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Andy Roddick builds a legacy, one swing at a time.
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18 The Buzz Roundup 24 Austin Innovator: Miro Rivera 26 Siren Songs of ACL 28 You Should Know: Charlie Bravo
64 Health: Prostate Cancer Awareness 66 Fitness: Taking Workouts on the
the good life 30 Gourmet: Marcus Samuelsson 34 Trailer Treats: Sugar Shack BBQ 36 Good Sport: The Anatomy of F1 40 Philanthropy: SafePlace
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68 Sports Report: College Football Preview 70 Family Man: The Case for F1 72 Finance: Planning for College Savings 74 Politics: Election Preview 76 Advice from a Pretty Woman: Meredith Davis
78 Single Guy: Asking for a Date 80 Last Word from Roy Spence
57 On the Town: Austin Musician Tje Austin Spends a Day at the Driskill
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62 Accessories: Watches For Every Occasion
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hen looking at the lineup for the fall issue of ATX Man, one word kept swirling around in my head: ANTICIPATION. Other words—energy, excitement, election— all came to the dance, but anticipation won out. If you live in Austin and you are not looking forward to fall 2012 with great anticipation, there is something seriously wrong with you. Yes, I know there are some among us who like to point out that the traffic is sometimes impossible to navigate, but hey, it’s a tradeoff for the wonders we get to behold. “Anticipation,” as defined by Wikipedia, is “an emotion involving pleasure, excitement, enthusiasm and sometimes anxiety in considering some expected or longed-for good event.” Talking with Brian Jones about the upcoming football season and the outlook for the Longhorns ushers in all of the excitement of another year on the gridiron. We introduce you to the best trailer food for tailgaiting, anticipating that you might not want to do the cooking yourself. In this issue, we also provide the men (and women) of Austin with the definitive guide to enjoying a beverage eagerly anticipated on those football weekends: beer! Fall also brings festival season, celebrities, musicians, filmmakers, politicians and policymakers, authors and chefs, as well as thousands of visitors who wish they were lucky enough to live in our great city. With the ACL Music Festival, the Austin Film Festival, the Texas Book Festival and the Texas Tribune Festival taking place in the fall, my calendar is a blur with all of the panels, concerts and events I want to attend. Speaking of calendars, fall also brings the kickoff of the ATX social season, with two notable events taking center stage: the much anticipated grand-opening weekend of the Mort and Bobbi Topfer Theatre at ZACH Theatre, and the expanded Andy Roddick Foundation gala featuring John Legend. Anticipation is an essential feature of human action. By anticipating a goal then taking action, it becomes reality. Such was the case when Austin was chosen as the site where, for the first time in the U.S., a facility would be constructed from the ground up specifically for Formula 1. By far one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the fall, the inaugural Formula 1 race will bring ATX up close and personal on an international stage as the jet set lands and takes over the city with glittering parties, dashing drivers and the thrill of watching the fastest cars on earth zoom by at a dizzying pace. Speeds can exceed 300 miles per hour, and every F1 car on the grid is capable of accelerating from 0 to 100 miles per hour and back to 0 in less than five seconds. We’ve got the scoop on this most exciting sporting event and some of the Austin men who helped to make it happen. Finally, anticipation is also the emotion you feel when you consider a longed-for good event. For some time now, I have been longing to tell the story of Andy Roddick and of the good outcomes he is anticipating by building a permanent location for his foundation in Austin, as well as making Austin his home. As I write this letter, I am cheering him on at the 2012 Olympics, but am even more proud that he allowed ATX Man to tell the story of his dreams off the tennis court. My enthusiasm for him as an athlete and a man who is paying his good fortune forward is unbounded. So when you are anticipating the anxiety you may experience from the inevitable traffic that will come with the whirlwind of fall events, take time to experience the other emotions associated with anticipation—pleasure, excitement and enthusiasm. Let us know what you are looking forward to.
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contributors Matt McGinnis is an avid beverage enthusiast with a passion for beer, wine and spirits. He explored the bottom of many pint glasses to bring you the best in Austin craft beer. In his blog—What Are You Drinking?—Matt loves to explore the everyday adventures that are enhanced with a drink. His whimsical reviews were recognized with a 2011 Texas Social Media Award from the Austin American-Statesman. When he’s not writing or working at a global communications agency, he enjoys playing with his kids, riding his bike throughout Austin and dreaming about his retirement job at a winery, distillery or brewery. Photographer Rudy Arocha is a native Texan who moved to Austin eight years ago to pursue his education in fine arts as a sculptor. He later rediscovered his passion for photography when his grandfather gave him a camera as a gift. Rudy graduated from the Art Institue of Austin and specializes in portrait photography with his main focus being musicians and artists. When not photographing, Rudy enjoys music, the outdoors and spending time with his longtime girlfriend, Maggie.
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Steve Uhler has written for such varied publications as New York Times Magazine, Filmfax, Cat Fancy and Rolling Stone. Although he’s interviewed numerous celebrities (Paul McCartney, Bill Cosby and Brian Wilson), he was slightly trepidatious when it came to the prospect of sitting down with tennis legend and philanthropist Andy Roddick. “I’d heard the tales of how he could be with the press sometimes, and of course, I’d seen video clips of some of his confrontations,” Steve says. “But he was really gracious, very open and down-to-earth. And he’s genuinely committed and passionate about his foundation. I came away with a whole new perspective on him.” Annie Ray was born in Lewisville, TX. She grew up in an Italian-Jewish family and moved to Austin three years ago after graduating from the University of North Texas with a bachelor of fine arts in photography. Annie has always loved photographing people. One of her gifts as a photogratpher is her ability to capture a moment in someone's life in the images she produces. Some of her favorite things besides photography are her 20-pound cats, Christmas, gummy bears and astrology.
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b Travis Tober of Four Seasons Austin was the winner of the U.S. Bartenders’ Guild’s nationwide Tales of the Cocktail hand-shaken daiquiri competition. We have the recipe for his award-winning entry, Ode to Hemingway. b We’ve got the scoop on these Central Market cooking classes: Sept. 12, Beer in Every Bite; Sept. 13, Real Ale Pairings; Sept. 15, Chef Challenge. Chef Paul Peterson and Chef Josh Watkins go head to head; Sept. 20, Beer-Pairing Dinner
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More Music
Take a road trip to Old Town Spring, TX, to catch the second-annual Railroad Revival Tour featuring Willie Nelson, Band of Horses, Jamey Johnson and John Reilly & Friends.
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Concert, film and book reviews. And events you don't want to miss. Acting as two books in one, Pete Davis takes a completely biased look at this historic and passionate rivalry with I Love Texas / I Hate Oklahoma.
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Concerts
Jackson Browne Nov. 8, Bass Concert Hall Pianist and guitarist Jackson Browne has defined a genre of songwriting and performing that is charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics with some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Browne was honored with induction in to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2007. Beyond his music, he is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights and arts education. Texas Performing Arts at the University of Texas at Austin welcomes Browne on his 2012 U.S. acoustic tour, featuring special guest Sara Watkins. Tickets are available at the Bass Concert Hall box office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at texasperformingarts.org, and by calling 512.477.6060. Also coming up Lyle Lovett and His Large Band, Sept. 2 and 9, ACL Live
Tony Bennett, Sept. 12, ACL Live Marcia Ball, Sept. 14, Antone’s Passion Pit, Sept. 15, The Backyard
Citizen Cope, Sept. 21 and 22, Stubb’s
Leonard Cohen, Oct. 31, Bass Concert Hall
Animal Collective with Mirachu and the Shapes,
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Heartless
Sept. 28, The Backyard
Bastards, Nov. 8, Stubb’s
Steve Miller Band, Sept. 30, ACL Live
Ray Price, Nov. 18, One World Theatre
Bonnie Raitt, Oct. 3, ACL Live
3D Entertainment Comes to Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater
Stephen Harrigan Wins 2012 Spur Award for Best Western Long Novel
ACL Live announced in July that it will be the world’s first fully integrated 3D production and performance facility. Working with Stageside Productions, Sabella Dern Entertainment and Video Equipment Rentals, ACL Live’s state-of-the-art facility just got that much better. This collaboration will bring 3D acquisition and broadcast technologies to advertisers, sporting events, concerts, sitcoms and more, positioning ACL Live as the transformative backdrop for content producers looking to showcase brands through this dynamic and now accessible cutting-edge 3D technology.
The Western Writers of America Spur Awards are given each year for distinguished writing about the American West, and are of the oldest and most prestigious awards given for American literature. In Harrigan’s award-winning novel, Remember Ben Clayton, the Oklahoma-born, Texasraised author once again takes his storytelling to a new level. Set in Texas after World War I, Harrigan’s novel intertwines themes of art, war and family relationships and suffering. Available at your nearest book store or amazon.com.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Digitizes 37 Years of Austin City Limits The highly esteemed Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in collaboration with local television station KLRU, will make more than 800 performances of the Austin City Limits music show available digitally. For the first time ever, these concerts that span the 37 years the show has been in production will be made available for the public to view at the Rock Hall’s Library and Archives in Cleveland, OH. Visit rockhall.com for more information.
The One In Conversation:
Spike Lee
Sept. 8, Paramount Theatre
Emmy Award-winning film director, producer, writer and actor Spike Lee has revolutionized both the landscape of independent cinema and the role of black talent in film. Lee is known for box-office hits Do the Right Thing, Malcolm X, Jungle Fever and Summer of Sam. The evening will entail an intimate interview with Lee, followed by a screening of Summer of Sam. One of Lee’s most kinetic, inventive and powerful films, Summer of Sam details the Son of Sam murders in New York City during the summer of 1977, centering on residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another. Tickets available at austintheatre.org.
Race for a Cause
Dash for Dad
Watermans Paddle for Humanity
Oct. 27, Camp Mabry
Sept. 15, starting point at PURE Austin Quarry Lake, paddleforhumanity.org
It’s time to dash! Join Urology Austin for the Dash For Dad 5K Run and 1-Mile Fun Walk, with a Boot Camp Warm Up to support ZERO—The Project to End Prostate Cancer. Dash For Dad is part of the Great Prostate Cancer Challenge, America’s premier men’s health event series taking place in 34 cities in 2012. For more information, visit greatprostatecancerchallenge.com/ races/austin.
Gorilla Challenge Austin Sept. 22, starting point at Pluckers Wing Bar at 2222 Rio Grande St., gorillachallenge.com
Team LIVESTRONG Challenge Oct. 21, starting point at Palmer Events Center, livestrong.org
2012 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix Nov. 16 – 18, Circuit of The Americas, formula1.com
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University of Texas 2012 Home Schedule Sept. 1, UT vs. Wyoming
Oct. 20, UT vs. Baylor
Sept. 8, UT vs. New Mexico
Nov. 10, UT vs. Iowa State
Oct. 6, UT vs. West Virginia
Nov. 24, UT vs. TCU
App: Cinegif Video iPhone App Cinegif, an Austin-based software development company, has just released the Cinegif Video iPhone app, integrating a new form of video file sharing with text messaging. It allows users to add their own instant-play video clips to everyday mobile communications, and receiving devices don’t need to have the app, as it will open and save instantly, requiring no special software or plugins. For more information visit cinegif.com.
Book: Thin Slice of Life, by Miles Arceneaux A collaborative mystery novel written under the alias of Miles Arceneaux, the alter ego of Texas-based writers John T. Davis, James R. Dennis and Brent Douglass, follows a wayward Texan who is propelled on a dangerous ride through murder, lust, betrayal and crime in pursuit of his brother’s killers. This page-turning novel won the Writers’ League of Texas’ award for Best Mystery Manuscript and will be featured at Book People Oct. 1, with a special in-store appearance by the authors. Available at amazon.com.
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CD: Big Station, Alejandro Escovedo Big Station is the latest album from longtime Austin musician Alejandro Escovedo, released this June. The rootsrock/alternative-country singer took a slightly different approach when making this CD. In an interview with Aquarium Drunkard, Escovedo says the CD’s “theme was of someone looking outward rather than inward. To kind of take in all that one sees as the result of the media—the crazy, horrific things that are just naturally viewed on television now.” Available at alejandroescovedo.com.
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Festivals for the Fall By Molly McManus
Texas Tribune Festival Sept. 21 – 23, University of Texas
The Texas Tribune is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, public media organization with a mission that promotes civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics and government. In its second year, the Texas Tribune Festival will bring together renowned leaders from throughout the state and nation to discuss significant issues of politics and public policy. This year’s topics include Health and Human Services, Energy and Environment, Public and Higher Education, Race and Immigration, Law and Order, and Trade and Transportation. Governor Rick Perry will speak at the opening session of the festival, interviewed by CEO and editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune, Evan Smith. Throughout the weekend, there will be more than 80 elected officials present, including publicpolicy professionals, issue activists and advocates, leaders from academia and the like, including Attorney General Greg Abbott and executive director of the Nature Conservancy, Laura Huffman. The closing session will include a panel discussion made up of Gwen Ifill, Hendrik Hertzberg, Julie Mason and Maggie Haberman. For more information and to register, visit texastribune.org/festival/home.
Fun Fun Fun Fest Nov. 2 – 4, Auditorium Shores Need a little fun in your life? Don’t miss out on the sixth-annual Fun Fun Fun Fest. This festival is an independent-genre-based festival known as one of the most relaxed, creative and pioneering festivals in music today. FFF is custom booked for the most passionate underground and progressive musicians, comedians and fans throughout the world, featuring a lineup that will knock your socks off. Acts include Santigold, the Head and the Heart, Run DMC, De La Soul and local acts the Black Angels and Not in the Face. In addition to music and comedy, FFF also encompasses fantastic food, fashion and art. To view the full lineup and to purchase tickets, visit funfunfunfest.com.
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ACL Lineup Highlights Friday The Black Keys, Alabama Shakes, M. Ward, The Afghan Whigs, Florence + the Machine Saturday Rufus Wainwright, The Shins, The Roots, Neil Young, Jack White Sunday Gary Clark Jr., Iggy & The Stooges, Ruthie Foster, The Avett Brothers, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Austin City Limits Music Festival Oct. 12 – 14, Zilker Park An amazing lineup, ridiculously
good food and drink, and too-good-to-be-true peoplewatching all encompass the 10th edition of the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Although tickets are sold out, you can refer to craigslist.com for individuals
Austin Film Festival & Conference
Oct. 18 – 25, various locations in downtown Austin This October, Austin Film Festival & Conference will once again showcase the very best that the city has to offer—convenient downtown venues, fun parties at Austin’s finest bars and restaurants, and community partnerships— while presenting an outstanding program of narrative, animation and documentary features and shorts, including premieres, advanced screenings and independent films. Film screenings are complemented by lively and informative Q&A sessions with cast members and filmmakers. Be the first to see the movies everyone will be discussing in 2013 at the 19th-annual Austin Film Festival. More information, schedule, badges, film passes and party registration are available at austinfilmfestival.com.
selling their tickets, as well as c3concerts.com for after shows and parties that extend the festival to legendary Austin venues all weekend long. Check out aclfestival.com for more information.
panelist spotlight Elizabeth Avellan, producer of Sin City, Machete, Predators and Grindhouse; Alec Berg, writer and executive producer of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld; Tim Talbot, writer for South Park; and Paul Feig, director of Bridesmaids, The Office and Arrested Development.
Texas Book Festival Oct. 27 – 28
The 17th-annual Texas Book Festival will once again celebrate authors and their contributions to the culture of literacy, ideas and imagination. The two days are packed full with readings, presentations, panel discussions, musical entertainment, book signings, food vendors and activities for kids. Started by first lady Laura Bush, a former librarian and a passionate supporter of literacy, the Texas Book Festival promotes the joys of reading and serves to benefit the state’s public libraries. Approximately 40,000 people participate in the fun-filled weekend, making it one of the premier literary events in the country.
Other Must-See Austin Authors H.W. Brands, The Heartbreak of Aaron Burr; The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses Grant in War and Peace; Michael Brick, Saving the
School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids, and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform; Douglas Brinkley, Cronkite; David Dettmer, The Texas Book Two: More Profiles, History, and
Our recommendation for the must-see author of 2012 is the larger-than-life, hilarious Joe Nick Patoski. Patoski will be at the festival promoting his latest book, The Dallas Cowboys: The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America. Patoski’s experience is vast, as he has written about Texas and Texans for four decades, from Selena and Stevie Ray Vaughn, to B.B. King and Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama. You won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to engage with this charismatic, legendary Texas author.
Reminiscences of the University; Michael L. Gillette, Lady Bird Johnson: An Oral History; Turk Pipkin, Building Hope: The Story of The Nobelity Project and Mahiga Hope High School; Dan Rather, Rather Outspoken: My
Life in the News; Jan Reid, Let the People In: The Life and Times of Ann Richards; Scott Roberts, The Salt Lick Cookbook: A Story of Land, Family, and Love; Steven Saylor, The Seven Wonders: A Novel of the Ancient World;
John Spong, A Book on the Making of Lonesome Dove; W.K. Stratton, Floyd Patterson: The Fighting Life of Boxing’s Invisible Champion; Mark Updegrove, Indomitable Will: LBJ
in the Presidency; Ralph Yznaga, Living Witness: Historic Trees of Texas For dates and times to hear and meet these authors, visit texasbookfestival.org.
