Austin, Texas Daily Photo

A little levity on a plaque posted on a somewhat historic building. Austin still has a sense of humor.

A new plaque in our central Austin park tells of the time Booker T. Washington came to town in the early 1900s. This is our friend Charle...

Always fun to read the history of buildings and blocks in downtown Austin.

This one is a nonsensical but cute figure that is a part of Austin lore. It is on a building just off of the Drag or as the formal title ...

It was colder than usual on March 2, which is Texas Independence Day -- the Yeti sign pointed that fact out. 

In the Texas State Cemetery, there is a circle of stones with quotes from Texas Historic figures. This one from the last president of the ...

This plaque was just erected not far from our condo tower in downtown Austin. I didn't know the details on these stories and I have l...

This interesting historical marker is on Sixth Street. Mr. Samuleson was a legend.

As promised another Bremond Block beauty within site of many high rises on Seventh Street.

Years ago we showed you the stately downtown house  that gives a block of Seventh Street its name. But, I realized, I don't think we...

It's pretty rocky around here and the city has grown around old quarries. Nowhere is this more fascinating than downtown where the build...

Just a few blocks from our high rise , where lots of us live together on a city block are historic homes built over a century ago in about t...

You may recall that I visited the Texas State Cemetery on a walk in January. I showed you the headstone for football coach Tom Landry . But...

That's FFP admiring the Auction Oaks. These trees (live oaks) are probably two hundred years old and are in Republic Park. The building ...

On our way to the historic Driskill Hotel for the annual Heritage Society of Austin awards luncheon I decided to shoot the historic Littlefi...

Just east of Congress on E. Ninth (Congress delineates east and west for these streets) is this historic building, wedged between some other...

This is a moonlight tower. As you drive around Austin you will occasionally notice one of these gigantic (165 feet high) street lighting fix...

Right downtown (7th Street from Guadalupe to San Antonio) you will find a block of historic homes. This is the south side of the John Bremon...

Linda and I hosted a dinner party in one of Austin's finest homes Saturday night. The flowers were provided by Talulah Bleu, the new in...

We went to The University of Texas campus last Friday night to hear "The Magic Flute" sung by the students in the Butler Opera Cen...