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Editor’s Letter
O ne of my first realizations about life in
Texas, particularly life on a Texas ranch,
was that wealth is measured in land and
water—the size of a spread or the depth of a
well, for instance. More than luxury cars or
flashy baubles, whistles of awe and respect
come from river access that nourishes
grazing livestock or a pecan orchard, or the number of mountain laurel
and cactus blossoms that you can call your own.
To some extent, that’s true of urban life in Austin as well. For many
of us, the places that make our growing city truly rich offer the refuge of
nature. Summer in Texas means swinging off a rope and splashing into
an ice-cold swimming hole (Blue Hole or bust!), a steamy outdoor concert
followed by the essential body-cooling plunge into Barton Springs, picnics among the peacocks at Mayfield Park,
and admiring blooms and native succulents at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (I can’t wait to visit their
new Family Garden; see page 36).
That’s why we’ve devoted this issue to engaging with the great outdoors and the ruggedly beautiful landscape that surrounds us. It’s no coincidence
that our sources this month (including a foraging florist, a kayaking photojournalist, and a restaurateur who encourages you to kiss his bass) are well
accustomed to navigating our waterways, digging in Texas dirt, and kicking up a trail of caliche dust.
That’s just the adventuresome spirit that prompted parenting guru Carrie Contey to trade her mod urban nest for a more remote South Austin home,
a soaring space that thrillingly connects with the changing light, the seasons, and the sprawling vistas that stretch from her new perch. In “Call of the
Wild” (page 62) writer Clayton Maxwell discovers how living a more streamlined life close to nature made Contey feel more connected and created an
inspiring dream lab for her clients.
Not everyone can boast a granddaddy’s ranch to escape to, but there are other ways to seek solitude among the live oaks and cedar trees. In “Ranch
Refuge” (page 48), novelist Amanda Eyre Ward writes endearingly about her stay at Madroño Ranch, a residency program for artists near Kerrville that
offers unfettered time to work and the creative inspiration of the Hill Country landscape.
As anyone who frequents our farmers’ markets knows, our food sources also tether us to our region. In “Hunting Down Dinner” (page 70), Elizabeth
Winslow asks two chef-cookbook authors fiercely devoted to local, seasonal eating (hunting, foraging, and preserving local bounty) why revisiting our
traditional foodways (i.e. the ways our grandparents cooked) matters.
To embrace the thrill of discovery that draws us all down unknown paths, this month we’re launching a new travel column, “Road Trip” (page 78). Our
first destination is a fun and quirky romp in and around Bastrop. Even though it’s only 30 minutes away, the quaint historic town and is a great place for
families to reconnect with our Texas heritage and to paddle along the lovely Colorado River.
We didn’t forget about your beach reads. I’m thrilled to announce another new monthly column, “The Nightstand,” written by my friend Claiborne
Smith, the editor of Kirkus Reviews, one of the most respected literary journals in the country. Each month he’ll hand select essential books from our best
local writers, as well as a few standouts from national stars.
We hope this issue inspires you to make the most of the season. It's the brink of summer, what are you waiting for? Pack a book, a picnic, a swimsuit,
and hiking shoes and get outdoors.
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an early morning shoot with georgia pellegrini and photographer jody horton. unexpect-ed treasures found while wandering in downtown Bastrop.
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an evening with diana Kennedy this four-course dinner at a private home on windsor road honored the life and works of cookbook author and culinary legend Diana Kennedy. Kennedy herself attended and each guest left with a signed copy of her award-winning cookbook, “oaxaca al gusto or my mexico.” proceeds from the event are helping to fund a documentary film on Kennedy and her legacy.
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mj&m Fashion show at neiman marcusover 180 fashion enthusiasts gathered at Neiman Marcus at the domain for the MJ&M Fashion Show on april 25th, featuring designer Badgley mischka. the event, hosted by camila alves mcconaughey , sally Brown, amy ingram, was part of mack, jack, and mcconaughey (mackjackmcconaughey.org), the joint fundraising effort of actor matthew mcconaughey, recording artist jack ingram, and texas coaching legend mack Brown that benefits children’s charities across the united states.
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lav supper Club: 1. Kathrin Kersten-Schneider, Matthew Redden & Kelly Kersten-Schneider 2. Leo Anzaldua, Joe Gage & Justin Boyd 3. Kristin Stouffer & Ane Urquiola 4. Mary Tally & Jamie Barshop new fiction: 5. Courtney Schmoker & Kelly Goodpastor 6. Gemma Marangoni Ainslie & Clay Smith 7. Adam Lefton & Mary Miller umlauf: 8. Stephanie & Paul Henry 9. Megan Podowski & Reed Calhoun 10. Carla Umlauf & Tom Umlauf 11. Miranda Hoffman & Chrissy Bricker 12. Tim Lopez & Jenna Reeves
LaV supper Clubthe first of Tribeza’s Supper Club
Series, dinner at LaV on april 22 was hosted at one of austin's most beautiful new restaurants that also boasts the most impressive cellar in town. guests enjoyed luscious varietals, bistro favorites, and a light-hearted evening of fun served in impeccable french style.
new Fiction Confab at Lenoirthis year’s New Fiction Confab featured seven critically acclaimed authors of local and national fame. every year the writers spend a day in austin’s libraries leading workshops and reading from their latest works.
umlauf Garden partythe 16th annual Garden Party featured artist margo sawyer and raised funds for the umlauf’s sculpture garden and museum educational programs and long-term restoration project.
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WAtW: 1. Clayton Maxwell & Jennalie Lyons 2. Sarah Medina & Grace Steinel Jones 3. Becky Beaver & John Duncan 4. Micky Hoogendijk & Emma Hoogendijk la Condesa: 5. Mayra Garza & Shawn Ullman 6. Jazmine Sausameda & Joshua Frescas 7. Tyler Dunson & Alexis Lanman White Party: 8. Lauren Vandiver, Kendra Scott & Lara Schmieding 9. Marisa Tom & Nate Jaffee 10. Olivia Watson & Alyssa Garcia livestrong: 11. Alicia & Tony Capasso 12. Dani Lachowicz & Kristie Keating
star Bash – Women & their Worknonprofit Women & Their Work hosted its annual STAR Bash on april 26 to benefit the art education of underprivileged children, bring more art to austin, and maintain a culture of art appreciation in the city. attendees enjoyed food and drink, a silent auction, a raffle, and musical entertainment by jazz band the ephraim owens experience.
La Condesa Cinco de mayo Block partyLa Condesa held their 6th annual cinco de mayo downtown Block party on sunday, may 4th. the convivial event was sponsored by univision, dos equis, tecate, tequila cazadores and TRIBEZA, and included appetizers, free flowing margaritas, dance competitions, and a vip reception at malverde.
the White party at the Long Centerhosted by Kendra Scott and nonprofit LifeWorks, the white party raised funds for the nonprofit, which focuses on improving the lives of youth and young adults in austin. it’s an evening to wear white, mingle with friends, and raise money for a good cause.
the Kentucky derby party benefiting the LIVestrOnG Foundation held in the newly refurbished Hotel Ella, the inaugural Kentucky Derby Party was an evening to remember: gourmet food and drinks, a silent auction, live music, and a live stream of the derby itself. money raised went to the LIVESTRONG Foundation to benefit those afflicted by cancer.
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olive & June: 1. Marcella & David Davis 2. Taylor Terkel & Ryan Steed 3. Veronica & John Hottenroth ArW kick-off: 4. RT Moreno & Zelina Serna 5. Brockett Davidson & Melissa Culbertson 6. Cameron Breed & Tiffany Peters 7. Travis Huse & Lisa Smith tastemakers: 8. Dennis Gobis, Carley Dunavant & Shaun Baldwin 9. Shawna Fletcher & Katie McCoy 10. Theresa Grillo & Dave Manzer 11. Kimberly Bolton & Susie Felts 12. Suzanne & Matt McGinnis
Olive & june supper Clubpart of Tribeza’s own Supper
Club Series, this italian feast at Olive & June, held on may 6 made for a delicious evening. guests dined on fresh, vegetable-driven dishes and sumptuous dessert from chef shawn cirkiel.
austin restaurant Week Kickoff partyAustin Restaurant Week is an eight-day culinary event hosted over a two-week period, benefitting nonprofit meals on wheels and more. Tribeza produced this year's restaurant week and helped launch the week with a kickoff party at Olive & June on may 6. Bon appétit!
Culturemap tastemaker awardsthe CultureMap Tastemaker
Awards are an annual celebration of austin’s top culinary talent, hosted on may 7. attendees wined and dined with the best of the city’s restaurant scene at Brazos hall on east 4th street.
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my Gr andFather Is dyInG.At 96 he is the last of the Mohicans in our family. All my other grand-
parents are already gone. He is in assisted living in Peoria, Arizona. He and Grandma left the frozen tundra of Minnesota many years ago. The snowbird friends they used to play cards with and drink cocktails with are long gone. He cannot see due to macular degeneration, and his for-merly keen blue eyes are rheumy and blank behind thick, useless glass-es. He no longer attempts to read the Wall Street Journal with a shaky, handheld magnifying glass, or listens to the news with the volume on full blast. He can’t hear, despite his hearing aids turned up to an au-dible hum. He has no appetite since Grandma died, and his well-worn clothes are swallowing his shrinking form in his La-Z-Boy recliner. His Manhattans have been replaced with servings of Ensure. He calls out for Grandma, gripes at the nurses, and no longer takes our phone calls. He has 24-hour care.
He lives in a place where people dine silently at four in the afternoon, where wheelchairs park in the lobby at random with openmouthed occu-pants staring straight ahead. Despite being a “nice” place, it smells stale, like loneliness and medicine.
I long to take him outside, but everything is too cold for him. Even Arizona.So I go outside often, by myself and with my children, in his honor. I
make it a point to walk the dog, hike the greenbelt, run at the lake—and I pray for him. I don’t picture him in Peoria. I remember him as the purposeful man who owned banks and drove a white Lincoln and came home for lunch. I spent childhood summers at my grandparents’ lake house in northern Minnesota. I waited for him after work, in my terry-cloth shorts and Wonder Woman bathing suit. He would park and I’d hug him hello and we would walk through the garden, where he would pull vegetables at random and let me eat delicious, dusty carrots. Like Mister Rogers, each day he would change into his prescribed outfit: shorts, socks, white loafers, and an unbuttoned short-sleeved dress shirt. He would light a cigar and start the grill. It was a very happy hour; ice
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Lake Lessons clinked in cocktail glasses, and we ate Wheat Thins and Triscuits and small cubes of cheese. He flipped pork chops and I sat on the cement steps, cleaning fresh corn, ripping silky shreds into a brown grocery bag. After dinner we played cards, slapped mosquitoes, listened to Patsy Cline, and stayed up late. I painted rocks, big white ones that I pulled out of the lake. Each one was a master creation, and I proudly sold them to all the neighbors as signed limited-edition paperweights. Grandpa was my best customer; he told me that with my business sense I was going to be quite a successful young lady one day.
We were outside all the time. He took me fishing for walleye and taught me how to drive his boat. He showed me how to tell when things were ripe and ready to pick. He mowed the lawn and when he was through, he would walk straight into the lake in his shorts with a gold bar of Dial soap and bathe, explaining that the lake was as clean as any bathtub. I believed him and sudsed off beside him, with minnows tickling my toes in the sand. At summer’s end, I left sadly, waving and making the letters “C” and “U” with my hands from the rear window, all the way down the gravel drive. See you. See you. See you.
Those summers are my happy place, part of my internal center and mental refuge. I go there when I need to breathe and remember when things were simple. Back in the days where kids had to be reminded to come inside, not urged to go out. Back in the days when you spent time with, rather than made time for, the people you loved.
We can re-create these days of old for ourselves and for our children. We can resurrect the spirit of family and dust off forgotten or forsaken traditions. Step one is to Go Outside. Go outside into nature and remem-ber how necessary and healing this is. And go outside of ourselves, fully connecting with the experiences and the people that make memories out of passing time.My grandfather, Carl V. Lind, passed away the morning after I wrote this essay.C U.
