Gayle Brennan Spencer – sending random thoughts to and from South Austin
Above: Traditional cachopo of beef filled with serrano ham, goat cheese and caramelized onions at LaMasBARata
With Oviedo our only stop in Asturias during a trip last spring, we opted to sample some of the dishes of which the region boasts. This is not to say we didn’t stray a few times, as photos from these restaurants we patronized show.
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Above: “Restoration,” mural by Kathy and Lionel Sosa
Once upon a time, I logged a lot of hours at City Hall, sometimes parking on a surface lot behind it. Behind it meaning on the other side of an unrecognizable creek. An ugly footbridge, hemmed in by chained-link fencing, crossed a narrow trash-filled concrete-walled ditch – San Pedro Creek. A place creepy enough to leave me feeling I should pay an extra dollar or two to park in front of City Hall.
Above: 1889 photograph of San Pedro Springs, Austin History Center via Portal to Texas History
Development and insensitive flood-control projects had destroyed what had once been a healthy spring-fed creek.
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Above: Part of a community art project of Color a Mexico
Sharing snatches of artwork brightening up walls and doorways we encountered while meandering the streets of Morelia. Some of these murals resulted from Morelia’s Festival Internacional del Arte Urbano in 2022. These photos were taken prior to the fall 2023 event, so presumably there is a fresh crop greeting visitors now.
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Postcards from Barton Springs 