dining room,
leading inTo The sun liT
kiTchen. Triangle cuTTing
board by forT sTandard
from sparTan, $198.
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cabinets and thoughtful built-in details, like a small
cookbook-sized shelf above the range and a deep,
covered nook in the counter corner meant to hide
appliances. Alter designed the home to have tons of
storage, with more echoes of the same built-in, clut-
ter-detracting cherry wood cabinets in the bathrooms,
master bedroom, library, and guest room. It allows the
entire space to feel exceptionally clean and airy, and
sTurdy sTeel coun-
TerTops and cherry
wood cabineTry
in The kiTchen.
Turquoise vessel
by forT sTandard
from sparTan, $125.
Cumming has carried over the aesthetic sensibility,
with very few of her personal affects on display aside
from art objects and an extensive collection of books—
from cookbooks to design tomes—peppering corners
of each room.
secOnd lessOn:seize every opportunity for natural light
Past the kitchen is the true focal point of the house:
a 360-degree library occupying a rectangle smack in
the middle of the home, with cherry floor-to-ceiling
bookshelves and a mounted ladder for accessing hard-
to-reach books.
And what do you do to maximize light when you
can’t build out? You build up. Alter designed the li-
brary ceiling so it extends through to the roof, where
natural light streams in through two skylights. He also
placed cut-outs on the short ends of the room so the
light isn’t boxed into the library, but extends into other
parts of the house, reaching into the kitchen, opposing
hallway, and spilling into the living/dining rooms. And
with big windows in the front and back, even on the
dreary day we’re touring the space, it is awash with a
particular glow, originating from the myriad ways out-
side light can penetrate and cross through the house.
third lessOn:Define personal value
For Alter, the Clarksville home was both an opportuni-
ty to execute design ideas he hadn’t yet had the chance
to implement and also a project requiring a (financial
and spatial) budget. In turn, his design reflects the
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alTer designed The house
To have plenTy of builT-in
sTorage, like These cherry
wood cabineTs in The mas -
Ter bedroom. quilT from
mockingbird domesTic s.
careful thought that went into making ev-
ery inch livable. Subsequently, Cumming has
made very minimal changes since she moved
in, with one of the only modifications she cites
painting the brick fireplace in the front room
white (“I always wanted to do that when I lived
here,” Alter laughs). Cumming’s own person-
al touches, however, add their own degree of
warmth, with patterned area rugs, classic fur-
niture pieces, and large, framed paintings and
photographs—many gifts or trades from artist
friends—adding splashy color to the other-
wise neutral palette of white and wood.
“You can live really well in a small space,”
Alter posits, and the care with which the home
was put together is evident in the details he ca-
sually points out from room to room: perfectly
flush corners on kitchen cabinets, an enam-
el tub he tracked down and scrubbed clean
from a salvage furniture source in Gonzales,
TX, and a row of pear trees he planted on the
north side of the house, which when in bloom
create a lush wall separating the house from
its neighbors. So while the overall feeling of
the house—natural light, integrated storage,
the utilization of natural materials—are overt
architectural decisions, what the house’s char-
acter largely comes from are the more subtle
choices that, as Alter explains, don’t add overt
“value” to the property but increase the quality
of life in more intangible ways.
Or, to borrow again from Charles Eames:
“The details are not the details. They make
the design.”
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cumming boughT her 1921
clarksville house from ar-
chiTecT kevin alTer, who re-
designed The home and lived
in iT himself for Ten years.
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“one of the things Austin lets you do is reinvent yourself,” Laurie Frick says, and she’s one to know.
Laurie and her husband Mark moved from the Bay Area to Houston in the mid-90s, and “it didn’t
take long to realize we needed to get ourselves to Austin,” Laurie laughs. They both got jobs in tech
management in Austin in 1999, deciding “this was a destination for us and [we] would live here until we
dropped dead.” Today, their careers have taken them in pointedly different directions: Mark now man-
ages individuals’ personal investments for Wells Fargo Advisors and Laurie is a full-time artist.
