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DECEMBER / PEOPLE

CONTENTS

DEPARTMENTS

Social Hour p. 20 Kristin’s Column p. 32

Event Pick p. 40 Holiday Gift Guide p. 46

Tribeza Talk p. 34

Travel Pick p. 98

Arts & Entertainment Calendars p. 36

Dining Guide p. 104

Music Pick p. 37 Art Pick p. 38

Karen’s Pick p. 102 FEATURES

People of the Year p. 60

WHICH COVER DID YOU GET? This month's issue has so many great images. We couldn’t possibly choose just one! Kendra Scott photographed by Matt Rainwaters in her office. Beto O’Rourke captured by Aaron Pinkston at a rally held on October 31.

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EDITOR'S LETTER

and wonderful and endlessly fascinating. Why do some soar and others hover closer to the ground? This issue is one long excuse to delve into Austin’s people and discover what makes them tick. Some you’ll know, and some (hopefully) you’ll be meeting for the first time. In making this issue we have crammed into rallies, held babies, laughed with artists, waited around, drank nut milk, blockwalked, met heroes, learned about truff les, worn scrubs and hung out at an airstrip. We have been lucky enough to meet some of the history-makers who first integrated the University of Texas in the 1960s. We canvassed Austin and have the gas bills to prove it (thanks, George!). In scrambling all over town to learn more about and capture these people — our People of the Year — I have been blown away by what these hardworking Austinites have been up to. Kendra Scott is hustling every day to be better than the day before; Evan Smith is informing Texans all across the state with nonpartisan political journalism; Aaron Franklin and Tyson Cole are cooking up some damn good smoked brisket over at Loro. It takes all kinds to make this city great, and that was our task — highlighting a wide array of people who are working to shape Austin into a more culturally aware, healthier, better-dressed and more fun place to live. This issue is different from most in that this one story takes over almost the whole magazine. And let me tell you, it necessitates a crew of writers and photographers. I would be remiss in missing the opportunity to thank Aaron Pinkston, who took so many of the stunning portraits you are about to see. And the hilarious and talented Matt Rainwaters, who captured Kendra Scott in a way I haven’t seen before. And Anne Bruno, Virginia Cumberbatch, Laurel Miller, Hannah Morrow and Hannah Phillips, who are not only a pleasure to work with, but beautifully captured what makes these individuals shine. Thanks to all of them and all of you. See you next year! Margaret Williams margaret@tribeza.com

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SOCIAL HOUR ALTATUDES ANNIVERSARY PARTY Despite the rainy weather, fashion lovers came out to the East Side boutique Altatudes on October 6 for an anniversary party. Guests enjoyed a fall runway presentation by Amanda Tatom, Tito’s cocktails and groove-worthy beats by DJ J Hunt. A portion of the proceeds went to Dress for Success and helped showcase the organization’s Little Black Dress Soirée to be held in February 2019.

5TH ANNUAL ASCENT SPEAKER LUNCHEON On October 10, guests arrived at The Line hotel for the Ascent Luncheon to support Explore Austin and its continued efforts to transform the lives of underserved youth through its adventure program. This year’s event featured special guest speaker and three-time mountaineering world record-holder Colin O’Brady.

On October 20, the 15th annual PlayBingo Ladies Luncheon, presented by Lexus of Austin & Lakeway, brought together approximately 1,200 influential Austin women and Center for Child Protection supporters for a common cause — ending the cycle of child abuse. The sold-out event raised more than $770,000 for young victims of abuse in the Austin community.

ALTATUDES ANNIVERSARY PARTY: 1. Amanda Tatom 2. Lisa Starr & Alta Y. Alexander 5TH ANNUAL ASCENT SPEAKER LUNCHEON: 3. Mike Strippoli & Amy Dole 4. Greg McEvilly PLAYBINGO LADIES’ LUNCHEON: 5. Jennessa McBride & Kim Kleinhans 6. K Baxter, Yanelys Thompson & Blair Baxter 7. Harmony Edwards & Kathleen Mulhausen

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CAMP CONTEMPORARY Camp Contemporary brought its elevated camp experience for adults to the 14 lush acres at Laguna Gloria on October 20. Lucky campers got to experience live music, outdoor activities, camp-inspired fare, craft cocktails, artist-led workshops and more. All proceeds went to The Contemporary Austin’s art education programs, which serve more than 30,000 children and adults each year.

UBUNTU TRIBE PARTY GALA Ubuntu’s annual Tribe Party Gala took place at the Pershing on October 21. Guests came dressed in their best safari chic as they celebrated Kenyan culture with sundowners and a traditional Swahili feast. The evening supported Ubuntu Life’s mission of providing access to essential services and promoting social inclusion for children with special educational and physical needs throughout Kenya.

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On October 23, the Anti-Defamation League of Austin hosted its annual Golden Door Gala at the JW Marriott. In addition to a delectable dinner, the night featured powerful words by keynote speaker Christian Picciolini and an awards presentation to Robyn Sperling, Edie Rogat and Cotter Cunningham. Proceeds from the evening went toward ADL’s mission of fighting hatred and encouraging diversity within our community.

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2018 TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL FIRST EDITION LITERARY GALA The Texas Book Festival hosted an exciting lineup of authors at the 2018 First Edition Literary Gala on October 26 at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin. Emceed by New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief Jake Silverstein, this elegant prelude to the festival weekend drew literary luminaries and cultural arts patrons together in support of the Texas Book Festival and the statewide literacy programs the nonprofit offers throughout the year.

TRAVEL THE VINE The Rise School of Austin hosted Travel the Vine at the Kimpton Hotel Van Zandt on October 23 in support of its goal to provide the highest-quality early childhood education and an inclusive learning environment for all children. Heath Hale and the Cowboy Auctioneers lit up the room with excitement as guests commemorated the night in the Oh Snap Selfie photo booth.

On October 28, Twilight on the Trail closed out The Trail Foundation’s 15th anniversary and helped raise critical funds for projects on the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail. Beginning with cocktails and live music from Woode Wood on the lawn, guests were delighted by the elaborate staging of some of the trail’s most iconic projects, landmarks and milestones.

2018 TEXAS BOOK FESTIVAL FIRST EDITION LITERARY GALA: 1. Phil & Adam Loewy 2. Elizabeth Crook & Christine Crook McDonald 3. Brian Beattie & Vallery Fowler TRAVEL THE VINE: 4. Avery Craig & Aaron Vargas 5. Margaret Ruff & Angie Bell 6. Rob Giardinelli & Lance Avery Morgan TRAIL FOUNDATION’S TWILIGHT ON THE TRAIL: 7. Kathryn Mislinski & Mario Rivera 8. Kelly Grajeda & Rachel Rountree 9. Brenda Thompson & Cheryl Cole

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PEASE PARK CONSERVANCY In honor of its 10th anniversary, the Pease Park Conservancy threw a bash under the stars on November 1. Guests were treated to a sumptuous tented dinner from The Peached Tortilla, live music from Jonathan Terrell and a live auction in Pease Park’s Big Field. This fundraiser offered supporters, neighbors and friends of the conservancy the opportunity to celebrate an incredible decade of preserving and restoring Austin’s oldest park.

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Hospice Austin’s 13th annual Beauty of Life brunch, presented by Texas Oncology and Lexus of Austin & Lakeway, was held on November 1 at the JW Marriott. Keynote speaker Molly Carroll, the author of “Cracking Open” and “Trust Within,” shared her passion for the healing profession. Hospice Austin is a nonprofit organization aimed at easing the physical, emotional and spiritual pain of any person facing the final months of a serious illness.

On November 1, some 2,000 supporters, friends and partners came out for the 13th annual Andy Roddick Foundation Gala at ACL Live at The Moody Theater. The evening featured a cocktail reception, a lively auction that raised more than $500,000, an elegant dinner and an exciting concert by the Grammy-nominated Dierks Bentley.

PEASE PARK CONSERVANCY: 1. Heath Riddles, Marcus Sanchez & Bill Dorman 2. Alex & Robbie Robinette HOSPICE AUSTIN’S BEAUTY OF LIFE BANQUET: 3. Amy Parker & Janine Reintjes 4. Kendra Zepeda & Wendy Jansky 13TH ANNUAL ANDY RODDICK FOUNDATION GALA: 5. Dierks Bentley, Bobby Bones & Andy Roddick 6. Elane McKinnet Robert with parent Eloise & children

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HAND TO HOLD 5TH ANNUAL BABY SHOWER LUNCHEON On November 2, Hand to Hold’s fifth annual Baby Shower Luncheon honored all families who have experienced life in the neonatal intensive care unit or the loss of a baby. Events included fun and unique baby shower games and special guest speaker Ginger Zee, who shared her empowering message of resilience with the community.

FRIENDS FOUNDATION’S STORIES GALA This year’s Friends Foundation’s Stories Gala took place inside the gorgeous Central Library on November 9 and highlighted the stories that illustrate the library’s enduring power to transform lives. During the festive and exciting evening, guests enjoyed live performances; special guest speakers, including the author Paul Beatty; tarot readings; caricatures; and an after party in the rooftop garden.

ST. JUDE LONE STARS AND ANGELS GALA

HAND TO HOLD 5TH ANNUAL BABY SHOWER: 1. Jenny Mason & Stephanie O'Neil 2. Allison Reed & Lynne Bedre FRIENDS FOUNDATION’S STORIES GALA: 3. Roosevelt & Val Weeks 4. Paul Beatty ST. JUDE LONE STARS AND ANGELS: 5. Nicole & Brian Hill 6. Alex, Leslie, Trey, Addison & Ainsley DeJohn

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The St. Jude Lone Stars and Angels Gala was a night to remember, welcoming back Cory Morrow with special guest Bruce Robison. The November 9 event also featured a fabulous silent auction and live auction, give to live opportunities and a special program showcasing a St. Jude family who lives in the Austin area.

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Already Enough By Kristin Armstrong Illustration by Jessica Fontenot We know how it goes by now. At the tail end of summer, in the sweltering September heat, you walk into any grocery store and are bombarded with mini-pumpkins, pungent cinnamon sticks and strange tin yard art of witches and ghosts. The minute November 1 rolls around, Halloween is swapped out for Christmas and we are rushed along onto “next.” I’m not sure why Thanksgiving gets such minor fanfare. Oh wait, it’s because the entire point of the holiday is to appreciate what we already have, not acquire more. No wonder it gets summarily skipped over. Contentment is not a big revenue stream. It’s no surprise most of us begin the month of December feeling as though we are already behind. This year I’m challeng ing us to do it differently, especially those of us who are Santa, the people behind the scenes who make a holiday a holiday. It’s a shit-ton of work, am I right? First it’s the rush to get out holiday cards

just as you finish the Thanksgiving dishes. Then it’s the decorating. My kids always want to know why we don’t have cool lights like the neighbors. Because those lights come directly out of your gift budget, I want to say. I probably do say. When the kids were little, we used to drive out to some Christmas tree farm and chop a tree down, honoring my childhood, when I lived in colder places. The final year I tried to make the tree farm happen, the kids were eye-rolling and fighting, it started to rain and my son commented that the scragglyass trees were smaller than the fire ant piles between them. He was right. He cupped his ear and leaned toward me, listening intently. “Mom, do you hear that?” he said. I listened, and could hear only the sound of the trailer bumping us around while seated on hay bales and the tinny Christmas music played over the loudspeakers. “What are you talking about?” I asked. “That sound. Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. It’s the sound of a tradition dying.” He doubled over laughing. All right, fine. I get it. We ended up at some divey Mexican place, with margaritas so strong I could not feel my legs. My dad had to drive us to Whole Foods so we could grab a tree from the parking lot on the way home. That’s our new tradition, by the way. My other tradition, yet another sample of my try-too-hard-forced-family-fun (FFF), is a holiday dinner with my kids, my boyfriend and his kids. I cook dinner, and we decorate the tree, bake Christmas cookies, do gingerbread houses

and watch “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” — one of my all-time favorite movie classics. I make everyone wear some version of matching Christmas pajamas. Last year I went to Walmart and got us onesies. I was in a rush and grabbing things off the rack. What I thought was a brown reindeer onesie for my boyfriend turned out to be a pooh emoji when I pulled it out of the bag and noticed the hood. I poured him more wine. Then of course there’s the shopping stress. Since when should making people feel special equate to crossing to-do’s off a list and going broke? Somehow that’s how it always ends up. By the time my kids leave my house at noon on December 25 and head to their dad’s for Christmas Two and Improved, I am utterly spent. I collapse in a pile of dog hair, crumpled wrapping paper, bent boxes and discarded bows, brunch dishes and leftovers that no one will be around to eat, and lists for thank-you notes that will likely never be written. I used to cry. Now I go for a run and come home and deal with the mess. My brother comes over. We open a bottle of wine, listen to any music but Christmas music, strip the by-now-dryas-a-bone tree, sweep the needles, put the decorations up and drag the naked tree to the curb. I’m quite certain that my neighbors are appalled — a nice Christian woman like me closing down Christmas before nightfall. We do the best we can, people. Here’s my holiday gift to all of us. Let’s try easy instead of trying so damn hard. It is, we are, already enough.

“HERE’S MY HOLIDAY GIFT TO ALL OF US. LET’S TRY EASY INSTEAD OF TRYING SO DAMN HARD.”

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THE GOOD STUFF While traveling in Europe with her husband, Jeff, Tabatha Conarko discovered a passion for olive oil. After returning home, they founded Con’ Olio in 2009. Specializing in olive oil and vinegar tastings, the shop now boasts three outposts. “We really try to educate people about the health benefits and how you can cook with it and incorporate it into your diet,” Tabatha says. During the holidays the shops also bring in Italian panettones, strucà cakes and wine to taste. In early 2019, look for Con’ Olio’s relocated and expanded Bee Cave location, featuring classes and cooking demonstrations. CONOLIOS.COM

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Add a touch of color to your winter wardrobe with statement earrings from Esperanza Heritage. Created by sisters Alejandra Stern and Andrea Hatcher, the brand features eclectic jewelry pieces, like dangling fanshaped earrings, made from woven natural fibers. Handmade by Central American artisans, the pieces feel elegantly organic. ESPERANZAHERITAGE.COM

CA R RY ON After living in Colombia for three years and traveling throughout North and South America, Marcus Segui returned to Austin, needing to replace his suitcase. “When I looked at the whole spectrum [of luggage], there was low-quality and then there was jet-set luxury, and really nothing premium that was affordable,” Segui says. So he set out to build a better bag. Officially launching Tiko Travel in November, the resulting bag is a 22-inch carry-on with four wheels that allow for easy spinning and navigation; a water-resistant waxed-canvas exterior, in charcoal, light gray and navy; and leather handles and zippers — accommodating three to five days’ worth of clothes. “The whole premise for this bag was everything you need, and nothing you don’t. So obviously, what do you need? Great wheels, great handle, great zippers, great fabric,” Segui says. TIKOTRAVEL.COM

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“It costs $0 to be a kind human being.” If you’ve driven along Fifth Street from MoPac to downtown, or if you’re one of a 100,000-plus Instagram followers, chances are you know some El Arroyo wisdom when you see it. The blackand-white marquee-style sign, at the corner of West Fifth and Campbell, outside the iconic Tex-Mex restaurant, changes daily, inspired by the season or the world at large. “We try to stay current,” says the restaurant’s co-owner Paige Winstanley. “Sometimes we can even change a sign last minute, depending on if something has

happened that we need to speak to.” While the sign has been in place since 1987, Winstanley and her husband, Ellis, took over the restaurant in 2012, and in 2017 they released a collection of the signs’ messages as a hardcover book, “El Arroyo’s Big Book of Signs Volume One.” In October they released volume two. “The sign is something that people look forward to,” Paige says. “All of our content is something that makes people laugh and brings light and fun to the every day.” ELARROYO.COM/STORE

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C ALENDARS

Entertainment MUSIC ASO PRESENTS: HANDEL’S MESSIAH

December 4 & 5 Hyde Park Baptist Church & Emmaus Catholic Church

A VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS PARTY

December 10 ACL Live at The Moody Theater 6LACK

December 12 ACL Live at The Moody Theater ELI YOUNG BAND

RYAN BINGHAM

December 12 Paramount Theatre

December 4 & 5 One World Theatre

THE ROADSHOW CHRISTMAS TOUR

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December 5 & 6 Stubb’s BBQ

December 13 H-E-B Center at Cedar Park

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December 6 Paramount Theatre

December 14 Emo’s Austin

KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS

BRUCE & KELLY’S ANNUAL HOLIDAY SHOW

JOHN BUTLER TRIO+

JASON MRAZ

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December 6 ACL Live at The Moody Theater December 7 Paramount Theatre December 8 Emo’s Austin

December 22 ACL Live at The Moody Theater THE ANNIE MOSES BAND

December 23 LifeAustin Amphitheatre JACK INGRAM

December 23 Antone’s Nightclub FLACO JIMENEZ’S BLUE CHRISTMAS DANCE PARTY

December 25 Antone’s Nightclub

MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER CHRISTMAS BY CHIP DAVIS

December 27 ACL Live at The Moody Theater

December 8 Stateside at the Paramount

December 15 Paramount Theatre

A CHRISTMAS CONCERT W/ AMY GRANT

December 9 ACL Live at The Moody Theater MOMENTS OF WONDER

December 9 Stateside at the Paramount

CONSPIRARE CHRISTMAS

December 10 Long Center

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December 4 Paramount Theatre

AUSTIN MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL

December 4 – 8 Various Locations

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Austin’s favorite holiday tradition – the 54th annual Austin Trail of Lights, open 7-10pm nightly. Stroll among 65+ displays and under 2.5 million lights. Purchase tickets online at austintrailoflights.org to secure preferred dates. Early access and premium tickets are also available for purchase.

