Opinion: Flawed Cemetery Rules Process Violates City Council Resolution and Betrays Public Trust

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department is trying to force new rules that could result in the desecration of hundreds of graves

"...next to Shoshana, we requested that AMP not place sod on his grave; instead we outlined his grave with..."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Sharon Weintraub

Jockey

An incredible last trip around the blue-collar track

"...and tequila. But those race moments are murky, with sod and sand flying up in Jackson’s goggles. The world..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Here's what we're listening to

"...Earlier this month, some lucky sod in Manor hit $1 million on the same $10..."

June 19, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Progress on Austin FC Stadium on Pace for Spring 2021 Opening

"...the works is special grass being grown at a sod farm in Arizona, slated for installation this fall...."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by David Brendan Hall

Don't Know What You've Got …

"...And if the Parks Department is having trouble growing sod on the site, I suggest they contact David Mahler...."

June 5, 2018 Postmarks

Zilker Park: Paved Paradise, or Vice Versa

When is a parking lot not a parking lot? When it’s next to the beloved park.

"...tried but failed to grow a solid amount of sod on the space, is increasingly concerned that its current..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Paddington 2

Everyone's favorite polite bear returns with marmalade sandwiches for all in a thrilling birthday present hunt

"...real-world fear of immigrants to British shores (Oi! Brexit! Sod off!), this film addresses the currently lacking imperatives of..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Native Bar & Kitchen

Cool isn't enough for hostel diner

"...itself spread over the plate like a clump of sod, fibrous and burnt on the bottom. The cardamom French..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Day Trips & Beyond: Ice Fishing, Door County, Wis.

A trip to Sturgeon Bay

"...for their hearty breakfasts. Has goats grazing on the sod roof during the summer. Sister Bay, Wis., www.aljohnsons.com..."

Feb. 15, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...Sod's law, which is popular in the United Kingdom, is..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Austin Food and Wine Festival Bites: Part One

Savory tidbits and sweet treats

"...An abundance of sunshine helped dry out the sod left damp by overnight rain and the park was..."

April 28, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Sala & Betty

Can Teresa Wilson define Austin dining again?

"...easy to forget that our culinary backyard wasn't always sod with locally sourced microgreens. When Teresa Wilson opened Aquarelle..."

April 24, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Hightower Report

The super rich literally live in their own world

"...rich Americans are buying a piece of the old sod for themselves. Parisian townhouses and wine country chateaus are..."

Feb. 21, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Civics 101

"...Spirit The­ater, Bullock Texas History Museum, 1800 Congress. Free. www.austinisd.org/sod...."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Column

Then There's This: Dog Days of Parks and Rec

Planned changes to off-leash area at Auditorium Shores draws howls

"...slated to begin in 2014, calls for installing new sod and irrigation systems, and regrading the main event-space area..."

Oct. 11, 2013 News Column by Amy Smith

The Elementals: Earth

Vortex Repertory Company's ritualistic celebration of earth may make you want to dig your toes into the dirt

"...in most folks the first touch of flesh on sod will trigger a Proustian rush of memories: walking barefoot..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Billy Elliot the Musical

The national tour of this uplifting musical featured some insanely talented kids

"...grandma's (Patti Perkins) irreverent recollection of Billy's granddad (the sod!) and Billy's bestie Michael's (Cameron Clifford, alternating with Jake..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Arts Review by Jillian Owens

Day Trips

Outnumbered buffalo hunters held off Plains Indians at this battle site

"...the Indians from the start. Fortified behind the thick sod walls, the buffalo hunters had high-powered rifles. Billy Dixon..."

Dec. 21, 2012 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texans Cage Bears, Lowly Jags Loom

Houston remains on top of AFC

"...made of before they stepped foot on the soggy sod of Soldier Field...."

Nov. 16, 2012 Sports Post by Barrett Walton

Master Plan Provides for the Next Generation

"...dirt, and suffocating tree roots. Increasingly, we have to re-sod, aerate, and cordon off areas. Adding ground space will..."

Sept. 3, 2012 Postmarks

Brave

Although the animation looks terrific and the story features an immensely sympathetic heroine, Brave lacks the sheer imaginative oomph of prior Pixar pics.

"...trail of will o' the wisps to a witch's sod-thatched hut. There, she is given a magic cake that..."

June 22, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Luv Doc Recommends: Michael Ventura 'If I Was a Highway' Booksigning

BookPeople, Friday, April 22, 2011

"...wind? Whether you live in a wooden house, a sod house, or the Lord's house, every now and then,..."

April 22, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Food-o-File

Truck Farm Farmers' Market, the Taco Taxi, and a South by Southwest food Fest round-up

"...to town with food and bands from the Auld Sod for an authentic Gaelic Fleadh on St. Patty's Day,..."

March 26, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Passion Pit

"...much of the horde was slogging away through the sod-flecked fertilizer slurry formerly known as Zilker Park. The intrepid..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Music Review by Melanie Haupt

Who Pays for What?

"...Austinites have been assured that the $2.5 million sewer sod was installed on C3's dime. Now it is quietly..."

Oct. 6, 2009 Postmarks

Fantastic Fest: The Good, the Bad, and the Nacho

Fantastic Fest

"...outdoor venue, complete with -- presumably -- honest-to-goodness green-grass sod laid over the existing, butt-unfriendly blacktop. League has already..."

Sept. 21, 2008 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Poetry Roundup

Coffee House Press celebrates National Poetry Month with six new titles.

"...the author's Midwestern roots. We read of silos and sod and, repeatedly, of the horizon, made both romantic and..."

May 2, 2008 Books Feature by Yvonne Georgina Puig

Luv Doc Recommends: B Scene

The Blanton Museum of Art, Friday, May 2, 2008

"...is understandable. When you’ve spent the whole day busting sod in the Panhandle, chopping cedar in the Hill Country,..."

May 2, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

How the West Was Won

SXSWUK 2008

"...Son of Dave, London, www.sod.ward404.com, Thursday, 11:30pm, Latitude 30..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Top 10 Stage Excitements of 2006

"...natural stomping ground. A double delight for those with SOD (Shoe Obsession Disorder)...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

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