David Sedaris: The Art of Making the Ordinary Extraordinary
The thing you were supposed to notice, rather blatantly, when David Sedaris walked onstage at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas was his outfit. It was a strange look. Something like…
A Cult Classic: Scientology
I came across a compelling lecture on the subconscious on Eventbrite that intrigued me. I’m a member of the Jungian Society and have studied metaphysics and a bit of new-age…
The Case for Slow: What Happens When We Remember How to Be Still
I met Darwin Fogt at our community pool because I noticed he was reading one of my favorite authors, Haruki Murakami. It was in one a moment that could’ve easily…
Mantis Massage: Where Your Body Finds Peace of Mind
When your body is aching and crying out for a little tenderness, you have too many choices of massage therapists in town. Same as acupuncture or chiropractors. How do you…
Canadian Stand-Up Comic Takes Austin by Storm
Austin comedy audiences hold their laughter like a confidence — measured, contained, released only when something has fully earned it. Walk into Cap City Comedy Club on a Friday night…
Concerning Levels of Horniness: Burlesque in Austin
Burlesque has a long history, and it is very much alive in Austin. As a comedic and exaggerated stage performance originating in Europe four centuries ago, it became popular in…
When the Place Remembers
THE HUMAN ATLAS DISPATCHES I am sitting in Place Clémenceau in Vence, France. To my right, the Mairie of Vence (Mayoral office) — that canary yellow building, the colour of…
Panicafé Tea Room: A Special Club in Houston
Those seeking a fine High Tea in Houston have known for several years that the finest venue was the Hummingbird Tea Room in the Woodlands. If you drive there now,…
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…