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December 5 – 30 ZACH Theatre FUN HOME

December 6 – 22 Ground Floor Theatre THE NUTCRACKER

December 7 – 23 Long Center

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December 10 – 23 Zilker Park

Through January 6 The City Theatre

December 13 – 23 Long Center

December 14 George Washington Carver Museum

AUSTIN TRAIL OF LIGHTS

A TUNA CHRISTMAS

December 6 AFS Cinema

THAT’S MY FACE YOUNG ADULT FILM SERIES

December 20 ACL Live at The Moody Theater

MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY’S A COWBOY CHRISTMAS

December 3 Stateside at the Paramount

December 7 Austin School of Film

SHAKEY GRAVES

December 20 Frank Erwin Center

THIRST FOR POWER

AKIRA LIVE SCORE

December 15 & 16 Bass Concert Hall

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December 6 – 9 Flix Brewhouse

December 16 ACL Live at The Moody Theater

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December 22, 24 & 25 AFS Cinema

THEATER THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD

Through December 15 Austin Playhouse A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Through December 30 ZACH Theatre

December 16 Austin Scottish Rite Theater

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December 4 Radio Coffee & Beer BASSEM YOUSSEF

December 5 Paramount Theatre

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December 14 Paramount Theatre EDDIE B: TEACHERS ONLY

December 23 Bass Concert Hall

BOB KHOSRAVI

December 26 – 29 Cap City Comedy Club CHRIS D’ELIA

OTHER BLUE GENIE ART BAZA AR

December 28 ACL Live at The Moody Theater

Through December 24 Blue Genie Art Bazaar

NEW YEAR’S EVE IMPROV EXTRAVAGANZA

MIRACLE ON 5TH STREET

December 31 The Hideout Theatre

CHILDREN PIPPI LONGSTOCKING’S AFTER CHRISTMAS PARTY

December 1 – 15 Austin Scottish Rite Theater

START-UP KIDS MARKET

December 2 Republic Square

Through December 30 The Eleanor

WINTER WONDERLAND

Through December 30 Circuit of the Americas

WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE!

December 4 Frank Erwin Center

THINKERY21: JINGLE BOOZE

December 6 Thinkery

SANTA LOUNGE & MARKET

December 8 2nd Street District

DECKER CHALLENGE HALF MARATHON

December 9 Travis County Expo Center

FELIZ HOLIDAY POP UP

December 9 The Palm Door

#BOSSBABESATX COMMUNITY MEET-UP

GARETH MAGUIRE & ZGALLERY GRAND OPENING

December 12 Austin School of Film

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December 31 Auditorium Shores

MUSIC PICK

Austin Symphony Orchestra: Ella & Louis By Neal Baker

PALMER EVENTS CENTER, DECEMBER 29 & 30

This month, the Austin Symphony Orchestra is taking a break from the usual goings-on of the concert hall to take a trip down jazz memory lane. On Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th, Peter Bay and company will bring “Ella & Louis” to the Palmer Events Center, a retrospective look at the beloved and historical collaboration between Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Their individual musical careers spanned decades and touched countless listeners and peers. But the crossing of their paths in the 1950s produced something entirely its own, and gave us one of history’s most charming vocal pairings. The ASO’s homage to this duo features soloists Carmen Bradford and Byron Stripling filling the roles of Fitzgerald and Armstrong, respectively. Their chemistry is already there: The two performed together in the Count Basie Orchestra during the 1980s. This won’t be the first time that Stripling will portray the legendary trumpet player and singer, perhaps on account of his stage character and colorful playing style. Bradford’s vibrant delivery makes for a perfect match, completing a fitting likeness of the pair. But of course to paint Bradford and Stripling simply as imitators would be to undersell their talents. As Bradford and Stripling pay respect to these classic figures and their songs, each artist brings a unique sensibility to this music, which never goes out of style.

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ARTS C ALENDAR

Arts SULA BERMUDEZSILVERMAN: SUTURES

Through December 7 Visual Arts Center

SUCHITRA MATTAI: LANDFALL

Through December 23 grayDUCK Gallery ERICKA WALKER: INFLUENCE

Through December 31 Flatbed Press & Gallery MARTIN MAZORRA’S LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS

Through December 31 Flatbed Press & Gallery ED RUSCHA: ARCHAEOLOGY & ROMANCE

ART PICK

Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design By Neal Baker BL ANTON MUSEUM OF ART, THROUGH JANUARY 6

The Blanton’s ongoing exhibition “Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design” is a remarkable traveling showcase organized by the Vitra Design Museum and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. It gives a look into art, film, photography, architecture, fashion and other forms of creation coming from a long list of African countries, where artists and makers are shaped more and more by new economic growth and their placement amid the globalizing force of the information age. The continent is, of course, a very big place, and it might seem uncritical to present it all together in this way, but in a sense this is exactly the issue being addressed. Parts of the exhibit respond to the Western tendency to homogenize Africa, dispelling lingering stereotypes and presenting designs in their individual cultural contexts to the end of encouraging investigation into each local tradition and how it is changing. This contextualization is achieved through the juxtaposition of contemporary art and objects with documentation of the postcolonial era that would eventually birth the cultures belonging to the creators whose work is on display. The exhibit exists in a multimedia capacity, with portions of the collection delegated to a dedicated website that acts as an archive of news, interviews and profiles, giving an even deeper look into the creative landscape to be found across Africa. Austin is the physical collection’s last stop on its current tour, with the exhibition closing January 6, but the show will survive and continue to expand in its other forms.

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Through January 6 Harry Ransom Center NIC NICOSIA

Through January 7 Bale Creek Allen Gallery ART FROM THE STREETS SHOW & SALE

December 1 & 2 Austin Convention Center

PRISCILLA ROBINSON: WATER & FIRE

December 1 – 23 Wally Workman Gallery

JESSE SUBLETT, JON DEE GRAHAM, LARRY SEAMAN: NEW ART

December 1 – 30 Yard Dog Art Gallery

HOLIDAY SHOW W/ JOHN MAISANO

December 1 – 31 Russell Collection Fine Art Gallery

RANDAL FORD: THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

December 4 – 8 Davis Gallery

BROKEN LINE: ARTIST TALK W/ OLAF OTTO BECKER

December 5 Visual Arts Center

CHERRYWOOD ART FAIR

December 8 & 9 Maplewood Elementary LILIANA PORTER

December 8 – February 24 Blanton Museum of Art IDEAS IN SENSUOUS FORM: THE INTERNATIONAL SYMBOLIST MOVEMENT

December 15 – March 10 Blanton Museum of Art

Oil Paintings and Fine Art Prints by Eli Halpin

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The Eli Halpin Gallery Studio Gift Shop 1023 Springdale Rd 10A Austin Tx

A R T S PAC E S

Art SPACES MUSEUMS BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART 200 E. MLK Jr. Blvd. (512) 471 7324 Hours: Tu–F 10–5, Sa 11–5, Su 1–5 blantonmuseum.org THE BULLOCK TEXAS STATE HISTORY MUSEUM 1800 Congress Ave. (512) 936 8746 Hours: M–Sa 9–5, Su 12–5 thestoryoftexas.com THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN –JONES CENTER

EVENT PICK

The Austin Trail of Lights By Neal Baker ZILKER PARK, DECEMBER 10-23

Joke all you want about winter in Texas. Be it 60 degrees or below freezing, when the holidays arrive, Austin makes no compromises on festivity. In December you can follow the glow to Zilker Park to find the city’s cheerful centerpiece, the beloved Trail of Lights, with the famous Zilker tree towering overhead. The annual tradition dates to the 1960s and brings together more Austinites than nearly any other event all year. But as is to be expected, each year brings new additions to what is already one of Austin’s most spectacular events. The attractions involved are numerous, with the entire park transformed into a tour of dozens of extravagantly lit backdrops, installations, tunnels, trees and, occasionally, people. Along the way, you’ll find — you guessed it — live music and food-truck offerings to warm up your chilly night. Add a carousel and a Ferris wheel, and you have all you could ever hope for in a holiday gathering. What’s more, it does an exceptional job of unifying the Austin community in celebration of the season. Some days are ticketed, while others are free, and several specialty nights are planned during the course of the event, so it’s worth checking out the affair’s online calendar. And though the trail opens on December 10th, and runs through the 23rd, the Zilker tree and its thousands of lights stay up the entire month, carrying the holiday spirit through to the new year.

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700 Congress Ave. (512) 453 5312 Hours: W 12–11, Th–Sa 12–9, Su 12–5 thecontemporaryaustin.org THE CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN–LAGUNA GLORIA 3809 W. 35th St. (512) 458 8191 Driscoll Villa hours: Tu–W 12–4, Th–Su 10–4 Grounds hours: M–Sa 9–5, Su 10–5 thecontemporaryaustin.org ELISABET NEY MUSEUM 304 E. 44th St. (512) 458 2255 Hours: W–Sa 10–5, Su 12–5 ci.austin.tx.us/elisabetney FRENCH LEGATION MUSEUM 802 San Marcos St. (512) 472 8180 Hours: Tu–Su 1–5 frenchlegationmuseum.org

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER MUSEUM 1165 Angelina St. (512) 974 4926 Hours: M–Th 10–9, F 10–5:30, Sa 10–4 ci.austin.tx.us/carver HARRY RANSOM CENTER 300 E. 21st St. (512) 471 8944 Hours: Tu–W 10–5, Th 10–7, F 10–5, Sa–Su 12–5 hrc.utexas.edu LBJ LIBRARY AND MUSEUM 2313 Red River St. (512) 721 0200 Hours: M–Su 9–5 lbjlibrary.org MEXIC–ARTE MUSEUM 419 Congress Ave. (512) 480 9373 Hours: M–Th 10–6,  F–Sat 10–5, Su 12–5 mexic–artemuseum.org O. HENRY MUSEUM 409 E. 5th St. (512) 472 1903 Hours: W–Su 12–5 THINKERY AUSTIN 1830 Simond Ave. Hours: Tu–F 10–5, Sa–Su 10–6 thinkeryaustin.org UMLAUF SCULPTURE GARDEN & MUSEUM 605 Azie Morton Rd. (512) 445 5582 Hours: Tu–F 10–4, Sat–Su 12–4 umlaufsculpture.org

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A R T S PAC E S

Art SPACES GALLERIES 78704 GALLERY 1400 South Congress Ave. (512) 708 4678 Hours: M–F 8-5 78704.gallery ADAMS GALLERIES OF AUSTIN 1310 RR 620 S. Ste C4 (512) 243 7429 Hours: Tu–Sa 10–6 adamsgalleriesaustin.com ART ON 5TH 3005 S. Lamar Blvd. (512) 481 1111 Hours: M–Sa 10–6 arton5th.com ARTWORKS GALLERY 1214 W. 6th St. (512) 472 1550 Hours: M–Sa 10–5 artworksaustin.com AUSTIN ART GARAGE 2200 S. Lamar Blvd., Ste. J (512) 351-5934 Hours: Tu–Sa 11–6, Su 12–5 austinartgarage.com AUSTIN ART SPACE GALLERY AND STUDIOS 7739 North Cross Dr., Ste. Q (512) 771 2868 Hours: F–Sa 11–6 austinartspace.com AUSTIN GALLERIES 5804 Lookout Mountain Dr. (512) 495 9363 By appointment only austingalleries.com BIG MEDIUM GALLERY AT BOLM 5305 Bolm Rd., #12 (512) 939 6665 Hours: Tu–Sa 12–6 bigmedium.org

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CAMIBAart 2832 E. MLK. Jr. Blvd., Ste. 111 (512) 937 5921 Hours: Tu–F 10–5, Sa 12–5 camibaart.com CO-LAB PROJECTS: PROJECT SPACE 721 Congress Ave. (512) 300 8217 By event and appointment only co-labprojects.org DAVIS GALLERY 837 W. 12th St. (512) 477 4929 Hours: M–F 10–6, Sa 10–4 davisgalleryaustin.com DIMENSION GALLERY SCULPTURE AND 3D ART 979 Springdale, Ste. 99 (512) 479 9941 Hours: Sa 10–6 dimensiongallery.org DOUGHERTY ARTS CENTER 1110 Barton Springs Rd. (512) 974 4000 Hours: M–Th 10–9, F 10–5:30, Sa 10–2 austintexas.gov/department/ dougherty-arts-center FAREWELL BOOKS 913 E. Cesar Chavez St. (512) 473 2665 Hours: M–Sa 12–8, Su 12–7 farewellbookstore.com FIRST ACCESS GALLERY 2324 S. Lamar Blvd. (512) 428 4782 Hours: Tu–Sa 10–7, Su 12–5 firstaccess.co/gallery FLATBED PRESS AND GALLERY 2830 E. MLK Jr. Blvd. (512) 477 9328 Hours: M–F 10–5, Sa 10–3 flatbedpress.com

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FLUENT COLLABORATIVE 502 W. 33rd St. (512) 453 3199 By appointment only fluentcollab.org GALLERY SHOAL CREEK 2832 MLK Jr. Blvd. #3 (512) 454 6671 Hours: Tu–F 10–5, Sa 12–5 galleryshoalcreek.com GRAYDUCK GALLERY 2213 E. Cesar Chavez Austin, TX 78702 (512) 826 5334 Hours: Th–Sa 11–6, Su 12–5 grayduckgallery.com JULIA C. BUTRIDGE GALLERY 1110 Barton Springs Rd. (512) 974 4025 Hours: M–Th 10–9, F 10–5:30, Sa 10–2 austintexas.gov/department/ doughertygallery LA PEÑA 227 Congress Ave., #300 (512) 477 6007 Hours: M–F 8–5, Sa 8–3 lapena–austin.org LINK & PIN 2235 E. 6th St., Ste. 102 (512) 900 8952 Hours: Sa–Su 11–4 linkpinart.com LORA REYNOLDS GALLERY 360 Nueces St., #50 (512) 215 4965 Hours: W–Sa 11–6 lorareynolds.com LOTUS GALLERY 1009 W. 6th St., #101 (512) 474 1700 Hours: M–Sa 10–6 lotusasianart.com MASS GALLERY 507 Calles St. (512) 535 4946 Hours: F 5–8, Sa–Su 12–5 massgallery.org

MODERN ROCKS GALLERY 916 Springdale Rd., #103 (512) 524 1488 Hours: Tu–Sa 11–6 modernrocksgallery.com

THE TWYLA GALLERY 1011 West Lynn (512) 236 1333 Hours: Tu–Sa 11–5 studiotenarts.com

MONDO GALLERY 4115 Guadalupe St. Hours: Tu–Sa 12-6 mondotees.com

VISUAL ARTS CENTER 209 W. 9th St. (800) 928 9997 Hours: M–F 10–6 twyla.com/austingallery