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ZACH Theatre Presenting the new Topfer Theatre. By Molly McManus
You know you’ve seen it. But do you know what you’re looking at as you drive down South Lamar Boulevard? It’s huge, it’s blue and it just so happens to be the newest addition to ZACH Theatre’s humble empire. Currently in its 79th season, ZACH Theatre is one of Austin’s most lively and inventive performing arts organizations, using imagination, dreams and theatrical incredibleness to create an intimate experience that brings people together, enlivening the souls of those in attendance. Founded in 1932, ZACH is the longest-running theater company in Texas, serving 85,000 adults and youth each year. ZACH creates its own nationally recognized dramatic, musical and comedic productions under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Dave Steakley and Managing Director Elisbeth Challener. This month, ZACH Theatre continues its growth and engagement with Austin, adding a third theater, the Topfer Theatre, to its performance campus just off the banks of Lady Bird Lake. The state-of-the-art, 420-seat, 32,000-square-foot Topfer Theatre almost doubles ZACH’s capacity while still preserving what it is known for, its intimate theatrical experience. With more seats and space, audiences will also be able to enjoy a 72-foot fly tower for scenery, a large orchestra pit and comfortable seats
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with an abundance of legroom, better parking and valet options, and a beautiful lobby with ceilings that seem to skim the clouds with stunning views of the lake, the Capitol and the downtown skyline. There will be fullservice bars and expanded concessions on both levels of the theater, and a serene outdoor plaza to savor drinks with friends, discussing the anticipation of a show or sharing critiques after a performance. The Topfer Theatre campaign has raised more than $20 million of its $22 million goal, with help from the City of Austin and the Texas Commission on the Arts, as well as many other organizations, making this beautiful new theater an opportunity for Austinites to enjoy for generations to come. For more information on events, how you can donate and get involved, visit zachtheatre.org. A free community event to christen ZACH’s Topfer Theatre will be held Nov. 3. More details will be
Bernadette Peters Headlines Once Upon a Dream at ZACH’s Topfer Theatre Sept. 27 Bernadette Peters, the fiery, beautiful and talented actress and singer, will headline the first opening gala at ZACH’s Topfer Theatre, Once Upon a Dream, with a 30-piece orchestra of Austin musicians backing her. Peters, winner of two Tony Awards, three Drama Desk Awards and a Golden Globe Award, is known for her iconic stage roles in Gypsy, Song and Dance and Annie Get Your Gun, among many others. She is also known most recently for her presence on the television series Smash.
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announced soon, so visit zachtheatre.org to stay tuned. The uplifting Tony Award-winning musical Ragtime will be the first 2012-2013 season production on the Topfer stage. Previews begin Oct. 17. With more than 40 actors and supported by a full orchestra for the first time in ZACH’s history, Ragtime showcases the power of the new performance space, as well as the profound and enthused talent of ZACH’s company of actors and theater artists.
“It is truly perfect that one of the most iconic Broadway performers in American history will open our spectacular new Topfer Theatre,” says Elisbeth Challener, ZACH’s managing director. “Bernadette Peters has dazzled audiences and critics alike.” “It could not be more ideal than to have Austin’s newest theatrical jewel christened by the incomparable, versatile, electrifying, dynamic performer Bernadette Peters,” says Gala Chair Bobbi Topfer. Once Upon a Dream will be a memorable black-tie gala, with a cocktail reception in the theater followed by a seated dinner on the plaza under ZACH’s beautiful custom tent. Peters will then perform a concert of songs from many of her award-winning performances.
The Topfer Theatre and entire ZACH campus will be celebrating during the Deep in the Heart of ZACH opening gala. The event features Brian Stokes Mitchell, Broadway star of Ragtime and Tony Award winner for Kiss Me, Kate. ZACH’s talent will perform inside while Austin bands play on the outdoor plaza. Guests can attend Mitchell’s first or second concert in the Topfer then partake in the festivities, concluding with an exclusive post-concert reception. All attendees will enjoy food from Austin’s finest vendors, along with drinks, bands and ZACH performances. For tickets and information, call Eric Scott at 512.476.0594, extension 260, or email escott@zachtheatre.org.
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Austin Innovator Formula 1 architects Juan Miró and Miguel Rivera design with an eye on the future. By Allie Eissler, Photo by Rudy Arocha It is difficult to believe that a tiny public restroom could take longer to build than a 6,500-seat Formula 1 amphitheater, but according to local architects Juan Miró and Miguel Rivera, the circumstances of a project are usually far more challenging than size or budget. “We’re very comfortable changing scale, and we try not to specialize,” Miró says. “The architects we admire most, like Renzo Piano or Frank Lloyd Wright, could design everything from chairs to skyscrapers.”
You name it, the skilled members of the Miró Rivera firm have designed, built and renovated it—from cozy bungalows, boat docks and bridges, to sprawling deck houses, public plazas and theaters—and likely won a slew of awards for their efforts in the process. Their work reveals clean, modern lines, eco-friendly orientation and a keen understanding of nature, although they are quick to point out that creativity is just the tip of the iceberg. “We are artists to a certain degree, but our top priority is problem solving,” Miró says. “We never try to impose a certain aesthetic, like everything is white or everything looks sculptural, because each project calls for something different.” “We do love to use glass, though, because the nature here is so beautiful,” Rivera adds. “That way, you still feel connected to the outside, even from inside a room.” Weary bikers and joggers have likely encountered one of Miró Rivera’s more curious contributions to the Austin landscape: a dynamic yet discreet weathered steel-sculpture-turned-trailrestroom that melts seamlessly in to the banks of Lady Bird Lake. Staggered vertical plates of varying widths and heights allow for natural light and ven-
“We are artists to a certain degree, but our top priority is problem solving.” —juan mirÓ
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tilation, coiling at one end to form the room’s walls. Another arresting union of form and function is an arching, reed-inspired pedestrian bridge that seems to grow organically across the water. Miró studied architecture first in Madrid and subsequently at Yale on a Fulbright scholarship. He currently teaches design, construction and Mexican architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and in case you’re wondering, is only a distant relation of surrealist painter Joan Miró. “Everyone always asks about that,” he says with a chuckle, “but I’m afraid I don’t have any of his paintings.” Rivera originally hails from Puerto Rico, earned his master’s degree from Columbia and worked in New York for nearly a decade before forming Miró Rivera. Both are the sons of talented architects, and in a surprising twist, Miró eventually married Rivera’s sister, Rosa, who now handles the business side of things for the firm. A contract to build Michael Dell’s house first brought the brothers-in-law to Austin, and they liked the city so much, they decided to stay. “We never intended to not go back to Spain or New York,” Miró says, “but we immediately felt at home in Austin. It’s such an open, inviting, cosmopolitan place.” The pair’s latest project designing the Formula 1 grandstand and amphitheater has been an absolute whirlwind, and because it didn’t follow the typical sequence of events in terms of planning and production, “everything had to happen extremely fast,” Rivera explains. “It’s such an incredible opportunity for Austin,” Miró adds. “There’s the direct economic impact, of course, but the other part that’s a little harder to measure is the impact in terms of name recognition and visibility. Formula 1 is a truly international sport, so the whole world will be looking.” For Austinites concerned about the short-lived glitz and glamour of high-dollar box seats and 200-mile-per-hour speeding machines, it’s important to emphasize that all of the fuss is not just about a racetrack. This venue has the capacity to host any number of events, from tech conferences to tennis matches, and will be partnering with Live Nation to book nationally touring music acts as well. Now that’s the spirit of the Live Music Capital of the World. Of course, it wouldn’t be like the Miró Rivera team to take on any project without an eye for the future—that’s the true essence of green building, often overlooked in favor of more superficial buzzwords and quick fixes. “Obviously, the main focus this year is to get everything ready for the first race, but this is really a long-term project,” Miró says. “When we look back 10 or 15 years from now, this will have grown in to something much more than just Formula 1.”
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The three-story Circuit of the Americas grandstand will seat 8,255 fans with 29 suites, an expansive kitchen, a loading dock and a 6,100-square-foot lounge. The grand plaza will accommodate an estimated foot-traffic figure of 60,000 to 70,000. It features an
enormous reflecting pool, two pedestrian bridges and fixed seating for 25,735, plus general admission and hospitality suites. The open-air amphitheater will be the largest of its kind in Central Texas, with grass seating as well as approximately 6,500 reserved
seats. It will be called the Tower Amphitheater after one of its signature features, an iconic 23-story, 251-foot steel structure with an observation deck that will overlook the entire circuit and amphitheater. The tower features 370 tons of steel, 740 feet of color-
changing LEDs and bright red accents that bring to mind luxurious Ferraris. “When you think about the latest car technology, Formula 1 attracts the best of the best,” Juan Miró says. “So in a way, the whole idea
of the tower is to show not only a sense of movement and destination, but also that technical, open-guts aspect of construction. We want the aesthetics of the buildings to give a sense of the science that makes these cars such incredible machines.”
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Siren Songs The Sirens of ACL By Rachel Merriman
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Kimbra Well-known for collaborating with Australian singer Gotye on the summer hit Somebody That I Used to Know, and the success of her 2011 album, Vows, Kimbra is sure to draw a crowd at this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival. Paste Magazine calls the eclectic artist “blessed with both a genre-hopping musical sensibility and a hair-raising voice that swoons and soars straight to your deepest pleasure zones.” Indeed, her infectious single Settle Down will have you dancing and clapping along in no time (especially if you’ve had a few Lone Stars). End the festival on a high note and fight your way to the front of the crowd to see Kimbra Oct. 14.
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Florence + The Machine Like her music, Florence Welch is intense. On how her personality shapes her songwriting, she says, “I’m either really sad or really happy, I’m tired or completely manic. That’s when I’m at my most creative, but it’s also dangerous for me. I feel I could write some good songs or break some hearts. Or tables. Or glasses.” Her intensity carries over to her dynamic performances, which are backed by The Machine, a seven-piece band that gets its name from original band member Isabella “Machine” Summers (keyboard and backing vocals). Dark and beautiful in the best way possible, Florence + The Machine will pull you down and bring you up again. The band plays ACL Music Fest Oct. 12.
First Aid Kit The slight twang in their voices will fool you in to thinking Klara and Johanna Söderberg hail from right here in the South, but this sister duo with a passion for American roots music grew up in a suburb outside of Stockholm. In true indie-folk style, they recorded their first album, The Big Black and The Blue, in their bedroom. The sisters refined their sound in the studio for their second album, The Lion’s Roar, on which they collaborated with Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes for the track King of the World. We’re fairly sure the Söderberg sisters are angels in disguise, as their dreamy vocals on The Lion’s Roar are perfect in every way, with a haunting quality that sends shivers down your spine. See them at ACL Oct. 12.
Spalding photo by Carlos Pericas; Kimbra photo by Thom Kerr; First Aid Kit photo by Neil Krug.
It’s often said music is a universal language, and you certainly don’t need to know anything about jazz to appreciate Esperanza Spalding. The multilingual Spalding masterfully blends Spanish and Portuguese influences for a new sound The New Yorker calls “jazz for the iPod age.” A true performer, Spalding exudes confidence. The singer, composer and bassist has been pursuing music from a young age, entering the Portland State University music program when she was just 16. Spalding had an eventful year in 2011, reigning victorious over tween heartthrob Justin Bieber at the Grammy Awards to win Best New Artist. She also won Jazz Artist of the Year at the Boston Music Awards. Visit austinwomanmagazine.com/esperanza-spalding to read an interview with Spalding, and be sure to catch her at the festival Oct. 12.
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Charlie Bravo Aviation Curt and René Banglesdorf help their clients achieve their dreams. By Ayanna Estelle, Photo by Rudy Arocha The pin-up girl gracing Charlie Bravo Aviation’s logo looks fondly out in to the distance, emblematic of the art found on the noses of military aircrafts of World War II. World War II reminds owners of Charlie Bravo, Curt and René Banglesdorf, of a time when Americans worked with a give-it-allyou’ve-got, dedicated and honest approach. These traits characterize their company, one that knows its clients have a need to trust in the people handling the affairs of their most prized possessions, their aircrafts. The traditional values the Banglesdorfs live by, which stem from the 1940s, a generation comprised of people they admire and respect, make them stand out from other aviation company owners. “In the World War II-era, handshakes actually meant something; they were authentic,” Curt Banglesdorf says. Charlie Bravo Aviation is a Georgetown-based company specializing in everything on the aviation radar. Services include education on private aviation, brokering, selling, acquiring and trading aircraft. With the recent addition of charter services, Charlie Bravo strives to help customers with their every aviation need. This is not a conventional aviation business, and with every authentic handshake at the end of a business deal, the company is raising the bar for how customers should be treated and how a business should be run. Charlie Bravo is innovative because it applies a strong research-based and informative business model. While most companies advertise and wait for their clientele to come to them, Charlie Bravo goes directly to the customer. The business boasts a team of analysts, each knowledgeable on certain
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types of planes. Employees contact current owners to discuss the worth of their aircraft. Using recent comparable sales prices, Charlie Bravo stays current on their value. “Aviation selling is not like real estate; you can’t just look up an MLS to know how much an aircraft sells for. It’s not public knowledge,” Curt Banglesdorf says. Charlie Bravo also contacts owners to ask if they are looking to sell or upgrade. Some jump on the offer, relieved to put their most valuable asset in the hands of a legitimate and competent broker. Others may not be ready for a change, but down the line when they are ready, you can bet they will remember the company that took the time to call and educate them before they signed their name on the dotted line. Charlie Bravo strives to educate companies in order to erase the misconception that private aircrafts
are only for wealthy, jet-setting CEOs. The majority of Charlie Bravo clients are mid-level companies with big aspirations that value time. Clients are not fat cats; they are “humanitarian aids and business professionals that need to make it to their son’s soccer game that evening,” Curt Banglesdorf says. These Charlie Bravo customers are looking to grow and maintain their companies with face-toface meetings in multiple places, all achieved in one day and without being troubled by the long lines of ticket counters and security checkpoints. “Eighty-five percent of private aviation business is by small and midsized companies who want to respond quickly to things and get in and out,” René Banglesdorf says. It sounds like a large feat, but Charlie Bravo makes it happen. Not only does Charlie Bravo help business professionals achieve their goals, but
the company also helps aircraft owners who are humanitarian-minded. “These clients want to donate their time and aircraft for national disasters and people in need,” René Banglesdorf says. Recently, a client donated their plane to transfer a heart-transplant patient to Ohio. Additionally, Charlie Bravo is part of Sky Hope, an organization that makes it easy for charitable individuals interested in giving a helping hand to get access to planes. The organization arranged for planes to take people and supplies to Haiti after the catastrophic earthquake in 2010. Charlie Bravo is innovative because employees see the value in private aviation and try to think outside the box. Charlie Bravo Charter has been named Circuit of The America’s official helicopter shuttle and private-charter partner. In an effort to give the Formula 1 fans, teams and sponsors a hassle- and wait-free Flights take about alternative to ground four minutes from transportation, Charlie the Austin ExecuBravo will fly attendees tive Airport to the to and from the site via Circuit of The helicopter. Americas track. “It will take about There are six helifour minutes from Ausstop locations at tin Executive Airport various locations to the track,” René around the track, Banglesdorf says, “and all managed by passengers will defiHenry Aviation. nitely arrive in style.” Although there are For more many things that make information, call Charlie Bravo stand Charlie Bravo out, the most notable Aviation at is the leadership team, 512.868.9000 or comprised of the visit wepushtin.com. Banglesdorfs, who have been married since college and have worked side by side for 10 years. They owe their success to their teamwork. “Most companies have one top chief who is their best salesperson,” René says. “Having two enables us to divide and conquer.” The pair brings complementary skills to the table, René with her detail-oriented and strategic abilities, and Curt with his seller, big-picture mind. The balance is vital. The Banglesdorfs have given rise to a thriving business, one that originated with four employees and has grown to a team of analysts and consultants interacting with customers throughout the world. But no matter what country they are working with, their deep-rooted ideals and traditions are transparent. Their handshakes definitely have great meaning.
