Me, Taylor & Art. Austin Film Festival. Part Uno.

What's really cool about this is that I became Facebook friends with Taylor a couple years back, largely due to the fact that she's a backup singer for Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys (and I've been a BB groupie since high school). So we struck up a friendship. Trusting on her part? In most cases, perhaps - but I'm different. And she and her hubby, Todd Sucherman, drummer for Styx, who I've also met (once) know my high school buddy, Art (pictured), who is one of the executive producers of our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE. Small world? Yes?

Art and I attended the Austin Film Festival and met Taylor for lunch. She and I had met on two other occasions and this was by far the most rewarding....more relaxed, no one around to bother us. Definitely one of the highlights of the trip. (Except she keeps pushing me to get the new Apple iPhone and I'm not a cell phone fan.)

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Austin Film Festival...with a sidetrip to Dripping Springs!

Off to the Austin Film Festival today. Seems I'm 171 years too late to experience the Austin as pictured above. Oh well.....first things first. Or...maybe that postcard is Dripping Springs?? My high school friend and co-executive producer of our short film, PASS THE SALT, PLEASE, Art Edstrom, is picking me up at the airport and taking me to his home in Dripping Springs, population = 2,000. Gateway to the Hill Country. Home of Jesse James (the guy on TV). And the springs don't drip...they trickle. Steadily.

Heading to Austin Thursday morning thru Sunday and back to DS for a Monday return to Milwaukee. Will try and keep you up to speed as to the goings-ons at AFF. 

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A plethora of a Greendale 4th!

Top to bottom, left to right: Me and Rick Nowak (my Uncle Bob's brother), Greendale's City Hall (it don't get much more Americana than that, does it?), Bernie and Mary Beth Schroedl (Mary Beth is my father's first cousin), a fair at 60 mph, a Model T (or is it a Model A?), Mom and Dad at the parade, "Don't Tread on Me" flag outside our home in Waterford, fireworks at Art's, a treehouse in Greendale, and a fire (see the man's face?)

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