OLD BAKERY & EMPORIUM 1006 Congress Ave. (512) 912 1613 Hours: Tu–Sa 9–4 austintexas.gov/obemporium PUMP PROJECT ART COMPLEX 1600 S. Pleasant Valley Rd. (512) 351 8571 Hours: Sa 12–5 pumpproject.org ROI JAMES 3620 Bee Cave Rd., Ste. C (512) 970 3471 By appointment only roijames.com RUSSELL COLLECTION FINE ART GALLERY 1009 W. 6th St. (512) 478 4440 Hours: M–Sa 10–6 russell–collection.com SPACE 12 3121 E. 12th St. (512) 524 7128 Hours: Tu–F 10–5 space12.org STEPHEN L. CLARK GALLERY 1101 W. 6th St. (512) 477 0828 Hours: Tu–Sa 10–4 stephenlclarkgallery.com STUDIO 10 1011 West Lynn St. (512) 236 1333 Hours: Tu–Sa 11–5 studiotenarts.com

WALLY WORKMAN GALLERY 1202 W. 6th St. (512) 472 7428 Hours: Tu–Sa 10–5 wallyworkman.com WOMEN & THEIR WORK 1710 Lavaca St. (512) 477 1064 Hours: M–F 10–6, Sa 12–6 womenandtheirwork.org YARD DOG 1510 S. Congress Ave. (512) 912 1613 Hours: M–F 11–5, Sa 11–6, Su 12–5 yarddog.com

FREDERICKSBURG ARTISANS — A TEXAS GALLERY 234 W. Main St. (830) 990 8160 artisanstexas.com CATE ZANE GALLERY 107 N. Llano St. (830) 992 2044 catezane.com FREDERICKSBURG ART GALLERY 405 E. Main St. (830) 990 2707 fbgartgallery.com

FREDERICKSBURG ART GUILD 308 E. Austin St. (830) 997 4949 fredericksburgartguild.org INSIGHT GALLERY 214 W. Main St. (830) 997 9920 insightgallery.com KOCH GALLERY 406 W. Main St. (830) 992 3124 bertkoch.com LARRY JACKSON ART & ANTIQUES 201 E. San Antonio St. (830) 997 0073 larryjacksonantiques.com RIVER RUSTIC GALLERY 222 W. Main St. (830) 997 6585 riverrustic.com RS HANNA GALLERY 244 W. Main St. and 208 S. Llano St. (830) 307 3071 rshannagallery.com URBANHERBAL ART GALLERY 407 Whitney St. (830) 456 9667 urbanherbal.com

gift KENDRA SCOTT

For the one who’s always reaching for the stars, gift the Zodiacal Charm Necklace Set from Kendra Scott. First choose your birth month, then choose your astrological sign for a custom gift that’s both thoughtful and on-trend. KENDRASCOTT.COM

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OLIVIA SHOPPE

The match pewter wine cooler is perfect for keeping holiday bubbles chilled and is destined to become a time-tested heirloom. $385. OLIVIASHOPPE.COM | 3201 BEE CAVES RD. AUSTIN, TX 78746 | 512.419.7667

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BYGEORGE Laurent Vicky Large Bag in MatelassĂŠ Patent Leather. Channel-quilted patent leather with chain/leather multifunctional strap for shoulder or crossbody. Flap top with interlaced YSL initials and magnetic clasp. Evokes Saint Laurent of times past. Made in Italy, $2,590. BYGEORGEAUSTIN.COM

DUCK CAMP Duck Camp is a local purveyor of high-end apparel and gear for the Outdoorsman. These guys are doing it the right way, using only performance fabrics and high quality materials. Check out the online store for great gift ideas for the sportsman in your life. DUCKCAMP.COM

KORMAN

FAMILY MOVIE JOURNAL Family Movie Journal is designed to transform family movie night into a joyful, interactive and meaningful activity for the whole family. Capture your favorite movie quotes, themes and charactersâ&#x20AC;Śand enjoy making memories together. FAMILYMOVIEJOURNAL.COM

Korman Fine Jewelry, established in 1973, has the perfect holiday arm party for you and your loved ones, thanks to their handcrafted Italian Ippolita bangles. Each piece is designed to mix, match and layer. This Austin original invites you to come in and find your own style and inspiration. RUSSELLKORMANJEWELRY.COM

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HAUTE HOUSE LASH & BEAUTY BAR

LOBBY SHOP AT SCH

Fill your stocking with self-care and sparkle this holiday season! Specializing in exquisite eyelash extensions, tints, and lash lifts, lashes from Haute House are the perfect accessory. Gift yourself with the best from Haute House. This season, great lashes don’t happen by accident, they happen by appointment!

Designed locally by Texas Rover Co., the Balmorhea Bag and custom SCH Dopp Kit are built to travel near and far. Crafted of full-grain leather and lined with waxed canvas, this bag duo is rugged enough to withstand the elements while remaining classic and elegant. Weekender/$700, Traveler/$800, Dopp/$150. SHOP.SOUTHCONGRESSHOTEL.COM

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SALT LICK The Salt Lick’s premium salt and rub trio make a delicious gift for everyone on your list. Original Recipe Salt Lick Bar-BQue Sauce, Spicy Recipe Bar-B-Que Sauce and Original Dry Rub are the perfect way to share some of Texas’ best tastes with friends and family, wherever they live! SALTLICKBBQ.COM 512.829.5295

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SIDE STREET HOME A Turkish towel is the perfect gift for the jetsetter in your life. They are lightweight, easy to pack and also double as a blanket, scarf or sarong. Added bonus…Turkish cotton is highly absorbent and air dries quickly, $36. SIDESTREETHOME.COM

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HOUSE OF ST. CLAIR Based in Austin, House of St. Clair was founded by designer Carson Monahan. Each item is crafted in the United States with the utmost attention to detail and quality. Season to season, H.O.S.C. delivers an au courant collection steeped in contemporary takes on classic silhouettes from utilitarian to military and workwear to streetwear. HOUSEOFSTCLAIR.COM

BELLE ISLE TOGGLE COAT $545

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ROOTS + REVIVAL Roots + Revival is an online artisan marketplace that donates 10% of every sale to a charity partner. December donations benefit St. Jude Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Research Hospital. Shop the site for a curated collection of gifts from Austin makers, including prints, jewelry, apothecary, soaps, candles, ceramics, tea towels and more. ROOTSANDREVIVAL.ORG

SAHARA EARRINGS

Oxidized brass and sterling silver, $110.

LUNAR ECLIPSE CANDLE

Seven different scents in two sizes, $11-20.

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KELLY WYNNE Widely known to have the best stadium bags in the game, Austin designer Kelly Wynne doesn’t disappoint when it comes to accessorizing them. Think mini wallets, tassels and privacy pouches in both seasonal and team colors, all made with high quality leather and embossed with striking snakeskin designs.

INO COLLECTIONS GIGI SILK SCARF

An ageless gift, and a universal symbol of classic elegance. This beautifully handcrafted, unique scarf adds character and a splash of color to any outfit, whether dressed for a casual day or a night out. Ino’s signature luxe gift wrap is part of the whole experience. $98.

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ANIMAL PACKERS Whimsically designed and ethically sourced backpacks for your littles. Perfect for preschool, day trips and family travels. The lightweight packs (7 oz!) are washable, include a care bag for laundry day and a removable nametag. Animal Packers are BPA, PVC and Phthalate free and come in an eco-friendly, colorable gift box. Use code TRIBEZA2018 for 15% off. ANIMALPACKERS.COM

LIP SERVICE XO Create a one-of-a-kind lipstick for yourself or give the gift of custom beauty to a loved one. Boasting all-natural ingredients, our lip products are truly customizable. Let our mix masters guide you to the lipstick or gloss of your dreams, no matter the season. 3211 PALM WAY, #152 | (INSIDE LIMBO JEWELRY, DOMAIN NORTHSIDE) | 512.636.4606 | LIPSERVICEXO.COM

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HELO AUSTIN

ELISHA MARIE

A helicopter tour with HELO Austin makes for a special gift. Flights starts at just $93.50 per person for a downtown tour with a two-person minimum. Book your holiday flights today through heloaustin.com. Call 512.350.5102 or email RESERVATIONS@ HELOAUSTIN.COM to purchase a gift card.

The Lapis Moon Necklace is cool, beautiful, laid-back, and fancy all at once. The richest blue lapis plays perfectly with yellow gold. A necklace to put on and never take off. Customize your choice of gemstone. ELISHA-MARIE.COM

GRUENE HALL

GARRISON BROTHERS BOURBON

Gruene Hall, built in 1878, is Texas’ oldest continually operating and most famous dance hall. This historic spot regularly hosts Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Ryan Bingham, Maren Morris, Shakey Graves and more. Don’t miss their Experience Package which includes a Gruene Hall cap, shirt, shot glass, koozie and $50 eGift Card. $95. GRUENEHALL .COM

Garrison Brothers Distillery makes one of the finest, handcrafted bourbon whiskeys money can buy. Always a great holiday gift for friends and family, this tasty bourbon is now available in a smaller Boot Flask bottle that fits perfectly inside a boot or stocking. GARRISONBROS.COM

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BEN MILAM WHISKEY

BALDWIN Now open in Austin. BALDWINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collections are inspired by modern American design and made with the highest quality materials. Shop the latest styles from their holiday gift guide. BALDWIN.CO

CONSUELA Our handbags and other accessories are artfully designed in our Austin studio, and made with thoughtful hand details in Mexico. Visit our stores in Austin and Smithville or at CONSUELASTYLE.COM. SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION

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This year, think outside the bottle and give a glass of Texas history. Awardwinning Ben Milam Single-Barrel Bourbon is the perfect gift for the discerning whiskey drinker and Texas enthusiast alike. This smooth sipping whiskey won Double Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition and is available in all fine liquor stores. BENMILAMWHISKEY.COM

SOCO BOTANICALS

ZEPHYR GIN

SOCO Botanicals brings out your natural radiance. Their bath & body line features SOCO Benevolence, a luxurious hand and body oil, alongside handmade bath bombs and soaps, all with their signature essential oil blend.

Crisp, with subtle nouveau botanicals and a smooth finish, Zephyrâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elderberry and elderflower botanicals create a modern and pleasing 80-proof ultra-premium gin made for the adventurous palate. Zephyr is a testament to living life with a YOU NEVER KNOW philosophy. ZEPHYRGIN.COM

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ZILKER BELTS GIVE THE GIFT OF HANDMADE CRAFTSMANSHIP

Zilker Belts make a perfect gift and provide a one-of-a-kind addition to any wardrobe. Styled for all occasions, our belts are equally at home on the golf course, festival grounds, trail, office or at your holiday party. ZILKERBELTS.COM

KRISTYN CHAMBERS Kristyn Chambers Austin original stadium and event compliant handbags are the perfect holiday gift for that special someone, sports fan or concert-goer. Grab a clear bag or add a reversible colorful insert to your favorite style! Available at KRISTYNCHAMBERS.COM and select retailers.

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A PERSONALIZED GIFT HANDBUILT TO LAST A LIFETIME Designed in Austin and made by hand in Austin and Portland, Clark & Taft is a collection of stylish luggage and bags. Traditional time-tested materials such as waxed canvas and Horween Chromexcel leather are transformed into a modern functional line that honors old-world craftsmanship but caters to the demands of today’s active and adventurous lifestyle. Personalization offerings such as embossed monograms and anniversary dates add sentimental value, while turning the bags into memorable gifts suitable for any occasion. “We create bags that people cherish so much they want to pass them down to the next generation,” says the founder, Silvia Nikolov. Shop our collection of weekender duffle bags, tote handbags, toiletry bags, pouches, and keychains online at CLARKANDTAFT.COM.

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STILL AUSTIN WHISKEY CO. HOLIDAY EMERGENCY KIT

Holidays can be tough, but don’t worry, we’ve got your back. Kit includes a leather bound Still Austin flask and two mini rocks glasses. Just what the doctor ordered, $35. STILLAUSTIN.COM

HOLIDAY SHAKE DOWN

Get in the holiday spirit by creating delicious (shaken, not stirred) Texas Rye Gin cocktails. Gift set includes a 750 ml bottle of Texas Rye Gin, Still Austin shaker and two coup glasses, $65.

“BYOB” BARREL YOUR OWN BOURBON

Warm up the holidays with your own small batch bourbon. Gift set includes a two-liter mini oak barrel and two 750 ml bottles of Still Austin New Make Whiskey, $100.

LAUREL CORRINNE STUDIO COOLSCULPTING

Effortless! Women and men can enjoy the nonsurgical, fat reduction treatment that uses controlled cooling to eliminate stubborn fat in a comfortable, private setting. Laurel is an expert in ‘treatment to transformation’ with over 10 years of experience ‘freezing fat!’

FOREVER YOUNG BROAD BAND LIGHT FOTOFACIAL

Fotofacial is delivered to the skin in a series of gentle pulses, producing deep heat that leads to renewed collagen- the foundation for tightening & firming skin. No downtime! Hollywood’s anti-aging beauty secret and Laurel’s ‘Fountain of Youth!’ LAURELCORRINNESTUDIO.COM | 512.799.1729

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ERICA MOLINARI FINE JEWELRY

The designerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s namesake collection is the definition of luxury essentials. Each piece brings meaning and beauty and is made in New York City. Prices start at $225.

THE EASY SHIRT BY GOOD COMPANY

The perfect shirt to complete your wardrobe. The limited edition Easy Shirt is made in Los Angeles. $148. PAUL MEYER PAINTINGS

This Houston-based painter and sculptor uses wood and concrete to create unique and highly textured landscapes, portraits and abstracts. Prices start at $500.

ARIANA BOUSSARDREIFEL DESPINA CUFF

A Good Company signature piece that we are never without. This stunning cuff is made in New York City and elevates any outfit. Silver $1300, Brass $500. GOODCOMPANY.SHOP

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WHERE WELLNESS MEETS THE WATER,…GIFTWRAPPED

Treat yourself or that special person in your life to the ultimate holiday escape to Lake Austin Spa Resort. Nestled on 19-lakefront acres in Central Texas’ legendary Hill Country, this award-winning destination offers the luxury of a world-class spa and the warmth of a best friend’s lake house. BATH & BODY PRODUCTS

Bring home a special part of our spa experience with the LakeHouse™ line of body care products, available in Lavender Fields and Gifts of the Garden fragrances. Find these online at STORE.LAKEAUSTIN.COM/BATHBODY-PRODUCTS/.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Gift certificates to the LakeHouse Spa or Lake Austin Spa Resort make a great gift for anyone who could use some time to relax and rejuvenate. We offer at-home printing or you can have a beautiful gift certificate sent to the recipient’s door! To purchase gift certificates by phone, call 800.847.5637, or visit STORE.LAKEAUSTIN.COM/GIFT-CERTIFICATES/.

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HOLIDAYS AT PEARL Pearl is San Antonio’s destination for this year’s holiday season. Unique retail. Exceptional dining. Festive celebrations. Award-winning accommodations.

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Meet the fifteen Austinites who defined our 2018: We expect these innovators and change-makers to shape the city for years to come.