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Yes, Chef Marcus Samuelsson takes Austin by storm. By Shelly Seale It began with a simple childhood ritual: A boy who went down to his grandmother’s house every Saturday to help her cook dinner. The boy, born in Ethiopia but growing up in a Swedish adoptive family, would grow up to be world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. After becoming the youngest chef—at age 23—to ever earn a coveted three-star rating from the New York Times, Samuelsson cooked for White House state dinners, opened the beloved Red Rooster in Harlem, NY, and founded foodrepublic. com. He has also earned the titles of 2010 Top Chef Master, Chopped All-Stars champion and James Beard Award winner. On a national book tour for Yes, Chef: A Memoir, Chef Samuelsson landed at Central Market in Austin in July for a book signing and to teach a cooking class, which sold out weeks in advance. The filled-to-capacity instruction kitchen on the upper level of Central Market North was buzzing with excitement as volunteers bustled around in preparation and attendees anxiously awaited the appearance of the celebrity chef. I was expecting a big introduction and grand entrance from Samuelsson, but instead, he quietly entered without fanfare and made his way through the tables, shaking hands with each guest and thanking us for coming. His quiet demeanor was a bit at odds with his rose-embroidered rockabilly shirt and crazy purple tie that indicated a sense of humor and irreverence. We got right down to business as Samuelsson checked his team’s prep and started on the first demonstrated recipe, his own Berbere spice blend. “It’s a privilege for a chef to have different sorts of interactions with the public,” he said. “The book signings have been fun, but where I’m really most comfortable is right here, cooking for you.” As he mixed the spices that go in to the Berbere blend, Samuelsson said, “I want to welcome you to Ethiopia. This is what it smells like where I come from.”
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His signature style really springs from this blending of his Ethiopian and Swedish roots. “I always cook with Ethiopian spices and sensibility,” he said. “Both cuisines work well when you cook with your soul. I touch my Swedish side whenever I pickle and preserve anything, and I show my Ethiopian soul when I make a dish spice-driven.” As Samuelsson himself points out, his background gives him a unique point of view. After all, not everyone comes from East Africa and grows up learning how to cook from a Swedish grandmother. He was only 3 years old when he, his mother and his sister walked 75 miles to a hospital in Addis Adaba, Ethiopia’s capital city, seeking treatment for tuberculosis. Although the children recovered, their mother tragically lost her battle with the disease. One year later, Samuelsson and his sister were adopted by a middle-class family in Göteborg, Sweden, and it was there that grandmother Helga inspired in the young boy a lifelong love of cooking. “Her meatballs weren’t round, but they were delicious,” Samuelsson says. “She taught me about rustic food. She taught me to appreciate different cuts of meat. She showed me the joy in cooking. My sister and I always raced to see who could stack up the jars of lingonberry jam in the pantry. My grandmother made cooking and eating fun.” Yet, he is quick to point out that growing up in Sweden, the family ate well without being rich. “We used what was available. It was fish every day. Pickling and preserving were necessities; today, it’s a taste profile,” he says. “I see the Texas barbecue culture like that: You can eat well without it costing a lot of money.” In fact, this eating-well-on-less concept is what drives much of Samuelsson’s food philosophy. “9/11 and the economic downturn changed how I cook, and how the public wants to dine; they’re looking for more communal, more affordable experiences,” he says. “That was my whole intention in opening Red Rooster in Harlem. I wanted to break the idea that great food has to cost a lot of money. I used to cook for the 1 percent; now I cook for the 95 percent.” As far as Texas barbecue, well, Samuelsson admits that it’s a cuisine he still has a lot to learn about, but one he loves to eat.
“It’s one of the reasons I love coming to Texas. Maybe I can get some tips while I’m here,” he told the cooking class as he polled us on our favorite local barbecue spots. Franklin Barbecue won, hands down. Chef Christina Lee, a Central Market staff instructor, then surprised Samuelsson with a bag of Franklin Barbecue the staff had procured earlier for the visiting chef. “They even let us cut in line because it was for you,” she told him as he dug in. And his thoughts? He wasn’t too crazy about the slice of white bread served with it but loved both the sauce and the coffee-rubbed beef brisket. “It’s real good,” was the consummate chef’s simple summation. Other dishes on the class menu for the evening were coconut fried chicken with collard greens, an open-faced gravlax sandwich and Ethiopian-style lamb hash served with a poached egg and Berbere sauce, pickled beets and goat cheese. The hash pretty much sums up his blending of flavors, Samuelsson says. “This is the most exciting time to be a chef—and to be a diner too. Food is not going backward; it’s going forward. While respecting the past, we are also inventing new things for the future,” Samuelsson says, adding that Austin is a prime example of where leading American food is today. “It’s obviously an artistic community here, and that’s what I love about it.
Samuelsson photo by Kwaku Alston; recipe photos by Shelley Seale.
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[continued from previous page] That’s very inspiring to chefs.” Yes, Chef: A Memoir, which recently broke in to the top 10 on the New York Times bestsellers list, is not only an account of his remarkable journey from Helga’s humble kitchen to the top of the culinary world; it also chronicles his struggles and was partly written with aspiring chefs in mind. “Sometimes I think my success makes others forget that it isn’t easy for a black person to make it as a chef in America,” Samuelsson writes in his book. “Our ancestors, who built the culinary foundation of this country but were only referred to as ‘the help’ would be shocked to learn that there are more black men and women who are partners in law firms than black men and women who are executive chefs at top restaurants in this country. When I arrived in New York nearly 20 years ago, you could count on one hand the prominent chefs who looked like me. It’s almost two decades later and you can still count us on one hand. OK, two hands if you count the chefs who cook only on TV.” Speaking of TV chefs, I asked Samuelsson if he preferred being a judge of new talent on shows such as Food Network’s Chopped, or if he preferred competing on shows such as Iron Chef and Top Chef. “I enjoy and love being a judge because you can coach someone, but my favorite part is competing and cooking because all the pressure is on you. It’s always exciting but it’s intense,” he says, adding that one of the things he loves about being a chef is being able to teach young people who are passionate and are working toward finding their own cooking style and signature dish. “But you have to be in love with it, not just thinking that you’ll be famous and on TV. If you’re not in love with it, do something else.”
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1 cup Dijon mustard 1 teaspoon Colman’s mustard powder pickled fennel 1 part vinegar 2 parts sugar 3 parts water Directions Heat 3 tablespoons peanut oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Working in batches, add the chicken and brown on both sides. Remove from pan and set aside. Add the garlic, chiles and curry paste and sauté until golden and fragrant, about three minutes. Add the coconut milk, lime juice, 1 cup of water and return the chicken to pan. Bring to a simmer and cook uncovered until chicken is cooked through, about 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Combine cornstarch and panko together. Dip chicken in egg whites then roll it in the panko-cornstarch mix. Coat well. Heat the peanut oil in a large, deep pan to 350 degrees. Carefully add the chicken pieces and fry until golden brown on both sides, about four to five minutes total cooking time. Place on paper towel to remove excess oil. Season with salt. Open-Faced Gravlax Sandwich Recipe courtesy of Chef Marcus Samuelsson Ingredients gravlax 1 cup sugar K cup kosher salt
Coconut Fried Chicken Recipe courtesy of Chef Marcus Samuelsson; Serves 6 Ingredients 3 tablespoons peanut oil, plus 4 cups for frying 12 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
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Freshly ground pepper
2 garlic cloves, chopped
2 tablespoons cracked white peppercorns
3 pounds skin-on salmon fillet in one piece, any pin bones removed
3 large bunches fresh dill, coarsely chopped (including stems)
2 Scotch bonnet chiles, chopped with seeds and ribs removed
purple mustard
2 tablespoons red curry paste
2 cups dry red wine
1 cup coconut milk
1 cup ruby port or Madeira
2 shallots, finely chopped
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Juice from 2 limes
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2 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves only
2 tablespoons purple mustard seeds or other mustard seeds 4 white peppercorns
Thinly shaved fennel
directions For gravlax, combine the sugar, salt and peppercorns in a small bowl and mix well. Place the salmon in a shallow dish and rub a handful of the salt mixture into both sides of the fish. Sprinkle the salmon with the remaining mixture and cover with the dill. Cover the dish and let stand for six hours in a cool spot. Transfer the salmon to the refrigerator and let cure for 36 hours. Scrape the seasonings off the gravlax and pat dry. Turn around and cut into quarter-inch cubes. For purple mustard, combine the red wine, port, shallots, mustard seeds, peppercorns and tarragon in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and boil until reduced to 1/2 cup. Transfer to a blender. Add the mustard and mustard powder and blend until smooth. Store in a tightly sealed jar in the refrigerator for up to two months. For pickled fennel, bring the vinegar, sugar and water to a boil then chill slightly and pour warm over thinly shaved fennel. To assemble, place three ribbons of gravlax over pumpernickel bread. Squirt gravlax with about 1/2 teaspoonsize dot of purple mustard. Top with pickled fennel and dill. Serves 10 to 12 as an appetizer, more as part of a buffet. Open-Faced Gravlax Sandwich
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Texas Tailgating ATX Man’s guide to barbecue food trailers. By Tiffany Harelik, Photo by Sadie Barton
Nothing rings in the fall like the smoky smell of pit barbecue weaving through the air while you walk down to your favorite tailgating party. If you’re like most guys who grill, you know serving up barbecue out of a trailer is kind of the norm here in Texas. Whether it’s brisket for a big party or ribs for a dove hunt, you’ve likely cooked or eaten from a trailer toting a giant-sized grill. You know the saying: Everything’s bigger in Texas. That means grills too. During the season of football in the land of food trucks, there are some big grills and big grillers. Here is a look at the pit masters behind the smoke, along with some of their best tailgating tips.
Rollin Smoke BBQ Fifth and Colorado streets Wednesday through Saturday, 8 p.m. to 3 a.m. Rollin Smoke BBQ opened in May 2011. Originally from Austin, owner Tony Hamilton went to Pflugerville High School. His best seller is the Playboy sandwich, which piles brisket, pulled pork and sausage—all chopped together—and smothers it with pickles, onions and barbecue sauce. Barbecue runs in the family for Hamilton. His father always barbecued and his grandfather owns two barbecue restaurants in Killeen named Maurice’s. “I got into barbecuing when I was a kid. I just got into cooking and grilling and have been barbecuing since I was 17 years old,” Hamilton shares. Being right next door to the popular music venue Antone’s, he feeds a lot of bands. He also serves a lot of football players, Cedric Benson, Chykie Brown and Derrick Johnson, to name a few. His food is so good, he sells out every Friday and Saturday. “I have it down to a science of how many people I’m serving,” Hamilton says. “I cook everything fresh. I don’t like having leftover food, so I give
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any leftovers to the homeless.” Tips for tailgating from the pit masters: Brisket. How long do you leave it in the smoker? “It depends on how you cook it and how you control your temperatures. A lot of people tell you that you need 24 hours, but I smoke mine in six to eight hours. I cook on high because I like the char. How long you smoke depends on how much it weighs. A good rule of thumb is one hour per pound.” —Tony Hamilton, Rollin Smoke BBQ
Notorious P.I.G. Sandwich from Sugar Shack BBQ
“If you lookin’, you ain’t cookin’. A lot of people have the bad habit of wanting to open and look at the barbecue. I tell everybody trust your pit; leave it closed. Every time you open the cavity, it drops 25 degrees and it will take between five and 10 minutes to get back to the temperature that you want.” –Mark Avalos, Sugar Shack BBQ Any tips on cooking from the pit all day? “One suggestion could be doing a mix of meats so you can have a steady stream of things being ready instead of everything being ready at one time. It’s like leading people through a multicourse meal over several hours of tailgating. If you have an 8 a.m. start, you could throw some breakfast sausage on and have it ready in an hour or two. At the same time, put on the ribs and brisket. The ribs will be ready in four to six hours for lunch, and the brisket will be ready for dinner. Cooking in stages helps keep people happy. Cooking that way in phases, you don’t have to worry about holding food and burning meat.” – Levi Smith, Woodpile BBQ
Sugar Shack BBQ 24th and San Antonio streets Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mark Avalos opened Sugar Shack BBQ catering in 2006; the food trailer was born in 2009. Sugar Shack mainly serves college students and downtowners, and the Notorious P.I.G. is his best seller. It is a pulled pork and mustard-based coleslaw “sammich” as he calls it. “I am a big barbecue fan and I’m really big in to introducing people to new flavors,” Avalos says. “This slaw is more of an Alabama-style coleslaw and a little different than what people are used to around here. They like it.” According to this pit master, there are about four main styles of barbecue across the barbecue belt that have inspired him. Carolina-style barbecue is all about the pork; there is no brisket at all. The sauce is vinegar-based. Conversely, in Kansas City, they serve mainly brisket with a tomato-based vinegar-style sauce. Tennessee barbecue has a focus on pulled pork and ribs, and the meats offer a smoky
taste. Last but not least, Texas barbecue tends to be more beef-based and uses a lot of pepper in the rubs and sauce. “I get a lot of UT students, everyone from the football players to the cheerleaders,” Avalos says. “We do a lot of tailgates for the fraternities. Football season is big for us because of fraternities and sororities. Usually, everything is done at the trailer and I deliver. Almost all the fraternities have barbecue pits, so occasionally we will go there and do it. Everyone loves to be around a barbecue pit and that good smoky smell.” Known for offering a variety of styles of barbecue at his trailer, Avalos says the Alabama white barbecue sauce is one you won’t want to miss. It is mayonnaise-based and has a tangy cayenne bite to it. “When you put that white sauce on poultry, it kicks it up another level, even on brisket,” deems the pit master. Bacon-Wrapped Stuffed Jalapenos
Ingredients 1 pound jalapenos 1 stick cream cheese 1 jar of your favorite spicy jelly 1 package bacon 1 package toothpicks Directions Cut the jalapenos in half lengthwise and clean out the seeds and veins using a spoon. Stuff one half with a bit of cream cheese and a bit of jelly. Close jalapenos back up and wrap them with half a piece of bacon. Stick toothpicks through bacon and stuffed jalapenos. Make sure toothpicks come out the other end. Repeat process until all the jalapenos are stuffed. Grill assembled jalapenos over medium-high heat. Try to spread them out because the bacon will cause some flareups. Cook until bacon is ready, about 20 to 30 minutes.
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This is a true Texan appetizer. You can substitute the cream cheese for cheddar or string cheese. Serve right as you’re putting the steaks on the grill.
Levi Smith and his wife, Rachael, opened Austin’s newest food trailer in August, earlier this year. “I’ve been in Austin most of my life with a ranching
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background, so beef has been a big part of my life,” Smith says. In addition to ranching, he was the CEO of a healthcare company for the last 10 years. “I love hospitality, and barbecue is my favorite cuisine. I’m a business guy too. Even though it’s kind of a pipe dream, I love making food and I’m doing it because I’m passionate about it.” One thing that makes this joint unique is the Smiths’ commitment to purchase high-quality meats from small ranches. “We are buying the best meats you could possibly use from small ranches where the cattle and pigs are allowed to roam with no antibiotics,” Smith says.
Other notable barbecue trailers in Austin include the legendary JMueller BBQ, Double Trouble BBQ (Austin’s first amphibious food trailer) and the family-owned Bee Caves BBQ. More barbecue icons in Austin include Franklin Barbecue, Uncle Billy’s, Iron Works, the County Line, Green Mesquite BBQ, Mann’s, Stiles Switch, Live Oak and Lamberts. The Salt Lick and Railroad Bar-B-Que in Dripping Springs are also well worth the short drive.
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Formula 1 for the Novice Circuit of the Americas brings international F1 racing to Austin. By Chad Swiatcki
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What is this F1 track and how did it end up in Austin? It was an idea so fantastical and foreign that when word dropped in mid-2010 that the world’s motorsports speed kings were going to make Austin their American outpost, the only response most locals could manage was a raised skeptical eyebrow. “Yeah, right. That’ll never happen,” was the consensus opinion at the time, a reaction that greatly underestimated the motivations of billionaire racing fans from right here in Texas and beyond who had a goal of making Austin a new epicenter of the automotive world. Their vision will be realized in late November when moneyed race fans from all over the globe will flock to the new $300 million Circuit of the Americas, the first-ever racing facility in America built specifically for Formula 1 racing and its many offshoots. “It’ll be the Disneyland of the car industry. That’s
what it’s been designed to be and it’s already attracting attention from auto enthusiasts all over the world,” says Paul Carrozza, owner of Austin’s RunTex running stores and a member of the Events Host Committee for the race. “It’s going to add an element that will bring the world to Austin. We expect more than 120,000 people will be coming here from all over the country and the world for the race.” As enthused as locals have become as the race has drawn closer—particularly local business owners and those with rooms to rent to well-to-do foreign visitors—making the track a reality had more twists and turns than easy straightaways. Spearheaded by Austin native and former racer Tavo Hellmund and billionaire family friend Bernie Ecclestone, who is also CEO of F1, the pair gathered investors like Texas auto magnate Red McCombs to fund the track with almost no public money. A series of squabbles and legal threats between Hellmund, his investors and Ecclestone delayed track
construction until late 2010 and nearly killed the entire project. A settlement that divorced Hellmund from the group cleared up that dispute, and long-delayed approval from a series of local and regional governing bodies cleared the way for $25 million in state funding to aid the track’s financing and race-sanctioning fee. All the legal wrangling paved the way for more than a week of festivities that many expect will eclipse South By Southwest and the Austin City Limits Music Festival, and approach a Super Bowl in terms of crowds and economic impact. “It’ll change Austin,” says John Massengale, host of ESPN Radio’s Speed City racing program, which took its name from McCombs’ moniker for Austin as an international racing capital. “Manufacturers are already starting to bring research and development to Austin, and there are people saying that it will be an automotive hotbed.”
Right photo copyright Lotus F1 Team, Andrew Ferraro/LAT Photo.