Residing in an angular Bouldin neighborhood home designed by local architect Chris Krager of KRDB,
the Frick’s modern home in many ways feels like a gallery space. The walls are lined with big, bold art
pieces and colorful objects (many of which have personal connections, like the large portrait of Laurie
taken by photographer (and friend) Leon Alesi that hangs in the front office); stark concrete floors,
floor-to-ceiling windows, and a narrow floorplan add minimalist drama to the compact 1600-square-
foot house. And while its modern design definitely stands out aside its 1930s cottage-style South Austin
neighbors, the house exudes a welcome, unobtrusive freshness and inside is warm and comfortable despite
being built from predominately glass and steel.
When we meet, Laurie is on the heels of a deadline for a show at Texas State University and her at-
home studio is tidy chaos, with separate stacks of nearly-completed works on all corners of the room.
Much of her portfolio reflects a relationship with data and the way we understand it, all manifested in
big, conceptual pieces that draw parallels between aesthetics and numbers. “I play with the fantasy-
future, and as an artist get to imagine what it would be like to live with wall-size patterns based on your
personal data,” she explains. Through this, Frick’s work illustrates topics as varied as sleeping habits to
annual travel, heart rates to email correspondence. “Literally everything that could be captured about
you,” she says.
For one piece in her upcoming show, she is visually representing personal computer data, collected for
over two years with a time management software called ManicTime. The program charts the amount of
time spent in various computer programs—“every click, every website, every document, image, literally
everything I touch online”— which Frick in turn translated into neat stacks of carved, hand-painted two-
by-four-inch wooden blocks. In other words, it’s a physical model of her digital behavior. Next, she’ll work on
an iPhone app “that tracks where you’ve been and makes little ‘hand-drawn’ patterns of your travels.”
Mark and Laurie also lead the Austin chapter of Quantified Self, a meet-up group for others who regu-
larly track data, from self-diagnoses to personal investigations. Mark explains that with a career now in
finance, his job is “all about numbers,” and that the group discussions about data and figures help him
better understand himself and his own habits.
So despite careers that theoretically seem far from the tech word, the industry’s influence—and the
unique perspective it has given the pair—is clear. Or in Mark’s words: “It’s just math.” Maybe so. But
from art to investments, the Fricks’ interpretation and self-awareness about what this math means, how it
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1. used bits of pastels organized by color and size inside a little box laurie found at the Bemis artist residency in omaha, ne. 2. child’s guatemalan huipil discovered among a big pile of used clothes at a little shop in antigua, guatemala last fall for $4.50. “it looked like art to me,” says laurie. “i brought it home, washed it, pressed it, and hung it in my little gallery.” 3. Figure sculpture by nicholas nickson,
carved from a piece of firewood he found on the street in new York. 4. carved Balinese funeral procession above the bed: “it was priced at $37.50, we bargained the price to $35.00, and then went to a lot of trouble to ship it home.” 5. a painting by chicago artist carlos rolon, or dzine, who started out as a teenage graffiti artist tagging trains, and now has a significant international reputation. the piece is made
of spray paint cans and hundreds of spray nozzles attached to a painting made entirely of spray paint. 6. piece in progress in laurie’s studio, based on capturing and logging exactly what software and ap-plications you use on your computer, minute-by-minute. 7. laptop wallpaper detailing one of laurie’s art pieces that uses little colored squares to track where you’ve been based on location data. 8. painting
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t he making of chocolate is a surprisingly scientific process,
and like any good science, it also comes with its very own
assortment of unusual tools of the trade.
There are no Bunsen burners in Steven Lawrence’s North Austin
Chocolate Makers Studio kitchen, but there are plenty of other un-
usual gadgets: veterinary syringes, used to pipe ganache into hollow
chocolate shells; a vibrating device for making dentures that Law-
rence instead uses to help shimmy liquid chocolate into every last
crevice of a mold; and something called a guitar, which is basically
an elaborate paper cutter-like device named for its taut strings,
which slice through chocolate with precision and ease.
According to Lawrence, proper chocolate crafting is all about
time, temperature, and movement. In his studio, a large vat swirls
milk chocolate continuously over itself and around in a circle, prac-
tically begging to be sampled. Lawrence explains that chocolate
changes in structure and shine on a molecular level depending on
heat, and all makers aim for a finished product that is firm but not
dull. He dips a ganache-filled treat into the vat of melted choco-
late, covering both sides, lingering for the precise amount of time
required for a good coating. Then he moves the chocolate to a wax
paper-covered baking sheet, where he presses into it a clear acetate
Chocolatier Steven Lawrence shares a kitchen—and often leftovers—with Paloma Efron of Coco Paloma desserts
The science of chocolate is all about temperature: Lawrence aims for pliable chocolate that hardens into a shiny, not dull, finish.