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The Disappearing Rio Grande, capturing the geography, landscape, and culture influenced by this historic Texas wa-terway from its source in Colorado to its end in the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville.
But photography wasn’t always the direction Schlegel’s professional life was headed. After completing his under-graduate business degree from Southern Methodist Univer-sity, he thought he would follow in his father’s footsteps in in-ternational business consulting, a career that had Schlegel’s family stationed in Latin America for much of his young life. But before applying for a master’s degree in business, he was stopped short by his father, who suggested a different path.
“One day, he asked me what I’d really like to do,” says Schlegel. “I’d always been interested in photography, but I had never really thought about it as a career to pursue. I looked at him and said, ‘I’d kind of like to get into photogra-phy.’ And he said, ‘Then why don’t you do that?’”
Schlegel credits his father’s response as being the best ad-vice he’s ever received. “He wanted me to answer the ques-tion for myself, and I will thank him for the rest of my life for that.”
He got his first full-time gig as a photographer for the Brownsville Herald, covering everything from traffic ac-cidents to sporting events, including a bullfight in Matam-oros, Mexico, that almost ended his life when one of the bulls jumped its pen and chased Schlegel around the ring.
“There were a few guys there from the Herald, and when they saw me running for my life, it really earned me some chops with them,” Schlegel recalls.
As he matured in his career, he spent a few more years in Brownsville before moving on to a job at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times and later landing a spot at the Dallas Morn-ing News in 1988. During his tenure there, he covered three Super Bowls, nine Olympic Games, and a smattering of in-ternational conflicts in Bosnia, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, and Af-ghanistan. In 2000, he moved to Austin to work remotely for the paper, but in 2008, following the economic recession, he faced company-wide layoffs and began a career in free-lance photography.
“It has not been a smooth road,” says Schlegel. “It’s a feast or famine sort of career, and I don’t sugar coat it when I talk to young people who are interested in getting into this. But if you can make it work, it can be very rewarding.” j. du puy
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I f you happened to find yourself stranded on, say, Matagorda Is-land, you’d want to tap the skills of someone who knows how to pitch a tent, rustle up dinner, and generally navigate the wild.
That would be photojournalist Erich Schlegel, who has traveled the globe capturing the human story in outdoor adventure for the better part of 30 years. Who better to serve as tour guide for our outdoors issue? This month Schlegel heads out to document the grueling Tex-as Water Safari, a 260-mile canoe and kayak race from San Marcos all the way to the coastal town of Seadrift. For the remainder of the year, he will work with Ultralite Films on a documentary film titled
on assignment for National Geo-graphic in austin, texas. from left, assistant dive safety officer roger Banks, photographer erich schlegel and dive safety officer james piper after the bubble curtain shoot in the underwater test tank at applied re-search Laboratories at the university of texas.
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8 Q u e s t i o n s f o r e r i c h
How would you characterize the type of photog-raphy you do? i’d probably call it outdoor photojournalism, but it’s not just landscape photography. i like to key in on people. it’s the human aspect of the places that really bring a story to life.
What are some of the favorite places you’ve visited? i have three. i love Belize for its variety of recre-ation and culture. you’ve got rivers, mountains, caves, and barrier reefs along with the mayan ruins and culture. it has some of the best snorkel-ing, diving, and fishing all in this tiny little place. i love cuba for photography because it really is like going back in time to the 1950s, yet it’s just a few hours away. it’s surreal. and i also love nepal. you can never grasp the majesty of the himalayas until you see it first hand.
Is there a favorite place you love to photograph? that’s easy. texas. i’ve traveled all over the world, but i love coming home. i could go shoot a beach in morocco, but with this texas water safari, i can shoot the texas coast right here, and people re-ally don’t realize what a wonderful resource it is. i like going to places where not many people go like caddo Lake or remote places of west texas.
What kind of snacks do you always have on hand? i never go on a trip without jolly ranchers. i think i packed five bags with me on my trip to the amazon. (regular and passion fruit varieties.) that and beef jerky, if i can pack it. there's also a new austin-based company making meat-based energy bars called epic Bars that you can get at whole foods. they have beef, bison, turkey, and lamb flavors and are pretty good if you can't have beef jerky.
What do you like most about your job? Being able to find the real, honest emotion from
people in some of the most amazing places. it’s great when you can photograph a beautiful place, but it really means something when you can bal-ance that with the human component of what’s happening.
What do you like least about what you do? the unpredictability of freelance life. you’re al-ways wondering where the next job will come from.
What’s your favorite time of day to shoot? i’m a morning person, so i’d have to say early morning, before anything has been disturbed from the night.
What would be your dream job? i’ve always wanted to go back to nepal and do a story on the sherpas in the himalayas that they call the icefall doctors. they maintain the trail between the “Base camp” and “camp 1” on mount everest. other than the death zone about 28,000 feet, it’s the most dangerous place on the mountain.
schlegel and his daughter thira, then 13, now 14, wade the rio grande river upstream into santa elena canyon in Big Bend national park, texas. schlegel takes his daughter on different adventures during their summer vacations together.
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Entertainment Calendar
JUNECALENDARSarts & entertainment
Musicneon treesjune 2, 6pmstubb’s BBQ
hoWie DAyjune 4, 8pmone world theatre
Austin symPhony Presents: the ClAssiCAl mystery tour – A triBute to the BeAtlesjune 6-7, 8pmpalmer events center
hugh lAurie With the CoPPer Bottom BAnDjune 6, 8pmparamount theatre
mAriAChi vArgAs en ConCiertojune 7, 8pmthe Long center
kutx live: slAiD CleAvesjune 8, 8pmparamount theatre
ACl tAPing: eD sheerAnjune 11acL Live at moody theater
AnDy grAmmerjune 13, 7:30pmthe parish
sAy Antyhingjune14, 7pmemo’s austin
toADiesjune 14, 7pmstubb’s BBQ
tromBone shorty & orleAns Avenuejune 15, 9pmemo’s austin
AnDreW BirD & the hAnDs of gloryjune 16, 8pmparamount theatre
PAulA Colejune 18, 8pmone world theatre
BlAke sheltonjune 20, 5:30pmaustin 360 amphitheater at circuit of americas
Cut CoPyjune 21, 7pmstubb’s BBQ
JACkoPierCejune 21, 8pmparamount theatre
texAs heritAge songWriters’ AssoCiAtion hAll of fAme AWArDs shoWjune 22, 7pmacL Live at moody theater
FilmhAnnA rAnChjune 2, 7:30pmmarchesa hall and theatrethe life AnD DeAth of Colonel BlimPjune 5, 7:30pmmarchesa hall and theatre
emmA mAejune 13, 8pm june 15, 2pmmarchesa hall and theatre
Jules AnD Jimjune 19, 7:30pmmarchesa hall and theatre
DreAms thAt moneyCAn Buyjune 25, 7:30pmaustin film society screening room
J’ACCusejune 26, 7:30pmmarchesa hall and theatre
Theatre5o shADes! the musiCAl- the offiCiAl PAroDyjune 3-4the Long center
vAnyA AnD sonio AnD mAshA AnD sPike
through june 22topfer theatre at zach theatre
BethAny through june 7the Long center
Comedynorm mACDonAljune 5 - 7cap city comedy
CristelA AlonZojune 11 - 14cap city comedy
Jimmy PArDojune 20 - 21cap city comedy
Brent morinjune 25 - 28cap city comedy
Jim Jefferiesjune 27, 8pmparamount theatre
eDDie iZZArD AnD the forCe mAJeurejune 27-28the Long center
trACy morgAnjune 28, 8pmparamount theatre
ChildrensCooBy-Doo live! musiCAl mysteriesjune 8, 3pmthe Long center
erth’s DinAsour Zoo livejune 17-22the Long center
hill Country gAlleriA inDePenDenCe DAy festivAljune 28, 4pmhill country galleria
Otherx gAmesjune 5-8circuit of the americas
roy loZAno’s BAllet folklÓriCo De texAs fiestA 2014june 21, 8pmparamount theatre
12th AnnuAl keeP Austin WeirD festivAl + 5kjune 28the Long center
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t he Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center is in full bloom, and this sea-son it’s larger—and even more beautiful—than the last. Their new Fam-ily Garden, which opened in May, doubled the size of the center’s garden
spaces with its nearly five acres of native plants. And it’s cultivating more than just fragrant flowers; the garden also serves as a playground with education resources, a model for sustainable landscape design, and more than a dozen interactive fea-tures (including a maze made of native shrubs, giant tree stumps for kids to climb on, giant birds’ nests made from native grape vines, and a grotto with caves and a waterfall).
Executive Director Susan Rieff says the garden will offer a new range of experi-ences for children and families, where kiddos can explore nature freely. The idea has been in the works for several years, and now it’s finally come to fruition.
“A few small groups of children have come out and played in the space already to give us a sort of preview of what to expect,” Rieff says. “The kids have all had a wonderful time, and they have surprised us with how they have interacted with some of the features in ways we didn’t anticipate. It’s been fun to watch.”
Along with the opening of the garden, the center plans to host its annual Nature Nights for six Thursdays this summer, beginning June 12. Rieff says the Wild-flower Center has always been guided by Lady Bird Johnson’s mission of “harmo-nizing the needs of man with the needs of nature.” With the Family Garden, they are serving the needs of parents with kids who want permission to play in the dirt.
“It’s really hard to have a bad day!” Rieff says. “I get to work with anincredibly talented and dedicated staff, who are supported by more than 800 volunteers. And I have the deep satisfaction of knowing that the center is doing vitally im-portant work and advancing Mrs. Johnson’s vision for a more sustainable world.” e. BanKs
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Arts CalendarJune 5the ContemPorAry Austin – Jones Centerfilm: the institutescreening, 8:30pm
June 7WAlly WorkmAn gAlleryp.a. jones: above & Belowopening reception, 6pmthrough july 4
June 12 the ContemPorAry Austin – lAgunA gloriAorly gengerartist talk, 7:30pm
June 19BlAnton museum of Artthird thursday, 5:30pm
OnGOInG the ContemPorAry Austinsusurrusjune 4 - 28a secret affairthrough august 24orly gengerthrough august 24
gAllery shoAl Creektony saladino + Karen hawkinsthrough june 14
yArD Dog Art gAlleryBill miller: new workjune 21 - july 27
lorA reynolDs gAlleryjason middlebrookthrough july 5
BlAnton museum of ArtBetween mountains and seas: arts of the ancient andesthrough august 17in the company of cats and dogsjune 22 - september 21
hArry rAnsom Centerthe world at war 1914-1918through august 3
mexiC-Arte museumyoung Latina artists 19: y, qué?june 13 – september 7women of the serie projectjune 13 – september 7
DAvis gAlleryall summer Longjune 7 – august 30
russell ColleCtion fine Art gAlleryfive generations of pissarrojune 1 - 30
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L iz Cass felt so compelled to produce an all-female version of La Bohème that it was only a matter of time before lofty ideas led to cross-dressing, et voila, La Femme Bohème was born. It is a dream turned into reality, one Cass says she has
envisioned for the past five years. This is the first ever production of La Bohème with an all-female cast, and one that
promises to bring a whole new dynamic to an opera already filled with emotion and an-guish, centering on themes of friendship, love, hardship, struggle, and creative expres-sion. A woman’s perspective will help to tell the story in a new way, Cass says.
“La Bohème is a total human experience story,” Cass says. “I wanted to show how at the core of it all, we share so many things. We have much more in common than we don’t have in common.”
Cass says women are often misrepresented as divas in the opera world, whereas her cast is made up of “amazing, passionate, artistic women.” But there’s more to this pro-duction than empowering the ladies; it’s also a way to celebrate diversity and expose just a few of the many layers of complexity in a person’s life.
