Posts Tagged ‘Spring Break’

Father Flashback: Spring Break

By Daddy Clay Monday, March 22nd, 2010

coronaHappy families frolicked in the many pools of the Oasis Resort in Cancun, Mexico during Spring Break of 1989.  Children laughed and played. Their plastic toys littered the pool decks, and their high happy laughter rang out over the emerald lagoons, I’m sure of it.

I just don’t remember them. Read the rest of this entry »

Unbadged in Austin

By Daddy Clay Friday, March 12th, 2010

The SXSW festival taunts me. It’s in my own back yard, my Twitter feed is jammed with festival hashtags, email invites are flying around, and here I sit on the sidelines. Badgeless. Uncredentialed. Lanyard-deprived.

I am keeping with my “South By” tradition: meeting with a few people, dropping in on a party or two, then heading out of town for the bulk of the fest. Read the rest of this entry »