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strip adorned in a bit of 24-karat gold. For a little added pressure, he
uses his son’s wooden alphabet block. Several minutes later, he peels
the sheet off, and the gold remains: a beautiful, tasteless delicacy
atop a sinfully good treat.
But those are actually the very final steps. Before any of the artistic
work of adorning his chocolates and bars, which Lawrence says he
loves, he first roasts beans from exotic, equatorial locales in his oven.
They’re run through something called a Crankenstein, separating
the nib from the rest of the cocoa bean. Later, they’re milled with a
device traditionally used for grain, turning the nibs into a liquid. All
of this careful, complicated work brings Lawrence joy. And you can
taste that joy in the results: peanut butter and jelly chocolates, car-
damom and honey caramel chocolates, orange peel dipped in choco-
late, truffles filled with port-wine ganache.
A long-time pastry chef, Lawrence first started in chocolate in Se-
attle, at Fran’s chocolates. There, his job was to monitor the choco-
late conveyer belt—“just like in ‘I Love Lucy,’” Lawrence explains. A
job offer for his wife eventually brought Lawrence to Austin, where
he hopes to soon open a retail shop. “Making chocolate is very much
like making art to me,” Lawrence says. “That’s what I love about it.”
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Chocolate truffles, seen here in the middle of this box, get their name from the species of mushroom they resemble.
Lawrence often incorporates sea salt into his chocolates. “I never get tired of working with chocolate,” Lawrence says. “It's more like play. It seems that the combinations of flavors, textures and shape that I can use are endless.”
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When talking about creative couples in Aus-
tin, we immediately thought of Jess William-
son and Matthew Genitempo, whose com-
bined talents span music to photography to
graphic design. Williamson, a singer, song-
writer, and photographer, is currently focus-
ing on finishing her first full-length album,
“Native State.” “There is a handmade compo-
nent to this record, so there are lots of hours
going into finishing everything,” she explains.
“I did a Kickstarter to raise the money for the
recording and production of this album, so I
am focusing this month on finally getting all
the backer rewards mailed to everyone who
helped me make this possible.” Genitempo
has taken the last year to focus his attention
on photography, spending time traveling and
gaining “a new appreciation for places I had
been before and explor[ing] new places I had
been curious about,” he says. The combined
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illustrates a mix of creative influence, from
Western relics to travel souvenirs, from gifts to
and from each other to nostalgic pieces out on
permanent ‘loan’ from either of their parents.
InspIratIon Board:Jess Williamsonand Matthew Genitempo
By leIgh patterson | photography By BIll sallans
style i n s p i r A t i o n b o A r d
jess & matt’s Inspiration Board
1. Desert Solitaire by edward abbey (First edition): this was a gift from my brother. it's a very important book to me and might be my favorite book. 2. Badlands hat: i wear this hat when i go running. i have run thousands of miles all over the us with this thing on. it's kind of disgusting... 3. 35mm camera: i don't shoot too much with this thing any-more since iphones, but i have had it for years and it has been slung over my shoulder whenever i travel. 4. t-shirt: this is my mom's the Who t-shirt from a concert in 1989... i stole it from her. i'm pretty sure she never gave this to me. 5. guitar strap: Matthew gave me this for my birthday. it is made by a musician named Jonny Fritz from nashville. 6. cat power came through austin in mid-december and played a solo show at antone's. at the end of her set, she threw these flowers that had been on her piano during the whole show. she looked right at me and i caught one. 7. hair of the rindu inside a 1,000 rupiah bill: i spent a month in Bali in 2011. on the last day that i was there, our driver and friend, putu, started telling me about black magic. he pulled this folded-up rupiah bill out of a secret compartment in his belt, unfolded it, and showed me what looked like two long whiskers from a pig. he told me he got it from someone who does black magic and that it would bring him all the good things in the world he wanted. then he gave it to me. 8. ring: this is the five-year ring from camp olympia, where i went as a kid. You get this cool silver ring the fifth year that you go there, and i got mine when i was 14. i still wear it. 9. amethyst: My mom gave me this, and amethysts remind me of her because she had a lot of them around the house growing up. 10. Frankie's hair: this is [my dog] Frankie's hair from a recent haircut. 