Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Stealthy SXSW



Given that we literally live down the street from where a lot of the SXSW action happens, I feel like a loser for rarely attending events (seeing Big Freedia at the New Orleans Sissy Bounce Show a few years ago was a glorious exception). But, the prospect of schlepping my 3 daughters downtown and seeking out decent free shows is a little daunting (as my step-brother, Sims, puts it perfectly: Somebody always has to poop). So, I cheated and got a little SXSW action in mama-style. We parked in the parking lot of Book People and Anthropologie, which is cater-cornered from Waterloo Records, where bands play non-stop through the festival. First we did a little window shopping at Anthropologie-- which I typically treat as a museum housing expensive artifacts that I really want but can't have--and then we bought some books, gummy bears, chocolates, and beverages at Book People. We took our goodies outside to the picnic table in the parking lot, from where we could hear the band playing across the street and see all the festival-goers walking about (you can see a live stream of musicians playing at Waterloo on their website). It was perfection. I also got to avoid standing around a bunch of 22-year-old hipsters trying to act all mama-chic in the Waterloo parking lot.





p.s. How about that war on women? Kind of a bummer, no? If you've had your fill of the fluffier Jezebel fare on the topic, here's a headier piece, Birth Control McCarthyism, sent to me by my friend Brian.

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