“Being an opera singer and now producer, I totally identify with the pain of struggling for your art and for love,” Cass says. “How life can be complicated and reality can hit you like a ton of bricks. This production, having characters that straddle the gender norms, takes that idea a step further.”
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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 gAlleries5804 Lookout mountain dr. (512) 495 9363 By appt. only austingalleries.com
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
thinkeryAustin ChilDren's museum1830 simond avehours: t-fri 10-5, sa-su 10-6thinkeryaustin.org
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 & t h e A t e r
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GalleriesArt on 5th3005 s. Lamar Blvd. (512) 481 1111 hours: m–sa 10–6 arton5th.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
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
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 gAllery
4115 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
russell ColleCtion fine Art1137 w. 6th st.(512) 478 4440 hours: tu–sa 10–6 russell–collection.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 3849
By 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
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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TRIBEZ AtAlka n I n s I d e r ' s g u i d e to A u s t i n ' s h i d d e n g e m s .
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Wh At ’ s in my BA rton sPrings BAg?JADE PL ACE-MATHEWS Jade Place-Mathews is one part of the well-traveled, stylish trio who
own Friends and Neighbors (2614 E. Cesar Chavez, friendsaustin.
com), a new East Austin destination that’s part clothing boutique, part
coffee mecca, part artisanal sundry shop, and part evening hangout, all
stationed in different rooms of an old house. Place-Mathews, who also co-
owns Hillside Farmacy with her husband Greg Mathews, shared with us
the components of her Barton Springs bag. Bring on the sunshine!
photog r a phy By m ich a eL a . m u LLer
PAW PAW o i n tm e n t: I pretty much have a tube of this in every bag I own. It’s made close to where I grew up in Australia, and I use it as a lip balm, on mosquito bites, and dry skin. The smell reminds me of my friends and family at home.
u n o : Anyone who knows me knows I will play Uno anywhere, anytime. If this pack could talk it would probably say, “Stop drinking so much tequila and buy a new pack that actually has all of the cards.”
keys : I have a ‘71 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible, and it’s so much fun driving to Barton Springs in it—swimming noodles sticking out the back. Plus, I know I’ll be warm enough to jump right in when I get there.
e Arly BirD g r Anol A BAr : Slightly sweet and a little salty, I got addicted to these in Brooklyn. Luckily, we now sell them at F&N.
Gather Journal : Reading Gather Journal always makes me hungry. It is dedicated to the aspects of gathering—dining, drinking, harvesting, and cooking—and has definitely helped inspire many dinner parties in our backyard.
throW: My husband gives me a hard time about buying so many textiles when we travel. Austin is the perfect place to use them all the time as blankets, towels, or sarongs.
sung l A sses : I can’t go anywhere without my Persol sunnies.
hAt: I found this on our last trip to Mexico: it’s not fancy, but it fits perfectly and covers my neck and shoulders. As I get older, I’m starting to get more paranoid about the sun.
BAg : This Mara Hoffman bag is huge with sturdy leather straps—I can pile it full for a day at the springs.
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Here's a summer treat from the nice people at Weather Up (1808
E. Cesar Chavez St.), who are serving up boozy snow cones from
their SaniServ Slushy Machine all season long. Here, owner Kath-
ryn Weatherup shares a couple of inspired flavor suggestions for her
favorite icy combinations.
the AvenueReposado tequila CalvadosCocchi AmericanoFresh lemon juicePassion fruit syrup (cane sugar and fresh passion fruit juice)
the tAis toi (PiC tureD)Armagnac brandyOloroso sherry Blackberry and mint syrups
Fresh lime juice
A D u lt s n oW Co n e s : A TI P SY RI FF O N E V ERYO N E ’ S CH I L D H OO D FAVO RITE
rig ht FOOT FORWARDThis summer we’re sitting poolside with hAri mAri , the Texas-
based sandal company with a do-good slant—$3 from every pair
supports kids battling cancer. And lest you wonder if it ’s too soon
to upgrade last year’s pair, we have four words for you: memory
foam toe posts.
Hari Maris shoes retail for $60. Find a full list of Austin stockists—including Stag, By George, and Whole Earth Provision Co.—at HariMari.com.
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A cheery artist’s cabin provides a temporary home on the range.
As you turn off the
paved road and enter
the ranch...your heart-
beat slows just a bit.
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i a r r i v e d a t
m a d r o ñ o r a n c h
w i t h a pa c k a g e o f
i n d e x c a r d s, a b ag o f
co f f e e, a j u g o f w i n e,
a n d t h i r t e e n c a n s o f
s o u p. f r o m t h e s e i n -
g r e d i e n t s i h o p e d to
c o n s t r u c t a n o v e l . It was fall in Texas, hot and dry, and I’d also
tossed a swimsuit and sneakers into my car
with the thought that maybe I’d start jogging
again, and swim afterward. (I planned to
be in pajamas for the rest of my hours.) As
a mom of three wonderful and mischievous
children, I was tired. When I drove off the
paved road into the ranch, I rolled down my
car window and inhaled, smelling sage.
I had heard about Madroño Ranch, which
is owned by Austinites Martin and Heather
Kohout, from my friend Juli Berwald, a bi-
ologist and science writer. Juli wrote the first
chapter of her book about jellyfish, Spineless,
at Madroño. She remembers, “While I was at
Madroño, the swifts were nesting in the eaves
of the Lake House. Early in the morning the
babies would start chirping for food…they
were my alarm clock.”
Madroño Ranch is rugged and lovely, com-
prising 1,500 acres and located on Wallace
Creek a few miles north of Medina. The prop-
erty includes a lake of about 25 acres and nu-
merous other streams and draws; steep, rocky
terrain; and grassy, rolling hills. It’s home to a
number of plant and animal species, includ-
ing bison and chickens; the madrone trees
(madroño in Spanish) for which the ranch is
named; feral hogs; raccoons; whitetail, sika,
and axis deer; bass, bluegill, catfish, crappie,
and perch; bald eagles; wild turkeys; and
many more, according to the ranch’s website.
The Kohout family first began their rela-
tionship with the property when Heather Ko-
hout’s mother, Jessica Hobby Catto, bought
600 acres. As the years passed, Martin and
Heather bought more of the property as it
became available, enjoying time there with
their three children Elizabeth, Tito (Chris-
topher), and Thea.
Martin and Heather, both bookworms, fell
in love at Williams College. “We didn’t start
dating until the spring of our senior year
despite some very determined and, in retro-
spect, probably creepy stalking on my part,”
confides Martin. “Since the college closed the
dorms during spring break, and I couldn’t af-
ford to fly home to California, I asked Heath-
er if I could stay at her house while she was
visiting her folks. She said yes, and when she
returned after spring break, well, something
just . . . happened, and I stayed. Maybe it was
the lilacs.”
The Kohouts wanted to share their ranch
but weren’t sure how to begin. “We were un-
easy with using the property as a pet, which
is what having a nonworking ranch usually
devolves to,” says Heather. “Everyone needs
to work in a relationship, but the Texas Hill
Country is a tough place to make a go of it un-
der traditional agriculture and ranching par-
adigms, which tend to require slow (or swift)
destruction of the land. How do we open the
place up carefully? How do we share it? How
do we start thinking out loud with Very Prac-
tical People and visionaries about managing
such a place? A residency program seemed
like a good start.”
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Miles from urban traffic, the
only delays on ranch roads
are caused by wandering
livestock.
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Also in residence: chickens.
As wells as various forms of
Texas-inspired art.
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“Given our backgrounds in various aspects
of the word biz, we came up with the idea of
giving time and space to writers, specifically
environmental writers,” says Martin, adding
wryly, “whatever that means; we didn’t real-
ly know what that meant then, and we still
don’t.”
With the help of an advisory board (which
includes Jesse Griffiths of Austin’s Dai Due
Butcher Shop and Supper Club, who also hosts
“ethical hunting schools” at the ranch), the
Kohouts began accepting applications. More
than forty artists have now visited Madroño.
Geologist Julia Clarke worked on a chapter
for the Princeton Guide to Evolution there.
“An electric vermillion flycatcher outside the
window and low flybys from belted kingfish-
ers during a swim in the pond provided only
a small part of the inspiration—diversity! I
recorded 80 species of birds, flocks of dusky
grey wild turkeys, a silent encounter with an
excitable group of wild hogs, and the lonely
honks of a single Chinese goose repeating on
the canyon walls. Local, introduced, beautiful
with or without names,” says Clarke. Novelist
Dalia Azim adds, “I went for walks three or
four times a day, drawing inspiration from the
landscape. It was incredibly centering, inspir-
ing, and productive.”
My first evening at Madroño, I marveled
at the wide sky as it changed from blue to
orange and then transformed into glittering
night. The main character of my novel, Home-
coming, is a girl named Carla who leaves her
native Honduras to find her mother in Texas.
That evening as I typed, Carla also looked up
at a bowl of stars.
The next morning I brewed coffee and
laced on my sneakers. I puffed along, reach-
ing a wire fence. Undeterred, I hopped over
and soon saw what the fence was meant to
contain: a herd of bison that snorted at me
as I stood, panting, in my running shorts. I
couldn’t remember if bison were aggressive,
so I sprinted back to the house. I amended my
workout plan: after every ten pages, I would
jump in the lake.
Many visitors find the bison inspiring. Art-
ist Shelby Prindaville says, “The Madroño
Ranch residency provided a wonderful oppor-
“ i w e n t f o r w a l k s t h r e e o r f o u r t i m e s
a d ay, d r a w i n g i n s p i r at i o n f r o m t h e
l a n d s c a p e . i t w a s i n c r e d i b ly c e n t e r i n g ,
i n s p i r i n g , a n d p r o d u c t i v e . ” - d a l i a a z i m
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Grass-fed Madroño Ranch bison meat. jesse Griffiths, of Dai Due Butcher Shop and Supper Club, runs a series of ethical hunting, fishing, and cooking classes throughout the year at the ranch.
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tunity for me to begin a body of work focused
on bison, one of the quintessential American
icons.” And during his visit, says writer David
Todd, “I was mostly working through a chap-
ter about the fall and return of buffalo in the
state. I felt very fortunate to get to write about
the century-long recovery of these wonderful
‘crooked-backed oxen’ right there in the midst
of the very alive, snorting, steaming, shaggy
Madroño bison! How lucky could I be?”
I fell into a wonderful rhythm of writ-
ing, swimming, and eating lazy (soup) din-
ners while watching the sunset. The ranch
foreman, Robert Selement, who lives on the
property and has worked there since he was
a teenager, delivered wood, and when he no-
ticed it went untouched, he asked me, kindly
and without judgment, if I needed a lesson on
starting a fire. (I did, and the fire was won-
derful.)
When I came to a place in my book where
I felt stuck, I explored the ranch. Heather de-
scribes her beloved land beautifully: “I love all
the living water. I love the deep draws with
their secret ferns and gnarled madrones and
dripping springs, alive with moving things,
especially those vexing warblers. There’s
a view from a rise near the top of the road
above Robert’s house that looks east that I
love. I love the rocky valley filled with old ma-
ples and hardwoods. I love the side of a hill
overwhelmed with cedar that still has moss
growing even in the summer. Moss! I love the
cleared fields in the cold, sharp weather, espe-
cially when the bison are huffing their white
breaths and making those grunts that sound
like they emerge from the center of the Earth.”
Somehow, in the stillness of the ranch, I
found my story. By the time I filled the recy-
cling bin with metal cans, an empty wine jug,
and more than a few discarded pages, I had a
draft of Homecoming to send to my agent. It
still feels like a miracle to me.
I am not the only one to feel that Madroño
Ranch might, perhaps, be magic. Remembers
Heather, “Once, when I got annoyed at some
peacocks that had shown up unexpectedly at
the main house and wouldn’t let me in peace
to watch the sun rise on the porch, I huffed off
to the lake with my binoculars and sat there.