11. red headed stranger: Jess got this for me when i was having a rough day. it's just a beautiful record and it came into my life in a really sweet way. Maybe i just like what the record represents. 12. note: this is an anonymous note someone slipped into our money box on tour in the summer of 2012. 13. polaroid: My dad took this polaroid when i was a kid, and that is my hand and a moth i found. 14. hunter Zippo: a gift i received when i was best man in my best friend's wedding. 15. texas armadillo pin: i bought this at a gas station in the middle of louisiana. i pinned it to my dopp kit five years ago and it's been there ever since. 16. gloves: i keep these in my glovebox for when i am working at my family's ranch in south texas. 17. dad's hunting Boots: i took these from my dad without asking. he has worn these on hunting trips all over the country. he still makes a fuss about me ‘taking these off his hands,’ but he hadn't worn them in years and they're too awesome to just sit in a closet. 18. Buffalo soap: Jess brought this back from an indian casino in oklahoma where she saw Bonnie raitt play. 19. pocket Knife: My dad bought me this a few years ago. he bought it from a guy named red Wood. red hand-makes a couple hundred knives a year in Zephyr, tX.
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t he owners of new craft cocktail spot Garage William Ball, Bron Hager, and Connor Oman go way back—ball and Oman are cousins, and as boys, the three roamed the
same Austin streets together. But opening Garage marks their first business venture together. “First of many together,” Connor Oman clarifies with a chuckle.
Ball, Hager, and Oman feel so confident about their new bar’s suc-cess in part because of its unusual home: Garage is indeed nestled in a parking garage of a midcentury 5th Street building. “We want to respect the aesthetic of the building, and the story of it,” Oman says. “We want it to be kind of funky—we hope it’ll look like it was a lounge in 1954, when the building was built.”
The story of the building and the bar space is a fun one: Ga-rage’s new home was once the valet office for the building. When Oman, Ball, and Hager found the space, it was being used for storage. But they saw something much more in it. “It’s such a cool and unique space,” Oman says. “It’s this funky little glass and brick box just tucked back in a parking garage. We thought, jazz lounge, cocktail lounge. That’s what it had to be—the space dic-tated the business.”
Oman explains that Garage space was the heart of the building: “Everyone entering the building came
through this office and exited through this office,” Oman says. “The parking garage itself is a double-helix, and at the center in the bottom of the helix was this box. There were firemen’s poles that the valets used to slide down, and a lift that took them up where they’d hop off and drive down.”
Though the poles are long-gone, the spirit and history still permeate the space with charm. “It’s not some gimmicky 1950s themed bar,” says Bron Hager. “We have an elegance and beauty that not many spaces are able to accomplish simply because the history’s not there. If you look at Whislers, that’s also a wonderful space be-cause of its history. That’s what this bar has going for it—the sense of space is tremendous.”
Garage will host jazz trios, spin only vinyl, and serve signature craft cocktails from a menu designed by Chauncy James, previ-ously of the East Side Showroom. There will be the occasional live jazz trio and late-night DJ set, too. “I think you’re going to feel immediately once you walk into the space like you’re home,” Hager says. “We’re at the heart of downtown Austin and in the middle of the financial district, where at the moment things are
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The Garage owners worked with Mickie Spencer on some unique custom details.
The owners of Garage—Connor Oman (left), Bron hager (right), and William Ball (not pictured)—col-laborated on design to honor the historic place.
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As with all Gilmore ventures, the beer list is one of the best in town. Wines are equally ex-citing, with lots of goodies offered by the glass and bottle, including a deliciously versatile La Filere Barbera. The cocktail list competes with treats like a refreshing Moscow Mule made with homemade draft ginger beer.
Currently serving dinner only, Odd Duck plans to eventually open for lunch and late-night dining. The new space seats 120 diners, including an outdoor patio with downtown views. But like the old trailer, there’s often a wait to sample the tasty fare. Some things never change. And that’s a good thing. K. spezia
a few years ago, Odd Duck was the hot-test food trailer in town. Now it’s the hottest new restaurant. Yep, Odd Duck
is all grown up with floors and walls and valet parking. What a difference a few years make.
