Keeping the Peace

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at the Capitol Grounds some kids climbed on a cannon while some of Austin's finest visited nearby.

Pipe and Drum

Members of Austin's pipe and drum corps at last Monday's memorial parade.

Peace Officer's Memorial March

On Monday, May 6 a large number of Texas peace officers march up Congress Avenue to the Capitol grounds in the annual memorial to the officers who died in the line of duty in the previous year.

Art Acevedo and Sauit Sol

A report from Wednesday evening from our faithful correspondent Jackie:

We had such a delightful evening – early dinner outside at Taverna and then over to City Hall for a free concert by Sauti Sol, an awesome band from Kenya that had nearly everybody dancing....here’s one shot with Art Acevedo. The band leader said “The police in Austin are not like the police in Kenya. You don’t like to meet them.”

Honoring those Who Died in Service

This marker on Annie Street marks the locations of a fallen Austin Police Department officer. Supposedly all the policemen who died in the line of duty will be honored in this way. I'll be interested to see if the University of Texas allows such a thing on the UT campus for officer Billy Speed. They did not allow the victims of the Tower Sniper to be listed on the memorial they tucked away among the turtle pond on north of the Tower.

Police Force

Our friend Jackie shot this picture from her balcony during Obama's visit. The mounted police were out as part of the protective force. One great thing about living in a high rise is shooting things at the odd angles in the street below.