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| Got to meet Miles Brandon Olson on Saturday, November 12. He was born on November 7, weighing in at 7 lbs 13 oz. |
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| We gave big sister Sadie a fairy riding a unicorn. She insisted the fairy is an angel. An angel it is! |
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| We gave Miles this little rocking horse that had belonged to his grandfather Jim Brandon Cloninger, who was Papa Tom's brother, when Jim was a baby. Jim would have been 68 years old in May. |
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| Among the many characters portrayed during Broadway Musical Night were Emma's friend also named Emma playing a waitress in "Waitress," and our Emma playing one of the Heathers in "Heathers." Hopefully Emma was one of the nice Heathers! |
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| Fox took all the decorative artificial fruit out of the kitchen drawers to arrange a beautiful tray for Papa Tom, Cassy, Amon, and me. |
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| Connie was in town from Las Vegas to visit a friend in the hospital here. Sharon drove in from Georgetown to meet us at for dinner at Bufalina, a new pizza joint in our neighborhood. The check was presented inside a novel of pulp fiction. Tom decided to read some passages to us from the middle of the book. Oh my! |
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| An enthralling story. |
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| The check was presented to us in a 1963 pulp fiction type novel. |
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| We have dinner with Amon and Fox every Wednesday. Finally cool enough to sit outside! |
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| Happy Halloween from the Witch and Clawdine, the werewolf from Monster High. |
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| Amon and Clawdine |
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| Jake, Queen of the Night, and Clawdine |
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| Fox handed out Halloween candy |
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| Papa had his annual apple fritter and Voodoo Donuts on Sixth Street. |
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| We ran into some superheroes when we voted on Sunday, October 30. Spent two hours Saturday night going through the League of Women Voters guide. So many down ballot races to consider! Sheriff, District Attorney, school board members, judges, etc. Had to carry a list of choices into the booth with me. Would never have remembered everything! |
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| San Antonio's Pearl District, developed on the site of the Pearl brewery after it closed in 2002, is filled with condos, trendy shops, and Hotel Emma, named in honor of the Pearl Brewery owner who ensured that her employees all had work during Prohibition. |
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| I wonder what Emma would think of the Pearl District? |
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| The renovated brewery is now an elegant hotel. |
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| Inside the hotel lobby, touches of the old brewery remain. |
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| And inside the hotel bar, guests can sit inside old brew tanks. |
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| We stayed at the Hotel Havana, very charming and loaded with character. Yes, these chairs feature bull horns. |
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| Why use the elevator when you can climb this gorgeous staircase? The hotel also has a library. |
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| No, no, no! Papa Tom is headed to the UT Dental School, not the Psycho Asylum! |
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| Papa Tom's last meal before oral surgery was at La Fonda on Main. |
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| We walked along the River Walk from our hotel to the main plaza, where San Fernando Cathedral stands. |
