Need a Haircut

I’ve always hated getting haircuts from hair stylists–I don’t want my hair shampooed, styled, and sprayed with hair spray.  A nice basic haircut is fine, Thank you.  In college I always went to Wooten’s Barber Shop and hoped that the...

BookPeople–Austin’s own bookstore

I go to Border’s and occasionally Barnes & Noble like most people.  However, my favorite bookstore is Austin’s own BookPeople. BookPeople began in 1970 in the student district at the edge of the University of Texas, Austin as Grok Books.  Now at 40,000...

Awesome image viewing program

An Austin based company, Photodex, makes my favorite image management program–CompuPic Pro. My brother in law, Cy, introduced me to this program. I have to admit he had to install the darn thing forcibly on my computer and now I can’t live without it. It...

How to handle a screw-up

Finally, a business that knows how to handle a screw-up. I dropped off three frames at Binswanger Glass a couple of days before X’mas after they said they’d be ready X’mas eve by noon. I asked them when they’d close and they said 3:00. I was...

Send a UT Postcard

Want to send a postcard with a University of Texas theme to a friend. Go to www.utexas.edu/inside_ut/postcards/. They have some postcards with great photography. Gotta give credit to Jack from ECA for finding this website. Check out Jack’s company if...