Frightening Trends in Design
NICK FOSTER, futures designer and head of Google X from 2016-2023, took to the stage at SXSW in Austin to issue a dire warning about the future of design: “I…
Milwaukee Puts Its Flavor On Your Feet — Literally
I’ll confess something. I used to be a slave to fashion — or a slave to labels, as they called it back when wearing someone else’s name on your body…
Don’t Let Your Biological Clock Feel like a Ticking Time Bomb
CCRM, located in Southwest Austin, is a cutting-edge fertility center. They hosted an informative panel during SXSW to talk about options for women and couples who cannot conceive a child.…
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, London
I just returned from nine glorious days in London, a city I have always meant to live in, but didn’t. For whatever reason, life took me elsewhere on the Continent…
Ralph Yznaga: Austin’s Creative Bridge Between Old School and New Tech
Ralph Yznaga never seems to lose his sense of curiosity. When he talks about creativity, it’s with the spark of a lifelong experimenter, someone who still believes imagination is the…
Riding High: Saltillo’s Rodeo Spirit Saddles Up in Austin
At the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown Austin, the air carried a hint of mesquite and melody—Mexico’s northern soul had arrived. The Governor of Coahuila, Manolo Jiménez Salinas, stood before…
An Allegiance to Life
An Interview with Agnes Nkhata – International DJ, Artist, Writer and Humanitarian How are you? I ask the question from my living room over Zoom, lightly, steam rising from a…
What Is Your Nightmare? Mine Is a Dream Come True
What is your nightmare? Mine is a dream come true: stepping into the 3D immersive set of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.…
Why Travel Opens Your Creative Mind
“This world is but a canvas to our imagination. I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude… I am alarmed when it…
Maxims for a Fulfilling Life
A combination of adages, maxims, aphorisms and plain old common sense, this book embodies a host of life-long truisms. And while value of the quote depends on each individual person…