Archive for April, 2009
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Travel for a Year for the Cost of Staying Home by Phil and Carol White
Part practical planner and part travelogue of the authors’ own journey, Live Your Road Trip Dream is useful and inspirational if you’ve ever hankered to cross the country in an RV. The helpful to-do’s and things to consider in the [...]
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
by Heather Rudalavage (2008) Written in a friendly, conversational tone, this book seems less like a daunting instruction book and more like a knowledgeable big sister sharing her personal experience and giving you some tricks and tips for achieving your dreams. The book is an intro to manifesting what you want in life, and provides [...]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Unleash Your Dreams
Tame Your Hidden Fears and Live the Life You Were Meant to Live by Michael E. Silverman (2008)
Dreamt of a career as a writer, getting a Ph.D., designing your own home, but never been able to take the steps needed to make it happen? Silverman, a psychologist and brain researcher who serves as [...]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
Building art collections that can be treasured and passed down through generations is a passion for Lisa Russell. She dreams of collections that are composed of the finest art by master artists from Pissarro and the Impressionists to Chagall, Picasso and the Modernists to Ray Donley and Peter Max – the contemporary and soon to [...]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
The Chair: Larry Connelly
Larry Connelly’s eyes twinkle as he talks about ZACH Scott and Red, Hot and Soul. “I have never chaired an event before, although I have been asked many times. I joined the board of ZACH four years ago and I immediately felt comfortable. This year I decided it was my turn [...]
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
The Chair: Carol Adams.
It is a familiar story…come to Austin to attend UT, fall in love with the city and embrace it for the rest of your life. Carol Adams came to Austin in 1970, graduated with a degree In English, married the love of her life, Chris Adams, in 1982 and the powerful philanthropic [...]
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
My father was a clipper. Mostly book reviews. He underlined his favorite passages with a colored felt-tip pen, in a neat wavy line that tossed the wordsup off the page.In my senior year of college, just after New Year’s, he sent me a clipping from his diocesan weekly newspaper entitled “Climbing Mountains.” He had photocopied [...]
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Kathy Stillwell is gushing, just a little. Who can blame her? She’s just overseen Harway Supply, Inc., under the direction of Carla Throndson, Certified Kitchen Designer (CKD), execute the final touches on her brand new, state-ofthe- art kitchen and entertainment area in her renovated and expanded Texas home. Kathy and Gary Stillwell added 6,000 square [...]
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
The Truth According to Ruthie Foster
How much better does it get than a nod from Oprah? The February issue of O Magazine hails the Austin singer songwriter a “Blues Powerhouse” and maybe this is the breakout CD that will finally get Ruthie the national attention she deserves. Soulful, deep vocals and a thinking woman’s lyrics will rock you to your [...]
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
On his Ipod: Took it into space with a combination of lifetime favorites (James Taylor and Pink Floyd)
and Austin artists (Fastball is his favorite)
On his reading list: Doesn’t read novels. Reads mostly for research – magazines and data from the
web. Last books he read were children’s books [...]
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