I saw something appear in the water about 25
yards away and watched. What was it? Wasn’t
a snake, because it wasn’t moving. Could be
two turtles, but they looked odd. I checked
with the binocs. It was a small alligator. I’ve
been accused of all sorts of things since that
sighting, and most of them probably aren’t
true. No one’s ever seen the alligator again.”
“ i l o v e t h e c l e a r e d
f i e l d s i n t h e c o l d,
s h a r p w e at h e r , e s p e -
c i a l ly w h e n t h e b i -
s o n a r e h u f f i n g t h e i r
w h i t e b r e at h s a n d
m a k i n g t h o s e g r u n t s
t h at s o u n d l i k e t h e y
e m e r g e f r o m t h e c e n -
t e r o f t h e e a r t h . ”
- h e at h e r k o h o u t s
For more information, see madronoranch.com
Amanda Eyre Ward lives in Austin with her family. Her
fifth novel, Homecoming, will be published by Random
House in 2015.
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Cantilevered out over a ravine, Contey’s home is balanced between gravity and flight.
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c o u n t r y A n d p r o v i d e s A d r e A m y s t A g e f o r l e s s - i s - m o r e l i v i n g .
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simplicity reigns in this
streamlined kitchen of
slate and bamboo. when you first walk into parenting
guru Carrie Contey’s new living room,
about 20 miles west of Austin, you
sense immediately how this building
began as a dancer’s dream laboratory.
Great expanses of windows open the loft-like space to the out-
doors, bringing light, breeze, and the green of the surrounding
tree-covered hills into the room. Boundaries between inside
and out feel deliberately porous. Such openness has a physi-
cally energizing impact—as if leaping like a dancer or maybe
gliding like the turkey buzzards just outside Contey’s windows
is within the realm of possibility.
This home is all about possibilities. In 2005, Austin Com-
munity College dance department chair José Bustamante,
wanting a studio where he could experiment with video pro-
jection, collaborated closely with Austin architect Rick Black
to create a choreographer’s playground. Brainstorming during
sometimes seven-hour meetings that lasted through dinner,
Black and Bustamante laid out a plan for what would be-
come a 1,620-square-foot dance studio with 21-foot ceilings
downstairs, and a wide-open kitchen/dining/living area with one
bedroom and two baths upstairs. The upstairs walls are movable
wooden panels that open to overlook the dance studio below.
“The inspiration for the project was to provide space that
dealt with the sense of gravity,” says Black, who, like Busta-
mante, saw this as an art project as much as an architectural
one. “That seemed interesting to José from the point of view of
a dancer—the sense of weight and hovering.”
Like a dance posture, the 1,170-square-foot upstairs liv-
ing space cantilevers out from the building’s sturdy metal
frame—achieving a striking balance between gravity and
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A vase of cherry blossoms creates balance with the home’s handsome steel beams and window frames.
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Contey watches the
ever-changing scene outside:
light and shadow, turkey
buzzards, clouds rolling in.
With soaring ceilings and nothing
but her desk and a bike, Contey’s
office is a fresh clean slate.“ i Wa k e u p e v e ry m o r n i n g W i t h
t h e s u n s i n C e m y b e d ro o m
W i n d oW faC e s e a s t. i a m v e ry
aWa r e o f t h e s ta r s. i C a n s i t
a n d WatC h t h e C lo u ds f o r
h o u r s. i f e e l m u C h m o r e i n t u n e
W i t h h oW t h e Wo r l d i s m ov i n g.”
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flight. A butterfly roof lifts the structure upward and funnels rain to
a 10,000-gallon water tank. Handsome custom-made steel beams and
window frames anchor the roof, while the clean sparseness, high ceil-
ings, and expanses of windows make it float.
It feels like more than chance that Contey, who bought the house
from Bustamante last November, should now be the steward of such a
balanced creation: helping families with young children find their own
equilibrium is her life’s work. With a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and
a specialty in prenatal and perinatal psychology, Contey launched her
coaching practice in 2004. At the time, she supported parents in their
early years of raising children through one-on-one and small-group
meetings in her south-central Austin home. Over the past decade, Con-
tey has developed her practice into a broader form of parent coaching,
creating an online community that spans the globe, and her compre-
hensive program for new parents, Evolve, has taken off.
“Just talking about parenting and self-care wasn’t enough,” says Contey,
who structured the Evolve program to support parents in all areas of fam-
ily life: parenting, personhood, partnership, and prosperity. Contey works
with clients for more than a year, interacting with them through daily
e-mails, a community site, livecasts, and in-person gatherings.
“In this way, I can consistently whisper in their ear, ‘Hey, slow down,
get connected, be playful,’ and help them really find a new way of think-
ing and being,” says Contey. “Through the work we do together, they
rewire their own brains and create more mindful ways of connecting
with and guiding their growing people. And ultimately family life, and
life in general, becomes more fun.”
It is because of this Web-based evolution of her work that Contey
has been able to realize her own dream—living a more streamlined life
close to nature. In the midst of one of her regular work/play road trips
this past summer, driving alone in her car, she hit upon the clarity that
inspired this move away from ever-more-dense Austin to its outskirts.
“I was on the open road, it was beautiful weather, and the message that
kept blaring at me was ‘Bigger nature, smaller living space, less stuff.’”
Upon her return to Austin, she found this property while browsing a
modern housing website. Bustamante, who’d been so busy with his full-
time job in Austin that he wasn’t able to stay out at the house enough,
was ready to pass it on. Carrie acted fast, drove out to see it, fell in love,
and ended up signing the papers the day before Thanksgiving. And her
love affair with the house has only grown deeper over time.
“It feels like it is changing me to be living in such nature,” she says,
looking out over the newly green spring landscape from her back pa-
tio. “I wake up every morning with the sun since my bedroom window
faces east. I am very aware of the stars. I can sit and watch the clouds
for hours. I feel much more in tune with how the world is moving. It’s
changing me, and how I want to work. Just being here puts me in a
state of complete awe. What I’m consuming each day . . . it feels like a
satisfying feast that nourishes me deeply.”
Black and Bustamante were very deliberate in building the house
in relation to natural cycles. “We figured out some ways to bring the
breeze in low and ventilate up high in order to take advantage of ther-
mal convection,” says Black. “We oriented the building away from the
afternoon sun and toward the ravine that lies to the east. Apparently
the moonrise is amazing there.”
And even though it takes only about half an hour without traffic to
drive in to Central Austin, Contey does not go to town much. She doesn’t
miss city living. Friends come out, her neighbors all watch out for one
another, and she travels plenty for work and play. Rather than feeling
isolated, she feels the opposite: more connected—with her work, the
landscape, the people she loves, and with what makes her hum.
“If I am asking my clients to slow down and connect with their peo-
ple and get more in tune with what they love about their life,” says Con-
tey, “I need to be living that myself every day. If I am going to help
others find and create their most joyful lives, I’d better be practicing
what I preach.”
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h u n t i n gd ow n d i n n e r
b y e l i z a b e t h w i n s l o w | photography by j o d y h o r t o n
Styling for Georgia Pellegrini by Ashley Horsley | Hair + Makeup by Lindsey Harvey
Call it a culinary time warp—across the country chefs are returning to old-fashioned methods of food preparation.
we asked two gun-toting, butcher knife-wielding enthusiasts why reconnecting with our culinary past matters.
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With a series of books, a blog, and adventure getaways, Georgia Pelligrini wants to make sure other women know hunting’s not just for the boys.
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it’s a cultural cliché to say that everything
old is new again, and yet in the culinary
world, that’s never been truer. Food prepa-
ration methods that date back to pioneer
days (and were born and practiced out of necessity)
are currently being resurrected and championed by
some of our most forward-thinking cooks.
not that many generations ago, it wasn’t possi-
ble to not know where our food came from (hint:
it wasn’t from plastic-wrapped packages at the su-
permarket). That’s because we were likely actively
involved in growing, slaughtering, preserving, and
preparing it. Being hungry meant getting busy, like
it or not. But in the mid 20th century, that began to
change. Convenience foods replaced time-hon-
ored recipes and from-scratch cooking, factory
farms usurped small family farms, and fluorescent
lights and nine-to-five schedules replaced the dai-
ly rhythms of the seasons. Are we better off? Two
chefs who champion traditional techniques and
butchering skills think not. Through hunting and
foraging classes, supper clubs, and cookbooks,
each seeks to be a guide through our culinary her-
itage, perhaps tweaked for modern life but best
not forgotten.
georgia PellegriniOwner, Adventure Getaways; Author, Food Heroes, Girl Hunter, and Modern Pioneering
Georgia Pellegrini grew up fishing for trout for
breakfast on her family’s property in upstate
New York. At the side of her grandmother, she
learned to cook and forage for edibles in the
woods, but then she headed off to the big city
to make her fortune. The hectic life of an in-
vestment banker made her miserable, though,
so she sought out ways to get reconnected to a
past in which she’d felt happy and free. Stints at
New York’s Blue Hill Restaurant and a culinary
internship in France taught her about paying
the karmic price for food—she killed a turkey
with her own hands and learned to dress and
cook it. Inspired, she picked up her pen to share
her adventures with others. And now, in addi-
tion to publishing three books, she leads wom-
en on adventure getaway weekends and offers
modern gals the opportunity to get their hands
dirty and learn updated pioneering skills that
make for a more connected and authentic life.
There’s a resurgence of interest in traditional
techniques for hunting, growing, foraging, and
preparing food. Where do you think this cultur-
al yearning is coming from?
I think it’s an antidote to the very technolo-
gy-driven times we’re all living in. Trying eco-
nomic times are a great equalizer—it makes us
ask, “What do we really need?” People are crav-
ing what’s really lasting, they want to use their
hands, roll up their sleeves, get back in touch
with things that are more grounding.
What are your three favorite traditional food
techniques?
I’m a big proponent of brining—brining is the
key to making wild game more palatable and
preserving the vegetables you’ve gathered or
grown. I’m also very intrigued with smoking
foods. There are so many different ways to
flavor smoke with herbs, or by using different
woods when you’re smoking cheese, fish, or
meat. And of course there’s canning, a wonder-
ful way to preserve your harvest whether it’s
fruit preserves or pickled ramps you’ve gath-
ered.
What are some “forgotten” ingredients we
should all be revisiting?
Purslane is wonderful. You can find it in the
sidewalk cracks. It has more omega 3s than
fish, and a naturally tart flavor, so you don’t re-
ally need dressing when you make it into salad.
I have a simple and delicious recipe for purs-
lane with red onion, tomatoes, hard boiled egg,
salt, and olive oil. I love wonderfully bitter dan-
delion greens as well.
What are some trends you’re seeing within the
general return of traditional foodways?
I think people are finding ways to get back to
the land, whether by keeping backyard chick-
ens, a beehive on their rooftop, or planters in
their driveways. We’re finding ways to be more
hands-on and to create a relationship with
whole foods and connection.
Can you describe some traditional techniques
that you’ve tweaked to adapt to modern life?
I have a great recipe for cheese that you can
make in 30 minutes. You can make home-
made fresh butter in 15 minutes using a mixer.
Many of my recipes have a fun modern twist—I
use red wine to make popsicles, and preserve
strawberries with balsamic and black pepper in
homemade fruit roll-ups.
What other aspects of your daily life are im-
pacted as you embrace a return to traditional
foodways?
I now see possibility in the backyard and on ur-
ban streets. I see the natural world differently
and have a symbiotic relationship with it—I
know how to interact with it instead of keeping
it at arm’s length.
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Chef jesse Griffiths passes
essential skills for catching
and cooking your supper to
the next generation.
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Filleting just-caught white
crappie is quick work for
practiced hands. Right:
Griffiths preps dinner with
his young daughter Paloma.
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Jesse griffithsChef/Owner of Dai Due Butcher Shop and Supper Club; Owner, Dai Due Hunting and Fishing School; Author, Afield
To scores of devoted customers, Jesse Griffiths
is the moral compass of our local food scene.
