On Saturday I went attended for the first time the Austin Chapter of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti Art School.It combines two of my favorite things: drawing and beer (on this occasion, new local favorite Fireman’s #4). The only thing missing was the game, but then again, given how embarrasingly poorly we’re doing, maybe not.This session was [...]
Photo by Jeff Taff.Through a series of random events, I ended up kayaking in Town Lake yesterday with Mr. Levinson. I think I hadn’t done it since my CYJ days almost ten years ago. I’m happy to report that I can fully move my arms today with no pain despite all the paddling.[Update 5/21/2007]: Ok, [...]
Keep Austin Weird, my frieds. Among many other activities I was engaged in today I went to Eeyore’s annual birthday party (Wikipedia) (a.k.a. Igor el Burrito) at Pease Park.First time I’ve been to this festival, which is embarrasing since I’ve lived in Austin for so long. It’s full of hippies, people in costumes, drums, egg-tossing [...]
For the first time I signed up for one of the informal classes at UT: Portraiture I with Chad Cole.
My first class was last Wednesday and already they leave me homework: select from a bunch of pictures and draw one of them using charcoal. After about 1.5 hours and two large cups of coffee at [...]
By kirsch | September 18, 2006
Bad blogger, bad blogger. Here I am, posting about something that happened almost a month ago. Shame on me.On the 27th of October, Maya mentioned to me that there was a hot sauce festival the next day.As a man who grew up eating tostadas prepared by that artisan who diligently stood by the Campo Halcones [...]
Fearless Captain Kirsch navigates the rough waters of Lake Travis
This past Labor day (Monday) a bunch of friends and I headed out to Lake Travis, and rented a boat and skis. The main lesson of the day is that I can’t water ski. Will have to work on that. Go see the photos. And then, [...]
As you, MKX® reader most certainly already know, Austin Texas is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world. Yup, 1.5 million bats live under the Congress Avenue bridge and shoot out every night. Some say they go out to eat between 10,000 and 30,000 pounds of insects. Others say they go to [...]
In the spirit of Halloween, I carved a pumpkin for the very first time.It was a very educational experience. I decided to carve the globe. I carved out the full American continent, Africa, Europe and parts of Asia, but if I did Russia I’d be left with no pumpkin.Unfortunately, after a day, the pumpkin [...]
Tonight I went to a lecture by Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel at the Bass Concert Hall.Not only is he a fantastic person, he’s also a fantastic speaker who absorbs all your attention with engrossing stories and thoughts from before, during and after the War. It was a great experience and I’m glad I [...]
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