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People of the year 2018 Kendra Scott

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Kendra Scott is in the eye of the storm. All around her are stylists, assistants and photographers working to making sure this chock-full day (which I am sure is emblematic of most) goes off without a hitch. Meanwhile, Scott is calm, warm (a hugger, no doubt) and friendly, unfazed by all of it. The former Midwesterner, who is known for her warmth, all well she should be, is nothing but sincere. But held alongside all this positivity, please don’t be fooled. Kendra Scott means business. By now we all know the story: Born in Wisconsin, Scott moved to Houston at the age of 16. Post–high school, she started college at Texas A&M but left shortly thereafter to be with her family as her step-father battled cancer. This change brought Scott, who had always loved fashion, to Austin, where, in 1993, she opened the Hat Box. After working for five years to reinvigorate her customers’ passion for

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headwear, a trend that had last peaked in the 1920s, Scott closed the business and famously swore to never enter retail again. Fast-forward to 2018 and Scott is at the helm of a jewelry empire with 93 stores nationwide, plus a 94th, located within Selfridges & Co. in London. And to think, all of it started right here in Austin. It’s an origin story with almost comically humble beginnings — girl loves jewelry, sees a gap in the market, learns to make jewelry, sets up shop in her guest bedroom, hits the pavement selling, baby in tow (Scott became a mother in 2001). Girl eventually hits it big. In the 16 years since Scott founded her company, Kendra Scott has gone from the side hustle of a new mom, to a full-time but primarily local and regional enterprise, to a national phenomenon valued at more than $1 billion ($1 billion!). And while the core of Scott’s business is still primarily devoted to jewelry, working

with both semiprecious and precious, the brand has a burgeoning home collection anchored by candles and decorative accessories. To top it all off, Scott’s commitment to philanthropy is well-documented, with $4.5 million given away annually. Phew. It’s enough to make a girl need a nap. But Scott is undaunted, grateful and excited amid the growth and chaos. She strikes me as someone who was always ready for this role and just needed everyone else to catch up. As I recently spoke with the designer and business owner during our own photo shoot, plus two others, I noticed how effortlessly she talked about the customer, describing a “her” that she seems to know quite well. And it struck me that this tactic, which could seem disingenuous from others, is eminently sincere. That’s because Scott was once, and maybe still is, the “her” that she and her team now design for. tribeza.com

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People of the year 2018 Kendra Scott

Margaret Williams: OK, let’s start. We can talk in between shots if that’s good for you. Kendra Scott: Yes, yes! MW: What I’m curious about, and I suspect a lot of other people are, too, is what all this success is like. What are the challenges? KS: Every morning I drive to work and I’m running a company bigger than it was yesterday. Every day I’m in uncharted territory. From the beginning, I was told I couldn’t have a fashion brand [in Austin], and I knew they were wrong. I think being here in a city like Austin has actually helped us tremendously. There isn’t a shortage of people that I can pick up the phone and say, “If you were in my shoes right now…” A stylist approaches (it takes a village) with some jewelry choices. Scott’s earrings are set, but she’s not sure about adding a charm necklace. Yep, charm it is — goes perfectly with the sequins on her yellow dress. Without missing a beat, Scott makes a note of how hard it is to find the right yellow. I agree, and it’s back to the photographer. MW: Is this community something that’s developed organically over time? KS: Yes, over the last 16 years since I started this business in my bedroom. I had the support of these incredible businesspeople that I admired from day one. Our business has grown along with the growth of Austin. I think it’s really exciting to be part of that, because they used to say, “Hmm, Austin, what?” Now they’re like, “Oh, cool, Austin!” But we’ve grown together. I think with any great relationship, you either grow apart or you grow together. MW: You know, I loved listening to your interview on “How I Built This” for lots of reasons but also because it felt like a walk down Austin-

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memory lane. But I also loved hearing you talk about calling showrooms day after day, relentlessly trying to get a foothold in New York. And now you have a store in New York. What did that feel like? KS: I started calling showrooms, and they were telling me they get 50 calls a day and “What’s going to make you special?” I thought, “I’m not gonna give up, I’m not gonna give up, I’m gonna show you why we’re different and unique.” And we were different and unique. A lot of it had to do with the fact that we were here and not on the coast. We weren’t so worried about what everybody else was doing. It started here in Austin, and through Texas, and then surrounding states, and now we’re hitting New York. We were really about, Where is our customer and where can we get to her? If that meant Dallas, or New Orleans, or Baton Rouge, or Memphis, or Nashville, that’s where we wanted to go first. But today we have this customer in New York who is excited to see this Texas brand reach the big city, the Big Apple. Quick break to change up looks. Time to move onto a shoulder-padded snakeskin number. Scott reminisces about being a child and spending time with her aunt, who worked in fashion. It was the era of the shoulder pads. As we get set for the next shot, I can’t help but note how well-dressed everyone in the office is. Scott explains that the whole office loves “dressing, but not dressing up” for one another. Back to camera. MW: What made you decide to go into home? KS: I design all of our stores, and we were utilizing trays and accessories to show our jewelry, and I wanted to use materials that I was using in my jewelry, and I thought, “Well, why would I buy a tray from someone else when we could design one?” Customers would come in and want to buy

Kendra Scott’s new flagship store, located on South Congress. Photograph by Jared Tennant.

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the displays, so it really happened organically. We really felt like there was a need to take a jewelry designer’s perspective and create beautiful home products with all the materials that we currently use. It was a natural fit. MW: How do you stay in the moment and yet always be thinking ahead? How do you keep those two things in balance? KS: With anything, we are always looking to the future. We are really reading now what our customer wants more of and expanding upon that. We just launched candles — and we spent two years doing fragrance for those candles — with the thought that maybe that will be an entrée into something else later down the road. We’re always thinking about the future, and we always have a vision of where we want to go, and then start to design the roadmap to get us there. MW: You have designs that are iconic, but you and the brand seem to really be pushing forward with the design. I would love to know more about that process. KS: One of the things that we want to always do is surprise and delight our customers. And that means we can never be complacent. We have to be better every day. Our fashion lines allow us to really play and experiment with new things and see what our customers start to gravitate to. Through social media and through all of our store content, we can hear from her right away. We can hear about materials that she loves, like the African turquoise earrings you’re wearing. They want more. We custom-cut every shape, and we come up with those shapes right there in our design lab. I love playing with material. I love pushing the boundaries of what we can do. We are doubling up mother-of-pearl with crystal quartz on top

so that you can see the illusion of it underneath. We are now offering diamonds to our customer. Our customers have grown up with us in college. She’s now in the next phase of life, and ready for something else, so we are introducing fine jewelry in beautiful pavé set diamonds. So that’s really exciting as well. MW: Do you ever still make hats? KS: Oh my god, if you’ve seen my closet, it’s full of hats. I love hats. [laughs.] I keep trying to convince everybody here that we need to do something with hats. I have old hat forms, antique vintage hat forms in my mother’s attic, and I’m like, “Mom, we got to get them down, dust them off, get the steamer out.” MW: That would be a full-circle moment. I’m a mom. I have a six and four-year-old. KS: The best ages. MW: How do you talk to your kids about hard work and success? What do those conversations look like? KS: I think for any parent, you have to lead by example. My kids see me working hard. They’ve seen me work hard their whole life, and that nothing is more important to me than my family. We do things together that are in the community, and they’re growing up with those values. Do something that you love, that you’re passionate about. Always take care of your family first, and make sure that you give back. I tell them every day when they leave the house, have an open heart and an open mind today, and lead with kindness. You never know what someone is going through. Lead with kindness. I think that our company is kind of the epitome of these things. We are a kind company.

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People of the year 2018 Evan Smith

E va n S Evan Smith talks fast. As CEO and co-founder of the Texas Tribune and host of “Overhead With Evan Smith,” he also has a lot to say. Smith, who’d already made a name for himself in magazine journalism on the East Coast, arrived in Austin in December 1991 to take a position as senior editor at Texas Monthly. Within a decade, he’d been named editor, and when he left the magazine after nearly 18 years, he held the post of president and editor-in-chief. Get Smith going and he can easily riff on anything from national politics to which Mexican restaurants serve the best beans with no lard (Smith has been a vegetarian for 34 years). But it is, without a doubt, his ability to listen that has gotten Smith to where he is today. Over the past couple of years, with more people than ever paying close attention to politics, Smith’s and the Texas Tribune’s influence has increased both in Texas and well beyond its borders. Anne Bruno: You’re a New Yorker by birth, but nearly everything on your résumé for the past 27 years starts with “Texas.” Evan Smith: It’s not a fatal condition in Austin, being from somewhere else. I say all the time that being a former resident of New York and living here is kind of like being an alcoholic, because you’re always recovering. AB: When you left Texas Monthly to start the Texas Tribune, did you have a pretty good idea about how it would go? ES: It was a gamble from the first day in 2009, when we started. I wouldn’t have been surprised on the first day if it had lasted nine days or nine weeks or nine months. The assumption we made

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going into it, and it was a pretty big one, was that people cared enough about politics and public policy that they’d want to read about it and we’d be able to build a business around it. And we’ve done what we set out to do. This week we’re celebrating our ninth year. We’re in every newspaper in Texas ... on any given day of the week you’ll see our stories in print, on television and radio. And the relationships we have with other outlets, like the Washington Post and Time magazine — where we’ll have a cover story on the border in the next few weeks — allows us to reach more people all the time. Right now is a hard time to be running a media business, and we really take nothing for granted. Some days I feel like Indiana Jones outrunning the boulder. AB: Tell me about the difference between running a nonpartisan, nonprofit newsroom like the Texas Tribune and one that answers to shareholders. ES: The biggest difference is that we have a mission and everything we do is driven by it. Our job is not to resell eyeballs to advertisers or do stupid things to get clicks. We cover public policy, politics and state government, and our job is to inform and educate and engage with our audience. The mission is what separates us — we’re not in a transactional business. If we do what we say we’re going to do and live by our mission, then we’ve accomplished what we need to accomplish. We’re nonpartisan because we don’t believe it’s the job of journalists to wear the uniform of any team ... we keep our thumbs off the scale. I’m very quick to add, though, that nonpartisan doesn’t

By Anne Bruno mean nonthinking. When BS needs to be called out, we call it what it is. AB: It feels like the annual Tribune Festival has blown up in terms of high-level speakers as well as the number of people attending. How did it go from appealing to a fairly narrow segment of people to drawing a wider audience? ES: For one thing, when we started, we were not living in a woke nation — we are now. Today, everybody is agitated and animated and vibrating about politics in a way they weren’t nine years ago, or even three years ago. What’s happened over the last few years that’s been different is that Trump has made everybody stand up and pay attention, whatever side you’re on, for him or against him. So we’ve seen extraordinary growth in our audience — event attendance, site traffic, everything. Attendance at this year’s Tribune Festival went up more than 50 percent over last year. I think that’s entirely about people coming around to the idea that this stuff — I mean politics and journalism — matters. People are paying attention and saying they don’t want to sit on the sidelines anymore and let somebody else decide for them. More people are voting, more people are advocating for themselves and their communities. I’m heartened to see that. Texas loves to be number one at everything except voting, where we’re usually dead last. AB: Going back to the beginning, anything in particular you remember about Austin circa 1991? ES: If you wanted to see an art house movie, I remember you had to get to the Village theater fast, before the movie left. Also, back then, it was hard to get good pizza, falafel, bagels or Chinese food in Austin. That last one is still debatable.

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People of the year 2018 Jordan Fronk

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Founder, Fronks By Hannah Morrow

The milkman is making a comeback. Fifty years ago, when milk was farm-fresh and in many cases from a ranch just down the road, nearly one-third of American households got their dairy delivered straight to their porch. As it became easier (and cheaper) to buy milk at the grocery store, deliveries dwindled and the milkman became more of a euphemism than a profession. Fast-forward a few decades and the farm-to-table movement has many folks reading the ingredients list or avoiding certain foods altogether, opting for meal and produce deliveries. In Austin, milk deliveries are back in fashion, but with a fresh twist and beautiful bottling. “When you cook at home, it gives you an insurance policy that you’re eating well. Eating healthy has never been a crazy focus. Just making your own food is a natural way to eat what seems right,” says Jordan Fronk, owner and creator of Fronks, a local favorite for organic nut milks. Fronk, who is originally from Houston and moved to Austin in 2003, began making her own nut milks in her Barton Springs home in 2015. Recipes were tweaked until the winning combo of almonds and cashews, sweetened with dates and

cinnamon, wowed her friends and family. Occasional gifts turned into frequent orders. After finding a lack of competition for the high-quality, homemade product, Fronk teamed up with local consultants FÖDA Studio and released three flavors (original, simple and cocoa) of Fresh Fronks in 2016. “It was a really thorough, amazing dive into the industry and companies that I admired and had a similar feel to what I wanted to portray,” says Fronk about working with FÖDA. “When you’re building essentially an e-commerce company from the beginning, not having a storefront, you put a lot of thought into the bottles.” An ode to the milkman days, Fronks’ glass bottles are simple stunners, with charming prints in subtle palettes. Prior to the products’ release, Fronk worked in marketing and sales until she had her son and daughter. She says building a business was never in the game plan, or even near the playbook. “It felt like one of those things that people always say: There are opportunities that you can take or turn away from, but I took it because it wouldn’t leave me alone,” she says with a laugh. “But I can’t imagine a better city to be building something,

and I’m so grateful to be building a business in this community and in this time. Even though it’s nut milk and it’s something kind of small, it feels purposeful.” “Divisive” is too strong a word to use about a nonissue like nut milk, but non-dairy milks do tend to induce a love-it-or-hate-it response. Fronk knows this. But you can eat vegetables and not be vegan as much as you can be lactose-tolerant and enjoy nut milk. It’s not just a milk alternative; it’s delicious. “Health aside, a lot of people tell me they don’t like milk or they just don’t drink milk. But I always ask them to just try it. It’s something that you can drink out of the bottle.” The popularity of Fronks is proof of this, and, as of September, the brand has expanded its delivery services to Dallas, San Antonio and Houston through Farmhouse Delivery. This year, you can usher in the holidays with the newest flavor: eggnog. If you chalk all nut milk up to millennial mumbo-jumbo or your last taste test with some lukewarm almond milk was less than pleasant, give Fronks a shot — in your next coffee, maybe in a creamy cocktail or straight out of the bottle. It’s folks like Fronk who make Austin a little sweeter. tribeza.com

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People of the year 2018 Deborah Roberts

Deborah R Deborah Roberts is a force. You know it the minute you step into her studio, the first time you see the work or hear her booming laugh. The painter and collage artist has a clear vision for how she wants her work to interact with the world and has always defined success by producing honest pieces that communicate a message, one that’s about the complexity of self and otherness. But as sometimes happens, the larger art world is just now catching up with the way she has always seen herself: as a successful artist. The Austin-born, Syracuse University-educated painter, whose collages are sought-after by museums and collectors alike, is having a moment. She has recently received a string of grants and awards (the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2016, to name but one), and next year will have solo shows at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects and the Stephen Friedman Gallery, in London. Roberts seems delighted by the recognition, but also unfazed. When we met at her new studio in Canopy Austin, most of the conversation revolved around the two unfinished pieces hanging on her studio walls. How would she resolve the hands and boxing gloves? What’s the proper balance between painting and collage work? These are the questions of a hardworking artist at the top of her game. Surrounded by paint, brushes and collage pieces, we talked about her career and what this moment means. Margaret Williams: What was your earliest exposure to art?

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Deborah Roberts: In third grade, I started drawing. And then I just fell in love with it after that, but I didn’t understand art really until I was about 15, in high school. MW: When did you know you were going to try making a living as an artist? DR: It just happened 18 months ago [laughs], so I waited for 30 years. MW: When did you move into collages? DR: Collages came about 12 years ago, when I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my faces. I realized the news media had a very distorted and monolithic image of blackness. The people I know are made up of multiple images. The collages allowed me to work in that direction. MW: You talk a lot about otherness. What does that mean to you? DR: Being the other in the society means you live in the margins of everyone else’s lives. Whiteness is a present in our lives from the time we’re five years old, and blackness is not present in others’ lives until they’re nine or ten, and even then it’s a month of information. I would love to live in a vast society where human nature is put together. MW: Did you always know that your work would speak to those ideas? DR: No. I didn’t always know that. I hoped that it would, but what graduate school offered me was the opportunity to really expand my historical knowledge. MW: What are different cultural references you pull from?

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DR: There are four stools to my work. There’s art history, American history, black culture and pop culture. But I’m adding a fifth, and it’s literature. Now it’s just as important to me as the paint I use. I’m listening to Toni Morrison, who’s telling me why I’ve added bare feet to my work. She said shoes are political. There’s a call and response to people who have come before us. MW: What is your process? DR: The first thing for me is to figure out the face that I want and what I want to talk about. If I can get the face, then I can figure out the rest. [Roberts points to a painting on the far right of her studio wall.] When I started that piece last week, I only knew the pose that I wanted to use, but when I put that face together, it was such excitement. The boys’ faces are all new, and I’m trying to figure out the best way. This new work is at its very early stages, so the message — it’s not quite as strong as the girls, but it’s getting there. That’s what the work is doing right now, figuring itself out. I’ve been thinking that I’m putting too much paint on. MW: You’re worried you’re putting too much paint on the canvas? DR: Yeah, I don’t want to get away from collaging. I love it. I want it to be a true mixed media. But having my hand involved in the emotion of painting is really strong. I just have to find a happy medium.