He founded his business on the simple princi-
ple that people can eat extremely well on foods
sourced solely from our own food shed. This
hardly seems groundbreaking now, but that’s
due in large part to Jesse’s own tireless work
educating and inspiring us with alfresco supper
club dinners, cooking classes, guided hunting
and fishing excursions, expertly cut local, pas-
tured meats, and handmade pantry items like
Hefeweizen and horseradish mustard and sau-
erkraut made from organic cabbage. Over the
years he has fed us well, but more than that, he
has opened up a world of possibility by showing
us how delicious our very own corner of the world
can be. This summer will mark the opening of
Dai Due’s seven-years-in-the-making brick and
mortar location on Manor Road, with a full retail
butcher counter and a restaurant serving a menu
of locally-sourced, wood-fired dishes.
There’s a resurgence of interest in traditional
techniques for hunting, growing, foraging, and
preparing food. Where is this cultural yearn-
ing coming from?
There’s a collective desire right now to have more
of a connection to food, whether that means
knowing who’s making your sandwich, who grew
the food it’s made from, gathering your own eggs,
or killing a deer in the winter. I’d say that this is far
more natural than not knowing anything about
your food. The ability to remain aloof about your
food has only been an option for a couple gener-
ations out of thousands, so I’d reckon that we are
just waking up from a little nap and remembering
that food is and will be a profound priority.
What are your three favorite traditional food
techniques?
Fermenting, hands down—a controlled rot of
food. It totally dismisses the hubris of man being
in control and lets nature just do its thing while
serving us extensively. It’s prevalent in every cul-
ture, it keeps the nutritional integrity of food—or
even increases it—and it can get you drunk. That
one’s easy. Regionally, I love smoking things, too,
especially meat. Smoke has a strong history in
Central Texas because of our resources and cul-
tural influences—barbecue happens here for a
very good reason. I think that the way food is con-
sumed is also a technique. Before refrigeration,
if you had caught a bunch of crappie or trapped
a lot of crawfish or killed your fat hog, you had
to get everyone together and have a party out of
necessity to consume it all before it went bad.
Feasting is a technique then, I guess, that serves
us both culturally and physically.
What are some “forgotten” ingredients we
should all be revisiting?
Anything that you can find in your neighborhood
that is edible should be revisited. It’s painful to
see loquats and plums, banana leaves, agaves,
figs, agarita, nopales, and mulberries rot on the
ground. People will complain about the fruit
falling on their cars when they are driving to the
store to buy fruit.
What are some trends you’re seeing within the
general return of traditional foodways?
Nose to tail is becoming normalized. It’s not just
chefs posturing and trying to outdo each other
anymore. I feel that the focus on offal and other
meats like goat and rabbit really expanded some
palettes, and it is now a viable menu option for
the mainstream. In places where it was tradition-
ally incorporated, in ethnic foods, it’s more sought
after and accepted, too. They were naming boy
bands Menudo decades ago—that’s cultural ac-
ceptance of tripe. I’d like to see Head Cheese go
triple platinum.
Can you describe some traditional practices
that you’ve tweaked to adapt to modern life?
I can’t go on extended hunts and fishing trips
with a family and a business. I make quick morn-
ing hunts for ducks and doves now, or try to hit
the creek for just a couple of hours for some white
bass and then go to work. It’s the only way I can get
out, get some food, and keep up at the same time.
What other aspects of your daily life are im-
pacted as you embrace a return to traditional
foodways?
We eat game and fish almost exclusively at our
house. It has an obvious importance to us. We
have to plan most of our meals ahead, so that
slows you down a bit. Eating vegetables sea-
sonally was always fun and challenging, but
explaining why we can’t have mulberries in Au-
gust to a three-year old is a pretty fun exercise in
describing patience.
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A few hours at a closely-guarded lo-
cal fishing spot means pan-fried fish
with sauteed spring artichokes, peas,
carrots, leek and kale for supper at
Chef jesse Griffiths’s house.
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Just 30 miles east of austin,
you can explore an entirely different
world. Here, are our favorite fun, funky,
and delicious reasons to get lost in the
Piney Woods in and around Bastrop.
At Dinosaur Park, realistic replicas of prehistoric friends surprise and delight along the trail.
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most of us hop onto highway 71 east to catch a flight. But there are plenty of alluring reasons to forge ahead, past Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, and plan a day or a weekend exploring one of the most compelling areas in Central Texas. Perched on the banks of the Col-orado River, with a quaint downtown surrounded by more than 6,000 acres of loblolly pines, Bastrop, TX, has true grit. After enduring the devastating wildfires of 2011, the place dubbed “the most historic small town in Texas” has worked hard to preserve its character, promote heritage tourism, and enhance its creative community. “Our historic downtown is home to more than 18 independently owned restaurants, many featuring locally sourced ingredients from Bastrop County growers and producers,” says Nancy Wood, director of the Bastrop Main Street Program. “There are 10 fine art galleries in the three blocks of the commercial district, each with unique art, jewelry, tableware and collector items. With the Colorado River running right through downtown, there’s the opportunity to rent a kayak or canoe for a short trip be back in time to enjoy a late lunch,” she continues. “We like to say, “come for a visit and we’ll capture your heart!”
Resident Maura Ambrose, the artist we feature on page 102, echoes the enthusiasm. “I love living in Bastrop because it feels like a small community of people working hard and enjoying the simple life,” she says. “With an abundance of farmers and cattle ranchers, a lot of the work here is done in cooperation with the land, and I can relate to that lifestyle.” It may be the best time yet to visit this beautiful, resurgent community. What follows, our
picks for making the most of the adventure.
Pack your hiking shoes and a water bottle, because just 13 miles east of
the airport, McKinney Roughs Nature Park (1884 State Highway 71
W, 512-578-7427) offers 1,100 lush acres to explore by foot (across 18
miles of wooded trails) or on horseback (bring your own horse). The
park is home to hundreds of native plant and animal species that flour-
ish within the rolling box canyons, expansive wildflower meadows, and
lazy river bends of the Texas Colorado River.
After you pay your entrance fee ($5; free for children 12 and under)
and get the latest trail info at the visitors’ center, check out the Mark
Rose Natural Science Center, where you can get up close and person-
al with the area’s indigenous species (including snakes and turtles)
through interactive exhibits and learn more about the diverse conflu-
ence of ecosystems (including Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairie,
East Texas Piney Woods, and a riparian zone) within the park.
Next stop, time travel. Sure, you can go to a museum to see skeletons,
but at the fun and funky Dinosaur Park (thedinopark.com), you can
walk along trails and behold dinosaur replicas roaring from behind
plants, trees, and rocks. As you amble past your new friends (e.g. a velo-
ciraptor and a triceratops), you’re also likely to see real-life wild rabbits,
lizards, and roadrunners. Kids can channel their inner Indiana Jones
at the park’s fossil-dig and playground. Be sure to bring comfy shoes
for the half-mile long gravel trail, and snacks (food and drinks are not
available) for an afternoon picnic. A well-themed gift shop ensures that
you won’t escape without a souvenir or two. The park is open Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday 10-4; admission is $7 per person, children under
24 months free.
A teepee at McKinney Roughs Visitor’s Center offers a shady spot to play and sparks a spirit of adventure.
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Hear them roar: a colorful Stegosaurus and towering Tyrannosaurus Rex greet
visitors from the path.
Hikers hit the trail at McKinney Roughs State nature Park, which offers year round science-based programs for kids.
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Street tacos and potent margaritas beckon at
Viejo’s Tacos y Tequila.
A vintage setting and hand-cut steaks make for a romanic evening at Baxter’s on Main.
What says summer more than a drippy, cherry-topped cone from The Sugar Shack (pictured at right)?
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In Bastrop, there are enticing options round the clock. For breakfast, join
locals downtown at Maxine’s Café (905 Main St., 512- 303-0919) for
hearty, from scratch cooking like Jack’s Eye Opener ($5.75), flaky butter-
milk biscuits topped with scrambled eggs and sausage gravy, or spicy mi-
gas ($9) with bacon or sausage served with breakfast potatoes, flour or
corn tortillas, and homemade salsa.
When you’re ready to refuel after a day of gallery hopping or kaya-
king, Viejo’s Tacos y Tequila (www.viejosbastrop.com) beckons with
an appealing patio and signature drinks like the Basil Antigua ($9)
with silver tequila, elderflower liqueur, fresh lime, hibiscus-infused
agave nectar, fresh basil, and mint. (Purists can order a flawless top
shelf margarita.) Round out your happy hour with their modern riffs
on tacos, like Carolinas Pollo Frito ($4) with fried chicken, guacamole,
mango, cilantro, and salsa verde or the Pirata ($4) with steak, Manche-
go cheese, and avocado.
With exposed brick walls, soaring beaded ceilings, and throwback
1920s décor, Baxter’s on Main (baxtersonmain.com) sets the stage for
a date night. Go for the cozy table by the window in the bar—it looks
out onto Main Street—then settle into warm spinach-artichoke dip,
hand-cut Angus steaks (ribeye and filet mignon), fresh Gulf seafood,
and an appealing wine list.
We love the small town vibe (and sweet tooth nirvana) at Sugar Shack
(sugarshackbastrop.com), a family owned and operated sweet shop where
you can tuck into chocolate-dipped strawberries, Blue Bell ice cream, waf-
fle bowl sundaes, and handmade candies (chocolate-covered Rice Krispies
treats, anyone?) by the pound.
Kazem Khonsari’s Lost Pines Art Bazaar (lostpinesartbazaar.com)
offers a surprising and thoughtfully curated mix of Persian culture
with a Texas twist, including richly hued handwoven rugs, fine an-
tiques, metal and wood art pieces, and western bronze sculptures.
You’ll also find fair trade and handmade home décor items, such as Rifle
Paper Company recipe boxes and Ten Thousand Villages serving sets.
Art Connections Gallery (artconnectionsgallerybastrop.com) is a
window into Bastrop’s robust art community. The historic building
doubles as a working studio for three artists, while showcasing the
collective vision of over 60 local arts and crafts workers. You’ll find
fine art photography, wood carvings, and paintings (including oils by
owner Deborah Johnson). Other works include fiber and paper art,
colorful glass objects, handcrafted furniture, handmade jewelry, ce-
ramics, and books and CDs by local writers and musicians.
Expect to smell leather when you open the door at Texas Boot
Company (thetexasbootcompany.com), where you’ll find everything
you need for a night of roadhouse fun. The store boasts the area’s big-
gest selection of western wear, including boots by classic brands like
Ariat, Justin, and Lucchese, as well as cowboy hats, plenty of denim,
pearl-snap shirts, hand-tooled belts, and more.
You’ll find boots galore (and everything else you need for ranch dressing) at the Texas Boot Company.
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Sure, you can be home by nightfall, but it’s a lot more fun to linger. If you’re game for
a weekend, book a room at Hyatt Lost Pines Resort and Spa (lostpines.hyatt.com,
rooms from $269), which offers a luxurious setting to sink into the area’s diverse
charms. The well appointed, nature-themed rooms have super cozy beds, and the
grounds provide plenty of room to roam (thanks to 405 acres adjacent to McKinney
Roughs and alongside the Colorado River). The best way to refresh upon arrival is to
grab an inflatable tube and cool down at the Crooked River Water Park. If you and
your little cowpokes yearn to be in the saddle, there are scenic trail rides ($85) and
easy pony rides ($40 for kids 2 to 10) at Renegade Trailhead equestrian facility.
When you’re ready to put your feet up—and have them scrubbed and polished—
head to Spa Django for a fragrant, rosemary-scented massage. At Wild Hare Youth
Spa, moms and daughters can have their toes painted side-by-side with treatments
like the Berry Serene Pedicure ($55). The rest of the day is easily rounded out with
photo ops with their mascot longhorn steers, activities like raft rides, biking, and ex-
traordinary birding tours. When the light fades, grab a margarita and a seat on a
leather couch in the lobby for their new live music series. (We heard Brennen Leigh
and Noel McKay, two of our favorite Austin singer-songwriters.). What’s the most
delicious ending to day brimming with Texas swagger? Slice through a fat ribeye at
Stories, which serves seasonal fare in a fine-dining setting (they even have gourmet
grilled cheese sandwiches for the kids). Save room to end the evening as you should—
under a sky full of Texas stars, with s’mores and tall tales around a campfire. Aren’t
you glad you got away?
