BUSINESS: Drummers drew guests into the dreamily decorated hall. Then the paired emcees kept the audience at the Hyatt Regency Austin on their toes, while the hotel’s ambitious staff served Asian-spiced dinners, including a winning vegetarian …
I remember this like it was yesterday. I was 11 years old and living in Tarrytown. A few friends and I rode our bikes down to 6th Street and North Lamar Boulevard. Back then, it was …
How can I forget the rainy storm during the Memorial weekend in 1981 in Austin, Texas? My eldest brother drove my red 1976 Nova Chevrolet with two of my sisters and me in the car …
“Man proposes and God disposes.”
So says wise Lynda Johnson Robb. The daughter of President Lyndon Baines Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson played another familial role on this rainy weekend as mother of the bride. Jennifer Robb, a …
TRAVEL: A destination wedding took us back to Virginia. The ambrosial affair gave us permission to further explore the Richmond and Charlottesville regions.
First, though, the wedding. Our gorgeous niece and goddaughter, Lauren Barnes, wed dashing Alex …
SCHOOL: “Greatness attracts greatness,” says the Rev. Joseph C. Parker. “I am in awe of the greatness in this room.” The Precursors are African-American leaders who attended the University of Texas more than 40 years ago. They …
LAW: “I dug my future out of the ground of Austin, its playgrounds, its sandlots.” I’d always heard that Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson was an inspirational speaker. I didn’t know the half of it. Introduced by Travis County prosecutor Gary …
CHARITY: Is there a better public speaker in the Austin nonprofit world than Amy Mills? I think of Steven Tomlinson and Laura Huffman. Also Evan Smith with his signature fluid, short bursts of insight. Mills, however, kept 450 guests at …
SCHOOL: The late, much-missed Gov. Ann Richards deftly combined merrymaking with public speaking. It was heartening to see teens and adults following in her footsteps during the Reach for the Stars Gala that benefits the Ann Richards …
SCHOOL: “Daddy, you know how to read?” asked the incredulous Lady Bird Johnson when she was a small child. The future first lady’s mother had shipped a trove of books to their house in tiny Karnack. But she died when …
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