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People of the year 2018 Annie Lin

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Scroll through pictures of happy babies and it’s hard to stop: A little guy, smartly dressed in blue and white complete with striped suspenders, sits with his BFF, a stuffed toy penguin named Stuart. A pair of beaming toddlers, arm in arm, wear matching organic cotton tees, one emblazoned with the word “best” and the other with “friend.” Such is the addicting stuff of the Instagram feed for A Little Bundle, an online source of curated goods that celebrates all things mother and baby. Annie Lin, who launched her Austin-based business at about the same time Instagram hit the masses, has become a leader in the world where artful design meets babies. With more than 52,000 followers, Lin has set the tone that other retailers, bloggers and social media mavens yearn for — real, but beautiful, individual and authentic. Lin’s success with A Little Bundle has led to a consulting business called Unicorn and Rainbows, where she helps other entrepreneurs take their brand personality digital. Like any good mom does with her kids, Lin shares with her clients the lessons she’s learned about how to shine your own light in a crowded world. Anne Bruno: You launched A Little Bundle in 2013 after three years of running the women’s contemporary clothing line you created with your sister in New York. Why the switch from women to babies? Annie Lin: I’d always known I wanted to work in the baby space. I wasn’t seeing great design ... ev-

erything kind of looked the same, nothing felt terribly special. A friend in New York had started an online subscription service for dog toys and treats. I thought it was a brilliant business model that could work in the baby world. So it started with me putting together monthly, curated bundles of items — baby clothes, high-quality toys, well-designed things for new moms. As time went on and we really took off, I realized that half the fun is putting a bundle together yourself, which is what we’ve transitioned to now. People can choose from one of the bundles we put together, or they can shop our curated site to build their own and we send it to the recipient. It’s something fun and different to do for a friend, a relative or maybe a coworker who’s having a baby. AB: Why Austin when New York is still considered the big fashion capital? AL: For one thing, I’d gone to Parsons to study graphic design and illustration. After living in New York for eight years, I was ready for a change and a different pace. My sister had moved to Austin, and when my boyfriend — now my husband — and I visited, we both thought, “This place is great!” Everyone’s so friendly ... it’s not too cold … and two months later, we were here for good. The other thing is that Austin is a wonderful city to start a business in. People are very supportive of entrepreneurs and small business in general. Those are two things that mean a lot to me.

AB: You credit Instagram with helping get A Little Bundle on people’s radars when you first launched the company. Were you already skilled in social media and photography? AL: Oh, no, not at the time I started. No one was really marketing like that. Back then, the term “influencer” didn’t even exist. I basically built up my audience and my skill set over time, by trial and error and just diving in. AB: Your following grew pretty quickly. How? AL: Well, I think people liked that my feed was authentic and had a different look to it. Remember, at that time, you didn’t see much interesting design in baby things. Today, it’s a lot more common with big stores like Target getting in on it. But I’m always telling my Unicorn and Rainbows clients — you have to find your own voice and then use it to tell your story, which is not the same as anyone else’s. Because that’s where the connection happens. And the products! Some things I design myself, and others are exclusive partnerships with high-quality brands, small businesses who I love supporting. For the clothes, they have to be the absolute softest. Comfort is number one, and they have to be durable for play, so I always imagine myself moving and crawling around in something. I have two girls, who are nine months and two and a half years, so I like to think I know what I am talking about.

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People of the year 2018 Aaron Franklin & Tyson Cole

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In Austin, where there’s smoke, there’s Aaron Franklin, and where there’s fish, there’s Tyson Cole. Now, at Loro, two of the biggest names in Austin food have blessedly come together. And while an Asian smokehouse might not seem the most likely coupling, my conversation with these two food titans left me less surprised by the concept than by the fact it hadn’t happened sooner. Loro’s general manager, Zach Knight, forewarned me: “They’re the same person — both geniuses, different specialties.” When Franklin arrives, he gives Loro’s chef de cuisine John Gross a low five and a “Whassup?” before checking in with the rest of the staff. Outside, Cole has secured a patio table under a canopy of towering oaks, and as Franklin walks out, no one seems fazed by the celebrity chefs, dressed in button-downs and sneakers and drinking ginger beer. At times, chatting with the two felt more like watching brothers banter than witnessing two masters exchange the secrets of their craft. When a stray acorn dive-bombs the table, Franklin quips: “Acorned if you do, acorned if you don’t!” Later, Cole calls Franklin a “culinary Voltron,” referencing a Japanese anime show I had to look up. It’s hard to imagine Austin’s current culinary climate without the two men on either side of this picnic table. In 2003 Cole opened the game-changing sushi restaurant Uchi and in 2010 introduced Uchiko ( Japanese for “child of Uchi”) to the Austin food landscape. The chef took home a James Beard nod in 2011, bringing Uchi to Houston less than nine

months later, followed by Dallas in 2015 and Denver earlier this year. Meanwhile, in 2009, Franklin opened his eponymous food trailer on the East Side, which was followed two years later by his move to a brickand-mortar and Bon Appétit’s recognition of Franklin’s as the best barbecue in the country. By 2015, he had turned his meat-smoking manifesto into a New York Times best-seller and was crowned Best Chef in the Southwest by the James Beard Foundation. While the two had known each other for a while, and run in similar circles, it was a private dinner in Dallas, a few years back, that sparked the idea to collaborate. Cole had long been thinking about a smokehouse, having experimented with smoking different meats with Uchiko’s opening. “We knew we wanted smoke,” says Cole, “to take advantage of those flavor profiles. Once we knew we were going to do it, we told Aaron — at first just to pick his brain.” Franklin remembers meeting up after that dinner: “We both thought, ‘That was fun!’” he says with a smile. “And the courting ensued.” Fostering a partnership sounds a lot like tending brisket when he describes it from there: “You can’t force things. You can guide, but you can’t force.” Both chefs were ready for something new, though neither predicted the success Loro has seen since launching in April. Cole attributes that to the timing of their careers, the quality and talent behind the food (he indicates Franklin), and to

Austin: “Austin is a place to create and innovate. There’s just something in the water.” When asked what they most enjoy about working together, both noted the relationships built in the process — and a mutual respect for each other’s craft. “The best part is getting that glimpse inside what Aaron does,” says Cole. “Besides his book and what he’s doing at Franklin’s — not just as a pitmaster, but as a business owner and chef — Aaron is a genius.” Franklin chuckles in protest. “He is!” Cole insists. “Aaron has this commitment to becoming the master that he is, this tenacity I recognize in myself. I smell like fish, he smells like smoke.” Franklin redirects the spotlight. If there is any competition between them, it’s in their effort to out-compliment. “I’d say the same about Tyson, but with that added attention to detail — down to the way he looks at one little herb stem. I play with fire and finesse, but Tyson is more measured. How I look at beef parallels how he looks at fish.” Combining culinary kingdoms revealed the similarities of their separate realms: Cole shares a photo that, in his mind, captures the whole concept at Loro. The picture shows their knives displayed side by side at a private event; the caption reads “When two worlds collide!” Franklin identifies his $15 bread knife and a $25 boning knife next to Cole’s $700 Masamoto knife. Thankfully for Austin, these two sets of knives now work under the same roof.

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People of the year 2018 Chase Heard

Chase An initial glance around the sunlit storefront at the Howler Brothers HQ matches the easygoing vibe you might expect from an Austin-born retail brand. Art lines the walls, and Howler’s signature embroidered button-downs hang above a custom YETI. It all seems to have bubbled right out of Barton Springs — until you see the surfboards in the window. Nearby, photographer Kenny Braun’s “Surf Texas” book shares a display with the brand’s Baja-inspired Shaman hoodies. So how does a coastal-living brand end up in landlocked Austin, right in the heart of Clarksville, and explode into one of the most recognized outdoor retailers on the market? Wearing one of Howler’s guayabera shirts (a Mexican wedding shirt updated with a vented back yoke and technical fabric), co-founder Chase Heard walks me through the shop. Before Howler, Heard was a practicing architect, artist and touring musician. Suddenly, the puzzle pieces start to connect: design-driven, with a love for travel and live music — sounds like Austin. Heard and co-founder/fellow band member Andy Stepanian “cooked up” the idea during their tours. They got to know each other both creatively and in pressured situations, laying a great foundation to form a business together. They also traveled frequently to Costa Rica, whose resident primate inspired both the branding and the com-

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pany’s slogan, “Heed the Call.” Heard describes the howler monkey’s cry as the soundtrack of those trips, and not the soothing jungle noises you might find on a sleep-sounds playlist, either. “They’re scary,” he laughs. “When you first hear it, you’d think it was a freight train. But it’s such a signature part of the experience, and we wanted to capture that energy.” Founded in 2010, Howler Brothers started in Heard’s garage and backyard. As the brand grew, they moved into a warehouse in North Austin before settling into their current home in 2015. Across the street from Caffe Medici and surrounded by restaurants like Jeffrey’s and Josephine House, Howler loves its community for its perfect combination of neighborhood vibe and proximity to downtown. As Heard describes the foot traffic Howler sees daily in the store — everyone from Clarksville residents to ACL visitors, cyclists bound for Lady Bird Lake or tourists from downtown — another piece of the puzzle slides into place: Beach or not, Austin appeals to adventurers and storytellers from all walks of life. “We talk a lot about the in-betweens,” Heard shares. “It’s not about catching the biggest fish or biggest wave, or doing the most rad solo ascent. It’s the flat tire on your way there that makes for great stories, or the tequila shack you find before or after.” In a city that draws both East and West

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Coast transplants, that sense of the in-between resonates, attracting a customer base diverse in both geography and age. Heard hesitated to pigeonhole just one core audience. “The fun thing is that it’s been a pretty wide spectrum,” he says. “A lot of people share our common interests and get the vibe, and other people think fly-fishing, surf and travel don’t quite click with Texas at first.” Matthew McConaughey might disagree. Austin’s patron saint favors the Yellow Rose collection, calling it “one-of-a-kind cool” in People magazine earlier this year. Heard attributes the brand’s recent boom to these special collections and collaborations with groups like ACL and Studio 6A: Released in limited batches, the vibrant patterns are one of Howler’s biggest differentiators to the olive-and-tan palettes of bigger outdoor companies, and the exclusive lines sell out quickly. Apart from these collections, Heard also draws a parallel between the brand’s growth and Austin’s explosion in the past few years. There are a lot more eyes on the city now, he thinks. And as the city continues to grow, Howler plans to grow with it. “We immediately have a cool factor that comes with just being from Austin,” says Heard, “and the fact that we’re now a part of that identity and story — we’re pretty happy about that.”

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People of the year 2018 Dr. Charles Fraser Jr.

Heart Surgeon, Professor By Anne Bruno

According to Dr. Charles Fraser, Jr. “Austin is exactly the kind of city that should be leading health care innovation, not following.” As chief of the pediatric and congenital cardiothoracic surgery program at Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas and professor in the departments of surgery and perioperative care and pediatrics at the University of Texas’ Dell Medical School, he now has the opportunity to help make that happen. In May, Fraser relocated to Austin after 23 years at Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. There, he led the renowned pediatric hospital’s congenital heart surgery program. He is now the leader of the recently established Texas Center for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, a joint program of Dell Children’s and UT Health Austin, Dell Med’s clinical practice. “In many ways,” he says, “it’s hard to believe that Austin has not had a medical school until recently. There’s no place quite like this in the country — the exploding population, the vibrant economy. Austin is the capital of one of the fastest-growing states and home to the state’s premier public university. This is exactly where big things are supposed to happen.” Fraser, who was born in Austin while his father was attending graduate school here, followed in the footsteps of numerous family members (including two of his grandparents) and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas. He attended medical school at UT Medical Branch at Galveston. He compares what’s happening in Austin today

with the establishment in the late 1800s of The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, one of the finest academic medical institutions in the world. “The situation in Baltimore at the time Johns Hopkins Medicine got started was very similar to Austin,” Fraser notes. “There was a convergence of forces — a leading philanthropist in a leading community had a mandate for [improving] health care at a time when it needed a big change. Today, you’d have to be living under a rock not to see the myriad of problems we have in health care. If a place like this can’t take that on, who can?” While Fraser’s bold thinking and long-term vision have led to numerous technical advancements in the treatment of congenital heart disease (the most common birth defect and typically a condition patients deal with for the rest of their lives), he is also known as a compassionate caregiver. His interest goes beyond the operating table to the entire continuum of care so that the patients he is treating as well as their families are cared for in a supportive, nurturing way. “I think it’s unacceptable for a community to have to compromise on health care. In Houston, I saw patients come from all over, and it’s incredibly hard on the family — emotionally, financially, every way you can think of. It just makes what they’re already dealing with worse.” Fraser says he also believes there’s a real disconnect between perception and reality when it comes to teaching hospitals. “I’ve always had interns, residents, fellows and medical students wherever I’ve worked as important members of the care

team. And regardless of whether it was Johns Hopkins, the Cleveland Clinic, Texas Children’s or here at Dell Children’s, almost every family — in some way — will bring up a concern about being at a teaching hospital,” he says. “Basically, they only want the very best for their child and they’re unsure whether the teaching part gets in the way. I get that.” The reality, he explains, is that academic hospitals are where the most difficult questions are being asked and the greatest focus is applied to finding the answers. “At a teaching hospital, we have the most eyes looking at every problem,” he says. “That’s what we do, that’s our job as leaders.” “When I’m sitting with a woman who’s pregnant and we know there’s a problem — nearly all of them ask the same things,” Fraser says. “‘Is my child going to be able to play soccer?’ ‘Will she lead a normal life?’ I tell them as much as I know, but it really bothers me that I can’t answer all their questions. Every great hospital I’ve been fortunate to be a part of is doing incredible work, but here’s the thing: They haven’t solved all the problems yet. There’s still so much that we need to figure out.” Reflecting on his move to Austin and new role with the University of Texas, Fraser says it feels like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — to impact the future for children and adults with congenital heart disease and to give something back to a place that’s been so important in his own life. “That part really does mean a lot to me.”

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People of the year 2018 Cory Baker

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President and CEO, Long Center By Hannah Morrow

“Keep Austin Weird.” The slogan that has become synonymous with our city was born in 2000, inspired by a comment made by librarian Red Wassenich while giving a pledge to KOOP Radio. It’s a reference to the creativity and funk that accumulated in the capital city through the ’70s and ’80s, as well as an urging to support local businesses. Jump forward to 2018 and the Google machine chock-full of think pieces wondering if Austin is outgrowing its weirdness. “People say we need to keep Austin’s culture,” says Cory Baker, president and CEO of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary on Riverside Drive this year. “Maybe they can’t put their finger on what that means, but they know we have to keep it. Our culture and arts are still evolving, and just like any other infrastructure, there are going to be growing pains. But it’s a great opportunity to ask as a community, Who are we? And if these things are important to who we are, how are we adjusting for artists?” Baker’s path to a career in the arts reads as those stories usually do: a little scattered. Following high school in her home town of Philadelphia, Baker landed in Phoenix, where she opened a skate shop, Sub Society, before attending Arizona State University. She says she always held an interest in the arts, both in practice and apprecia-

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tion, while she double majored in sociology and religion studies. After graduation, she continued working at her shop, and eventually took an interview at the Scottsdale Cultural Council. That interview, she says, would change her life. “I always imagined an audience coordinator position — getting out of the community and finding out how to connect — but I didn’t know this was a career. It wasn’t a track in college,” says Baker. Her interviewer heard her passion and asked her to write a job description to take to the executive staff. With that acceptance, she began her tenure with the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Over the next 16 years, Baker would grow to become the director of the center, developing new programming and initiatives. “To this day, I think it was the best way to get into the field. The focus was, from the first day, all about bringing the community to the artist,” says Baker. In 2015, a position at the Long Center fell into her lap: vice president of programming and production. She’d been to Austin before — her sister lives here — and the city was a good fit for what she wanted out of the future. “It’s kind of funny when you start looking around and see what institutions you’d want to work in and what cities you want to raise a family in,” she says. “Austin was on the short list for both.” She joined the Long Center that fall, but six months later a shake-up in the

organization led her to become CEO. Nearing the Long Center’s 10-year anniversary, Baker presided over an intensive rebranding process. Its earliest iteration, the Municipal Auditorium, opened in 1959 before getting reinvented in 2008. “The organization was at a critical crossroads. In the first eight years, the team had learned a lot but didn’t have the magic formula,” says Baker. A population boom had left Austin’s needs and wants transformed. She says serving the city was a little like “shooting at a moving target.” Additionally, as a newer Austinite herself, Baker was thoughtful about the footprint her position enables her to leave on Austin. “My passions — sociology, community — are about learning what role the arts play in preserving the soul of Austin,” says Baker. The rebranding has focused on program diversity, community outreach and events, and a usurping commitment to the live arts. “All Austinites deserve access to world-class culture.” “The most critical thing for me and the Long Center is how we can best support the amazing ecology that already exists in Austin. It’s an art lover’s town. There is so much going on. Audiences are sophisticated and smart; they’re adventurous and open-minded. I mean,” she says with a laugh, “people will go out on Tuesdays!”