The Appeal of the Race To the uninitiated, it might be hard to grasp why Formula 1 racing appeals so strongly to fans throughout the world and why tens of thousands of them will likely drop close to six figures to come see the first race at the new Circuit of the Americas racetrack. Michael Ferweda is the opposite; he doesn’t see how anybody could not become an immediate fan. “You come out to a race and you see that it’s the most exciting racing there is, with these cars going over 180 miles per hour and running at 19,000 rpms,” says Ferweda, the owner of Austin’s Zinger Hardware and an F1 enthusiast who helps organize grand-prix watch parties at Cool River Café. “When people come to actually sit down and watch a race, they get in to it, but it’s when they can actually go there and see it live when they get hooked.” Generally speaking, F1 races are a slimmer time commitment than NASCAR events, with a typical race lasting between two and two and a half hours. Because of the cars’ open-wheel construction, drivers have to be precise in how they handle their cars since even the slightest contact could cause disaster. “If those tires so much as touch each other, you’re going off the track and it’s a complete disaster,” Ferweda says. “The great thing about these tracks is they’re designed so you can see action all over, so you’re not just limited to the one corner where you’re sitting and that’s it.” Racing experts who have studied the layout of the Circuit of the Americas say the assortment of turns modeled after famous tracks in other countries will make it familiar to drivers, allowing more opportunities for passing and, thus, even more exciting races. Because of the large personal wealth of avid F1
fans, many of them own highperformance automobiles and have had the chance to test them out on a professional track. So even if they haven’t gone all out and reached the close to five Gs of gravitational force that professional drivers flirt with during a race—enough to make breathing difficult and risk passing out—they 2012 British Grand Prix still catch the speed bug and can’t turn away. “You’ve got to be the very best drivers in the world to handle those kind of driving conditions, which is why these guys are on teams that spend from $300 million to half a billion dollars a year on a team,” Massengale says. “When you go to a race, the first thing that hits you is just the sound of all those cars operating at 18,000 rpms. It’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before and it’s astounding to be around a crowd of cars that are generating astronaut-level G forces.”
Drivers to Look for You’d have to go back to 1994, when the United States hosted soccer’s World Cup, to revisit a sporting event of global magnitude happening in North America that had no significant American presence. But that’s the state of non-NASCAR racing on U.S. soil, and when the cars take off in front of 120,000plus fans at the Circuit of the Americas in November, they’ll be driven by a field of almost exclusively European competitors. Here are some of the drivers to
RACE BY THE NUMBERS 3.4 miles in one lap around the course
being either hairpin or almost as difficult
6 confirmed number of helipads at the track to ferry in amplewalleted race fans by air, though some rumors have the number as high as eight
133 feet total vertical rise of the track from the starting line to the first turn, making it a distinguishing feature from other Formula 1 tracks
12 estimated number of hours Austin police say some race fans may have to wait to leave the track due to traffic and huge crowds
200-plus miles per hour expected top speeds of cars in the straightaways
20 number of turns on the track, six of them
$545 cost per person for a there-and-back helicopter ride to the track
$5,500 cost of a 15-year license for premium seating at the track
300,000 expected number of visitors to Austin during a week of pre-race festivities
40,000 number of international travelers expected to fly to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport for the race, necessitating the construction of a temporary additional terminal
$350 million estimated total budget for the track
120,000 most commonly referenced estimate of the total crowd for the race
$400 million lowball estimate by Austin officials of the race’s annual economic impact $500 million annual budget of a multi-car Formula 1 team like those fielded by Red Bull, Lotus, McLaren or Ferrari
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[continued from previous page] watch in the penultimate race of the Formula 1 2012 season. Fernando Alonso (Spain): Considered one of the sport’s all-time greats at only 31, Alonso is a two-time champion who has already married and divorced a top Spanish pop star. He’s had consistency problems because of several team changes in recent years, but with a commitment to Ferrari through 2016, he appears back in top form in 2012. Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain): A precocious heir apparent at 27, Hamilton has one season championship under his belt, but a long-time relationship with Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger gives him more pop culture bona fides than Alonso. He’s also the first driver with black heritage to be a major player in F1 racing. Mark Webber (Australia): A member of the splashy Red Bull racing team that has become one of the sport’s major players, Webber is a consistently high finisher (he’ll have run close to 200 races by the end of this season) who has yet to nab a championship. A win in Austin could give him the momentum to finally snap that streak. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland): Think LeBron James and Alex Rodriguez are extravagantly paid athletes? Their eyes would bulge out at the estimates that Raikkonen was paid—somewhere in the ballpark of $51 million—when he won the F1 championship in 2007. Boyishly handsome at 32, he’s another of the sport’s top personalities and in contention this year for a second title. Romain Grosjean (France): A Lotus teammate of Raikkonen’s, the 26-year-old Grosjean is all unpolished potential so far, but a series of promising finishes in early 2012 suggested he could be ready to break in to the sport’s upper echelon. Doing so would let him leave his day job at a bank in his current home of Geneva.
F1 Car Technology/Research Just about any Formula 1 enthusiast will answer that the biggest difference between the sport’s open-wheel cars and all other racers is the amount of technology and advanced research involved in every aspect of a grand-prix vehicle. Those advancements not only pay off on the track, but have a way
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Romain Grosjean and Kimi Raikkonen, 2012 British Grand Prix
Hot Cars of trickling down to the everyday road-car market and beyond to increase fuel efficiency, comfort and more. Below are a few of the advancements Formula 1 teams have brought to everyday driving. Aerodynamics: This might seem like a no-brainer now, but the streamlined, gas-saving contours of modern cars were born in the wind tunnels of F1 testing centers, where eking out a few seconds of efficiency could mean all the difference at the finish line. Materials: The lighter, the better. Widespread use of carbon-fiber technology began with F1 teams, and while the high cost won’t translate to massproduction automobiles, it has bled in to the cycling and medical-equipment worlds. Disc brakes: The caliper-style disc-braking system that’s almost standard on today’s roads? Largely innovated for use by Jaguar at LeMans in 1953. Advanced telemetry: The use of sensors to monitor and automatically respond to internal and external conditions helped medical professionals develop more advanced equipment to monitor patients’ vital signs. Flywheel energy conservation: The most recent leap allows racecars to store up to 80 horsepower worth of energy and apply it for speed bursts on straightaways. This could translate in to making trains, trams and buses run more efficiently.
A look at the recent history of Formula 1 winners shows that even though there will be lots of $200 million cars taking off from the starting line at Austin’s Circuit of the Americas, the day will more than likely come down to a three-team race. Those teams, who have won a staggering 86 percent of all races during the previous five seasons, are Red BullRenault, McLaren-Mercedes and Ferrari, with only Lotus-Renault putting up much of a fight this year. In recent years, the leader of that gang of three has been the one backed by the energy drink in royal blue and red, claiming close to half the races it’s competed in since becoming an F1 player just a couple years ago. That means the Red Bull cars of Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber will be good bets on race day. Ferrari and McLaren hope a win in Austin will seal another championship season for Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton, respectively, while Lotus will look for continued improvement brought on by this year’s return of Kimi Raikkonen.
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Rather Inspiring Acclaimed journalist Dan Rather revisits his 1981 Center for Battered Women shelter story at the 2012 SafePlace Celebration. By Erica Todd “I can’t remember a time when I didn’t want to be a reporter,” along the says journalist Dan Rather. way include Throughout his prolific career, Rather has been able to authoring and give back to his community in the same way that newspapers co-authoring and their reporters enlivened his childhood home. A lifelong seven books, fascination for reporting has manifested itself in to a passion four of which and talent for presenting informative and vital news pieces have been New to Americans. With a career spanning more than 60 years, York Times Rather has covered numerous stories, gaining him national bestsellers. and worldwide recognition. Rather now Oct. 29, Rather will return to one of his Austin-based stories: focuses on his a 60 Minutes segment titled “A Place to Go,” which looked in to current show, the Center for Battered Women. When he presented the piece to Dan Rather viewers in 1981, the shelter was in the process of reconstruction Reports. With his team, he works “to present hard-edged field reto improve the facilities. ports, in-depth interviews, and investigative pieces with accuracy, “What can society do?” Rather asked at the time. “Have more fairness and guts.” places like this.” With such an esteemed history, Rather has received many Rather was able to show audiences what was believed to be accolades and citations. And given the stories that Rather has the first custom designed shelter in the nation destined for use covered and the places he has been, it’s no wonder he’s known as by battered women and their children. The story reveals how the “the hardest working man in broadcast journalism.” shelter was a vital resource for the clients. Some effects of domestic and sexual vio2012 SafePlace Celebration, Center became the first in Texas in 1974; lence are shown through interviews with and the Center for Battered Women, Oct. 19, 11:30 a.m. at the Hilton a group of women. created in 1977, was also a first in Texas. Austin “Every community is touched by this In 1998, they merged to become This October, James Armstrong and Patti problem,” Rather explained in the piece. SafePlace. O’Meara will present the 2012 SafePlace Rather’s spotlight on the Center for The site has grown since the merge and Celebration. With Dan Rather as a special Battered Women is a reflection of the style now accommodates facilities such as guest, the luncheon event will take a look of many of his other stories with a focus long-term and short-term housing, a school back at the historical roots of the on social issues. Perhaps more widely and childcare spaces, and counseling organization. known for some of his national stories, services. Through discussions with clients “Dan Rather’s 60 Minutes segment and work with local businesses and Rather has covered everything from the illustrates the history our Austin community members of the community, SafePlace is a civil-rights movement to the space race. In has of seeing a need and doing what is space with a positive vibe that caters to fewer than four days as the events of 9/11 necessary to respond to that need,” says specific needs. The free services also were unfolding, he spent 53 hours and 35 SafePlace Executive Director Julia Spann. extend to individuals and families who do minutes on air. “Celebration is about recognizing how far not live on site. Rather has also interviewed every we’ve come, while reminding our community By attending the celebration event, guests that there is still work to be done.” president from Eisenhower to Obama, can help to support SafePlace’s goals. and numerous other world leaders. On SafePlace is an organization that promotes election night in November 2000, he Individual tickets start from $150. Other social change and plays a critical role for ways to contribute to this cause include remained on the air non-stop for 16 hours. individuals and families affected by sexual volunteering and donations; personalSince beginning as a reporter for and domestic violence. A pioneer and hygiene items and shelf food are mainstay of the Austin community, the local newspapers and television here in particularly in need. For more information, agency originally began as two separate Texas, Rather worked as an anchor and visit safeplace.org. organizations: The Austin Rape Crisis managing editor for CBS. Other endeavors
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Sept. 23, party at Cheryl and Mark Norman’s home Sept. 24, tournament at Hills Country Club of Lakeway In this golf tournament, now in its 18th year, teams tee off near the shores of Lake Travis to aid Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. The auction party the night before launches the event in casual style with music, food and fun. Visit the event page of childrensaustin.org for more information.
Oct. 22, 8.30 a.m., registration/9.30 a.m., shotgun start at River Place Country Club The opportunity to win $1,000 at the helicopter golf-ball drop is one of the features of this tournament. Proceeds from the drop and registration to play (on a team of four or individually) benefit the Hill Country Education Foundation and LISD/Concordia Self 30 Program. Visit the events section of fourpointschamber.com for more information.
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Oct. 27 at Reunion Ranch, Georgetown The beautiful Reunion Ranch is the backdrop for this breast-cancer ride, benefiting 10 organizations throughout Central Texas. Cyclists can choose from route lengths between 13 and 100 miles, and take advantage of the free training schedule. Visit mammajammaride.org for more information.
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Nov. 11, party at Greg and Tess Peters’ home Nov. 12, tournament at Barton Creek Resort At this two-day event benefiting the First Tee of Greater Austin, there’ll be great food, music and golf. The party kicks off the event on Sunday evening, and the 11th-annual golf tournament, which features celebrities, takes place the following day. Visit the events section of firstteeaustin.org for more information.
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ndy Plays it Forward Tennis star and Austin resident Andy Roddick is building a lasting legacy through the Andy Roddick Foundation. By Steve Uhler, Photos by Kris Luck
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It’s 96 degrees in the shade in Austin a scant three weeks leading up to the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympic Games in London, and Andy Roddick is as cool as a cucumber martini. If he’s got any worries about competing, they’re not showing. Today is a rare day at home for the tennis legend, but it’s no day off. He’s spending this part of it on his open-air backyard patio, brainstorming with select members of his staff for the Andy Roddick Foundation, now in the midst of a major makeover. Still boyish in a bright-red T-shirt with the inevitable Lacoste logo emblazoned across the chest, khaki shorts and sandals, Roddick appears affable and at ease, his trademark testiness apparently on holiday. Signaling time for a break, his wife, Brooklyn, brings out a replenishment of bottled water and an impressively garnished plate of fresh fruit. Billy Jean, a pugnacious boxer named after Billy Jean King, trots lazily out of the main house, casually sniffing a visitor and going from person to person for ear scratches. The table talk eventually touches on Roddick’s upcoming trip to the Olympics. “In tennis, most of the time we have a very selfish existence,” Roddick says, twisting open another Ozarka. “You’re there playing for your own points, your own prize money, your own kind of feast-or-famine results. At the Olympics, tennis is a very small part of a much bigger event. You’re playing to try and bring a medal back to the USA, so it’s a different dynamic. It’s humbling. Everyone grows up watching the Olympics, and to be a part of it is something you don’t ever imagine.” He begins peeling a perfectly ripened banana. “I was in Athens in ’04 and didn’t get a medal there, so I’m excited about the opportunity,” he says. “They’re playing it at Wimbledon on the grass courts, which is a venue I’ve had some success at. I like playing on grass a lot.” Someone at the table cautions about that last sentence—it could be taken out of context and misconstrued in the media. Roddick laughs. “That’s all right,” he says as he smiles nonchalantly.
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“I’m used to that. It wouldn’t be a new scenario for me.” The conversation soon switches back to the purpose of the meeting: the establishment of a new headquarters in East Austin for the Andy Roddick Foundation and the upcoming fundraising gala with John Legend at the Moody Theater. It will be the seventh-annual soiree benefiting the charity. The event will also serve to usher in a major new phase for the organization. Started in 2000 and originally overseen by his parents in Southern Florida, the Andy Roddick Foundation was created as a modest famBrooklyn and Andy at ily enterprise to assist the 2010 Andy Roddick underserved kids. Foundation Charity Gala “We focused on kids’ charities at that point just because I felt I could relate to them,” Roddick says. “I was 17, so I wasn’t that much past childhood myself. At that point, I still had everything in front of me as well.”
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From the beginning of his tennis career, despite a grueling agenda and unremitting attention from the media, Roddick has always made time to combine his passion for the game with helping disadvantaged children, appearing at events, coaching kids, raising money for uniforms. The seed for what would become the Andy Roddick Foundation was planted with a chance remark from Roddick’s boyhood hero and guru, Andre Agassi. “Andre Agassi was my mentor when I was 17 years old,” Roddick recalls. “He was my childhood idol. Basically, he would use me as a practice partner. We developed a pretty good relationship. “We were on a plane one time going who knows where for me to help him train. I was really quiet around Andre. He finally said, ‘You have any questions? You’ve got 25 minutes to ask away.’ And the floodgates opened. I asked a million things: ‘What’s it like to win a Grand Slam?’ ‘What’s it like to play the
From childhood competitors to best buds to business partners, the lifelong friendship between Jeff Lau and Andy Roddick has had a long and unlikely evolution. “We actually met at a local junior tennis tournament,” Lau remembers. “Andy is about two years younger than me. As an 8-year-old, he had a one-handed backhand, strangely, which is absurd because you’re never strong enough as an 8-year-old to have a one-handed backhand, but he did it and he beat me. His mother had suggested we get together with some frequency to compete, the idea being that we’d push each other. So we did that for several years before he ended up going to Florida to take the next step in tennis. But even when he did that, we still kept in touch. I flew out to Florida during summers to help him train.” For the record, both state that Lau never won a single match against his best friend. The two former competitors pursued separate careers, Lau graduating from West Point and going on to serve a tour of duty in Iraq. Returning stateside in 2007, he attended Harvard Business School before moving on to a successful career on Wall Street as a mergers-and-acquisitions investment banker. “It gave me a certain amount of business savvy in how markets work and evaluating how businesses are run efficiently,” Lau says. “Just observing those practices, you can’t help but take away some best methods to apply to the foundation.” “I’d be lying if I said I thought the 15-year-old smart-ass that I knew would end up being one of the top guys at West Point, serving in Iraq, going through Harvard Business School and Wall Street,” Roddick recalls. “I never imagined that we’d embark on a project like this, but I’d be hard-pressed to try to think of something better for two childhood friends to try to accomplish.” Lau takes his stewardship responsibilities for the foundation very seriously. “People say to me, ‘It’s exciting about what you’re doing,’ and I’m like, ‘Well, potential is not the same as results.’ And I’m very much focused on the results. There’s a lot of reasons to be jaded about charities, but we’re not one of them. I tell my team members, ‘Listen, if one day the New York Times decided to do an exposé on us, I want to be able to sleep well that night.’ ”
Roddick photos by Ron Angle; Lau photo by Steve Uhler.