Grogeous Persian art, and Western bronze sculptures offer a compelling mix of treasures at Lost Pines Art Bazaar.
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Happy toes at Hyatt Lost Pines Crooked River
Water Park; resort riders saddle up for a guided
trail ride.
Light fades on the Colorado River, abun-dant western style give Lost Pines’ entrance a distinct sense of place.
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Alan Lazarusc h e f a n d co - o w n e r o f V e s pa i o a n d e n ot e c a r e s tau r a n t s
p r o f i l e i n style
it all started with a hunt for morels, the wild
mushrooms that beg to be panfried in brown butter and
served alongside grilled ribeyes. When a friend came
through the back door of Vespaio in 2010 with a basket of
them, Alan Lazarus, the chef and co-owner of the beloved
South Congress restaurant, caught a whiff of possibility.
He was surprised that the mushrooms grew in the Texas
Hill Country and asked his friend if he could come out to
her property to do some foraging.
The elusive mushrooms were located just outside of
Wimberley, nestled among live oaks and wild mountain
juniper on Lone Man Creek. Alan and his wife Susan
Clark Lazarus, had been contemplating purchasing a sec-
ond home, and they were immediately drawn to the rug-
ged landscape. As luck would have it, there was a creek-
front property for sale up the road.
They immediately looked at the house and made an of-
fer. Although there were five pending contracts ahead of
them, Lazarus shared a simpatico sensibility about preserv-
ing the land and found himself with that increasingly rare
Texas treasure—waterfront property adjacent to a 32-acre
nature preserve. In other words, it is guaranteed that the
land surrounding his new home would remain wild and un-
developed.
“We’re so lucky that we landed here,” Alan said on a re-
cent afternoon as we dipped our toes in the cool, impossibly
clear spring-fed creek. Over the last few years, he and Susan
have added a deck that looks out over the creek (the perfect
perch for morning coffee and evening aperitivos) and have
converted their garage into a guesthouse with an expansive
glass door that—even when closed—provides a near seam-
less connection to the outdoors, including the occasional
glimpse of axis deer and wild turkey. Or at least it was sup-
posed to be a guesthouse. After they furnished the space in
their style—a mix of mod and folk touches, well-worn fa-
vorite books, surround-sound for listening to the Rolling
Stones and Crosby Stills and Nash on vinyl, and nostalgic
photos from New York, where Alan grew up—they pretty
much adopted the space as their master bedroom. “We al-
most never sleep in the main house,” Alan admits.
A chef at heart, (for years Alan worked as the national
corporate chef for Whole Foods, before cashing in his stock
options to open his restaurants), one of Alan’s focus at the
creek house is preparing simple, satisfying meals to be eat-
en outdoors. On most weekends, they arrive with produce
from their garden in Allendale and something to grill. They
also buy local eggs down the road and Wagyu beef from Ch-
isholm Ranch across the creek. In between bowls of gazpa-
cho (inspired by a neighbor’s ripe tomatoes) and big salads
prepared from whatever is in season, there are plenty of
other ways to while away the weekends. They read in the
hammock, play guitar, hike, and paddleboard. Susan works
on her tile mosaics, and Alan spends shameless amounts of
time fishing for bass, sometimes from a chair submerged in
the creek. When friends visit, there is late-night wine drink-
ing and guitar playing, and marathon matches of the board
game Cards Against Humanity.
For Lazarus, the creek house means unfettered time with
his family, and a home that his kids will eventually inherit.
“It represents sanity; coming here feels like a staycation every
weekend,” he says. The house has the unexpected bonus of
enriching their friendships. “We thought we might see people
less, but we actually connect with our friends more because
when they come out and spend the night, we get to know them
much better,” Alan says. “The worse part about every week-
end is coming home.” P. disbrowe
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1. “it’s catch and release, so i kiss them and release them.” 2. a bed in the master suite that looks out over the water. 3. a bookshelf in the main house holds artifacts found on the property, photos of friends and family, and cookbooks. 4. a 1968 Guild guitar, mod orange office chairs and folk textiles create a kick back style.
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5. a tile mosaic egret counter created by susan. 7. the glass pane garage doors are frequently open to the outdoors. 8. “we love taking an outdoor showers, ours has a view of the creek." 9. an old birdhouse in the cedars. 10. chillin’ and fishing.
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T he studio where Erin Knipp crafts her floral arrangements
is cool, tiled, and perfumed—an organized, temperature-
controlled environment. But though Knipp works indoors
most of the time, she finds much of her inspiration, and some of her
materials, from the abandoned yards and gardens of Austin. You read
that right: Knipp, owner of Rosehip Flora, is a forager.
“I have kids, so I drive a lot around Austin,” she says. “And I’m al-
ways scanning the landscape—I can’t help it. If a color pops out at me,
or a different texture or foliage, I make a mental note of it, and then
if I need it or want it, I go back in the dark of night and I get it.” She
grins mischievously. This is obviously the fun part for her.
But, Knipp explains, she’d never take from someone’s prized garden.
Instead, she sticks to abandoned lots or seriously forlorn-looking plants.
And she never decimates a plant. “I want to go back to it,” she says. “I
want it to look great the next year so I can have that option again.”
Knipp enjoys foraging because it’s local and sustainable but also
because it expands her palette, so to speak. “I clip stuff that wouldn’t
necessarily travel well from California or Colombia or Holland.”
A former coffee-shop manager (Ruta Maya on South Congress)
who holds a master’s degree in conflict resolution and mediation,
Knipp first fell in love with flowers in grad school, working part-time
for a florist to help pay her bills. “I answered the phones, swept floors,
greeted customers . . .” She loved the job—and though she didn’t do Knipp started designing flowers for friends’ wed-dings before opening up her own full-service floral shop 12 years ago.
Knipp loves to arrange with succulents—though she laughs that they’re considered a texas look, because they were native to california first.
f o r a f l o r i s t w i t h a f o n d n e s s f o r l at e n i G h t
f o r aG i n G, l i f e i s a b lo s s o m -s c e n t e d, p e ta l-s t r e w n
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In Bloom: Rosehip Flora
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much arranging, she learned by watching. When she moved back to
Austin and her friends started getting married, she found herself of-
fering to do their flowers.
“I was doing it for my own gratification and as a gift to them,” she
says. But that gift quickly grew into a business; the vast majority of
Knipp’s work is devoted to weddings. Her favorites, she says, are those
where she is given creative freedom. “I want a bride who trusts me
and my aesthetic and will appreciate being pleasantly surprised on her
wedding day,” Knipp says. The satisfaction she finds in arranging—
as she says, “all alone, picking posies”—may have once surprised her,
given her education and the lack of entrepreneurs in her business-ori-
ented family. But she followed her gut, embraced a passion for flowers,
and twelve years later, Rosehip Flora is in full, glorious, and definitely
local bloom. j. neTzer
Knipp says that about one third of the flowers pictured here have been foraged.
Knipp has been arrang-ing flowers, or as she calls it, “poking posies,” for more than twelve years.
erin’s tips for a perfect summer centerpiece
1. use succulents and cacti; indoors or out, they add a touch of green when everything else is turning brown. hearty plants hold up best outdoors and prefer indirect sunlight.2. find a container that suits the venue or occasion. with succulents i prefer to use containers that are low profile and generally more sleek or modern. this keeps the focus on the plants. line the container with pea gravel to absorb excess moisture.3. shop for a variety of textures, shapes, and colors, and consider how they will blend in the container. don’t crowd the pot; plants need room to grow. 4. for a floral touch you can also “plant” a small vase among the succulents. Go native and find roadside wildflowers to fill the vase. this will add color while also offering the flexibility to change out the flowers as needed.5. top-dress the arrangement with any number of elements: moss, sand, rocks, tumbled glass. this is another chance to bring in color and whimsy.
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The Nightstandby cl a i b o r n e sm i t h
summer reading: it’s a phrase that conjures images of fluffy, frivolous
page-turners forgotten the day after finishing them or paperbacks abandoned
for the next beachgoer to read at the condo you rented. but why should lazing
away on vacation mean you lose your good taste in books? have at the latest
Danielle steel if you’d like, but these austin writers (or writers with ties to aus-
tin) offer in their new books all-encompassing worlds that are gripping, funny,
dark, and thoughtful. we all know by now the virtues of eating local, but take it
a step further this month: read local.
claiborne smith is the editor in chief of Kirkus reviews and the former literary director of the texas book Festival. above the east china sea
by sarah bird
336 pp., $25.95
Bird’s new novel opens with the suicide of a
pregnant girl, Tamiko, in Okinawa in 1945
as the Japanese government spreads propa-
ganda that the incoming American soldiers
are going to rape and kill the women there.
Fast-forward seven decades to present-day
Okinawa, where Army brat Luz James, the
daughter of a severe military sergeant mother,
is mourning her sister, killed while serving in
Afghanistan, and battling suicidal thoughts of
her own. This is Bird’s most provocative and
thoughtful novel yet, about a place that has
haunted her imagination since her own expe-
riences with the island.
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fourth of July creek
by smith henderson
480 pp., $26.99
The pleasurable feeling of being menaced
by a suspenseful story that entirely grabs
you and won’t let you go starts on page 1 of
Henderson’s debut novel, as a social worker
shows up in a Montana town to investigate
(and attempt to help) a troubled teen whose
mother is hopped up on speed. Henderson,
an alum of the Michener Center for Writ-
ers at UT, is a Montana native. His deter-
mined social worker, Pete Snow, uncovers
an assortment of vicious cases until his es-
tranged daughter disappears and the FBI
starts sniffing around.
surf texas
by Kenny braun
144 pp., $55
After eyeing the pages of Surf Texas, lin-
gering on its black-and-white images, you
put the book down feeling a little water-
logged and sun-baked. That’s a compli-
ment to the deeply immersive quality of
Braun’s photographs: he makes you feel as
if you’re in the water with these bands of
surfing brothers. A surfer himself, Braun
has shot for Texas Monthly, Wired, South-
ern Living, and Pentagram Design, among
others. Feeling ambivalent about sunbath-
ing with the crowds at South Padre Island
this summer? Spend time with Surf Texas
and you’ll feel as if you were there (without
the sting of sea salt in your eyes).
thunderstruck & other stories
by elizabeth mccracKen
240 pp., $26
A cursory description of the events that
occur in McCracken’s new collection (her
first in 20 years) makes her stories sound
like tabloid fodder, more like a horror
novel than a thoughtful offering from
one of the most respected literary writers
publishing today. Murder, disappearing
children, a ghost child, abuse: welcome to
McCracken’s world! But horror and deep
insight, humor and grim happenings in-
tertwine themselves in her writing. Mc-
Cracken is a National Book Award finalist
who teaches at the Michener Center; her
stories wittily evoke strange associations
while serving up honest revelations.
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Since she was child, Maura Ambrose, owner of
Folk Fibers, has embraced a passion for vintage
objects and fabrics. When she traveled from her
home in Carey, North Carolina, to her grandpar-
ents’ in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Ambrose spent
countless hours in her grandmother’s attic, discov-
ering lost treasures and antique fabrics. “I’ve always
been drawn to items of history,” explains Ambrose,
“but it all started in my grandmother’s attic.”
As Ambrose grew older, she took her interest
to the professional level by studying in the Tex-
tile Design & Arts Fiber program at the Savan-
nah College of Art and Design. After graduation,
she worked a number of different jobs—from the
corporate offices of Urban Outfitters to a small or-
ganic farm. In 2011, Ambrose started to prepare
her own natural dyes and stitch quilts full time.
