8/31/09 - Follow Up

I saw the woman with the sign again on Oltorf Street today. I had also seen her a few days ago, with her "Waffle House" uniform on. Apparently, her boss is still giving her hours to her friend... And here's a little something from my archives; it was one of the first movies I ever worked on called Black Circle Boys. Now, you can't really tell, but that's me in the news article photo seated behind David Newsome (the actor standing). My two scenes were filmed on this date back in 1996 when I was living in Seattle. You have no idea how excited I was that day--and despite the fact that it was still technically "summer," it was damn cold that morning.

8/6/09 - Oltorf St. Exit

I saw this woman on the Oltorf exit in south Austin this morning. Austin is replete with sooo many unfortunates and undesirables that it isn't even funny (unless you see one singing to himself downtown on a Sunday afternoon--then it's a mite humorous). This woman, I would categorize as the former of the two. My gut feeling: I think she's telling the truth. Had I any cash on me, I'd have surely helped her out. Anyway, her sign reads:

"Boss Gave My Hrs. to Her Friend. NEED RENT $."

8/4/09 - Southbound I-35...

The most irrationally designed freeway exit I have ever seen has to be the southbound I-35 exit off Ben White. I'm really surprised there aren't more accidents on this off-ramp. Northbound, featured, has a flyover... Southbound? No. When did I take this picture? While waiting through four red lights to get on southbound I-35...

6/27/09 - Bennigan's

I hadn't lived in an area that had a Bennigan's for quite some time, so upon my return to Austin a couple of months ago, you can imagine my horror when I learned that all of the corporate owned Bennigan's have folded up.

Pictured, is me standing in front of my favorite Austin Bennigans on I-35 @ 183. It's being completely gutted out--what will become of the structure, only time will tell. This was taken early this morning and is my random pic for the day.

There's still some franchise-owned restaurants open in San Antonio, so that gives me some comfort. I know Bennigan's closing is old news to most people in Austin, but man, it really sucks...