Until 2011, the Odd Duck trailer sat on a va-cant lot on South Lamar, serving up innovative fare fit for fine dining. Then chef/owner Bryce Gilmore shut it down to focus on his new ven-ture, Barley Swine. Now Odd Duck is back. But it ain’t no trailer. A stone’s throw from its old parking lot, Odd Duck is now prominent-ly poised in front of the swanky Gibson Flats complex, decked out with full length windows overlooking the bustling street life and down-town skyline.
Inside, it’s like the funky old trailer was dropped inside a gleaming glass cube. There are rustic reclaimed wood accents and burlap sack lamps. Concrete floors and communal tables. Food served on mismatched vintage (aka Good-will) china. And an enormous U-shaped bar lined with stools for viewing the open kitchen.
But don’t let the homey interior fool you: Odd Duck still serves some of the most so-phisticated food in town. Gilmore is a master at turning simple, local ingredients into some-thing complex, under the guise of comfort food. His menu changes with the seasons, but always features small, sharable plates of farm-to-table inventions.
Almost everyone orders the Parker House rolls—for good reason. Warm, slightly sweet buns are stuffed with succulent pulled pork derived from the pig’s head. The chicken fried egg sits atop a pool of hot sauce, its golden yolk oozing onto a nest of pea tendrils and sautéed mushrooms. A pleasingly-bitter salad is tossed with arugula, radicchio, shaved fennel, sun-chokes, and bacon and served with a swipe of creamy chevre.
I’m not a big fan of foam or carrots, but Gilmore won me over with his delicious dish of hay-roasted carrots topped with carrot foam, crunchy pistachio crumbs, and rich cream cheese. Baked sweet potato chunks are topped
Odd Duck
Odd Duck chef Bryce Gilmore.
A view from the Odd Duck bar.
1201 s. lamar Blvd.(512) 433 6521oddduckaustin.com
top dish: Carrots roasted in hay, cream cheese, and pistachio crumb. Bottom dish: Almond tart with Meyer lemon curd and sage meringue.
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the bACkspACe507 San jacinto(512) 474 9899Delicious thin crust pizza
and wine selections in a
cozy setting.
eAst sideshowrooM1100 E. 6th St.(512) 467 4280We typically go at least
once a week, and we get
the same thing every
time—red snapper crudo,
quail, and the last item
is a toss up—I prefer the
mussels, and he likes the
short ribs.
Moonshine303 red river St.(512) 236 9599We like to kick it off with
a chicken and waffles to
share.
oliviA2043 S. Lamar Blvd.(512) 804 2700
You will usually find us
here on the weekends for
brunch. I love the "Thanks
a Lox," but you can't go
wrong with one of their
omelets or the Olivia
Benedict.
uChi801 S. Lamar Blvd. (512) 916 4808It's all so delicious, and we
usually let the waiter talk
us into pretty much every-
thing. I like to kick it off
with a glass of prosecco!
wAlton's609 W. 6th St.(512) 542 3380Walton's is perfect any
day of the week. Their
sandwiches and salads are
amazing, and it's virtually
impossible to pass up their
sweet treats. I'm a sucker
for their chocolate chip
cookie.
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bAr lAMAr (at the downtown Whole foods Market)525 n. Lamar Blvd.(512) 345 5000One of my favorite easy
places for a drink in town:
grab a bottle and a snack
to share, then the Whole
Foods bartenders will
uncork it and provide
glasses for you at no extra
charge.
bufAlinA1519 E. Cesar Chavez(512) 524 2523Minimal cozy interiors
and the best pizza in town.
It's always packed so go
early or on a weeknight!
Get the fresca pie and a
pint of Austin Beerworks
Fire Eagle IPA.
Contigo2027 Anchor Ln. (512) 614 2260My favorite cocktails in
town, the best outdoor
seating, and a fun atmo-
sphere. Always good.
Jeffrey's bAr1204 W. Lynn St. (512) 477 5584
We go to this old Clarks-
ville staple during happy
hour to indulge in sophis-
ticated cocktails and Jef-
frey's insanely amazing,
velvet-draped bar without
blowing our entire pay-
check.
