SolMan

Some comments on living downtown with kids: The mayor's kids are elementary school age; the kids downtown are in the Matthews District, which is a good school. Or they can go to open enrollment Pease...

Some comments on living downtown with kids: The mayor's kids are elementary school age; the kids downtown are in the Matthews District, which is a good school. Or they can go to open enrollment Pease...

Ditto on the whitewater rafting, that's cool and weird. All they have to do is increase the flow rate of the pumps. It's a pretty minor engineering change at this point. Somebody will have to pay the ...

The Bouldin NA hasn't taken an official position on this. Some wrongheaded members are supporting it. Their goal is to shut down existing outdoor music venues and prevent others from starting. These f...

Sigh. Sometimes I am truly ashamed of my neighborhood association. Sadly, I don't have time to stage a coup, what with all these baby bottles to wash and diapers to change. I was able to weigh in on...

AC brings up some good points. We should be encouraging dense growth, not taxing it. But, I think it's the only viable approach at this time because of the two dominant political powers in this town: ...

The east side of the trail is awesome. For one thing, it's not crowded which is great for bike riders like me. And, it's really very pretty. Shilli's right about the art around Holly. And, I always en...

Without the UT graduate students, there is no diversity in that neighborhood. It's only a matter of time before UT cashes in on their property on 6th street and bulldozes that Stalinist nightmare of a...

ACL survival tips/rants: Don't bring a chair! Do you want to haul that thing around all day? Do you want to be stuck in one place all day? Chairs suck. Push your way toward the front of the stage lik...

Did you see the ad for the Austonian in the New Yorker? I wonder if it's a special Texas printing or if they're advertising it nationally....

AAGH! They have those damn Lifetime movies on at the Y every morning when I work out. I hate them with a passion, but always get sucked in. I guess it's better than Fox News, though. Do watch out for...

Well done. Nice list. I'd add a couple though: Whole Foods downtown - upstairs playscape, bring wine/beer from the store Ruta Maya - cool kids stuff on the weekends, play area, adult drinks of the c...

Being fat, lazy americans any place not within a 5 minute walk is not considered "walkable". Non-fat, non-lazy folks with a tolerance for 100 degree heat can ride their bikes from that part of Rivers...

There's a substantial amount of research on how density effects vehicle miles traveled (VMT): http://pedshed.net/?p=42 has a good summary and links to some of the papers. The bottom line seems to be...

What I meant to say, is that the only place to walk to from that location is Thundercloud. If you don't work at the Statesman, you're going to be in your car every day anyway. That's a big contrast to...