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‚ People of the year 2018 Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez

Founder and Executive Director, Jolt By Anne Bruno

The day I meet Cristina Tzintzún Ramírez at the offices of Jolt, an initiative she founded to engage young Latinos in Texas’ democratic process, the feeling of calm before a storm is in the air. It’s less than a week before the highly anticipated midterm elections, and I comment on the amount of work in front of her over the next few days. “We definitely have a lot more to do before Tuesday,” Tzintzún Ramírez says, referring to Jolt’s aggressive block-walking campaign. “But right now, I’m working on some events coming up next month.” Acting now and strategizing for the future is the modus operandi for one of Texas’ most accomplished grassroots organizers. And if the nonprofit she founded can deliver on the holy grail of voter turnout in Texas — the Latino vote — there’s no doubt about it, a shock to the system (as the organization’s name implies) will take place. “In November of 2016, my husband and I had recently moved back to Texas from Washington, D.C. I was six months pregnant and working out the details for the launch,” Tzintzún Ramírez says. “It was supposed to happen the following spring, but by the time the election happened, it was clear we couldn’t wait.” Using a network model of student chapters and young-adult unions (members range in age from 16 to their mid-30s), Jolt is growing fast and gaining national attention for events like its Quinceañera at the Capitol, a co-celebration of Latino family bonds and resistance against Texas Senate Bill 4, often called the “show-me-your-papers law.” The buzz on social media attests to the

organization’s momentum and member commitment. Tzintzún Ramírez expects the number of Jolt groups scattered across the state in big cities like Houston as well as smaller communities like Tyler to reach 20 by year’s end. Jolt’s ultimate goal is to achieve government representation that is actually representative of the state’s population: At about 40 percent today, with a total population close to 11 million, Latinos are expected to make up the majority of Texans by 2030. “We’re talking about the future of Texas. Developing leaders and getting young Latinos engaged in democracy is key,” Tzintzún Ramírez says. “Over the next decade, half of all Texans turning 18 will be Latinos. These are voices that need to be heard ... on the decisions that affect their lives, now and going forward.” Tzintzún Ramírez is well-qualified to focus her attention and considerable energy on such a far-reaching issue. She grew up in Ohio, the child of two cultures, with an immigrant mother from a poor farming family in Mexico and what she calls a white hippie father with Texas connections. A self-described nerd in high school, she immersed herself in books about social movements and civil rights activists before coming to Austin to attend the University of Texas, where she graduated with a degree in liberal arts and Latin American studies. Tzintzún Ramírez’s husband is a DACA recipient who came to the U.S. when he was eight; his citizenship had not yet been legalized at the time they married.

While still a student at UT, she co-founded the Workers Defense Project, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights and fair treatment of low-wage workers in Texas, most of whom are immigrants, many undocumented. In 2015 she left the organization, having grown it from a volunteer staff and “a box of nice brochures” to a powerful initiative with a multimillion-dollar budget that helped to pass a host of state and local laws. “When I was younger,” Tzintzún Ramírez explains, “I used to think I was just speaking up for my mother and other people like her. But at WDP, I saw all these children of the workers — who were just like me — and I realized I was actually advocating for our future. I could see the power of children of immigrants and that no one was tapping into it.” The results of this year’s midterm elections prove that Tzintzún Ramírez’s work is already paying off. Young voters, Latinos in particular, turned out in record numbers. Early vote estimates show that the youth vote rose about 470 percent and the Latino vote grew more than 200 percent. “Policymakers have failed in Texas — when there’s no shame about the fact that Texas ranks last in voting,” she says. “How can someone be OK with the fact that they were elected by only a tiny percent of the people they’re supposed to be representing?” For Tzintzún Ramírez, Jolt is the answer to that question and holds the power to flip the switch on status-quo politics in Texas for good.

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People of the year 2018 Steven Dilley

Dill n e v e e t y S Owner, Bufalina By Laurel Miller

Steven Dilley is cradling a handful of what look to be dusty tan rocks. “These just came in,” he says with excitement. “They left Piedmont just two days ago. “They” are aromatic white truffles from Alba, Italy, and diners at Dilley’s Neapolitan pizzeria, Bufalina, can have up to six grams shaved atop their pies. Dilley opened Bufalina in 2013, despite a lack of experience save for a month in Naples spent eating and making pizza at various restaurants. For the first eight months, he manned the custom oven, which had been made overseas. Today, he has “a crew who are total pros.” Over the past five years Dilley has acted as wine director (in 2017, Food & Wine magazine named him a Sommelier of the Year), both at the main Bufalina outpost, on the East Side, and Bufalina Due, which opened on Burnet Road in 2015. Tackling challenges head-on is clearly in Dilley’s DNA. After double majoring in computer science and American studies at the University of Texas, the Copperas Cove native took a job at a downtown brokerage firm. “My office was around the corner from the Austin Wine Merchant,” he says, “so I started buying wine as a hobby.” In 2002, he moved to Manhattan to work as a trader. Even with 12-hour workdays, he still found time to shop the famed Union Square Greenmarket and cook lavish meals. “My mom is Taiwanese and my dad is Italian,” he says, regarding his innate interest in food. “In the back of my mind,

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I’d always thought about opening a restaurant.” After eight years in New York, Dilley relocated back to Austin to be near family. Although still working as a trader, he’d “lost interest” and was feeling increasingly drawn to the idea of being a restaurateur. “I started reaching out to people in the local food industry,” he says, “and they were super-friendly, with great advice. Some were very quick to tell me about the high failure rate, but that statistic isn’t unique to restaurants. Being a self-employed trader and having a background in business was helpful.” Dilley knew he wanted a small space with a “simple concept and menu, which would give me the best odds of dialing in quality and consistency.” A lifelong pizza enthusiast, he was exposed to Neapolitan-style pies in New York (an authentic vera pizza napoletana is made with 00 Italian soft wheat flour, which yields a thin, supple crust. The dough must be made by hand and topped with canned San Marzano tomatoes and mozzarella di bufala or fior di latte cheese; it should cook for no more than several minutes in a wood-fired brick oven). Dilley found a former engine shop on East Cesar Chavez that seemed a perfect fit for his then concept. The space is now infused with warm, rustic touches, and visually dominated by its glossy white-tiled domed oven. Bufalina’s delicate pies are bursting with flavor. The menu is a mix of traditional staples like Margherita and pizzas

inspired by other cultures and seasonal ingredients. The wine list, which is updated several times a week, is Bufalina’s other star attraction. Despite the abbreviated menu, the wine choices are extensive and esoteric. An admitted Francophile, Dilley is a fan of natural wines from mom-andpop winemakers and those made from less common varietals. Dilley is quick to point out that he’s not a certified sommelier (of his Food & Wine nod: “They said they were looking for people who have an opinion”). “I’m a wine enthusiast,” he says, “I admire the people and process but I feel more compelled to continue my studies independently. Maybe it’s analogous to my career path. I didn’t have a background in business, trading or food and beverage, but I’ve been interested — and lucky enough — to pursue those things on my own. Maybe that’s why my therapist thinks I have imposter syndrome!” What Dilley finds rewarding is talking to his customers and sharing “new, fun bottles we have on the list. I associate wine with having a good time,” he says. “If I’m drinking it, I’m probably cooking or dining somewhere and hanging out with friends. The best thing about this job is working with my staff and interacting with our diners, many of whom have become close friends.”

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People of the year 2018 Fort Lonesome

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To meet Kathie Sever and her Fort Lonesome team is to immediately feel a sense of dedication, collaboration and artistry. Originally founded in 2000 as the children’s clothing line Ramonster and rebranded in 2014 as Fort Lonesome, the chain-stitching collaborative produces specialty Western-inspired garments. Their East Austin studio is filled with spools of colorful thread, racks of handmade separates and, most important, rows of vintage Singer sewing stations. Sever and her team have resurrected the nearly lost art of chain stitching. The craft was almost completely unlearnable when Sever first stumbled on a chain-stitching machine in the early 2000s. It took her years to find people who knew how to work one. “It was mostly older dudes in their basements who used to work in opera houses or motorcycle clubs,” Sever explains. But learn she did, and, as they say, the rest is history. Fort Lonesome’s designs can be seen everywhere from South Congress Avenue (Madewell’s newest Austin location has an in-store machine), to the pages of Vogue, to the CMA Awards’ red carpet (members of the band Midland are consistently seen wearing Fort Lonesome’s designs). I sat down with Sever and three members of her team of stitchers and designers — Amrit Khalsa, Christina Smith and Michelle Devereux — to find out how their resurrection of a lost art got started. Margaret Williams: When did you first start sewing? Kathie Sever: My mom was a sewing teacher, so I grew up sewing. That’s always been something that I go back to as a comfort.

MW: When did chain stitching come into play? KS: After I did the children’s line [Ramonster], I started doing Western wear for adults, and a friend, Jenny Hart — she’s someone who brought hand embroidery back — had a chain-stitch embroidery machine and didn’t know how to use it. And so she offered to sell it to me. I bought it from her around 2004. The machines were almost entirely obsolete. I was blogging about the fact that I was trying to figure out how to use it. And finally, this guy in Indianapolis [ Jerry Lee Atwood] got in touch with me and was like, “I have one of those, too. I also don’t know how to use it and would like to figure it out.” He started reaching out to people who were not on computers and asking them to scan pamphlets they had from the ’60s. Once I started using the machine more regularly, I felt like everything busted wide-open. MW: Are most of your pieces a collaboration? Amrit Khalsa: Usually. Sometimes people are very specific, and others just give a list of things they like. Christina Smith: It’s kind of a conversation — familiarizing people with what we’re capable of. And sometimes they’ll say, “I just love what you guys do. Here’s this very broad-strokes theme. Go for it.” It’s super-challenging to be given a lot of direction, and it’s super-fun to be given something wide-open. Doing both feels pretty good. MW: Did all of you learn chain stitching from Kathie?

AK: Yes. KS: It’s kind of a thing now, but even just five years ago I could count, maybe on one hand, everyone I knew who was chain stitching. The growth has been crazy. MW: What was the moment when you knew “Oh wow, this is a thing”? AK: When we were walking down Fifth Avenue [in New York] and saw a chain-stitched Western dress in the Coach window. CS: That was pretty crazy. Michelle Devereux: And Gucci had just released their line that was heavily embroidered. KS: I really feel like [singer-songwriter] Nikki Lane has been a major part of why vintage Western wear and chain stitching is popular. She has a really interesting style. You could see people paying attention to what she’s doing MW: How did the Midland album cover outfits come to be? KS: They just asked us. We had to do all three suits in two weeks, so it was stressful, but I love that cover and how the suits turned out. MW: In many ways, what you create seems to be more than just clothing, or an outfit. AK: We come from this Western-wear tradition, but we’re all a bunch of artists. We all have a visual-arts approach, and that seems to be what’s made it possible for us to excite people about what we’re doing. We all have a different aesthetic, and a different technique, and a different style. It’s all melded together.

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he kept hearing “Call us back when you’re bigger” from existing providers. That was five years ago. Since then, like-minded entrepreneurs and brands have found their way to his South Austin warehouse at The Yard and are now clients: Howler Brothers, Tecovas, Kammok and Austin City Limits, to name a few. “Basically,” he says, “we got their business because we give a damn about how we do what we do.” In a commodity industry, he explains, “it’s all about solving problems and being ready to do that on the spot. In anything, I believe, what gets you a callback or the next job or some new opportunity is being able to deal with the exceptions that come up, not just the way things are supposed to go.” For Sauceda, how things are supposed to go usually means turning a passion into something big that he can share. Such was the case when, in the midst of managing his businesses and starting a family with Priscilla, he decided to fly a single-engine Cessna 3,822 miles around the perimeter of Texas to document the state in aerial photographs. “I was obsessed with aviation and the movie ‘Memphis Belle’ when I was a kid,” he says. “And once you actually get your [pilot’s] license, you’re always looking for some reason to fly. I thought it would be cool to shoot the entire border of Texas. No one had ever done it, and it combined Texas, planes and photography — all things l love.” The project started as an essay for Texas Monthly, and this year, the project morphed into a book published in October by UT Press, “A Mile Above Texas,” with Sauceda sharing stories about his one-of-a-kind adventure. An exhibit on the project at the Bullock Texas State History Museum is also in the works, slated to open in late January. “When I was a kid,” Sauceda say, “I really didn’t know what I’d end up doing. In general, my ignorance is usually what’s led to my growth and to just trying out new things.”

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People of the year 2018 Jay B. Sauceda

Jay B. Sauceda knows that the name of his company, Sauceda Industries, isn’t exactly sexy. It could encompass just about anything. But for its founder — who’s also the author of two books, a professional photographer, a graphic designer, a social media phenom and a licensed pilot — that’s OK. Flexibility and constant growth are an entrepreneur’s best friends. Sauceda says he first got “bucketized” as a creative type in high school. “Even though I loved school, I was never a great student.” he says, adding that he has always learned best by doing. “If you look at the different things I’ve done, it might seem all over the place — but one thing always led to another.” Sauceda Industries proves his point. The company, which handles the logistics side of e-commerce for his own products as well as other brands’, is the result of his creating a new business to meet the needs of one he already had. It all began with a Twitter account, @TexasHumor, that Sauceda started in late 2010. “It was just for fun and to blow off steam while I was drinking beer after work,” he says. The proud La Porte native used the account to generally profess his Texas-size love for his home state in a very public way. Over the course of eight years, he’s gained 877,000 followers, posting wry observations and the occasional piece of advice: “If your hotel doesn’t offer Texas-shaped waff les, they don’t deserve five stars.” In March 2013 one post turned the Twitter account into a burgeoning retail business practically overnight. “I posted this drawing I did in the shape of the United States with the words ‘Ain’t Texas’ referring to the rest of the county ... all of a sudden, people wanted to buy T-shirts with the design.” For a while, Sauceda explains, he and his wife, Priscilla, were shipping T-shirts (the first of many @TexasHumor products) out of their garage. He decided to start his own fulfillment business after

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Bill Lyons, Judge Harriet Murphy, Albert Hawkins and Dr. Herschel Shelley By Virginia A. Cumberbatch

The integration of the University of Texas at Austin is a story that transcends the Forty Acres, Austin and Texas education. The 1950s Sweatt v. Painter decision, the lawsuit that opened up the UT Law School to students of color, set the stage for Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which desegregated schools nationwide. As Austin (one of the most segregated cities in the country) and the nation engage in important conversations around justice, civil liberties and equity, these ever-critical conversations mandate our attention, empathy and continued understanding. One such group helping Austin confront its past and reconcile continued practices of inequity is the Precursors, the first generation of black students to integrate UT. Seventy-plus years after Heman Sweatt courageously challenged UTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discriminatory admission policy, the Precursors continue to assemble yearly as narrators of Austinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s civil rights history. They represent a generation of pioneers who, in their adolescence, helped dismantle the systems that had denied the rights of black scholars for a century. The men and women who make up the Precursors have created a precedent for how to stand up in the face of injustice and dissent with both guts and grace.

