by snasta | Mar 16, 2008 | Charities and Non-Profits
CampLife! is a charity whose mission is to help families that have lost a parent to the Iraq war. Today we are interviewing John Gillis, Jr.. He is the the founder and president of CampLIFE! John, How did charity start? I enjoyed attending summer camp as a child,...
by snasta | Feb 23, 2008 | Charities and Non-Profits
Today we are interviewing Jennifer Repass, Executive Director of Austin Sunshine Camps. Jennifer, can you tell me how did Austin Sunshine Camps start? The Young Men’s Business League was founded in 1913 and in 1928, the Austin YMBL Sunshine Camps was founded to aid in...
by snasta | Jan 30, 2008 | Business, Food and Drink
Today we are talking to Mason Arnold, “Cookie Monster” of Greenling Organic Delivery. Greenling is an Austin based company that delivers fresh organic produce directly to your door. AroundAustin: Mason what does Greenling Organic Delivery do? Mason: We...
by snasta | Jan 6, 2008 | Shopping
Want to make life more pleasant and a whole lot safer in the kitchen? Make sure your knives are sharp. Graham Stuckey of Knife Sharpest has been sharpening knives for over 15 years and he will get you fixed up for a reasonable price (often while you...
by snasta | Dec 30, 2007 | Charities and Non-Profits
Today we are interviewing Caroline Boudreaux. Caroline is the founder of Miracle Foundation a charity that servers orphans in India. Caroline, how did the Miracle Foundation start? In 1999, my close friend Chris Monheim and I took a pleasure trip around the world...
by snasta | Dec 5, 2007 | Shopping
The Town Lake Trail Foundation Calendar is finally here . A couple of the pictures that you have seen in the AroundAustin galleries made it into the calendar. I was asked to enter photos for this calendar mid-year by a friend. The rules were that it had to be a...
by snasta | Oct 24, 2007 | Food and Drink
Our office is near Anderson Lane and Mopac and has been for twenty years. We’ve eaten at almost every restaraunt over and over and over again. Going to Jimmy John’s one more time we spotted Sasha–hmmm..interesting…the Ukranian bank teller at...
by snasta | Aug 19, 2007 | Business
A critter had crawled into one of our vent pipes in the house and died. Yuck! The smell was horrible. I couldn’t quite get to it…and my wife wanted it out now. We called a number of services to get rid of it. Have you...
by snasta | Jul 1, 2007 | Travel
It has been a stressful few months so we decided to take a trip to the beach. In these times, flying just adds to the stress level so we decided to drive down to Corpus Christi. The quickest way to Corpus is I-35 and then I-37 after San...
