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America’s Best New Chefs ‘05
Food & Wine
(July 2005)
“Tyson Cole, Uchi, Austin, TX: Why: Because he’s managed the seemingly impossible task of combining a traditional Japanese sensibility with thoroughly American audacity. The result: food that’s utterly delicious and wildly inventive.”
Andy Roddick: Making A Racket
American Way
(May 15, 2005)
“I just love the vibe there. You have everything: It’s one of the most active cities in the U.S. in terms of outdoor activities, it has a great live-music scene, and it doesn’t have the ‘scene-y-ness’ of New York or L.A. You have a bunch of hole-in-the-wall bars where you can just blend in. It’s fun.”
Why Everyone Loves Austin
Financial Times(U.S. Edition)
(May 7, 2005)
“Then there’s Austin’s live music scene. Visitors arriving at the airport are greeted by signs saying ‘Welcome to the Live Music Capital of the World.’ The city hosts two important music festivals each year—South by Southwest and Austin City Limits—as wells as a constant stream of live acts in its downtown clubs. The city council listens to a live band during its session breaks, and Will Wynn, the mayor who keeps a guitar in his office, says he wants music to be the city’s selling point.”
Waltz Across Texas
Public Art Review
(July 2005)
“Another ambitious Austin public art project is set to straddle the boundary between contemporary art and well-dressed civic boosterism: The Blanton Museum of Art’s much-anticipated Peter Walker/Mel Chin commission—a 72,000-square-foot plaza and sound installation poised between the buildings of the museum’s new complex—is in the works, or at least on the drawing board. This project represents the ability of one homegrown art institution to evolve, to present its audience with a contemporary environment designed for contemplation, not distraction.”
Meat & Greet
Budget Living
(June/July 2005)
“It’s an article of faith in Austin that grilling and barbecuing are two totally different pursuits. True barbeque is a kind of alchemy, combining smoke, indirect heat at a controlled temperature, and loads of time. But it’s possible to pull off genuine Texas-style ribs and brisket in your own backyard-especially with a little advice from the folks at Stubb’s Bar-B-Q.”
Go Jump in A Lake
Budget Living
(June/July 2005)
“From tobacco-dipping dudes in tank tops to erudite bird-watchers and even nudists who let it all hang out at Hippie Hollow, this hill-country lake welcomes all sorts of free spirits. It might help you shed some inhibitions as well. The best place to do this is among the secluded coves on Travis’s serene north end, where thickets of oak and mesquite ensure your privacy. If that doesn’t float your boat, join the UT students downing mojitos at Carlos’ N Charlie’s by Devil’s Cove.”
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