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Bill Lyons (pictured left, class of ’71) was one of the first black student-athletes recruited to play basketball at UT. While a career-ending injury prevented him from pursuing a full collegiate athletic career, Lyons would become a pivotal figure in helping break the color barrier in Texas sports. He became a resident assistant and tutor assigned to athletes, and his support helped players remain eligible—and crucially encouraged them to remain at school—amid the social hardship. “When I came to UT, it felt like there were about 40 black people on the Forty Acres. I made

it my business to use athletics as an avenue to bring more black students to Texas. It was time that we not only got to study there but take advantage of all the offerings of the university — that included athletics,” Lyons explains. This meant creating a system that ensured that black students would thrive on and off the field. Ultimately Lyons was responsible for the presence of the majority of black student-athletes at UT for the next few decades, and his legacy serves as a reminder of the multidimensional approach required to dismantle prejudice.

After nearly a decade at UT, eventually helping to recruit UT’s first Heisman Trophy winner, Earl Campbell, Lyons went on to pursue a career in law and community advocacy. In surveying his time at UT, it is clear that Lyons didn’t just transform athletics, he transformed the Forty Acres. At a recent gathering, Lyons declared, “Everything I have I owe to UT. If it hadn’t been for this school, I would still be down at the foundry in Luf kin.” Grace personified.

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Judge Harriet Murphy’s (pictured right, UT School of Law class of ’69) voice has been a consistent sound of resistance and resilience. Recalling her first day on campus, Murphy remembers students protesting with signs that read “Put the Black Man in the History Books.” Perhaps with a slight edit — “Put the Black Woman ...” — these protest signs would serve as a premonition of Murphy’s place in history. When she entered classes in the summer of 1966, “low and behold, I was in for a shock,” Murphy says, explaining that upon her arrival she discovered that “there were only five other women enrolled in the summer class, and there was only one other African-American student, but he promptly graduated.” This reality fueled much of her work on and off campus. While in law school, she taught at Huston-Tillotson University and involved herself in advocacy and activism. At one point, she had the opportunity to invite civil rights attorney Thurgood Marshall to Huston-Tillotson (his response by letter hangs on her wall). Despite resistance from many who doubted her ability to graduate and pass the bar, in 1973, Murphy would become the first black woman appointed to a regular judgeship in Texas. It is clear that she took the signs that marked her first day on the Forty Acres to heart, creating her own pathway through the UT experience to put her, a black woman, in the history books. Murphy served on the City of Austin Municipal Court for 20 years and recently chronicled her life’s journey in her memoir, “There All the Honor Lies.” Judge Murphy’s story confirms the importance of how we use storytelling to cultivate an environment where diverse populations feel heard, included and, most importantly, seen.

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People of the year 2018 The Precursers

Entering UT in the last leg of the school’s integration period, both Albert Hawkins (pictured left, class of ’75) and Dr. Herschel Shelley (pictured right, class of ’78) have exemplified a commitment to transformation. Hawkins has consistently leveraged his skills, experience and determination which, he no doubt refined at UT, to serve this city. But Hawkins had “extremely mixed emotions about coming to UT. Having been aware of the reputation of the university in the black community, I recognized that African Americans were not universally welcome. I was apprehensive but I was also excited, because it was a tremendous step to pursue the career I’d hoped for.” Shelley had similar apprehensions, but as a graduate of one of Texas’ premier Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Prairie View A&M University, UT would offer an entirely new experience. Shelley reflects, “Coming out of Dallas, we had heard that UT wasn’t necessarily the place to go for black students. UT did not make any concessions to minority students, particularly African Americans. There were less opportunities for us to get involved in campus life. So we had to make our own communities.” Perhaps the necessity to build community is what set both the intention and impact for many of the Precursors to be critical community voices and advocates. Both Hawkins, and his wife, Jacqueline (class of ’76), have been active volunteers and members of Austin’s Jack and Jill Chapter, a nonprofit devoted to strengthening children and

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developing African-American leadership. Hawkins’ long and devoted career as a civil servant is well-documented: He served as secretary to the president’s Cabinet in the George W. Bush administration and as the executive commissioner of Texas Health and Human Services, to name a few of his vital appointments. He also played an essential role in leading Austin’s oldest institution of higher learning, Huston-Tillotson, into an era of innovation and impact, as president of the school’s board of trustees. Huston-Tillotson also served as the site that would welcome Shelley as the professor to spearhead the pre-engineering program, an appointment that would lead to his work at Manor NewTech High School. Shelley pushed to build opportunities in technology for black students at Manor New Tech, an effort that ultimately brought President Obama to the campus to offer his support and pride in the work. This path connects him to the consistent theme that is evident within the Precursors, a varied and nuanced group like any other: They are truly exemplar. They have revealed that, although a focus on the future of equality and access is crucial, we cannot forget the past. We honor the brave, bold and beautifully united first generation of black students at UT. “As We Saw It: The Story of Integration at the University of Texas at Austin” was published in April 2018. Thanks to the book’s editors —Virginia A. Cumberbatch and Leslie Blair — for allowing us to use quotes that originally appeared in its text. tribeza.com

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People of the year 2018 Beto O Rourke

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Texas’ 16th District

The facts: Robert Francis O’Rourke, “Beto” for short. Born in 1972 in El Paso. Spends childhood through early high school years in El Paso. Transfers to Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1988. Attends Columbia University. Interns with U.S. Congressman Ron Coleman. Returns to live in El Paso in 1998. Tragically loses his father in 2001. Marries Amy Hoover Sanders in 2005. Also, elected to El Paso City Council in 2005. Father to three young children. Has worked as a proofreader, art mover and business owner, among other things. In 2012 runs and wins the race to represent Texas’ 16th District in Congress. Wins reelection in 2014 and 2016. Formally announces his candidacy for the United States Senate on March 31, 2017. Visits all 254 counties in Texas. Novem-

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ber 6, 2018, loses to incumbent senator Ted Cruz by 219,427 votes. O’Rourke isn’t an Austinite. We know that. And we also know that you may adore the guy or, eh, not so much. Whichever side you are on is less the point. What is the point? In 2018, if you lived or spent time in Austin, O’Rourke was everywhere. His black-and-white signs were in our yards, his rallies were at our coffeehouses and city parks, his fundraisers were in our neighbors’ homes. O’Rourke was an animating force in this city, and of the 480,705 Travis County voters who cast a ballot for this Senate race, 356,971 of those went to O’Rourke. Austinite status granted, at least temporarily.

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By Margaret Williams

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LEFT: Shaken, not stirred, at the iconic Bar Hemingway.

Paris THE ART HISTORIANS BEHIND CUR ATED TOURING SHARE THE PASTRIES, MUSEUMS AND HIDDEN CORNERS THAT MAKE THEIR PARIS COME ALIVE Introduction by Margaret Williams

LEFT: The ceiling of Saint-Chapelle, Labunski and Woodworth's favorite building in all of Paris. ABOVE LEFT: Caramels from À la Mère de Famille.

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FAR LEFT: A scene from the perfectly appointed Hôtel de Vendôme. LEFT: Woodworth and Labunski founded Curated Touring with the intention to "radically transform group travel." Here they are at the Musée Rodin.

MEAGAN AND MAT THEW 'S FAVORITES: In its former life, the five-star

E AG A N L A B U N S KI A N D M AT TH E W Woodworth first

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met at Duke University in 2006. Both Ph.D. candidates, they were wrapping up their doctorates in art history and quickly bonded over their love of medieval art and architecture. Later, as each spent years researching, teaching and living abroad — Woodworth in Scotland, England and France and Labunski in Italy — they were constantly disappointed by the (mis)information they heard guides sharing to crowds of tourists in their favorite churches, museums and markets. These places, which felt so alive to Labunski and Woodworth, were not being given the passion and education they deserved. The two assumed that someone would eventually fill this void. “After waiting years for someone to create a tour that we would actually want to take,” says Labunski, “we decided to do it ourselves.” In the spring of 2018 Woodworth and Labunski left their university-level teaching jobs and Curated Touring was born. Their goal is to “radically transform group travel.” They love the idea of group travel, but feel the concept is in need of a more upscale and personalized approach. Starting in early 2019, the art historians and friends will lead small groups (no more than 20) through their favorite European cities (Paris and Rome to start) so they can authentically experience the art, architecture, food and culture of a place. “Our academic backgrounds allow us to arrange boutique events [read: shutting down an entire museum or arranging a cooking class with a celebrity chef] available to very few travelers,” explains Woodworth. We couldn’t help but ask these well-seasoned travelers to share their Paris with us.

Hôtel de Vendôme (1 Place Vendôme) was the embassy of the newly formed Republic of Texas; today, its 20 rooms and nine suites are beautifully appointed and uniquely furnished (fabrics sourced from Chanel and Dior). You’ll want to linger over a cocktail while enjoying the view down to the street below. Added bonus: This spot features some of the friendliest staff we’ve encountered in any country. Julia Child once remarked that one can judge the quality of a cook by his or her roast chicken. Guy Savoy brings his Michelin-star game to Atelier Maître Albert (1 Rue Maître Albert), where the chicken, among other things, has that certain something. Ask for a table near the massive limestone fireplace, and tuck into a glass of Bordeaux while you mull over the menu. Don’t skip the heavenly seared scallops with pumpkin and hazelnuts or the desserts, which are some of the most decadent in the city. Founded in 1761, À la Mère de Famille (39 Rue de Cherche Midi) is the oldest chocolatier in Paris. Its original shop façade, at 35 Rue du Faubourg Montmartre, is a historic landmark, but the Saint-Germain boutique is full of vintage charm. Let the friendly staff introduce you to the delights of French confections, and make sure to sample the homemade iced chestnuts! Une Glace à Paris (15 Rue Sainte-Croix of Bretonnerie) opened three years ago in the Marais. Its two pastry chef–owners have completely rethought the traditional approach to making ice cream. Their concoctions of cream, nougat, tropical fruit and cocoa are not to be missed. Their line of pâtisseries glacées, or “ice pastries,” merge the institution of French pastry-making with ice cream, setting a new standard for desserts best enjoyed while strolling. Au Petit Versailles du Marais (1 Rue de Tiron) is one of our favorite pastry shops. The name is appropriate in every way, as the etched glass, decorated ceilings and crystal chandeliers do indeed invoke a “little Versailles.” It’s the perfect setting for possibly the best pain au chocolat we’ve ever had. This spot also makes fantastic sandwiches on crusty artisan baguettes. There is usually a line out the door, but we promise, it’s worth the wait.

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LEFT: Sitting pretty at La Fontaine de Belleville. BELOW: The grounds of the Musée Rodin.

ABOVE: Specialty bottles and oils from Oliviers & Co.

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Although France produces less than 1 percent of the world’s olive oil, the flavors of the French varietals at Oliviers & Co. (60 Rue Vieille du Temple) can certainly hold their own against Italian production. Made from the best batches of olives in Provence and Corsica, Oliviers & Co. offers unique oils that are both refined and aromatic. French olive oil perfectly complements French fare. Nestled between the Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville neighborhoods, La Fontaine de Belleville (31-33 Rue Juliette Dodu) is a traditional French café that takes its coffee very seriously. Featuring beans from Belleville Brûlerie, one of the city’s most renowned roasters, La Fontaine is a hidden gem. The owners pay homage to the building’s history — it was once an after-hours jazz spot — with live music on Saturday afternoons. Le Fumoir is one of the best salons de thé in Paris, serving up a wide range of tea, coffee and chocolat chaud with efficient and friendly service. The unvarnished floorboards and gleaming leather-covered seats evoke an Old World charm. Linger with a cocktail, glass of regional wine or a craft beer at a sidewalk table while you enjoy panoramic views of the Louvre’s rear façade.

BELOW: Rodin's "The Thinker."

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The stately leather-decked Bar Hemingway (15 Place Vendôme), tucked within the labyrinth of the Ritz Paris, remains our number-one choice for Parisian cocktails, which happen to be having a moment. Sip on the Serendipity, a Champagne-and-Calvados-based drink that longtime head barman Colin Field promised would indeed be serendipitous (it was). This was Hemingway’s favorite bar. Who are we to argue? Head to the small Romanesque church of Saint-Julien-lePauvre (79 Rue Galande) for unforgettable live music. Multiple concerts are held here each week, and they offer a winning combination: intimate space (usually 100 tickets per concert), superior acoustics and world-class performances that allow the medieval interior to come alive. Sainte-Chapelle (8 Boulevard du Palais), built in the 13th century, is easily our favorite building in all of Paris. A masterpiece of the Gothic style, it was designed to showcase King Louis IX’s prized collection of holy relics. While traditional Gothic elements are present (hello ribbed vaulting and soaring verticality), architect Pierre de Montreuil departed from tradition by replacing the heavy stone construction of previous eras with enormous windows of stained glass, more than 6,650 square feet of it! The entire church seems to be constructed from glass. While the Louvre and the Musée d’Orsay are justifiably world-famous, our favorite is the intimate Musée Rodin (77 Rue de Varenne). Auguste Rodin is considered one of the most important and remarkable sculptors of the modern period, and nearly 300 of his works are displayed in and around the former Hôtel Biron, now the Musée Rodin. Not only does this museum feature some of the artist’s most important works (The Thinker and The Gates of Hell, to name two), but it also offers the visitor a rare glimpse into Rodin’s artistic processes. His casts, which still contain the original straws through which molten bronze would be poured, are displayed next to many of his sculptures. tribeza.com

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O YOU LIKE THAI FOOD? OF COURSE

Thai Fresh A SOUTH AUSTIN FAVORITE CONTINUES TO DELIGHT WITH AUTHENTIC AND CR AVE ABLE THAI DISHES By Karen Spezia Photographs by Holly Cowart

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you do. Everybody likes Thai food. Even my staid Midwestern in-laws in Canton, Ohio, like Thai food. What once seemed exotic has become a staple in the American diet. Which means it’s also gotten homogenized, predictable and, well, a little boring. It’s time to shake up your Thai routine — and there’s a funky little café in South Austin that’ll do just that. Thai Fresh, opened a decade ago by Thailand native Jam Sanitchat and her husband, Bruce, serves all the classics you know and love, but also some unexpected stunners not found on most menus. Some of my favorite dishes at Thai Fresh are the simplest, like the khao man kai: steamed rice topped with tender shredded chicken, cucumber slices, fresh herbs and an addictive ginger-garlicsoy-lime sauce. It’s honest, humble and delicious — the kind of dish I could eat every day (and many people in Thailand do). In a similar vein is the kao ka moo: moist shredded pork roasted in five spice powder and served atop rice with steamed gai lan broccoli, a sprinkling of chopped herbs and a zippy sauce. Like the chicken rice, it’s not flashy or complicated, but it’s terrific. And in today’s over-the-top Instagram food scene, it’s re-

THAI FRESH 909 W. MARY ST. (512) 494-6436 THAI-FRESH.COM GATI ICE CREAM SHOP 1512 HOLLY ST. GA-TI.COM

freshing that Thai Fresh isn’t afraid to be subtle. Although curries are ubiquitous in Thai cuisine, Sanitchat’s are something special. My server recommended the kaeng karee, a mild Indian-inspired yellow curry that had incredible complexity and a surprising afterburn. I appreciated the option to choose not only my preferred protein — shrimp, beef, pork, chicken, tofu, tempeh or pork belly — but also two seasonal vegetables. Khao pad sapparod, aka pineapple fried rice, typically a cloying sweet canned-fruit disaster, is a revelation at Thai Fresh. Here it dazzles with bright herbs and curry, studded with just the right amount of freshly diced pineapple, creating the perfect balance of sweet and spicy, hot and cold, rich and refreshing. For starters, tom kha gai coconut soup is always a fan favorite, but Thai Fresh elevates it. Expertly seasoned with lemongrass, galangal, ci-

lantro, makrut lime leaves, mushrooms and your choice of protein, the lusciously creamy coconut broth maintains a balanced tartness. If you’re a cracklings junkie like me, don’t miss the larb nang gai tod appetizer: chicken skin fried to a crisp golden brown, then lightly tossed with lime juice, Thai chiles, cilantro and ground toasted rice. Best paired with an ice-cold beer, and I dare you to eat just one. Thai Fresh’s reputation for sweets rivals its reputation for savory dishes. Adjacent to the restaurant’s dining room is a bakery and coffee shop that hums throughout the day. Pastry chef Autumn Roe fills its cases with delectable freshbaked pastries, cakes and pies that are all gluten-free and predominately vegan and organic. Selections rotate with the seasons, like a recent dark-chocolate mocha-mascarpone cake that was glorious.