Australian Open?’ ‘What’s it like to make out with Brooke Shields?’—all those good things. I got to the point where I asked him what his biggest regret was and, out of all the things he could have said, he said he didn’t start his foundation early enough. This is coming from one of the great philanthropic leaders in sports. That struck home with me. And he started when he was 24 or 25, so it wasn’t like he was way on. “So I kind of hung on to that idea. I went home and talked to my mom and dad, asked them what they thought we could do. We wanted to affect the places where I lived. At first it was South Florida. We had our first event that year, a tennis clinic for kids in a parking lot somewhere, raised about $20,000 or so and just started building and building.” By the time he moved back to Austin in 2004, Roddick had become a high-profile international celebrity, as well as the No. 1 ranked tennis player in the world. As the foundation grew along with his visibility, Roddick found himself increasingly motivated to make it a more pro-active charity. “What was appealing to me was the opportunity to kind of alter someone’s future, as opposed to mending things up on the backside,” he says. He also wanted to move the organization a little closer to his physical home. “My parents helped for a long time; they lived in South Florida and they were catalysts for the first 10 years of this foundation. But at a certain point, they want to enjoy their retirement,” Roddick explains. Following the unprecedented success of last year’s annual fundraising gala in Austin with longtime supporter and headliner Elton John, Roddick also realized he’d need a professional staff to help implement his vision for expansion. He immediately thought of Wall Street whiz kid and boyhood bud Jeff Lau, another man who accomplished a great deal at a very young age. “He’s my oldest friend,” Roddick says. “When I was listing some of the things I wanted, it included someone with a local knowledge of Austin, with an education background that people would instantly respect, someone I trusted. I thought, ‘Well, geez, one of my best friends fits all those criteria. Trouble is, he’s a big man on Wall Street so it’s going to be a tough sell to convince this guy to take a pay cut to come here and work on what is essentially a startup now that we’d decided to alter the course.’ But we got him to do it. His love of this place kind of shows you where his heart is at.” “I grew up here,” Lau says, “but I hadn’t been in Austin in 14 years. I was at West Point in New York, I was in Iraq, I was in business school in Harvard, then I was on Wall Street for three years in New York City. But to come back here and just assume I know what the needs of the community are, to just say, ‘Viola! We’ve arrived and this is what you need,’ would be presumptuous and a flat-out poor way of going about business." With Lau onboard as CEO, things began humming. The Andy Roddick Foundation secured an impressive five-acre home base on a beautiful site adjacent to the existing KIPP Campus in East Austin, a spot that will
encompass an impressive 10,000-square-foot tennis and learning center overlooking a state-of-the-art eight-court tennis facility. “Once we get this up and running and I’m tailing down my tennis career, I plan to be out there as much as possible,” Roddick says. But for the moment, it’s a game of hurry up and wait, dealing with government bureaucracy, obtaining permits, all the sturm and drang inherent in restructuring a not-for-profit enterprise. Still, all bets are on a smooth transition process. This is, after all, Andy Roddick, a man whose name is synonymous with an uncanny ability to overcome obstacles.
To his millions of fans, the back story is familiar: Born in 1982 in Omaha, NE, young Andrew Stephen Roddick inherited his older brothers’ passion for tennis, along with his parents’ unwavering support and work ethic. After moving to Austin with his family at 4 years old, the budding tennis phenomenon made a second home of the old Caswell Tennis Center on Shoal Creek, endlessly practicing, developing a blindingly fast serve and near-obsessive determination to suc-
ceed on the courts. The rest followed in a whirlwind of activity, which is still in spin. The memory conjures a collage of images: The then 17-year-old’s dazzling showing at the 1999 Australian Open, his 2003 US Open victory and subsequent ranking as the No. 1 tennis player in the world, his fiery (and entertaining) tantrums on court, his storybook marriage to model and actress Brooklyn Decker in 2009. A notable legacy, all achieved by a former child prodigy (some might say l’enfant terrible) not yet 30 years old. Along with his seemingly boundless athletic skills, Roddick also gained a reputation as a volatile competitor with a mercurial personality. His contentious encounters with officials on the courts and sparing with the press have become fodder for endless viral videos and YouTube clips. “He’s always been up-front,” Lau observes. “If he has an opinion, he calls it for what it is, good or bad, even if it’s sometimes to his own detriment.” With dizzying speed rivaling his own 150-mile-perhour tennis serves, Roddick soon ascended to bona fide international multi-media superstar status with all the requisite creds: hosting SNL, appearing in TV ads and films, and winning the mandatory World’s Sexiest Athlete title from People magazine. His social
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network is gargantuan. With more than a million Twitter followers hanging on his every tweet, he’s notorious for his quirky posts (“Titanic in theaters again? Ship sinks. You’re welcome. Saved you 10 dollars.”) and spontaneous interactions with fans. Dividing his time between his tennis career, overseeing his foundation, countless celebrity appearances and accumulating enough frequent flyer miles to circumnavigate the galaxy, Andy Roddick maintains a hectic schedule that is, by any measure, insane. “I don’t think about it because what’s insane for someone else is normal for me,” he points out. The compulsively active celebrity even finds time to co-host a weekly radio talk show with pal and broadcast personality Bobby Bones. “The radio thing’s great,” Roddick says. “It’s no different from most Saturday afternoons when Bobby and I are just hanging out. We tend to talk about sports a lot, and people seem to like it.” “Andy’s really a sweet guy—when he isn’t competing,” Bones observes. “However, when you compete against him in anything—in my case, mostly golf—he turns in to the dick you see on TV. But I’m the same way, and I think that’s why we became such good friends.” Roddick’s occasional forays in to TV and movies have sparked rumors that he’ll pursue a career in broadcast-
ing, a proposition he’s quick to squelch. “I don’t know how much of that I’d like to do right away,” he says. “The thing about radio is it’s flexible, but TV’s different. You have to be somewhere at a certain time and place. For the last 12 years, I’ve had to be somewhere at a certain time and place. I’m not sure I’d want to bridge my career of traveling in to another career where I’d have to travel all the time.” So much for the color commentary and post-match analysis from the broadcast booth. How about acting? “I did SNL a few years ago,” he shrugs. “I don’t know that it’s my thing, that I’d be any good at it. I’m not the most artistic person in the world. I think it’s presumptuous to think that just because you’re good at one thing, you could be good at all things. It’s a pretty serious profession. I know that from watching Brook. I’m not sure I have that in my repertoire.” Even amidst the Olympics hoopla, media speculation on Roddick’s pending post-playing career dogs him like an insatiable puppy. “It’s tough sometimes,” he admits. “You just take it day by day. I ran in to it at Wimbledon where I’m not sure the length of time I’m going to spend with tennis as my main job. It’s tough for me to articulate to someone else. It’s hard to deal in absolutes when I’m not sure.” In spite of being the subject of such intense public scrutiny, Roddick has a reputation as being a notably stable, down-toearth individual. John Legend to headline the seventh-annual “It’s odd how grounded Andy Andy Roddick Foundation Gala is, considering his meteoric rise The Andy Roddick Foundation will host its seventh-annual fundraising gala and at such a young age,” Bones comments. “He’s very caring. He’s also concert Sept. 21 at the W Hotel. The event, hosted by Roddick, includes a special extremely loyal. That goes for his meet-and-greet cocktail hour at the W, dinner and a celebrity auction, climaxed friends, family and especially his by the evening’s much-anticipated highlight: a concert performance by John foundation. He’s dedicated a big Legend at the Moody Theater, followed by a VIP after party. Legend, a nine-time part of his life to giving a lot of kids Grammy Award winner, is also known to millions of viewers as one of the judges chances they wouldn’t otherwise of the popular ABC series Duets. have had. Most of his charitable Underscoring the expansion of the Andy Roddick Foundation, this year’s work is done with no fanfare. That concert will be a change of pace from previous shows. For the first time ever, the really personifies the guy.”
public can purchase concert-only tickets, which allow for greater access to the event. Concert-only tickets cost $49 to $129. “It’ll be great,” an enthusiastic Roddick says. “It falls in line with what we’re trying to accomplish. We want to make it a broader foundation, a little more accessible. It’s not just for people who can afford to pay a few thousand dollars for a table. It’s a great opportunity to put on a little bit of a different event than what we had before.” Headliner Legend and Roddick are longtime friends and mutual supporters. “His fiancee, Chrissie, and my wife are really good friends,” Roddick says. “He actually came just to attend and support our last couple of events, just sitting there enjoying himself. I didn’t want to ask him too early, but then Chrissie said it was almost to the point he was getting offended that I didn’t ask him to play. “I’m really happy to extend the invitation to this year’s gala and concert to all John Legend’s fans, which can now see him in concert while also supporting a great cause. This gala and concert has become a fun, annual event to show support for kids, not only in Austin, but also across the country.” For more information, call the Andy Roddick Foundation directly at 512.298.1960 or visit arfoundation.org.
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Jeff Lau is guiding a visitor through the spacious two-story building that will be the new headquarters of the Andy Roddick Foundation, and his enthusiasm is palpable. A couple of workers are applying a base coat to the walls, and the air is thick with the smell of fresh paint and possibilities. “This will be the computer lab,” Lau says, gesturing to a large room with plenty of sunshine coming through the windows. “Over there will be a suite of administrative offices, right above the classrooms.” Stepping to the window, he
points to the field of grass across the access road. “And there,” he says, “is where we’ll put the tennis courts.” Lau stresses that the Andy Roddick Foundation is about much more than teaching tennis to kids. “We want to foster an environment where they’re empowered and given the tools and resources they need to become their best self, give them opportunity to learn the attributes of working hard, determination and focus of values,” he elaborates. “You can’t always engineer the environments these kids will be in for the rest of their lives, but what you can do is give them a compass.” With the guidance of Roddick, Lau and staff member Marcia Williams, the project is actively soliciting input from a consortium of community members: assorted judges, commissioners, city council members and KIPP. “I have to say that Andy’s vision of using the sport of tennis to help young people grow in to healthy adults was very appealing to me,” says Williams, a longtime community activist. “What the foundation is bringing to Central Texas is going to be amazing. Working together to provide for the youth of our communities, the community itself will be rewarded.” The operating philosophy behind the newly restructured Andy Roddick Foundation is also partly inspired by Andre Agassi’s template. “Andre does great work with his school,” Roddick says. “He preps kids not only for college, but for life. Things like introducing yourself to someone, looking them in the eye, shaking their hand firmly, having a grown-up conversation. Little things go a long way. Things like that are real important for me to implement, using tennis as a bridge to life skills as well.” For the zillionth time, Roddick is asked what he sees down the road in his future, a query that often triggers a dismissive and snappy retort. But this time, his answer is considered and thoughtful. “I fully plan on being out there trying to teach the kids how to play,” he says. “I don’t want to be a figurehead, a name on the side of a building. I want people to be able to see the name and face, and differentiate between the guy they see giving smart-ass answers in a press conference and the guy who’s out here every day. I just want to be Andy out here. “As far as the future goes, I’m sitting here not knowing how much longer I’m going to play,” he continues, cagey and candid in the same breath. “A lot of times, especially with celebrity-driven charities, they’re successful as long as the person is still culturally relevant. So one of my concerns was how do we build a bridge to something permanent that has a lasting impact so that even when I’m done, we can still effect changes?” He takes another swig of water, surveying the horizon and considering the possibilities. “Selfishly, my ultimate goal would be to be 45 years old and have the kids we’re helping have no clue of any career I had before this facility,” he says. For a brief moment, Andy Roddick seems contemplative and serene, almost wistful. “Just to be the guy who’s out there helping and coaching,” Roddick says. “That’d be nice.” ✱
ANDY ON AUSTIN “I love it. I’ve been lucky enough to go to a lot of places, see a lot of things and get a feel for a lot of different cultures. Most cities dictate the way you live. If you’re in New York and you want some peace and quiet, you’ve got to hightail it to Central Park, and even then you look up and see buildings. In Austin, you can be the person who wakes up at 5:30 in the morning and runs Town Lake and then goes home to work, or you can be the person who goes on spring break every weekend down on Sixth Street and goes mental. You can live Austin any way you want, and that’s pretty unique.”
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draft picks By Matt McGinnis, Photo by Kimberly Davis
In Austin, we can always count on hot weather and hot and spicy food. Nothing cuts through the acrid scorch of thirst on a hot Texas day and the sear of a jalapeño quite like a cold beer. Fortunately, we’re blessed with an abundance of local craft brews and places dedicated to serving them up cold. The craft-brew mania gripping the country is alive and well in Texas. We’re enthusiastic about drinking locally made brew, which is evident in Austin’s booming beer business. >> An economic study commissioned by the Texas Craft Brewers Guild shows explosive growth in the number of independent Texas craft brewers, growing from 52 in 2010 to 78 in 2011. Those brewers have almost doubled the number of barrels of beer they produced in the same period. The Austin beer scene is certainly hot. The city now boasts 14 craft breweries—10 of which are new in the past two years—as well as numerous brew pubs and taprooms to slake our thirst for local brew.
Real Ale Hans Pils, from Banger's Sausage House and Beer Garden.
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Breweries Celis Brewery Christine Celis, the daughter of local brewer Pierre Celis, is reopening the family business and using the original recipe to make Belgian beers. The timing of the opening is yet to be determined, but Austinites will soon be able to enjoy the Celis White, Celis Pale Bock, Celis Grand Cru and Celis Raspberry that made this Austin brewery a local legend in the 1990s. The reestablished brewery will start with three year-round beers and one seasonal, and plans to add other beers in a later phase. Celis acquired the family brand name from the now defunct Michigan Brewing Company, which had purchased the name from the Miller Brewing Company after it had previously acquired the Celis Brewery. The reborn brewery will use a combination of older and newer equipment from the U.S. and Europe. Celis hopes to bring back the original copper kettles that were once used in the first Celis brewery. Tours Once open, Celis Brewery plans to offer tours and beer tastings. How to get it Celis will be available on tap and in bottles in bars, restaurants and retail outlets in Austin.
Hops and Grain Brewing Co. 507 Calles St. Josh Hare opened his microbrewery in October 2011 and demand for the beer has already necessitated an expansion of the facilities and the addition of new recipes. Hops and Grain is tripling the capacity to about 4,000 barrels and added an automated canning line, making it possible to move from all kegs to packaging 95 percent in cans. The current two year-round beers— Alt-Eration, a Dusseldorf-style Altbier; and Pale Dog, American pale ale—have been received enthusiastically. Alt-Eration won a gold medal at the 2012 World Beer Cup international beer competition just three months after it was introduced. The success is leading to the addition of several new beers.
Hops and Grain Brewing Co.
“We have a third year-round beer coming out in the fall: The One They Call Zoe, a pale lager named for our Papillion dog. It’s an easy, smooth beer, like a Vienna lager with a pilsner finish,” Hare says. The company also just opened a barrel room to make six beers in French wine and bourbon barrels called the Volumes of Oak series. Hare will introduce another series called Volumes of Funk, a sour beer line, in late fall. Tours The brewery and taproom with eight different beers on tap are open every Friday from 2 to 6 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. How to get it Draft is available at Austin restaurants and bars, and cans are available at Whole Foods, H-E-B and other retail outlets.
Jester King Craft Brewery 13005 Fitzhugh Road The unconventional craft brewery started turning heads when it released highly acclaimed barrel-aged brews in late 2010. Jester King has continued to capture attention as it tinkers with its five year-round brews, including Le Petite Prince, Nobel King, Wytchmaker Rye IPA, Black Metal Imperial Stout and Mad Meg, as well as
for its eight inventive limited-production beers. (The company will soon bring back Commercial Suicide with a tweaked recipe.) Jester King brews exclusively with farmhouse yeast, wild and native yeasts. All of its beers are naturally cask-conditioned, which takes two to three months to achieve the authentic to the farmhouse style. The brewers are working on about 15 small-batch beers, including sour barrel-aged beers like Funk Metal, which is a sour Black Metal blended with pure brettanomyces yeast. The brewery has doubled capacity in the past year and plans to continue to expand. “Our motto is to brew what we like, drink what we want, offer the rest to those who want it. Why would we want to make beers that everyone else is making?” Brewer Ron Extract says. Tours The tasting room is open every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m., with tours at 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. How to get it Jester King beers are on tap in Austin restaurants and bars, and in several styles in 750-ml bottles at local retailers.
