OK, it’s one thing for me to have you, dear readers, determine my itinerary for this road trip. It’s a bit more risky to crowd-source my choices for the first day of the Austin City Limits festival. But let’s take a shot.
Road Trip Day 4: ADHD and Social Security
Austin, Texas
I watched the Republican debate on Monday with the Webb County Republicans, down in Laredo (where there aren’t very many Republicans) and you can find my report here, if you pay your money and subscribe to TIME. …
Road Trip Day 3: Barbecue With a Book Group
Austin, Texas
The Folktales’ Black Women’s Literary Society has been meeting and reading for 17 years. Time reader Peggy Terry invited me to join the group for some barbecue and talk at the George Washington Carver museum in …
Road Trip Day 2: Playlists
Austin, Texas
We hit a hellacious and inexplicable traffic jam–no construction, no apparent accidents–halfway between San Antonio and Austin yesterday, which gave Turk Pipkin and me time to listen to some music. Turk, you …
Road Trip Day 1: Bored on the Border?
Laredo, Texas
“Are you here for the convention,” the woman with pink and bronze hair asked me at the hotel in San Antonio.
“No,” I replied, “Which convention?”
“The hairdressers’ convention.”
“Do I look like a …
Road Trip 2011: And So It Begins
San Antonio, Texas
Road Trip 2011 begins today. Well, we had so much fun last time, why not? And there’s still a lot to learn, and enjoy, about this country. So I’m in San Antonio, and in a few hours I’ll pick up our first traveling companion and head down to the Mexican border at Laredo. Some basic facts about this year’s trip:
Road Trip 2011!
As I was saying…Washington is just too ugly for words. The rest of the world isn’t much of a bargain, either. I’m feeling the need to get outta here, hit the road, talk to actual people. And so–you knew it was …