(We featured her in the Makers’ Issue of Tribe-
za in 2012.) Since then, her homegrown business
has flourished—and Folk Fibers has gone beyond
the local and garnered national attention: she was
nominated as a Tastemaker Honoree by Martha
Stewart and has over 52,000 followers on Insta-
gram. Nowadays for Ambrose, organic inspira-
tion still comes in the form of vintage objects but
also in the handmade tools that she uses to create
her dyes and quilts. “I get a sense of connection
with my materials when I’m working with my
hands.” K. wALsH
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1. Quilt box: “my handmade cedar boxes are built by austin local Kelly dewitt. my husband, chap, laser-etches the logo, which is designed by ryan rhodes and renee fernandez, who also live in austin.” 2. bunny: “one of two rabbits that have joined us on our move from philadelphia to austin.” 3. indigo-dyed woven cloth: “this fabric was a collaboration with my friends leslie and Jay from tangleblue [a textile consulting business in san francisco], using linen i dyed in the indigo vat.” 4. feathers: “hawk and turkey feathers collected on a four-month road trip that my husband and i took a couple years ago in our Vw camper van.” 5. mortar: “i use this tool to grind indigo.” 6. awl and spindle: “i found these handmade tools at the Golden nugget in new Jersey.” 7. America’s Quilts and Coverlets: “an antique book that i bought in maine.” 8. blue thread: “cotton bamboo yarn that i dyed with indigo.” 9. clothespins: “old-fashioned clothespins are beautiful and useful objects.” 10. kentucky quilt: “a quilt i made using naturally dyed and vintage fabrics, available for sale in my online shop.” 11. chinese printing block: “a hand-carved woodblock i found in san antonio, a source of inspiration for sashiko stitching patterns.” 12. star: “Vintage fabric remnant to be used for a quilt.” 13. slippers: “hand-stitched, rabbit-themed children’s shoes.” 14. postcard: “amish horse and buggy postcard from a friend living in pennsylvania.” 15. indigo cake: “natural indigo cake ready to be ground up and used for dye.” 16. madder: “chopped-up roots ready to be soaked and used for dye.” 17. cactus postcard: “flora and fauna found in west texas.” 18. sashiko sample: “muslin fabric with red sashiko stitches showing samples of patterns to aid in teaching stitching workshops.” 19. wooden rabbit: “hand-carved by my late grandfather-in-law, harvey.” 20. turtle shell: “i found this walking in a pecan grove in austin with my old farm boss brent Johnson.” 21. travel clothesline: “a vintage keepsake that includes tiny clothespins, cotton cord, and two glass-head pushpins.”
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r ough and tough: these are the two qualities that most in-spired principal architects Jean-Pierre Trou and Aaron Vollmer while designing Pure Austin’s latest fitness hot
spot, 410 Speed Shop. The gym is a former car repair shop turned premier training facility, but it’s stayed true to its roots with the help of Trou and Vollmer, who vowed to honor the iconic history of the space throughout the design process.
“We wanted to create a statement, something iconic that resembled both the history of the space as well as the core values of both brands, Pure Austin & Rogue Running,” Trou says.
The spacious building is situated adjacent to railroad tracks, and that theme is carried over to the interior as well, where Trou and Vollmer have created “containers”: large reclaimed ship-ping pallets that give the space more division and char-acter (one of them holds Rogue’s vast array of candy-col-
ored sneakers and other gear) and embody the themes of movement and strength that are so important to both brands.
“The space had a lot of character already. The warehouse look fit perfectly with their brands. We just needed an element that could tie everything together,” Trou says. “The containers help in the organiza-tion of the program elements, defining retail areas and training areas, as well as creating communal spaces, such as the juice bar.”
410 Speed Shop has one goal in mind: to foster a sense of commu-nity amongst both athletes and nonathletes that moves people to be inspired about life and fitness.
“When you walk inside 410 Speed Shop, you should feel like you want to work out; you should feel like you can’t wait to wear your running
shoes and go for a run,” Trou says. “We want you to get pumped, inspired, and to come back with a friend. So it becomes a destination.” e. bAnKs
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the containers are made from reclaimed shipping pallets, inspired by the build-ing's proximity to the railroad tracks.
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architect jean-Pierre trou designed the large wooden contain-ers to give the space character and division.
a former garage (note vintage light fixture) created an industrial-chic setting.
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Michael went for bold and spicy: the Navasota ($10.95), which consists of a patty made from pork butt topped with Muenster, grilled avocado, toma-tillo, garlic, cilantro, serrano, and chipotle in adobo sauce. His burger offered up a fiery kick with a complex layering of fresh flavors, from the thin-sliced tomatillo to the paprika-spiked adobo sauce. For a side, we split the sweet potato tots—crispy nuggets of goodness seasoned generously with salt and pepper. As we ate, the sun settled beyond the western cityscape, and the string of yellow lights crisscrossing the deck glowed more brightly. Early eighties Depeche Mode pulsed on the sound system.
Other menu selections range from a sloppy joe to a grilled portobello mushroom. Appetizers include tempura-battered, fried deviled eggs and pulled pork sliders, among other standard barroom fare. For beer geeks, there is a comprehensive selection of more than thirty-six varieties, including Texas craft beers. If you have room for dessert, there are scoops of Lick ice cream.
The verdict: Silo on 7th is a burger destination that stands out amid the other options in town. This new restaurant presents bold, tasty burgers in a casual, friendly atmosphere. Brunch is also served on Sundays and Mondays, and lunch is served daily, with a modified menu being offered soon. K. wALsH
i n our nine years of living in Austin, my hus-band, Michael, and I have been on something of a culinary pursuit to track down the best
burger in the city. Admittedly, we had been spoiled by the monumental burgers that Manhattan has to offer (from the classic on an English muffin at P.J. Clarke’s to the Parisian variation topped with melting Roquefort at Café Luxembourg). When we first arrived in 2004, Austin’s selections were, let’s just say, less than impressive. More than once, we met with sad plates of overcooked patties or belt-busting, Texas-sized burgers, both resulting in a post-repast, brick-in-the-stomach state. But like other versions of dining in Austin, the rapid proliferation of new restaurants along Congress and other areas of town has spawned a wide array of new options—from the bustle and (often) wait of Hopdoddy to the artisan burger at Salt & Time butcher shop and restaurant.
This spring another burger joint opened in town, after two years of renovations and delays from the considerable backlog of city building per-mits (another sign of the boom), on the corner of East Seventh Street and Lydia: The Silo on 7th. With its burger-centric menu, this low-key restau-rant definitely brings something new to the table.
At The Silo a bit of old Austin meets new Austin; the two-story restaurant is housed in a former tor-tilla factory. The stone building was first erected in 1922, but parts of the structure burned down, while the main retail store and old corn silo stayed intact. (In the downstairs dining area, two of the original packages from Tony’s Tortilla Factory are framed and displayed along the ex-posed metal beam that runs across the center of the restaurant.)
Upstairs, the rooftop deck offers a prime perch for alfresco dining on early summer evenings. On our first visit, Michael and I sat at a table as the sun began its descent and soft pinks played across the silhouetted skyline of downtown. Right away we were drawn to The Silo’s friendly service and low-key atmosphere with little hipster pretense.
We were each seduced by a different burger. I went for the traditional half-pound burger (the Silo, $8.95) featuring Stella’s relish, a homemade relish with finely chopped zucchini as its star-ring ingredient. The burger was perfectly cooked, crispy on the outside with the right amount of red juiciness on the inside. The dense, toasted brioche bun soaked this all up, in addition to the mouthwa-tering mix of relish, mayo, mustard, and ketchup.
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the rooftop patio at silo is a prime spot for sipping beer on a warm summer evening.
after years of renovations and delays, owner, David rightmer, finally opens his burger heaven on seventh street.
1300 e 7th st(512) 524 0866
the california burgeriitto: carne asada burger, pico, grilled avocado, queso fresco, tater tot patty, sour cream on a kaiser bun.
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360 uno trattoria & wine bar3801 n capital of tX hwy (512) 327 5505Great espresso bar and a
mostly-Italian wine list,
complete with an outdoor
patio for sipping.
apothecary cafÉ and wine bar 4800 burnet rd (512) 371 1600 Apothecary’s dog-friendly
patio and excellent wine
selection make it the per-
fect weekend afternoon
destination to sip wine
and enjoy a bite with
friends.
banger’s sausage house and beer garden79 rainey st (512) 386 1656Banger’s brings the Ger-
man biergarten tradition
stateside with an array of
artisan sausages and over
100 beers on tap. Spend
an afternoon getting to
know your neighbors on
their huge patio with com-
munity tables. They have a
small dog park, too!
benJi's cantina 716 w 6th st (512) 476 8226Rooftop dining on West
6th, Benji’s offers a fresh,
innovative approach to
Tex-Mex where seafood
and Mexican influences
adorn the menu.
blue dahlia bistro1115 e 11th st(512) 542 9542A cozy, French-inspired
bistro serving up break-
fast, lunch, and dinner
indoors or in the quaint
outdoor courtyard.
botticelli’s1321 s congress ave
(512) 916 1315An inviting trattoria with
warm Tuscan colors.
Small bar up front and
cozy booths in back. Es-
cape from the hustle and
bustle of South Congress
in their backyard patio.
bouldin creek cafÉ1900 s 1st st(512) 416 1601Affordable, wholesome
vegetarian cuisine, includ-
ing soups, salads, and
sandwiches. Their patio is
always full with the week-
end brunch crowd.
clark’s oyster bar1200 w 6th st(512) 297 2525Small and typically
crowded, Clark’s’ extensive
caviar and oyster menu,
sharp aesthetics, and
excellent service make it a
refreshing indulgence on
West Sixth Street. Indoor
and outdoor seating is
available.
contigo2027 anchor ln(512) 614 2260Taking cues from Contigo
Ranch, the restaurant
offers fresh, quality bar
food in a relaxing, patio
environment.
cru wine bar 238 w 2nd st(512) 472 9463 An excellent place for a
date; drink a bottle of
wine at one of the cozy
sidewalk tables.
east side king 1618 e 6th st (512) 422 5884Chefs Paul Qui, Moto
Utsonomaya and Ek Tim-
rek offer out-of-this-world
pan-Asian food from three
food trailers dispersed
around town.
east side show room1100 e 6th st(512) 467 4280When you step inside,
it’s like stepping into a
completely different era.
Enjoy delicious vintage
cocktails, ‘30’s- and ‘40’s-
inspired music, and cui-
sine by Fermin Nunez. On
nice nights, head back to
the small outdoor patio.
easy tiger709 e 6th st(512) 614 4972Delicious bakeshop up-
stairs and beer garden
downstairs—this is the
kind of place where you
can relax while sipping
a local brew on the patio
and warm aromas of
croissants and freshly
baked pretzels and beer
cheese waft over you from
upstairs.
eden east 755 springdale rd(512) 428 6500 Weekends at the farm
have never been more deli-
cious: Chef Sonya Cote of
Hillside Farmacy teamed
up with Springdale
Farms to create a (literal)
farm-to-table concept
restaurant on the East
side, serving a seasonal
prix fixe menu under a the
canopy of a majestic Texas
elm tree.
el alma1025 barton springs rd (512) 609 8923Enjoy chef-driven, authen-
tic Mexican cuisine on their
outdoor, upstairs patio.
el naranJo85 rainey st (512) 474 2776Husband and wife team
Iliana de la Vega and
Ernesto Torrealba serve
dininG GuideDinner & Drinks
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Finn & Porter is fresh and modern. Locally sourced and
exquisitely presented. Known for the freshest seafood,
steaks, sushi and produce the state of Texas has to o�er.