Live Oak Brewing Co. corner of Fifth and Allen streets
“After my father passed away last year, I was more than determined to start another brewery and continue my dad’s legacy [as] one of the most famous brewers ever. This brewery is destined to continue my father’s tradition and we will brew the best Belgian beers possible according to his old recipes. Austin, we are back!” –Christine Celis
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A stalwart of Austin craft brewing, Live Oak Brewing was started in February 1997 by Chip McElroy and Brian Peters. Live Oak is well-known for its Old World German and Czech-style beers, including its award-winning four year-round beers: Pilz, a Czech Pilsner; Big Bark Amber Lager; Hefeweizen and Liberation Ale. Live Oak also introduces new seasonal brews each quarter. While the Hefeweizen is wildly popular throughout town, the Live Oak Primus snagged a silver medal in the 2012 World Beer Cup. The brewery cranks out 6,500 barrels a year, all on draft with plans for bottling in the works. “We will be building a new brewery soon and that will increase capacity and incorporate packaged beer as well,” McElroy says. Tours Available twice monthly on Saturdays. Check the website for the schedule and sign up ahead of time. How to get it On tap and in bars and restaurants in Central Texas, in to-go growlers from Whole Foods Bar Lamar and soon to be released in bottles.
Real Ale Brewing Co. OK, so it’s not exactly in Austin and you may not even think of it as a microbrew because of the phenomenal success of the omnipresent flagship ale, Firemans #4, but this Blanco-based brewery still makes the list. Founded in 1996 by Philip and Diane Conner, Real Ale is one of the oldest breweries in the area, and with a capacity of 72,000 barrels (almost a million cases) a year, it is definitely one of the biggest. The company just introduced a new canning line to offer additional packaging choices. Real Ale brews six year-round brews, including the Full Moon Pale Rye Ale, Lost Gold IPA, Brewhouse Brown Ale and ESB. It also makes two seasonal brews each quarter, such as Phoenixx Double ESB and Devil’s Backbone Tripel. The real showstoppers are in the experimental barrel-aged MysteriumVerum series, which includes WT3F?!, a tripelwort fermented exclusively with brettanomyces bruxellensis yeast and The Kraken, a Sisyphus barley wine aged for 11 months in American and French oak.
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Beerworks 3009 Industrial Terrace, suite 150
Austin Beerworks photo by Sadie Barton.
Tours The tasting room is open on Fridays from 2 to 5 p.m., with tours starting at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. How to get it Real Ale beers are widely available throughout Austin on tap and by the bottle.
Thirsty Planet Brewing Co. 11160 Circle Dr. Brian Smittle fell in love with beer while studying politics in the U.K., and earned his stripes brewing beer for almost 20 years in Colorado and Oklahoma. He chose to move to Austin after falling in love with the city during a Craft Brewers Conference. Thirsty Planet started rolling out the first keg in June 2010. Its three year-round brews— Buckethead IPA, Yellow Armadillo Wheat and Thirsty Goat Amber—are highly drinkable in the Texas heat. The company also offers special and seasonal beers like the Silverback Pale Ale, Jittery Monk and Franklin Smoked Porter. Last year, Thirsty Planet cranked out 16,000 barrels and it is brewing full tilt with the expectations of doubling the production this year. That increase in capacity isn’t keeping up with demand in thirsty Austin, so the Planet is having four fermentation tanks made. In
addition, Thirsty Planet recently purchased a pre-owned Italian bottling machine with plans to sell 12-ounce six packs of all three year-round beers and 22-ounce bottles of specialty beers in local stores.
Tours Each Saturday. Visit the website to get a ticket. How to get it Drafts are available at finer bars and restaurants in the Austin metro area.
Austin Beerworks took the town by storm with its first batch of kick-ass beer, distinctive branding and plucky wit in April 2011. Founded by four partners—Michael Graham, Will Golden, Adam DeBower and Mike McGovern—the microbrewery is cranking out kegs and cans at a mad pace trying to meet demand for its highly drinkable brews. “Our beer is currently only available in Austin. People are drinking it faster than we can make it,” Graham says. Austin Beerworks typically brews more than 4,500 gallons a week and has new equipment on the way that will allow the business to almost double the output of kegs and cans. The company makes four year-round brews, including the Black Thunder German-style Schwarzbier, Fire Eagle American IPA, Peacemaker Extra Pale Ale and Pearl-Snap German-style Pils. The Peacemaker is not only a match for our discerning Austin taste buds, but it also passed muster with the expert palates at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival, winning a silver medal a scant four months after it was introduced. In addition, Austin Beerworks makes seasonal brews every two months. This October, the company will remake Battle Axe Imperial Red Ale, the first seasonal it’s ever released. Tours Periodic happy-hour tours provided. Check austinbeerworks.com for tour availability. How to get it Austin Beerworks beers are available at about 175 locations in Austin only, on tap at local bars and restaurants, and in cans in local retail outlets.
Other notable Austin breweries (512) Brewing Co.,
407 Radam, suite F200 Adelbert’s Brewery,
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“My dad used to give me sips of Heineken when I was a kid. I hated it. I remember it tasting like I imagined pee would taste. The first beer I really enjoyed was an oatmeal stout by Alaskan Brewing Co. The oatmeal stout was so different from any beer I’d ever tried: dark, roasty, full-bodied and silky smooth. It really opened my eyes to what a diverse
Circle Brewing Co.,
2340 W. Braker Lane, suite B Independence Brewing Co.,
3913 Todd Lane Rogness Brewing Co.,
2400 Patterson Industrial Dr., Pflugerville, TX South Austin Brewing Co.,
415 E. St. Elmo, unit 1D Twisted X Brewing Co.,
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beverage beer can be.” circle brewing co.
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brew pubs Handle Pale Ale and Hop Zombie. Last year, Bottle Rocket Lager garnered a silver medal at the Great American Beer Festival. Uncle Billy’s brews 1,200 barrels at Barton Springs and 900 barrels at Lake Travis, and has the space to ramp capacity over time. The pub serves a few local beers on guest taps and has bottled beer as well.
Black Star Co-Op 7020 Easy Wind Dr., Midtown Commons, suite 100 This isn’t an average brew pub. No sir.
This co-operative was started when Steven Yarak had an idea to start a neighborhood brew pub owned by the neighborhood. He gathered like-minded individuals with the panache and know-how to brew beer and operate a business. Members ponied up the money and started brewing the beer that they wanted to drink. It is reportedly the first cooperatively run and owned brew pub in the world. Born in April 2006, Black Star brews 15 rational and irrational beers and serves several other local beers on guest taps that rotate regularly.
North by Northwest (NXNW) 10010 N. Capital of Texas Hwy. Patterned after a Pacific Northwest lodge, NXNW serves a full menu with steak, grilled duck and cedar-plank salmon. While the food is tasty, the beer is the star, with a prominently displayed grain silo and six house-made brews on tap. The Barton Kriek brought home a bronze in the Belgian-style lambic category at the 2011 Great American Beer Festival. Brew Master Don Thompson
augments the menu with eight seasonal and special beers that are rotated regularly. Special cask-conditioned beers are featured on Cask Night, the last Monday of every month.
Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co. (coming soon) The award-winning brewers at Uncle Billy’s, Amos Lowe and Brian “Swifty” Peters, are departing to start their own brewery, slated to open in January 2013. The South Austin brew pub will serve hand-crafted pizza and beer on 10 taps in a music-hall-style beer garden. “We’re going for the Armadillo World Headquarters vibe with New York-style pizza like Home Slice,” Peters says. The brewers will make several varieties of beer with a mainstay lineup of pilsner, pale ale and IPA. They plan to have a small canning line to sell their beer off premise. The owners are shooting for a location at Lamar Boulevard and Oltorf Street.
“The first beer that made me take notice was a Boulder Porter in 1987. I realized there was a lot to it. I went out and bought a home-brewing kit a week later. It was awesome. I control the universe! I made beer that I can actually drink!” –Brian "Swifty" Peters, Brewmaster at Uncle Billy's
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2012 Texas Craft Brewers Festival Oct. 6, 2 to 8 p.m. (noon entry/VIP) Fiesta Gardens, 2101 Jesse E. Segovia St.
The Young Men’s Business League and Texas Craft Brewers Guild are busily organizing the 2012 Texas Craft Brewers Festival, a day-long festival featuring Texas-brewed craft beer. Emerging and established brewers from throughout the state will bring new and special releases, seasonal offerings and rare beers to delight our taste buds. In addition to the excellent beer, there will be local food vendors, live music and educational sessions. For more information, visit texascraftbrewersfestival.org.
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know before you go ❱ You must be 21 or older to attend. It is family-friendly and children are welcome with a parent or guardian. Strollers are welcome but there will not be special kids’ activities. ❱ Limited parking in the Fiesta Gardens. Street parking is available in the neighborhood. Ride your bike. There will be plenty of nice racks on site. Of course, taxis will be available. ❱ Leave your chairs, coolers, glass and dogs at home. ❱ You can bring in water in factory-sealed bottles. ❱ Proceeds from the festival benefit Austin Sunshine Camps, which provides education and personal development for economically disadvantaged children.
Bottom right photo courtesy of the Texas Craft Brewers Festival; Draught House photos by Sadie Barton.
Uncle Billy’s Brew & Que 1530 Barton Springs Road and on Lake Travis at 6550 Comanche Trail Whether you are looking for a decent place to eat with great beer and fantastic views of Lake Travis or just south of downtown, Uncle Billy’s is your spot, serving finger-sucking-good barbeque and award-winning craft brew. Brew masters Amos Lowe and Brian “Swifty” Peters brew seven beers at both locations, regularly rotating two or three beers. The beer menu is dominated by light, hoppy beers made with Belgian yeast like Bottle Rocket Lager Axe
Draught House Pub and Brewery 4112 Medical Parkway This iconic Austin brew pub opened in 1968 and will be celebrating its 44th anniversary in October at the 2012 Texas Craft Brewers Festival. Brew Master Josh Wilson has been brewing since 1994 and has brewed hundreds of recipes during the years using traditional and interesting ingredients like mesquite flowers and ground mesquite beans in his brews. The Draught House serves five of his house beers that change seasonally. Right now, Wilson is brewing a Bavarian-style hefeweizen with a ton of hops. The Draught House also has 70 beers on tap and cask, and has an additional 20 beers, including gluten-free and Belgian, in bottles. Wilson selects the lineup to support local brewers, represent the best American craft beer and to offer as many styles as possible. The lineup includes several Texas craft beers, seasonal and special releases, brewer’s reserve and small-batch beers. The Draught House keeps things fresh by varying the beer menu and changing out about a dozen taps weekly. The mix of its beers and selection of guest taps earned the Draught House a spot on “America’s 100 best beer bars: 2012,” chosen by Draft Magazine.
“We have a hand-picked selection of beer that reflects my tastes, served in a comfortable atmosphere with low lighting and a beer garden. It’s a chill place to find really good beer at honest prices.” –Brewer Josh Wilson
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tap rooms Whip In 1950 S. IH-35 Don’t let the deceiving look of a convenience store on the frontage road of a major interstate highway throw you off. This shop not only offers more than 200 bottled beers to drink on premise or take with you, but it also features 58 special, seasonal and craft beers on tap, wine by the glass and plans to open a craft brewery soon. The South Austin institution, in business since 1986, has an eclectic café menu and a small beer garden to enjoy a drink and live music.
unknown beers at a discount while driving the price of more popular brews higher. Owner Nick Adams paired a unique software program that interfaces with cash registers to create stock-market price fluctuations on the huge selection of beer for a distinctive experience.
Billy’s on Burnet 2105 Hancock Dr. Billy’s is a family-friendly joint run by local beer icon Billy Forrester. The beer menu features 28 brews on tap ranging from the mundane Miller Lite and Lone Star to stand-out local, sea-
sonal brews. It also carries 25 bottled beers. Billy’s features regular beer specials and hosts beer events on a regular basis. The menu is dominated by inventive burgers like the bad-ass cobra jalapeño bacon cheeseburger and an ample vegetarian lineup with more than a dozen dishes.
Black Sheep Lodge 2108 South Lamar Blvd. The patio on South Lamar is always packed with hipsters and beer drinkers chowing on burgers and washing them back with a good selection of beer. Black Sheep boasts 26 beers on tap and 130 bottled selections with a great lineup of local brews. It’s a great place to catch a game on one of the 20 TVs mounted inside.
Brew Exchange 706 W. Sixth St. Beer served from 72 taps and 60 more in bottles (with at least 25 local brews) is sold according to the laws of supply and demand at the stocktrading-themed Brew Exchange. Real-time market conditions dictate pricing, allowing you to get some
Banger’s Sausage House & Beer Garden 79 and 81 Rainey St. Ben Siegel thinks of his new addition to the Rainey Street District as an American beer hall with the feel of a traditional German biergarten but without the pretense. The casual beer garden has communal seating at long tables made from reclaimed bar wood, liter beer steins, artisanal sausage and live music played in a spacious outdoor setting. Siegel aims to make Banger’s one of the best beer bars in the country with a knowledgeable staff and corpulent beer selection. The staff is required to pass the level-one Cicerone beer certification to be able to help customers make informed beer choices. It has one of the largest tap walls in the state with 103 beers on draft, more than half of which are dedicated to Texas craft brews. Banger’s has many German-style lagers and Czech-style pilsners that go really well with the 30 varieties of sausage made in-house. Banger’s offers everything from a classic Bratwurst with sauerkraut to fried-chicken sausage made with chicken thighs wrapped in chicken skin, soaked in buttermilk and fried.
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“We have no crap beers, only craft brews.” –Beverage Director Chris Booth
Austin Dream Six Pack With so many good beers made in Austin, it’s damned difficult to pick the best, but a panel of five prominent beer bloggers selected their favorites in six main categories.
meet the judging panel
Banger's photo by Kimberly Davis; Live Oak Hefeweizen photo by Dusan Kwiatkowski.
Aaron Chamberlain, Austin Beer Guide
Pale Ale
Stout/Porter
These are the copper- and bronze-colored beers that have evolved in to the piney, bitter delight of hop heads throughout the world, particularly in the IPA category. Judges’ selection: Independence Stash IPA. Tasting notes: “Piney hops dominate the scent and flavor, followed by floral and citrus flavors and a hint of sweetness.”
Both beers are robust, malty and dark brown in color. Famed Guinness and others are known for roasted-coffee and chocolate flavors. Judges’ selection: (512) Whiskey Barrel Aged Double Pecan Porter. Tasting notes: “This is a dark, bold beer with an intense head. The whiskey barrel aging and locally grown pecans give it roasty, chocolate flavors with a slight nutty bitterness.”
Pilsner
Pilsners are classic golden lagers that are crisp and light. Mass-produced beers like Bud draw on the Pilsner heritage but aren’t true to it. Judges’ selection: Austin Beerworks Pearl Snap Pils. Tasting notes: “Light, crisp and dry with subtle spices, toasty bread and a hint of bitter hops on the finish.”
Chris Troutman, Austin Beer Guide
John Knox, Hop Safari
Lee Nichols, I Love Beer blog
Black/Schwarz
Wheat
This bottom-fermented German-style lager gets its dark color from oodles of dark roasted malts. It has coffee and chocolate flavors similar to a stout. Judges’ selection: NXNW Okanagan Black Ale. Tasting notes: “The dark color is deceiving. This beer is medium bodied and refreshing with scents of toasted malts, bitter chocolate and nut that marry with bitter coffee and floral hops flavors.”
Wheat beer differs from other beer in the ample use of wheat malt versus barley malt. The result is a light-colored, hazy beer with a thick, long-lasting head. Judges’ selection: Live Oak HefeWeizen. Tasting notes: “Light-bodied, with a crisp, wheat, banana flavor.”
Belgian
This broad category is typified by strong flavors, strong alcohol (5 to 7 percent) and bottle conditioning. Judges’ selection: Real Ale Devil’s Backbone. Tasting notes: “This Belgian style has rich scents of ripe banana and lush taste of fruit, citrus and cloves followed by light hops.”
Matt Abendschein, You Stay Hoppy Austin
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in a galaxy far, far away, Tje Austin was given a gift. It wasn’t exactly the force, but the skill to tell powerful stories through his songs. This talent helped him when he recently competed on NBC’s The Voice, impressing judges CeeLo Green and Adam Levine. Singer-songwriter (and Star Wars aficionado), Austin has the ability to intimately connect with the audience, his velvet-smooth voice melting in to the ears of his listeners. “I like to tell stories. When I write music, it’s usually a soundtrack to whatever movie is going on in my head at the time,” Austin says, donning a Star Wars Episode IV shirt. Austin’s style is inventive. From his sneakers to his jeans to the endless amount of hair, Austin has a unique fashion sense that’s comfortable and laid-back. It only adds to his down-to-earth and witty persona. Austin’s favorite things to do when he’s not busy performing or recording are hanging with friends at his house, participating in “Sunday fun-day activities,” going to Whole Foods and Half Price Books, and playing Xbox in his bed, the ultimate relaxation. See Austin perform at the Driskill Hotel Sept. 13. For more information on this event and other shows, visit tjeaustin.com. -Molly McManus
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Prostate Cancer Taking charge of your prostate health. By Jill Case
Why should you care about your prostate unless you are having problems? Dr. H. Ballentine Carter says in his book The Whole Life Prostate Book that men should care because “virtually every man, as he ages, will have to deal with issues involving urination, pelvic pain, or sexual dysfunction either caused by, related to, or blamed on the prostrate.” He notes that sex usually gets men’s attention, and says, “even the slightest problem with the prostate can have some impact on sexual functions.” Hopefully, this has earned your attention because the news and the outlook are very good for men who pay attention to their prostate health at every age. According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer has one of the highest survival rates when detected early. In fact, the fiveyear survival rate is close to 100 percent when the cancer is caught in the earliest stages. Despite these facts, prostate cancer continues to be the second-leading cause of cancer deaths for men. Men can take charge of their health by learning about the risk factors and screening tests available to them.
