Austin del Sur: South Austin, Texas 78704

FIND IT HERE Austin Nowhere but here Food Listening Art Education Government All the news Neighborhoods Yet MORE Austin Happening now Happening soon Greater Texas Heroes El mirador: Tejano links here Beyond Texas South River City Citizens Austin Neighborhoods Council Please send your comments	Austin's the best part of Texas and South Austin's the best of the best. *How is South Austin different* from the rest of Austin? In the vehicle department, could it be the high pickup to SUV ratio? Could it be the H-E-B or The Pit BBQ or Allens Boots or the Continental Club on South Congress? Could it be that more people walk or ride bikes to work? *Could it be* that more people have no air-conditioning in their houses? Or in their vehicles (if they have four-wheelers at all)? Or heat in either, for that matter? Could it be that there are more non-power push-mowers than riding lawnmowers? And a lower percentage of people who ever even consider having lawns, let alone mowing them at all if they do? Could it be that you're just as likely to hear tejano as conjunto as urban contemporary as C&W pouring from the open window next to you at the stoplight? *Decide for yourself*. In the meantime, we'll be standin' at the big hotel with Johnny Degollado (se afinan y reparan acordeones; mas de 40 años), Delbert McClinton, Alvin Crow, Ramón Ayala, Don Walser, la Tropa F, Rubén Vela, Joe Ely, Billy Joe Shaver, Junior Brown, Tish Hinojosa, Jaime y los chamacos, Marcia Ball, Eddie González, Doug Sahm, Augie Meyers, Joe "King" Carrasco, James Brown, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck, Freddy Fender, Alvin Ailey, John Coltrane, Willie Nelson, Lydia Mendoza, Thelonious Monk, and Bobby "Blue" Bland. Counter:
Did you know? Austin Chronicle Best of Austin issue 2004, South Austin was named as the best part of town, and the Chron went on to say: "For a great summation of this hallowed land, may we recommend the following web site?" The web site, Dear Reader, is this one, making it a sort of by-blow Best of Austin winner. It's all at page 38 in the 10/1/2004 issue. You have reached Austin del Sur, your guide to daily living south of the river.
On the calendar The Star: operetta by Chabrier 30 January and 3, 5, and 7 Februrary; Austin Lyric Opera; dialogue in English, songs in French Boy Scout parade Saturday, 6 February, Congress Avenue; begins at 9 am; no soap-box derby cards this year; forms up on the bridge and heads north; floats; Girl Scouts invited to participate this year; every year there's a theme; this year it's the 100th anniversary of scouting; more information Carnaval Saturday, 20 February; Palmer Events Center; Brazilian-style Mardi Gras; invent a costume and dance the night away; more info Texas Independence Day parade Saturday, 6 March; parade begins forming up at 8:30 am; steps off at 9:30 am; Congress Avenue downtown Star of Texas livestock show, fair, and rodeo March 12 - March 27; livestock show; fiddle contest; carnival; music, including Los Texmaniacs !!! (Saturday, March 20, 1:00 pm), Los A-T Boyz, and Doug Moreland; cowboy breakfast (March 5) Gilbert & Sullivan's Yeomen of the Guard June 10 - June 20, Thursdays through Sundays Town Lake overlay As the local daily reports more and more redevelopment efforts close to the waterfront, here's a chance to learn more about what variances are requested and why, as well as what you can do to help preserve its beauty and accessibility for public use and enjoyment; "save Town Lake" Nueva Onda fresh-air Wednesday movies Once a month, rain or shine; free; under the covered patio in the heart of South Austin; kitchen opens at 6:30 pm; movies begin at 8 Blunn Creek update on progress at South River City Citizens It's not about Wal-Mart. Did you know that some of us get drinking water from Town Lake, fed by Blunn Creek? Have you visited the precious Blunn Creek nature preserve? Enjoyed Big or Little Stacy Park? Learn more about impermeability issues. Learn more about decrease in water flow. View transcripts; see the slideshow; read the engineer's report South Congress Organic Farmers' Market Every Saturday, year-round, from 9:00 am to 1 pm, across from St. Ed's in the parking lot of El Gallo: sign up to receive e-mail updates; and don't forget the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market, since 1997 (hear the Dime Store Poets); 10 am to 1 pm, Saturdays all the year round, now at the Toney Burger center First Thursdays in South Austin Every first Thursday of each month, in the evening; special events, including open shops, music, and more; free orange 'Dillo runs late for First Thursdays		Austin as you know it? New York Times Sun 20 Aug: "Austin, We have a Problem"; Wired on-line magazine, 13 October: "Austin Suffers Growing Pains" Check 'em out Metropolis writes about the Dutch wax batik prints so fashionable in parts of Africa; Fast Company tells you all about Necco wafers and conversation hearts Favorite listens "Monk's Dream" Thelonious Monk (vinyl) "Y llagaste tu" Banda el Recodo "All That Meat and No Potatoes" Louis Armstrong "King and Queen" Carla Thomas and Otis Redding, Stax vinyl 1967, "When Something is Wrong with My Baby," "It Takes Two," "Bring It on Home to Me," "Are You Lonely for Me Baby?" "Corazón herido" La tropa F "The 'West Side' Sound Rolls Again" Doug Sahm and Augie Meyers: all cuts (vinyl), 1983 "John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman" 1963 Impulse sessions; ballads "No tengo dinero" Kumbia Kings; what a hook and what an accordion riff

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