Prepared by Chef Peter Ma�ei, with his talent for selecting
the best of the season and allowing its �avor to shine.
up authentic cuisine from
Mexico’s interior. Dine al
fresco on the charming
Rainey Street patio.
east side king 1618 e 6th st (512) 422 5884Chefs Paul Qui, Moto
Utsonomaya and Ek Tim-
rek offer out-of-this-world
pan-Asian food from three
trailers.
easy tiger709 e 6th st(512) 614 4972Delicious bake shop up-
stairs and beer garden
downstairs. Enjoy the
signature house-made
sausages.
eden east 755 springdale rd(512) 428 6500 Weekends at the farm have
never been more delicious:
Chef Sonya Cote of Hillside
Farmacy teamed up with
Springdale Farms this year
to create a (literal) farm-
to-table concept restaurant
on the East side, serving
a seasonal prix fixe menu
under a the canopy of a
majestic Texas elm tree.
el alma1025 barton springs rd (512) 609 8923Enjoy chef-driven, authen-
tic Mexican cuisine on their
stunning rooftop patio.
el naranJo85 rainey st (512) 474 2776Husband and wife team
Iliana de la Vega and
Ernesto Torrealba serve
up authentic cuisine from
Mexico’s interior. Dine al
fresco on the charming
Rainey Street patio.
eliZabeth street cafÉ1501 s 1st st(512) 291 2881A charming French-
Vietnamese eatery with
a colorful menu of pho,
banh mi, and more. Vi-
brant and comfortable
surrounding patio.
epicerie 2307 hancock Dr(512) 371 6840A café and grocery with
both Louisiana and
French sensibilities by
Thomas Keller-trained
Sarah McIntosh.
foodheads616 w 34th st(512) 420 8400Fresh, inspired sandwich-
es, soups, and salads in
a charming, refashioned
cottage and porch.
fino restaurant patio & bar2905 san gabriel st(512) 474 2905
Mediterranean plates for
sharing. Sip a handcrafted
cocktail al fresco on the
lovely patio.
fresa’s915 n lamar blvd(512) 428 5077Tasty chicken al carbon,
refreshing agua frescas,
and the best guacamole
around.
g’raJ mahal 73 rainey st(512) 480 2255With an extensive yet
cozy covered patio, G’Raj
Mahal is one of the best
places to spend a summer
evening feasting on au-
thentic Indian cuisine.
gusto italian kitchen & wine bar4800 burnet(512) 458 1100Upscale-casual Italian;
solid pasta specials, in-
credible desserts (orange
olive oil cake!), and an
interesting wine list.
haymaker 2310 manor rd(512) 243 6702 It's comfort food meets
sports bar meets beer
pub in Cherrywood, an
easygoing place to get a
craft beer and elevated
bar food. Get the name-
sake: The Haymaker is
an open-faced roast beef
sandwich, topped with
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flavorful slaw, tomatoes,
a fried egg, decadent
gruyere sauce, and—wait
for it—french fries.
hillside farmacy1209 e 11th st(512) 628 0168Hillside Farmacy is locat-
ed in a beautifully restored
50s-style pharmacy with
a perfect porch for people
watching on the East Side.
Oysters, cheese plates, and
nightly dinner specials.
Jack allen’s kitchen7720 hwy 71 w(512) 852 8558Savor country favorites
from Chef Jack Gilmore
on the covered patio.
Josephine house1601 waterston ave(512) 477-5584Rustic, continental fare
with an emphasis on fresh,
local and organic ingredi-
ents. Serving lunch, after-
noon snacks, and evening
cocktails, the shady porch
is the perfect spot for a
late-afternoon paloma.
Justine’s brasserie4710 e 5th st(512) 385 2900
With its French bistro
fare, impressive cock-
tails, and charming décor
inside and out, Justine’s
has Austin looking east.
Expect a crowd, even late
at night.
hudsons on the bend3509 rr 620 n(512) 266 1369Best handling of wild
game in town—delicious
quail salad, rattlesnake
cakes and grilled venison
chops with lobster tail.
la barbecue1200 e 6th st(512) 605 9696In the heart of East Sixth,
La Barbecue whips up
classic barbecue with free
beer and live music.
la condesa400 w 2nd st(512) 499 0300Delectable cocktails, tasty
tacos and appetizers,
delicious main courses,
all inspired by the hip and
bohemian Condesa neigh-
borhood in Mexico City.
lenoir1807 s 1st st
(512) 215 9778A gorgeous spot to enjoy
a luxurious French-
inspired prix-fixe meal in
an intimate dining room
and table that seats just
34 diners. The recently
added outdoor wine gar-
den makes for the ideal al
fresco dining experience.
lucy’s friedchicken 5408 burnet rd(512) 514 0664 &2218 college ave (512) 297 2423 This South Congress
favorite opened a new
outpost off Burnet Road.
Different location, same
straight-up Southern
goodness, from Moon pies
to fried green tomatoes to
corn muffins to the crème
de la crème: fried chicken.
mandola’s italian market4700 w guadalupe st (512) 419 9700Casual Italian fare and
a well-stocked gourmet
grocery, alongside a deli,
bakery, and espresso bar.
Grab a gelato and unwind
on the patio overlooking
the Triangle.
mettle 507 calles st(512) 236 1022Created by Rainey Street
proprietor Bridget Dun-
lap, Mettle offers a diverse,
often-experimental menu
exciting for omnivores and
vegetarians alike.
mulberry360 nueces st #20(512) 320 0297Mulberry is a wine bar
and New American
style restaurant that has
received praise for its
cozy atmosphere, unique
design, carefully prepared
cuisine, and an expertly
curated wine list.
north11506 century oaks #124(512) 339 4440Guests enjoy modern
Italian cuisine in a sleek
interior with sliding doors
that make for a seamless
indoor/outdoor space at
this Domain standout.
The fig and prosciutto
pizza is the perfect mid-
shopping snack!
no va kitchen & bar 87 rainey st(512) 382 5651
Subtle design elements
make the space cohesive
and modern, and its
creative twists on classic,
comforting dishes from a
pork belly/sirloin burger
to seasonally topped flat-
bread pizza are downright
delicious.
olive & June3411 glenview ave(512) 467 9898Celebrated Austin Chef
Shawn Cirkiel created this
southern Italian-style res-
taurant with a menu that
highlights local, seasonal
ingredients and includes
Southern and some
Northern Italian favorites.
The beautiful tree-covered
patio is the perfect spot for
a summer meal.
paggi house200 lee barton Dr(512) 473 3700Eclectic fine dining in an
inviting setting of one of
Austin’s famous landmark
homes. A spacious patio
overlooks Lady Bird Lake.
perla’s seafood & oyster bar1400 s congress ave(512) 291 7300A South Congress staple:
Expect the freshest fish
and oysters flown in daily
from both coasts, carefully
prepared with simple yet
elegant flavors. Go early
on a nice day to eat oysters
and people-watch on their
fantastic front porch.
polvo’s 2004 s 1st st(512) 441 5446Between the salsa bar,
patio seating, and deli-
cious margaritas, this is
one of Austin’s beloved
Tex-Mex icons.
Qui 1600 e 6th st(512) 436 9626 Chef Paul Qui’s new HQ
is one of the hottest new
spots in town for Japanese
food: an unparalleled
dining experience set
under an airy, beautiful
backdrop.
salty sow1917 manor rd(512) 391 2337Salty Sow serves up cre-
ative signature drinks,
including a yummy
Blueberry-Lemon Thyme
Smash. The food menu,
heavy with sophisticated
gastropub fare, is perfect
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for late-night noshing:
think triple-fried duck fat
fries and crispy Brussels
sprouts.
salvation piZZa624 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.
sway1417 s 1st st(512) 326 1999The culinary masterminds
behind La Condesa cook
up Thai cuisine with a
modern twist. An intimate
outdoor area, complete
with a Thai spirit house,
makes for an unforget-
table experience.
takoba1411 e 7th st(512) 628 4466Bold, authentic flavors
with ingredients imported
straight from Mexico; cozy
outdoor seating.
tapasitas800 w 6th st(512) 436 9633With such an amazing
Happy Hour, this is a
great place to start your
evening with quality cock-
tails and delicious tapas.
Take in the downtown
skyline seated on their
rooftop bar.
the grove wine bar6317 bee cave rd(512) 327 88223001 rr 620 s(512) 263 2366Lively, popular Westlake
wine bar and Italian
restaurant. The wine list
boasts more than 250
wines by the bottle.
trace200 lavaca st(512) 542 3660At W Austin, TRACE
focuses on responsibly-
and locally-sourced ingre-
dients from Texan farmers
and artisans. Great out-
door seating and excellent
service.
via 313 piZZa1111 e 6th st(512) 939 1927Deep-dish, Detriot-style
pizza from an East Austin
food truck - perfect for a
late night out.
weather up
1808 e cesar chavez st (512) 524 0464 Cozy and intimate inside,
and laid-back outdoors
seating, bartenders create
high-end, handcrafted
drinks from scratch.
winebelly 519 w oltorf (512) 487 1569 Tapas on Oltorf in a cozy
setting: rich small plates
are spins on old favorites
and the wine cocktails are
a welcome surprise.
winflo osteria1315 w 6th st(512) 582 1027Classic Italian fare made
simply and with locally-
sourced ingredients with
a darling patio on West
Sixth.
yellow Jacketsocial club1704 e 5th st(512) 480 9572Step out for a drink and
stay for the classic fare,
from sandwiches to frit-
tatas.
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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there’s no better (or more romantic) way
to savor these warm summer evenings than with
a picnic. The wine sipping, baguette slicing,
and slipping off of shoes is easy. The hard part
about picnicking is typically the task of pulling
together the perfect spread. If you’re seduced by
the idea more than the schlepping, call the nice
folks at Antonelli’s Cheese Shop, where you can
rent a fully loaded picnic basket for $75. Theirs
includes three varieties of cheese, two meats, wine
or beer, an Easy Tiger baguette or crackers, buttery
marcona almonds, and an artisanal chocolate bar.
(You can supplement the mix with extra goodies
like olives or fruit preserves.) They’ve even covered
the serving essentials by including a wooden cheese
board, utensils, corkscrew, dishes, jam-jar glasses,
and napkins. All you need to do is remember the
blanket (and return the nonedibles— remember,
you’re renting).
Owners Kendall and John Antonelli opened
their Hyde Park cheese shop in early 2010. Since
then they’ve expanded across the street, and their
curated offerings appear on menus throughout the
city. When it comes to packing their own summer
baskets, they choose “whatever is tasting the best
at the time,” says Kendall, “and cheeses that make
sense seasonally, which means avoiding ooey-gooey
or stinky cheeses in the Texas heat.” Their favorite
picnic spots include “Lady Bird Lake, Springdale
Farm on market days, and Sand Beach Park by
Seaholm Power Plant,” Kendall says. But when the
thermometer rises, “sometimes we just toss down a
blanket on our living room floor and crank up the
A/C.” K. sPeziA
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wine: a light beaujolais-Villages le Pot pairs well with the entire mix, especially on a sultry summer evening. white (we love the sancerre), sparkling, and an assort-ment of beers are also available.
olives: Vibrant green castelve-tranos from sicily are more fruity than briny. “they’re a customer favorite,” says Kendall. add them to your basket for a well-spent fee.
goat gouda: citrusy with a slight scent of caramel, this california cheese from central coast creamery is handcrafted in small batches. it’s firm texture holds up well in the texas heat. “you don’t want a cheese that turns into messy, stinky pool,” says Kendall.
cheddar: clothbound cheddar made in Vermont by cabot, this firm cheese is produced from the milk of a single herd of holstein cows. it is especially tasty with brown ales.
ossau-iraty: rich and nutty, this semi-soft fromage from the onetik cooperative is one of only two sheep's milk cheeses granted the prestigious aoc status in France. of ancient origin, it was traditionally made by shepherds in the region.
chocolate: made by northern california’s Dick taylor with beans from the Dominican republic, this bold bar is the producers’ favorite. “Don’t save it for dessert,” urges Ken-dall, “it goes great with cheese, too.”
tartufo salami: made in california by alle-Pia, this delicate pork salami has a subtle mushroom essence. currently antonelli’s is their only texas distributer.
bresaola: these shaved petals of dried beef come from the well-established, highly respected salumeria biellese in nyc.
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