Access Your Risk The American Cancer Society lists the following risk factors, but this does not mean that you will get prostate cancer; they are just things to keep in mind and to discuss with your physician. Primary Risk Factors: ❱ Age. Your risk of cancer goes up significantly after age 50 (men younger than 40 rarely get prostate cancer), and it goes up even more after age 65 (two out of three cases occur in men 65 or older). ❱ Race/ethnicity. African-American men are more at risk than Caucasian men, and they are twice as likely to die from the disease. ❱ Family history. If your father or brother has had prostate cancer, your risk is doubled (if your brother has had cancer, your risk is higher than it would be if your father had cancer). If more than one relative has had prostate cancer, especially when they were young, your risk factor is even higher.
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Additional Risk Factors Still Being Studied: ❱ Diet. Some studies suggest eating a diet of red meat, high-fat dairy products, as well as few vegetables and fruits may contribute to prostate cancer. ❱ Obesity. It has been linked in most studies with a higher overall risk. Some studies indicate obese men may also have a higher risk of developing a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.
Lower Your Risk Studies have not been conclusive on exactly what causes prostate cancer, so there is no clear way to prevent it. However, there are things you can do that may lower your risk of developing the disease, including: ❱ eating a healthy diet that includes more fruit and vegetables while eating less fat and red meat. ❱ maintaining a healthy weight. ❱ exercising regularly.
Get Screened for Early Detection Who should be screened and when? This varies according to your risk factors. Here are guidelines from the American Cancer Society on when to discuss screening with your physician: ❱ For men with average risk, discussion should begin at age 50. ❱ For men at higher risk (including African-Ameri-
can men and men who have a father, brother or son who have been diagnosed before age 65), discussion should begin at age 45. ❱ For men at highest risk (including men who have more than one relative—brother, father or son— diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age), discussion should begin at age 40. Currently, there are two types of screening being used: the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test and the DRE (digital rectal exam). There have been problems with false positives with the PSA test, but according to Dr. Carter, “It is the best test we have for predicting the likelihood of prostate cancer on biopsy, as well as the future risk that it will be diagnosed two to three decades after the test.” In addition, Dr. Carter notes, “PSA screening of men between the ages of 50 and 69 can reduce the rate of death from prostate cancer by as much as 20 percent to 40 percent, even without treating all men diagnosed with the disease.” The DRE is often performed in combination with the PSA blood test. This test can sometimes detect cancers in men who have normal PSA levels, and it can be a useful diagnostic tool. The bottom line is this: Talk to your doctor. Discuss the risks and benefits of screenings. Your doctor will take in to account your age, risk factors and
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general health, and help you decide what the right course of action will be for you.
Know the Signs
When prostate cancer is in its early stages, you may not notice symptoms, thus, the importance of screening and early detection. However, later stage prostate cancer can cause symptoms. (Many of these symptoms are also symptoms of other diseases.) If you notice any of the following, contact your doctor: ❱ Blood in your urine ❱ Impotence ❱ Pain in your hips, back (spine), chest or other areas Date: Oct. 27 ❱ Weakness or numbTime: 7:30 a.m. to ness in your legs and 8:45 a.m., race-day feet registration and ❱ Loss of bladder and/ packet pickup or bowel control Location: Camp There are many Mabry Military Base, treatment options, 2200 W. 35th St., depending on the just west of Loop 1. stage of your cancer. For more informaMany men find it tion, visit greatproshelpful to seek out tatecancerchallenge. a second opinion as com/races/austin. well. Doctors who treat prostate cancer include urologists, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists. Seek out professional guidance. There is a lot of misinformation on the Internet, so rely on guidance from physicians, and become informed. Dr. Carter says the word “prostate” is derived from the Greek word for “guardian.” He says the prostate “is working all the time as a participant in urination and in helping to create a fulfilling sex life. While the prostate is your guardian, you also have to be the guardian of your prostate.” Take charge. After all, it’s your life.
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Fitness for the Man on the Go
H Push-up Pops If you don’t have access to a medicine ball or a bosu ball, use a book. Most hotel rooms will have a Bible in the nightstand next to the bed. You can use this as leverage to enhance your push-ups by placing one hand on the book and the other on the floor. From this position, explode out of a push-up position to the other side of the book. This creates explosive power and builds your chest muscles to the next level. Do a total of 30 reps (15 on each side) four times.
Training perspectives that let you think outside the gym. By Ryan Nail, Photos by Rudy Arocha
One of the most important things I have learned in business is something my father taught me when I was younger. He drew the capital letter “I” and asked me what I saw. I replied “a letter ‘I,’ of course,” and he said, “No. I see a Roman numeral ‘I.’ ” Then he turned it sideways and said, “Now it is a field goal.” He taught me that the way you visualize things can change the world, and it is this perspective that I have taken with me in to the fitness world. Some people see parking-lot lines; I see line drills. With this perspective, a curb can become a total-body gym. The following exercises are for when you are on the go and want to maintain your exercise routine without the option of a gym. Remember, fitness is a lifestyle, not a period of time. Do it for you and remember, think outside the gym.
G Tricep Dips A chair is a great way to work your triceps by doing dips. Go down at a 90-degree angle with your arms and then extend your arms straight to the top of the chair. Remember, go up and down with your body and not front to back. Since we are in a time crunch, lift a leg up in the air to engage your lower abs. Switch legs every five reps and do a total of 25 reps four times.
A Wall Squats With your arms extended straight out in front of you, take a book and rotate your arms at a full 180 degrees until your pecs squeeze together. Twist the arms over and under and hold all of this in a wall squat for a full minute with 15 seconds of rest in between. This creates major definition in your chest and blasts your legs at the same time.
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College Football Outlook Looking forward to another stellar season. By Brian Jones, Photo by Cody Hamilton
Know how you can tell it’s almost college football season? By the amount of nasty tweets that rain down on your Twitter account after posting a Top 25 pre-season poll. That’s right. A college football pre-season poll can cause fans to declare the world is coming to an abrupt end. All because their team is not ranked as high as they would like. It’s a pre-season poll! Last time I checked, they don’t hand out awards for pre-season. Therefore, chill out tweet critics, and trust that your favorite team will match your nonsensical intensity on the field. Speaking of on the field, it should be another stellar season. Seriously, can anyone stop the SEC from securing a seventh straight national title? The SEC West is just super sick with good teams. Bama and LSU lead the pack, but Arkansas and Auburn will play a big role in determining who wins the West and ultimately, the SEC. Oh yeah, I almost forgot about Texas A&M skipping over to the SEC West. Good job jumping in to the deep end of the pool, Aggies. The SEC East favorite, Georgia, has a defense on par with the big boys in the West. If Florida finds a QB, they could make some noise with many returning on defense. South Carolina gets superstar RB Marcus Lattimore back in the fold and will make a run for the East division title. Now, if there’s a team that can stave off another SEC title celebration, it’s USC. The Trojans are loaded, off the heels of a 10-win season and the last year of probation. QB Matt Barkley returns, as does the most talented wide-receiver tandem in college football: Marquise Lee and Robert Woods. Former Penn State RB Silas Redd adds depth in the backfield. SC has early tests versus Stanford and Utah, which is very strong this year. Oregon still has much firepower on the offense and a veteran deep defense. Stanford retools at QB with the departure of NFL No. 1 overall pick, Andrew Luck. My former colleague at CBS Sports Network, Rich Rodriguez,
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is the new head man at Arizona. Todd Graham must keep a bag packed; he’s on the move again to Arizona State. Jim Mora, the son, now leads UCLA, and hooray for having Mike Leach back in the game at Washington State. The overriding question last year in the ACC was whether Florida State was really back to being Florida State. They weren’t. However, they are loaded again this year. Their defense, despite CB/ punt returner Greg Reid’s dismissal, is still one of the best in the country. If they can stay healthy on the other side of the ball, FSU may have a crystal ball in their future. Clemson returns its big three in QB Tahj Boyd, RB Andre Ellington and all-world WR Sammie
Five Heisman Hopefuls QB Matt Barkley (USC): With the best wideout tandem in the game, Barkley will have plenty of opportunities to surpass the 3,500 passing yards and 39 TDs he put up last season. He would have been a firstround draft pick last spring.
QB Geno Smith (West Virginia): QBs often feast on defenses in Dana Holgorsen’s pass-happy offense. Smith set school and conference records a year ago. With his top receivers back, don’t be
Watkins. As usual, Virginia Tech will have a say in who wins the ACC. They return QB Logan Thomas and a stacked Bud Foster defense. The Big Least, excuse me, Big East, has USF garnering all of the pre-season attention. The Bulls have me intrigued as well. Skip Holtz has a veteran QB in BJ Daniels. Now, if Daniels’ play can find some consistency, the Bulls will be Big East Champs. I can hear the Louisville Cardinals contingency balking at that assessment. The Cardinals’ young QB, Teddy Bridgewater, was thrown in to the fire as a true frosh a season ago. He returns with plenty of help on both sides of the ball. Pittsburgh adds a new head coach; Paul Chryst brings his Wisconsin power offense to
surprised if he posts a 5,000yard passing season.
WR Sammie Watkins (Clemson): Mr. Watkins showed up and showed out last year as a true freshman: more than 1,200 yards receiving and 12 TDs. He’s an all-purpose speed demon, a bona fide threat to take it the distance each time the ball is in his possession.
QB Logan Thomas (Virginia Tech): Thomas took the reins of the Hokie offense in 2011 and progressed nicely during the course of the season. He tied the
Hokie record for TDs by a QB with 11. While breaking in new RBs and an overhauled O Line, it may be necessary for Thomas to carry more of the load this season. At 6 feet 6 inches and 260 pounds, I think he can handle it.
RB Knile Davis (Arkansas): I had Mr. Davis on my list last year; he broke his ankle during fall camp. He’s back and chomping at the bit to see some action. The 6-feet-2-inch, 220 pounder possesses 4.29 speed and covets contact. With a top-notch QB and passing O, defenses will not be able to just focus on him.
Top 5 Teams USC: QB Barkley returning was huge for the Trojans. Another great offensive line, blocking for two proven RBs, best WR tandem in the country and a stacked defense.
LSU: The deepest RB stable in college football and a QB in Zach Mettenberger that can consistently get the ball to swift Tiger receivers. A defense led by the “Honey Badger,” CB Tyrann Mathieu, and DEs Montgomery and Mingo. Florida State: So what, no Greg Reid? This could still be the top defense in the nation. If they avoid the injuries that derailed their offense last year, FSU might really be back. Someone at RB, please step up!
Oklahoma: Despite QB Landry Jones’ numbers receding last year, especially after his favorite receiver Broyles went down, he remains one of the top signal callers at the collegiate level. The Sooners are deep at the RB position and return Kenny Stills and Jaz Reynolds at wideout. The D has questions on the line but is fast and furious everywhere else. Alabama: Coming off a second national title in three years, Roll Tide will continue to roll on. Offensive line got a big boost with LT Barrett Jones stiff-arming the NFL and returning for his senior season. QB AJ McCarron got better and better each week last year, culminating in an outstanding BCS Title game performance. He does have a new offensive coordinator in my former New Orleans Saints teammate Doug Nussmeier. D loses quite a bit to the NFL, but will maintain its stinginess.
the Steel City. Rutgers also has a new boss on the sideline; OC Kyle Flood takes over for Greg Schiano.
Cincinnati won 10 a season ago, but has much turnover in its starting lineup. In the Big 10, Urban Meyer has rekindled his fire and now leads my pick to win the Leaders Division: Ohio State Meyer has a QB in Braxton Miller that fits his offensive system. The Buckeyes’ defense is always solid and will be again in 2012. Yes, Michigan fans, while the Wolverines will not duplicate last year’s 11 wins, they will be a major factor. QB Denard Robinson will be minus a few career starters on the front line, but will still be electrifying. The D needs to find replacements on the defensive line. Lil’ Brother Michigan State attempts to replace a record-setting QB and tons of talent at wide receiver. The Spartan defense is experienced and will have to carry the day early. Wisconsin brings in another free agent QB in former Maryland signal caller Danny O’Brien. But it’s RB Montee Ball that makes this Badgers O click. Ball will try to top his 1,900-yard, 39-TD 2011 season. Nebraska returns one of my favorite RBs in Rex Burkhead. Taylor Martinez is also back. Defensively, they return seven and should have the inside track to the Legends Division. I would be remiss if I didn’t wade in to the Penn State fiasco. New HC Bill O’Brien has said all the right things as the program picks up the pieces in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and subsequent NCAA sanctions. I did not believe the Nittany Lions deserved the death penalty and they avoided that fate. Moving forward, decreased scholarships place the program at a disadvantage for the near future. And as expected, some of their players have chosen to transfer. Penn State is a proud institution, with as passionate a fan base that exists at the collegiate level. If any program can navigate such a tragic episode, it’s the one in Happy Valley. All right, I’m going to do it. I’m going out on the limb and giving the Texas Longhorns a legitimate
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chance of winning the Big 12 Title. The defense was extremely young and impressive in 2012. Look for more of the same great stingy D in 2012. The running game picked up steam last year, and with a Mason Walters-led offensive line, will only get better. The real question is QB play. No matter who gets the nod, they need to understand that less is more; just drive the damn bus. You do not have to morph in to VY or Colt. New Big 12 member West Virginia brings a high-powered O to the league led by QB Geno Smith. And many think they will win the Big 12. I believe there are question marks at RB and on defense. That being said, the Mountaineers will not be an easy win. Oklahoma returns Heisman-hopeful QB Landry Jones and an experienced offensive line. LB Tom Wort leads a defense that needs to plug holes on the line. Conversely, Oklahoma State may have its best defense in decades. The offense returns only four, with No. 1 draft picks QB Brandon Weeden and WR Justin Blackmon departing. Kansas State and Bill Snyder will continue to be a thorn in everyone’s side. QB Collin Klein can do it all, first team All-Purpose Big 12. Baylor had a phenomenal run last year and will try to live without RGIII and his favorite target, Kendall Wright. QB Nick Florence did take over for RGIII versus Texas Tech and led the team to victory. The aforementioned Texas Tech had the worst defense in the history of the program last season. That equates to an extremely hot seat for HC Tommy Tuberville this year. Former Notre Dame HC Charlie Weis takes over at Kansas, and of course, Missouri defects to the SEC. As for Weis’ last HC gig, Notre Dame looks to improve on an 8-5 2011 season. In Brian Kelly’s third year at the helm, the Fighting Irish return a 1,000-yard rusher in Cierre Wood, first since 2006. The offensive line is more experienced and the defensive front seven is rock solid. Andrew Hendrix, Tommy Rees and Everett Golson will fight it out at QB.
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Taking the Checkered Flag Making a convincing argument for F1. By Clay Nichols For Austin dads, the debut of the United States F1 Grand Prix presents a unique opportunity for some quality family time. But because the folks at Circuit of the Americas are understandably proud of their shiny new track, investing in a day at the races (three days, actually, as individual day tickets are not available) may require a bit of a sales job. My sons can recite the turns on the Top Gear test track in order and from memory (also in convincing accents), so recruiting them is about as easy as scooping up top execs from Yahoo. Con-
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vincing the wife and daughter will be more like making dynamic adjustments to the rear spoiler under full throttle coming in to Turn 12. Tricky. For my wife, I am developing some arguments that go like this: “Honey, think of the awesome Christmas card potential. What would be cuter than all the family members gathered in Turn 9 wearing noise-protection earmuffs? It worked for Drew Brees and his kid!” Or: “Imagine the networking potential! Our kids can hang out with little Princelings of Brunei and Duchlets of Monaco and Matthew McConaughey. In the concession line. Probably not on the berm where we’ll sit. But still, it could happen.” Or: “Compression ratios, apexes, drag coefficients—the thing is practically a math class.” Or: “Here’s the budget option. We get two berm seating passes for $318. Kids under 12 can go watch qualifying for free with an adult. I take the kids that day; they can see all the cool displays, feel the cars run, get the whole experience. Then you and I could go back on Sunday for the Grand Prix, and the whole thing will cost us less than taking all the kids to a home UT football game.” For my daughter, it will probably go like this: “You’ll love it. It’s a lot like soccer, only Europeans understand it.” Or: “It’s the closest you will ever come to being a Track Babe.” Or: “I hear most of the spectators commute in on helicopters.”
