Mars + Kim commune with the damselflies
at the Frio River camping in Garner.

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A photo of my sister's first dance with her husband.

Peace + Love + Happiness to Natalie & Ken!

The new Whole Foods world headquarters [a.k.a. the Landmark Store] opened practically around the corner from my home & office two days ago. It's been under construction for almost two years.

The place is a landmark of our capitalistic world, with amazing variety & abundance of the best life-sustaining warez our world has to offer.

The crowds are quite frenzied over there right now, especially around lunch time, which was a high traffic time for the old 6th Street store anyway.

Here's Mars' Top Ten List of the New Whole Foods props:

1. raw, living foods mini-restuarant
2. a chocolate fountain
3. micro-roasted bulk coffee (roasted in 5lb batches before your eyes, BZZZZ)
4. expansive roof-top terrace with integrated rain-collection
5. you can drink yerself tipsy while shopping
6. an entire isle dedicated to refillable bottled water, RO [reverse osmosis] & DI [de-ionized]
7. sushi bar!
8. dumb-waiter to get your goods down to the triple-decker, underground parking garage (I have yet to use it. I'm always on my bike!)
9. free WiFi
10. the sweet Austin atmosphere

Related: Whole Foods Market company site & "Whole Foods" @ Google News.

A culinary & atmospheric jewel, Mars Restaurant & Bar treated us to some deliteful pot stickers, hummus/baba/pita & vino (sweet riesling in my case).

Now to digest that goodness, and drift to dreamland watching my new favorite anime, Neon Genesis: Evangelion.

current aural space ?‚» Verbal (Topo Gigio remix) from the album "Verbal Remixes & Collaborations" by Amon Tobin

Little squishy ones!

Rollerblades with gnome-sized air-filled tires love sticking to the road… a little too much… making even a short jaunt exhausting. Time, practice & another 30psi in those tiny tubes [they're at about 50psi now] will certainly improve my newest mode of transit.

Just returned from 3HO Winter Solstice. Such an amazing experience. A slideshow is available for those of you who are interested!

A crystalline top begins forming upon the [upside-down] stalactite Frost Tower at 4th & Congress.

My two baby avocado plants germinated from their ripe, already crackin' pits.