And then there’s the ice cream. Wildly popular, the nondairy coconut milk ice cream is served alone or with traditional sweet sticky rice and comes in seasonal f lavors like lemongrass, cardamom, Thai basil, sweet potato–marshmallow, plus good ol’ chocolate and vanilla. In early 2019, a stand-alone ice cream shop, Gati, will open on the East Side, but until then a truck will sell ice cream from its Holly Street parking lot. Like the food, the vibe at Thai Fresh is equally authentic. It’s a mellow South Austin mishmash of thrift store furniture, local art on the walls and chill music on the stereo. It’s a principled place that supports dozens of local farmers and vendors and is respectful of its customers’ varied dietary wishes. I like being there. I like eating there. And whenever you’re ready to blow the cobwebs off your Thai routine for something authentic and fresh, head on over. tribeza.com

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24 DINER

THE BREWER’S TABLE

BUENOS AIRES CAFÉ

600 N. Lamar Blvd. | (512) 472 5400

4715 E. 5 St. | (512) 520 8199

1201 E. 6th St. | (512) 382 1189

Chef Andrew Curren’s casual eatery promises delicious plates

With an emphasis on quality and community, this East

13500 Galleria Circle | (512) 441 9000

24/7 and a menu featuring nostalgic diner favorites. Order

Austin restaurant leaves a seat for everyone at the brewer’s

Chef and Argentine native Reina Morris wraps the

up the classics, including roasted chicken, burgers, all-day

table. Local ranchers and farmers source the ingredients,

f lavors of her culture into authentic and crispy

breakfast and decadent milkshakes.

which are utilized in both the kitchen and the brewery to

empanadas. Don’t forget the chimichurri sauce!

eliminate food waste. The seasonally changing menu is

Follow up your meal with Argentina’s famous dessert,

unique but provides options for even the pickiest of eaters

alfajores — shortbread cookies filled with dulce de leche

(ask for the kid’s menu).

and rolled in coconut f lakes.

34TH STREET CAFE 1005 W. 34th St. | (512) 371 3400 This cozy neighborhood spot in North Campus serves up soups, salads, pizzas and pastas — but don’t miss the

BUFALINA & BUFALINA DUE

chicken piccata. The low-key setting makes it great for

1519 E. Cesar Chavez St., 6555 Burnet Rd. | (512) 215 8662

weeknight dinners and weekend indulgences.

These intimate restaurants serve up mouthwatering pizzas, consistently baked with crispy edges and soft

ASTI TRATTORIA

centers. The famous Neapolitan technique is executed

408 E. 43rd St. | (512) 451 1218

by the Stefano Ferrara wood-burning ovens, which runs

The chic little Hyde Park trattoria offers essential Italian dish-

at more than 900 degrees. Lactose-intolerants beware,

es along with a variety of wines to pair them with. Finish off

there is no shortage of cheese on this menu!

your meal with the honey-and-goat-cheese panna cotta.

CAFÉ JOSIE

BAR CHI SUSHI

1200 W. 6th St. | (512) 322 9226

206 Colorado St. | (512) 382 5557

Executive chef Todd Havers creates “The Experience”

A great place to stop before or after a night on the town, this

menu every night at Café Josie, which offers guests a

sushi and bar hot spot stays open until 2 a.m. on the week-

prix fixe all-you-can-eat dining experience. The à la

ends. Bar Chi’s happy hour menu features $2 sake bombs and

carte menu is also available, featuring classics such as

a variety of sushi rolls under $10.

smoked meatloaf and redfish tacos.

BARLEY SWINE 6555 Burnet Rd., Ste. 400 | (512) 394 8150

CICLO

CAFÉ NO SÉ 1603 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 942 2061

98 San Jacinto Blvd. | (512) 685 8300 fourseasons.com/austin/dining/restaurants/ciclo/

South Congress Hotel’s Café No Sé balances rustic

es sharing with small plates made from locally sourced ingredients, served at communal tables. Try the parsley croissants

Ciclo is a modern Texas kitchen featuring locally in-

place for weekend brunching. The restaurant’s spin on

with bone marrow or Gilmore’s unique take on fried chicken.

spired flavors and ingredients with a Latin influence,

the classic avocado toast is a must-try.

James Beard Award–nominated chef Bryce Gilmore encourag-

BLUE DAHLIA BISTRO 1115 E. 11th St. | (512) 542 9542 3663 Bee Caves Rd. | (512) 306 1668

all brought to life through a unique collaboration between Chef de Cuisine James Flowers and world-renowned restaurateur, Richard Sandoval. Ciclo’s name reflects its focus on menu offerings that change sea-

A cozy French bistro serving up breakfast, lunch, and dinner

sonally, from ceviches, crudos and grilled and smoked

in a casual setting. Pop in for the happy hour to share a bottle

meats to inventive cocktails.

of your favorite wine and a charcuterie board.

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décor and a range of seasonal foods to make it the best

EASY TIGER 709 E. 6th St. | (512) 614 4972 Easy Tiger lures in both drink and food enthusiasts with a delicious bakeshop upstairs and a casual beer garden downstairs. Sip on some local brew and grab a hot, fresh pretzel. Complete your snack with beer, cheese and an array of dipping sauces.

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THE FAREGROUND

GRIZZELDA’S

111 Congress Ave.

105 Tillery St. | (512) 366 5908

The Fareground has a little something for everyone

This charming East Austin spot lies somewhere between

— with six Austin food vendors and a central bar in

traditional Tex-Mex and regional Mexican recipes, each fused

this unique downtown food hall. You can enjoy meals

with a range of f lavors and styles. The attention to detail in

ranging from wild boar tacos at Dai Due Taqueria to

each dish shines, from dark mole served over chicken brined

made-to-order ramen at Ni-Komé. Remember to grab a

for 48 hours down to the tortillas made in-house daily.

monster cookie from Henbit on your way out to cap off your culinary experience!

GUSTO ITALIAN KITCHEN

4800 Burnet Rd. | (512) 458 1100

FOREIGN & DOMESTIC

This upscale-casual Italian spot in the heart of the

306 E. 53rd St. | (512) 459 1010

Rosedale neighborhood serves fresh pastas, hand-tossed

Small neighborhood restaurant in the North Loop area serving unique dishes. Chefs-owners Sarah Heard and Nathan Lemley serve thoughtful, locally sourced food with an international twist at reasonable prices. Go early on Tuesdays for $1 oysters.

GERALDINE’S 605 Davis St. | (512) 476 4755

pizzas and incredible desserts (don’t miss the salted caramel budino) alongside locally sourced and seasonally inspired chalkboard specials. Gusto also offers a full bar with craft cocktails, local beer on tap and boutique

HOME SLICE PIZZA 1415 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 444 7437 501 E. 53rd St. | (512) 707 7437 For pizza cravings south of the river, head to Home Slice Pizza. Open until 3 a.m. on weekends for your post-bar-hopping convenience and stocked with classics like the Margherita as well as innovative pies like the White Clam, topped with chopped clams and Pecorino Romano.

HOPFIELDS 3110 Guadalupe St. | (512) 537 0467 A gastropub with French inclinations, offering a beautiful patio and unique cocktails. The beer, wine and cocktail options are plentiful and the perfect pairing for the restaurant’s famed steak frites and moules frites.

wines from around the world.

ITALIC

HANK’S

123 W. 6th St. | (512) 660 5390

5811 Berkman Dr. | (512) 609 8077

Chef Andrew Curren of 24 Diner and Irene’s presents

Delicious food and drinks, an easygoing waitstaff and a

simple, rustic Italian plates. Don’t miss the sweet

Located inside Rainey Street’s Hotel Van Zandt,

kid-friendly patio all work together to make Hank’s our new

delicacies from pastry chef Mary Catherine Curren.

Geraldine’s creates a unique, fun experience by

favorite neighborhood joint. With happy hour every day from

combining creative cocktails, shareable plates and

3-6:30, the hardest task will be choosing between their frosé

JACOBY’S RESTAURANT & MERCANTILE

scenic views of Lady Bird Lake. Enjoy live bands every

and frozen paloma. Drinks aside, the braised meatballs,

3235 E. Cesar Chavez St. | (512) 366 5808

chopped black kale salad (add falafel!) and spicy fried chick-

Rooted in a ranch-to-table dining experience, Jacoby’s

en are a few standouts from the craveable menu.

Restaurant & Mercantile transports you from East

night of the week as you enjoy executive chef Stephen Bonin’s dishes and cocktails from bar manager Caitlyn Jackson.

GOODALL’S KITCHEN AND BAR

HILLSIDE FARMACY 1209 E. 11th St. | (512) 628 0168 Hillside Farmacy is located in a beautifully restored

Austin to a rustic Southern home nestled in the countryside. The menu features the best dishes Southern cooking has to offer, including beef from Adam Jacoby’s own family brand based in Melvin.

1900 Rio Grande St. | (512) 495 1800

1950s-style pharmacy with a lovely porch on the East Side.

Housed in the beautiful Hotel Ella, Goodall’s provides

Oysters, cheese plates and nightly dinner specials are

JEFFREY’S

modern spins on American classics. Dig into a

whipped up by chef Sonya Cote.

1204 W. Lynn St. | (512) 477 5584

fried-mortadella egg sandwich and pair it a with cran-

Named one of Bon Appétit’s “10 Best New Restaurants

berry-thyme cocktail.

in America,” this historic Clarksville favorite has maintained the execution, top-notch service and luxurious but welcoming atmosphere that makes it an Austin staple.

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JOSEPHINE HOUSE 1601 Waterston Ave. | (512) 477 5584 Rustic Continental fare with an emphasis on fresh, local and organic ingredients. Like its sister restaurant, Jeffrey’s, Josephine House is another one of Bon Appétit’s “10 Best New Restaurants in America.” Find a shady spot on the patio and indulge in fresh baked pastries and a coffee.

LICHA’S CANTINA 1306 E. 6th St. | (512) 480 5960 Located in the heart of East 6th, Licha’s is a quick trip to the interior of Mexico. With masa made fresh in house and a large range of tequilas and mezcal, Licha’s Cantina is a celebration of authentic Mexican cuisine. The music, food and ambiance will get you ready for a night out on the town.

JUNE’S ALL DAY 1722 S. Congress Ave. | (512) 416 1722 This wine-focused restaurant is complemented by serious cocktails and a menu of approachable bistro favorites. Inspired by Paris cafes, Spanish tapas bodegas and urban wine bars, June’s encourages sipping, noshing and lingering. The

THE PEACHED TORTILLA 5520 Burnet Rd., #100 | (512) 330 4439 This cheerful spot is sure to clear your weekly blues with friendly staff, fun food and a playful atmosphere. Affordably priced, you’ll find culinary influences from around the world with a healthy dose of Asian and Southern options. PICNIK 4801 Burnet Rd. | (737) 226 0644 A perfect place to find wholesome food for any type of dietary restriction in a bright and airy setting. This place truly lives out the “good and good for you” concept with paleo-friendly options and thoughtfully sourced ingredients. RAMEN TATSU-YA

restaurant’s namesake, June Rodil, is a master sommelier—

8557 Research Blvd. #126

one of less than 10 in Texas—who also serves as the beverage

1234 S. Lamar Blvd. (512) 893 5561

director for McGuire Moorman Hospitality.

Executive chefs and co-owners Tatsu Aikawa and Takuya “Tako” Matsumoto have perfected the art of ramen, what they

LA BARBECUE

call “the soul food of Japan.” The restaurant serves savory

1906 E. Cesar Chavez St. | (512) 605 9696

broths with a variety of toppings and your choice of flavor,

Though it may not be as famous as that other Austin barbecue joint, La Barbecue is arguably just as delicious. This trailer, which is owned by the legendary Mueller family,

ranging from buttery to spicy. The authentic dish is vastly

FONDA SAN MIGUEL

different from your college ramen.

serves up classic barbecue with free beer and live music.

2330 W. North Loop Blvd. | (512) 459 4121 fondasanmiguel.com

RED ASH ITALIA

LENOIR

This Holiday season, give the gift of DELICIOUS

1807 S. 1st St. | (512) 215 9778

Red Ash Italia strikes the perfect balance between

with the Fonda San Miguel Cookbook. Create our

high-quality food and enticing ambiance. Located in down-

A gorgeous spot to enjoy a luxurious French-inspired

authentic Interior Mexican Cuisine recipes at home

town’s sleek Colorado Tower, this Italian steakhouse is led

prix fixe meal. Almost every ingredient served at Lenoir

for your next dinner party, or just for yourself! The

by an all-star team, including executive chef John Carver. Sit

comes locally sourced from Central Texas, making the unique,

book’s beautiful photography shows the food, art,

back, relax and enjoy an exceptional evening.

seasonal specialties even more enjoyable. Sit in the wine

and spectacular atmosphere of Austin’s most notable

garden for happy hour and enjoy bottles from the top wine-

destination restaurant.

producing regions in the world.

LORO

LE POLITIQUE 110 San Antonio St. | (512) 580-7651 This stylish downtown restaurant is a deliciously accurate ref lection of today’s Paris: a charming marriage of brasserie classics updated with modern f lavors. Stop by the adjoining coffee shop and patisserie in the mornings for delightful baked goods that rival the French capital itself.

2115 S. Lamar Blvd. | (512) 916 4858 Created by James Beard Award winners Tyson Cole and Aaron Franklin, this Asian smokehouse is a welcome addition to South Lamar. The expansive indoor-outdoor space, designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture, is welcoming and open, and unsurprisingly the food does not disappoint. Don’t miss out on the sweet corn fritters, smoked beef brisket, thai green curry or those potent boozy slushies.

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303 Colorado St. | (512) 379 2906

ROSEWOOD 1209 Rosewood Ave. | (512) 838 6205 Housed in a historic East Side cottage, chef Jesse DeLeon pays outstanding homage to his South Texas roots with seasonal offerings from Gulf Coast fishermen and Hill Country farmers and ranchers. This new spot is sure to quickly become a staple.

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TINY BOXWOOD’S

UCHIKO

WALTON’S FANCY AND STAPLE

1503 W 35 St. (512) 220 0698

4200 N. Lamar Blvd., Ste. 140 | (512) 916 4808

609 W. 6 St. (512) 542 3380

This Houston-based brand now serves its simple and delicious

The sensational sister creation of Uchi and former home of

Owned by actress and Austin resident Sandra Bullock, Wal-

food in Austin’s Bryker Woods neighborhood. Favorites in-

Top Chef Paul Qui and renowned chefs Page Presley and

ton’s is a dreamy brick-walled bakery, deli and floral shop. Take

clude house-ground burgers and salmon Provencal salad. Stop

Nicholas Yanes, Uchiko is an Austin icon that everyone

some pastries home after indulging in gourmet sandwiches

by for breakfast, lunch or dinner, but don’t leave without one of

should visit at least once. Try the bacon tataki.

and fresh salads for lunch, or stay for the rotating dinner menu.

the signature chocolate chip cookies!

TRUE FOOD KITCHEN 222 West Ave. | (512) 777 2430 Inspired by Dr. Andrew Weil’s anti-inflammatory diet, True Food Kitchen combines decadent favorites with health-conscious eating, striking the perfect balance. The restaurant, located in downtown’s chicest new entertainment district, offers a full range of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

VINAIGRETTE

Most importantly, make it before 2 p.m. to order the legendary biscuit sandwich served only during breakfast!

2201 College Ave. | (512) 852 8791 This salad-centric restaurant off South Congress has one of the

WINEBELLY

prettiest patios in town. Along with an inviting ambiance, the

519 W. Oltorf S. | (512) 487 1569

salads are fresh, creative, bold and most importantly delicious,

Named one of the top-20 wine bars in America by Wine

with nearly two dozen options to choose from.

Enthusiast, Winebelly boasts an international wine list and Spanish-Mediterranean small plates.The bistro maintains a local feel with its comfortable, laid-back interiors.

Please be seated.

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A LOOK BEHIND

BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE PEOPLE ISSUE Photographs by Dagny Piasecki and Claire Schaper The December issue takes a lot: A lot of back and forth. A lot of people. And most importantly a lot of talent, both in front of and behind the camera. Despite all the emailing, effort and time, we also managed to have a lot of fun. Over the six days of shooting photographers Aaron Pinkston and Matt Rainwaters were constantly in motion, but we managed to catch a few candid shots of these pros.

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