Studio Life

We recently had a fun brush with greatness.  That’s what we call it when we spy a movie star on the streets of New York.  But this time, we brushed with greatness right here in Austin, Texas. And we actually know her!  Anna Margaret Hollyman was in town with her very talented and smart movie makers, Lilianna Greenfield-Sanders (director/writer) and

I hadn’t carved a pumpkin in a few years, but I felt like we were very efficient this time.  It must be the new tools they’re selling – especially a little plastic rasp that comes in one of the kits from Target.  I remember emptying out the gunk with big salad spoons in the past, but this thing is shaped

Well, October is in full swing! Here are some friendly fellows from my neighborhood (and a catumpkin) (and, yes, that is Batman there in the lower right corner, though he is looking a little puny in this particular scene…).  I love the idea of using dishes as jack-o-lantern hats – it makes these two look very dapper (and is a

Don’t worry mom, we did not have a fire! Lunch was over and I was heading up to the studio, when suddenly, I heard the sound of rushing water … unfortunately, it was coming from under my kitchen sink.  The next thing I knew, water was filling our kitchen. I raced to the location of the geyser.  A pipe had

Konichiwa.  (Hello) This is probably the market from which many of the unrecognizable foods were procured for the neighborhood Asian grocery about which Ellen wrote in her last post!  I was reminded of our first visit to the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo, and I found this page from my journal.  It was 5 a.m. on a Monday morning during