Or: “Race cars are for boys? Who the hell ever said that? Tell that to Danica! Or Kay Bailey and Hillary Clinton, for that matter. Or Ann Richards. You should go to this event simply because somehow, someway you got the message that it was for one gender and not the other. And make that a general practice for the rest of your life.” I’m not convinced this proposal will ever see a green flag. The general responses I’ve seen to the U.S. F1 Grand Prix have tended to fall in to one of two categories: 1.) Those that couldn’t imagine paying that much to sit in a traffic jam waiting to watch fancy, fast cars in a traffic jam, or 2.) Those who say, “People have no idea what a big deal this is.” I’ll let you guess which statement attributes to my wife, but I once read a study that claimed that people who spend on experiences versus stuff tend to be happier. So while I may have had cheaper ideas for a family outing, I’m putting this one through qualifying anyway. Here’s hoping I will see the checkered flag.
Clay Nichols is co-founder and chief creative officer at dadlabs.com, the web's leading resource for all things dad. He is also an author, playwright, former teacher, husband and father of three living in Austin.
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It’s Never Too Early to Plan for College Savings
These 529 college savings plans are tax-advantaged college-savings vehicles and one of the most popular ways to save for college today. Much like the way 401(k) plans revolutionized the world of retirement savings a few decades ago, 529 college savings plans have revolutionized the world of college savings. As of June 2011, total assets in college savings plans reached an all-time high of $169.5 billion. (Source: College Board’s Trends in Student Aid, 2011)
These types of 529 college savings plans offer a unique combination of features that no other college-savings vehicle can match: ➜ Federal tax advantages. Contributions to your account grow tax-deferred and earnings are tax-free if the money is used to pay the beneficiary’s qualified education expenses. (The earnings portion of any withdrawal not used for college expenses is taxed at the recipient’s rate and subject to a 10 percent penalty.) ➜ State tax advantages. Many states offer income-tax incentives for state residents, such as a tax deduction for contributions or a tax exemption for qualified withdrawals.
By James W. Hamilton, III
❱❱ In August and September, most students bid farewell to the lazy days of summer and head back to school. It is also a good time for parents to begin planning for ways to pay for the bill that will come due that first semester when the little darlings are all grown up and headed off to college. Thinking ahead by investing in a 529 plan provides tax advantages and peace of mind.
➜ High contribution limits. Most plans let you contribute more than $300,000 during the life of the plan. ➜ Unlimited participation. Anyone can open a 529 college savings-plan account, regardless of income level. ➜ Professional money management. College savings plans are offered by states, but they are overseen by designated financial companies that
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➜ Flexibility. Under federal rules, you are entitled to change the beneficiary of your account to a qualified family member at any time, as well as roll over the money in your 529 plan account to a different 529 plan once per year without income-tax or penalty implications. ➜ Wide use of funds. Money in a 529 college savings plan can be used at any college in the United States or abroad that’s accredited by the Department of Education and, depending on the individual plan, for graduate school.
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are responsible for managing the plan’s underlying investment portfolios.
➜ Accelerated gifting. These 529 plans offer an excellent estate-planning advantage in the form of accelerated gifting. This can be a favorable way for grandparents to contribute to their grandchildren’s education. Individuals can make a lump-sum gift to a 529 plan of up to $65,000 ($130,000 for married couples) and avoid gift tax, provided the gift is treated as having been made in equal installments during a five-year period and no other gifts are made to that beneficiary during the five years.
Choosing a College Savings Plan Although 529 college savings plans are a creature of federal law, their implementation is left to the states. Currently, there are more than 50 different college savings plans available because many states offer more than one plan. You can join any state’s 529 college savings plan, but this variety may create confusion when it comes time to select a plan. To make the process easier, it helps to consider a few key features:
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➜ Your state’s tax benefits. A majority of states offer some type of income-tax break for 529 college savingsplan participants, such as a deduction for contributions or tax-free earnings on qualified withdrawals. However, some states limit their tax deductions to contributions made to the in-state 529 plan. So make sure to know the exact scope of the tax breaks, if any, your state offers. ➜ Investment options. These 529 plans vary in the investment options they offer. Ideally, you’ll want to find a plan with a wide variety of investment options that range from conservative to more growth-oriented to match your risk tolerance. To take the guesswork out of picking investments appropriate for your child’s age, most plans offer aged-based portfolios that automatically adjust to more conservative holdings as your child approaches college age. (Remember, though, that any investment involves risk and past performance is no guarantee of how an investment will perform in the future.) ➜ Fees and expenses. Fees and expenses can vary widely among plans, and high fees can take a bigger bite out of your savings. Typical fees include annual maintenance fees, administration and management fees (usually called the “expense ratio”) and underlying fund expenses.
➜ Reputation of financial institution. Make sure the financial institution managing the plan is reputable and that you can reach customer service with any questions. With so many plans available, it may be helpful to consult an experienced financial professional who can help you select a plan and pick your plan investments, giving you peace of mind. In fact, some 529 college savings plans are advisor-sold only, meaning you’re required to go through a designated financial advisor to open an account. Always carefully read the 529 plan issuer’s official materials before investing.
invest your contributions. You’ll also be able to change the beneficiary of your account to a qualified family member (e.g., siblings, stepsiblings, parents, nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, first cousins) with no income-tax or penalty implications. Most plans will also allow you to change your investment portfolios (either for your future or current contributions) if you’re unhappy with their investment performance. Creating a 529 college savings plan is an investment with an eye on your child’s future.
Account Mechanics Once you’ve selected a plan, opening an account is easy. You’ll need to fill out an application, on which you’ll name a beneficiary and select one or more of the plan’s investment portfolios to which your contributions will be allocated. Also, you’ll typically be required to make an initial minimum contribution, which must be made in cash or a cash equivalent. Thereafter, most plans will allow you to contribute as often as you like. This gives you the flexibility to tailor the frequency of your contributions to your own needs and budget, as well as to systematically
James W. Hamilton, III is a financial advisor in the private wealthmanagement division at Morgan Keegan. In this capacity, he oversees the diverse needs of a select group of clients in a highly personalized manner, including wealth management, retirement planning and succession strategies. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in economics and organic agriculture. For more information, email jimmy. hamilton@morgankeegan.com.
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The 2012 Presidential Election Five key factors to understanding the race. By Matthew Dowd
As Election Day 2012 approaches in one of the tightest presidential contests in history, every vote really may count toward determining who sits in the White House for the next four years. It is important to step back and examine the key factors that are likely to be decisive. The polling in this election for president has been within the margin of error for months, and nothing seems to have shaken that from this election being a photo finish. No prediction here as to who will win in this hard-fought battle, but there are five key factors to keep in mind in understanding the campaigns, why certain decisions have been made and why the public seems to be evenly split in this race.
➊ Political environment
Though many analysts have a tendency to focus on the tactics, whether it be on speeches, television ads or candidate visits, the emotional and political environment of the country matters more than anything else. Whether the republican wins in a given year or the democratic candidates win depends mostly on the underlying feelings and attitudes of citizens throughout the country. In 2008, the country was tired of two wars, the economy was struggling and voters wanted a big change from President Bush, and so it was nearly inevitable that President Obama would win the general election. It really became a question of how much he would win by, not if he would win. Looking further back, in 1984, the country’s economy was recovering in a very big way and people believed the country was headed in the right direction. Therefore, President Reagan ran away with a victory, and Walter Mondale didn’t stand a chance, no matter how well his campaign worked. Today, the signals are mixed, but because a majority of the country believes we are off on the wrong track, it creates vulnerability for President Obama and a big opportunity for Mitt Romney. While the country’s economy has improved a bit since the president took office, it has
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not improved enough to make voters confident about the future. Slight advantage, Romney.
➋ Message
If you gave me a choice between a campaign with good mechanics versus one with a good message, I would take the good-message campaign every day of the week. When we look at what entails a good message in a campaign battle, it is really not about issues; it is about values. When I say values, I don’t mean moral values but broad values like understanding, caring, strong leadership, etc. Issue stands and discussions for presidential candidates are really indicators for the broader values the public wants a leader to show. The best message has the opposite side of the same coin, so that what you say about yourself has its opposite component with what you say about your opponent. In 1992, for example, Bill Clinton’s campaign used the economy to underscore he cared about voters, and he criticized President Bush for being out of touch. This year, the two campaigns don’t have as efficient and effective messages that are consistent and powerful. Advantage, neither.
➌ Personality
Because the choice for president is one of the most personal decisions a voter will make in their political life, the personality of the candidate is an important indicator of the values that voters want in a president. Because the president will be a regular guest coming in to their living room for four years, how much the candidate connects and is likeable is important. However, voters can still fire a president they like if they don’t feel he is getting the job done, just like many of us have had to do in our professional careers. Slight advantage, Obama.
➍ Moments
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are moments that occur in the course of a presidential campaign. How best campaigns and candidates do in these moments when voters’ attention is centered in a genuine way is crucial. Things like debates and convention speeches have a heightened importance in tight elections, as well as spontaneous events voters look to leaders to deal with or respond to. Advantage, unknown.
➎ Tactics
It is the tactics in a campaign that most efficiently deliver the message in the most creative and effective way. The use of the latest technology is key to having an advantage against your opponent in this area. The Obama campaign used tactics incredibly well in 2008. Slight advantage, Obama. If you can tune out all the noise you will hear on the airwaves and the pundit speak back and forth on the Internet, radio and television shows, and pay attention to the frequency surrounding these five factors, it will give you a very good signal on this election and elections in the future. For the presidential race, the big prize in the 2012 election remains too close to call. *Article was written in late July. Matthew Dowd During the past 30 years, Matthew Dowd has helped shape strategies and campaigns for corporations and governments. Dowd’s recent political work includes serving as the chief strategist on two winning re-election efforts: for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006 and for President George W. Bush in 2004. Dowd currently serves as an analyst for ABC News and Bloomberg Media, and is a columnist for National Journal. He is co-author of the New York Times bestseller Applebee’s America: How Successful Political, Business and Religious Leaders Connect with the New American Community.
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Meredith Davis Hollywood central casting would have a good laugh if Meredith Davis showed up to audition for a “nerd” role. But the young entrepreneur and brains behind Austin Beauty Guide (austinbeautyguide.com) makes a respectable case for her Poindexter bona fides, which have gotten a boost with last year’s founding of her online referral and review site for Austin’s beauty industry. “I’m actually a total technology nerd and the site merged the two passions of mine, which are technology and the fashion world,” Davis says, blond hair falling just past her shoulders on a miserably hot Austin afternoon. “I enrolled myself in the web-master program at ACC to learn coding skills and all that webnerd stuff to run the site.” The judges are still waiting on whether to award Davis, 29, a designer-issue pocket protector, but in the meantime, she’s full steam ahead, making a success of what she plans to be the first of many businesses. On dating as a businesswoman “The business I’m in has a social element, and that’s where I meet a lot of my clients. Meeting people and dating, though, is hard because being in business is a 24/7 thing, especially a web business. It’s hard for me to find a balance because I either want to focus everything on the business or be totally in girlfriend mode.”
On the best Austin night spots “I really like Clive because it has this cool feel and is darker and sexier, kind of sophisticated in a country way. East Side Show Room is cool because I like that whole jazz vibe that’s dark and sexy. I’m still a huge fan of J. Black’s, even though I get the feeling people don’t like it a whole lot anymore. Again, I like anything that’s dark and sexy.” On how not to approach a pretty woman “When guys meet me, they don’t think I have anything going on up here in my head other than blond hair, but if they find out I have my own business, they’re either impressed or intimidated. If they’re intimidated, they might get facetious with me because they still don’t see me as a strong, intelligent woman. Appreciate a woman for everything she is—the total package—not just a first glance.”
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Five Ways to Ask for a Date Go ahead and take a risk. By Eric J. Leech
The biggest problem with asking a woman out on a date is not every man is willing to take the risk. A recent survey suggested 15 percent of guys would rather the woman ask him. According to these researchers, any guy has a 40 percent chance of a woman accepting his invitation, which is a big improvement over the 5-percent chance he has by doing nothing. With this in mind, let’s look at the five most effective ways to ask for a date.
The Shy Guy (Indirect Approach) 1. Indirect Suggestion (works with anyone) Indirectly asking a woman out may include smiling, batting your eyelashes or casually dropping a $10 million bank receipt at her feet. However, rather than risk her thinking you either have gas, something in your eye or are suffering from acute visions of grandeur, a better way is to place the ball in her court. Make a comment about something you plan to do. Wait for her to respond with interest and then indirectly invite her along. This offers minimal risk and can be done with any woman. You: “I’m going to see the new baby panda at the zoo this weekend.” Her: “Awe, that is so cute.” You: “Why don’t you join me?”
2. Indirect Benefit (works with anyone) This proposition allows you to disguise your motive
within a mutually beneficial activity. This is a great way to ask a woman if you are hesitant that she might not agree to an official date. You: “The new cafe on the corner has the best cheese and broccoli soup I’ve ever had.” Her: “That sounds good. I’ll have to go sometime.” You: “I heard they’re going to be changing their menu. Why don’t we go this afternoon? It’ll be my treat.”
The Boastful Bunch (Direct Approach) 3. Direct Indifference (works with anyone) If you don’t know a woman at all, it’s best to approach her with a humorous pickup line or interesting trivia fact. By taking the time to come up with something creative and original, you’ll compliment her by putting effort in to your approach.
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Begin with a warm smile, a calm speaking voice and some space between the two of you (leaning away, rather than toward her). After she has had a chance to become comfortable, as noted by increased eye contact, relaxed stance and leaning in your direction, you can suggest going on a date. If she never becomes relaxed, you can politely excuse yourself, and you’ve done nothing more than be friendly.
4. Direct Empathy/Compatibility (must be an acquaintance) One of the easiest ways to ask a woman on a date is to demonstrate empathy and compatibility. Women are very complimented when a man takes an interest in them, and there is no better way to break the ice than getting to know a woman while learning about something she’s passionate about. You: “They are having an international wine festival at the fairgrounds this weekend, and since you’ve mentioned you’re a connoisseur, I thought you might like to go with me.” Her: “Sure, that would be great.” Alternative ending: “Can my husband come too?” (Make sure she’s single.)
5. Direct Confidence (must be an acquaintance) It is harder to say no to a proposition when the person is not asking, but rather confronting a woman with an immediate opportunity. This is great for a confident guy who suspects a woman may be out of his league but believes if she could get to know him, he’d have a chance. You: “I’ve got a crazy idea. Let’s take tango lessons tonight.” Her: “What?” You: “There’s a dance studio across the street giving lessons. I’ll meet you there after work.” What are you waiting for? Godot? Well, he ain’t going to show up, so why not ask for a date instead?
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The Austin Formula understanding the magic. In previewing this wonderful edition of ATX Man, I was struck with the hypnotic, magical allure and draw of this city called Austin. As I pondered this cultural phenomenon, the same question kept calling me again and again. What is the magic formula of Austin? I first came to the Texas promised land as a kind of scared kid from Brownwood, TX. (And, by the way, Brownwood still feels like home to me.) I entered as a freshman at the University of Texas and began living the dream. Those of you who went to UT in the late ’60s and ’70s also know that back then, there were distinct communities within the city: the city of Austin and the area encompassing the 40 Acres, Longhorn Stadium, The Drag, as well as neighboring Hippie Hollow and Armadillo World Headquarters. There was no Sixth Street or Fourth Street; Zilker Park was here, but it was a
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park. There was no ACL Festival, no Blues on the Green. In short, UT students hung out within the university community and knew little of the city of Austin. That has changed. The UT community is now one with the rest of Austin, as it should be. As I travel across America, everywhere I go, I am asked, “Where are you from? Where do you call home?” I always pause then look them in the eye, tell them I am from Austin and wait for the same response every time: “Wow, Austin. I hear awesome things about it. My sister’s best friend lives there and I am like dying to get there. How are Willie and the boys? Got to get to ACL next year. Who is headlining this year? And hey, (slight punch to the arm), don’t mess with Texas. I hear there is a mobile-vending revolution down there. How’s the food? How’s the Longhorn Nation? Gonna kick your butt this year. Have you been hanging out on Sixth Street lately? Oh my gosh, South By Southwest is awesome. All my music, movie and tech bros live for it. When are Whole Foods and Alamo Drafthouse coming to my part of the world? And, wait a minute. This is nuts. But I hear (slight whisper) there is even going to be the first-ever Formula 1 racetrack built there. Crazy. Gotta keep Austin weird!
Know what I mean? Can’t wait to take a dip in Barton Springs.” And on and on and on. And yes, my second dad, big Red McCombs, and his band of epic entrepreneurs are indeed building the first ever Formula 1 racetrack and entertainment destination in the whole of the USA right here in Austin, TX. I got the chance to spend time with him and the team, then take the grand tour at the site. It is simply awesome in size and scope and dream. Classic McCombs. I love him so. So what is the magic formula for our one-of-a-kind city? There is not one. Although our high-tech dreamers can match up with the best, we don’t want to be the next Silicon Valley. People, when you try to be like something else, the best you will ever be is a worse them. Let’s simply be a better us. Forever young. No one is too good and everyone is good enough. Dreamers. Doers. Jumping off the building and building the wings on the way down. Creative. Tolerant. Talented. No limits. Longhorn Nation. ACL. South By Southwest. Formula 1. ATX Man. Last Word. Austin rocks. That’s the secret formula. Maybe you just have to live here and be a part of it all to really understand the magic.
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