Julio's4230 Duval St. (512) 452 1040An old school, family-run
Tex-Mex favorite in Hyde
Park. Cash only! Order the
green chicken enchiladas.
A s h l e yh o r s l e yart director
hillside fArMACy1209 E. 11th St. (512) 628 0168The always-changing
specials are what make
this quaint and romantic
spot one of my favorites in
town. Make sure to end
the night with an af-
fogado—it's divine.
house pizzeriA5111 Airport Blvd.(512) 600 4999My choice pizza place
for a spontaneous night
out with the guy. Fresh,
simple, and right around
the corner from my house.
Try the roasted olives and
the Kale salad too!
koMé4917 Airport Blvd.(512) 712 5700Nothing beats sitting at
the cozy Kome sushi bar
and sipping saki with that
special someone. Feeling
adventurous? Let your
waiter order for you, you
won't regret it!
rAMen tAtsuyA8557 research Blvd., #126(512) 339 0855 Stout broth and perfectly
cooked noodles make this
one of the most satisfying
meals you'll ever eat. Take
a date and stand in line,
there is no better way to
get to know each other!
vino vino4119 Guadalupe St. (512) 465 9282Two words, Mussels and
Fries. This classic, dim-lit
wine joint offers excep-
tional shared plates and
has the friendliest service
around.
g e o r g ee l l i M A npuBlisher
34th street CAfe 1005 W. 34th St. (512) 371 3400Cozy, quiet, tucked-away
and reliably delicious. Try
the zucchini cakes, the
chicken picata (best in
town), and the coconut
cake is so good it has also
been my birthday cake
many times!
Arro 601 W. 6th St.(512) 992 2776New to West 6th! Try the
daily pâté, mussels, and
frites, and creme brulee
chocolate cake
ClArk's oyster bAr1200 W. 6th St. (512) 297 2525Never disappoints. This
cozy, chic spot always has
a nice crowd. Try the oys-
ters, the fish special of the
night, or the hamburger!
date nightDinner & Drinks
The TRIBEZA Staff's picks for the best date night spots around.
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elizAbethstreet CAfé1501 S. 1st St.(512) 291 2881Fun, casual, low-key. Try
the Vietnamese coffee,
spring rolls, or pork and
shrimp crepe
gusto 4800 Burnet rd.(512) 458 1100A regular for me. Fun
interior, great patio, and
attentive service. Try the
polenta fries, the black
drum, and the flourless
chocolate torte.
rAnCh 616 616 nueces St. (512) 479 7616Eclectic and spicy! Mmm,
the crispy oysters, or the
Ranch Slice of Ice, best
in town.
trento 3600 n. Capital of Texas hwy.(512) 328 7555Fun bar, cozy booths!
Must start with a whiskey
jacket cocktail, then try
some calamari and the
brisket ravioli.
vespAio 1610 South Congress Ave.(512) 441 7672A classic on S. Congress.
Try the carpaccio, and the
spaghetti alla carbonara is
delicious!
l A u r e ns M i t h f o r deditor +creative director
fAbi + rosi509 hearn St. (512) 236 0642He goes for the hearty
schnitzel + spatzel, and
I can never resist the
scallops. The dimly lit,
intimate dining room
space always brings good
conversation over a linger-
ing and delicious meal.
fondA sAn Miguel2330 W. north Loop Blvd. (512) 459 4121Sitting in the bar, where
you can order from the
full menu, has become a
favorite date night spot.
It never fails to feel
festive, and the rellenos
never disappoint.
fresA's 915 n. Lamar Blvd.(512) 428 5077Tasty chicken al carbon,
refreshing agua frescas,
and some of the best gua-
camole around have all
the makings for a perfect
picnic.
Justine's
4710 E. 5th St. (512) 385 2900The people watching
alone draws us in every
time. I will always feel
nostalgic for our pre-
baby late night dinners
over steak frites.
sAlvAtion pizzA
624 W. 34th St. (512) 535 0076A cozy spot that serves up
delectable flavor combina-
tions of New Haven style
pizza pies in an inviting
bungalow.
Austin’s prime spot for prime steaks.We know you’ve heard about us … the food, the atmosphere, the service. Bob’s Steak & Chop House exceeds its reputation from the moment you walk in the door. Come in and see for yourself. Don’t be the last one to become addicted to Bob’s.
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