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December 20, 2007
Armadillo Christmas Bazaar
Yesterday afternoon we tripped into Austin to visit the local big-daddy of all holiday bazaars, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar...its been going on for years and has live local musicians playing music while you stroll and enjoy the artwork...artists from all over come in to town and spend 2 weeks selling...I've heard from folks who run the thing that some of the artists make their entire yearly income from the 2 week run of the show...(in the 100K range for some of them)...we didn't buy a thing, tho...scrooges!
Afterward we headed over to Alamo Drafthouse and caught "No Country For Old Men"...its set in West Texas and has lots of Texas actors in it...we enjoyed it quite a bit, its one of those movies that is intense and scary, so recommending it is kinda weird - "yes, its great, but if you go, don't freak out"...Not exactly a funny Coen bros movie like Raising Arizona, but still I liked it...
I'm also looking forward to Sweeney Todd which comes out Friday, I think...It was supposed to be Christmas Day, but I think they wanted to grab the weekend, and who can blame them? I was surfing and ran across a special on the Logo channel the other night that showcased the making-of...It looks great...course, I'm going in with low expectations because when I get excited about a movie, i come out disappointed...Bourne Ultimatum did that to me this summer, I loved the first two and was kinda let down with this last one...it was good, I recommend it, but I liked the first two better...oh well...We'll see how Sweeney does...I'm going to see it anyway...
My friend Donna sent me this link yesterday and I love this kind of art work...optical illusions painted on the ground to look like things are falling into the street or busting up outta the ground...awesome!
Posted by Donner at December 20, 2007 10:08 AM