2001 Austin Parks & Recreation Pool Schedule

"...The first day of AISD's summer vacation is May 24. Most of the neighborhood pools open..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature

Day Trips

The idyllic River Haven Cabins near Garner State Park.

"...that attracts families back year after year for summer vacations and lasting memories. That's how Janie Johnson ended up..."

March 23, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Magic Kingdom

"...London to Disney World on a "last hurrah" dream vacation. Will you believe that it's actually quite funny? In..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Books Review by Caroline Kim

George Washington

Green's debut feature is a sublime tone poem about adolescence

"...vivid depiction of a group of kids during summer vacation. These predominantly African-American kids between the ages of 8..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Wall of Separation

Neighbors of Hyde Park Baptist Church Take a Final Stand Against Its Proposed Parking Garage

"...church has lost on just one count: the alley vacation, which would allow it to link its two garages..."

Feb. 2, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Day Trips

From Galveston to Cozumel on a Carnival cruise ship: food, gambling, food, and ruins.

"...know sounded more like a jail sentence than a vacation...."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Pearl Jam Barcelona (Epic)
Pearl Jam London (Epic)
Pearl Jam Dublin (Epic)
Pearl Jam Paris (Epic)
Pearl Jam Hamburg (Epic)
Pearl Jam Stockholm (Epic)

"...(Epic)Pearl JamDublin (Epic)Pearl JamParis (Epic)Pearl JamHamburg (Epic)Pearl JamStockholm (Epic) "Vacation, all I ever wanted, vacation, had to get away..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Live Nude Girls Unite!

"...the bit over sexy-sounding things like job security, paid vacation, sick leave, and an end to racial discrimination. Live..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Down & Out in Atlanta

The Official Crock of the '96 Summer Olympics

"...had been planning this trip to be a working vacation from her first two years of motherhood. She had..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Features Feature by Jonathan Hennessey

Page Two

Anarchists being politic?

"...the ideological peak of a relatively tame two-week family vacation. We started out in a hotel room in NYC,..."

Aug. 18, 2000 Column by Louis Black

TV Eye

The Real World: New Orleans and Survivor, CBS' brutal bid to rein reality television, are sure to fascinate pop culture fans throughout the summer. Belinda Acosta explains why she resents it: and why she can't stop watching.

"...My problem is, I never outgrew summer vacation. I want my summer vacation!..."

June 9, 2000 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Eating Between the Lines

Whether you've got a taste for dishy back-of-the-house gossip from the world of upscale New York restaurants or you're curious about the spice trade in the 16th and 17th centuries, the Chronicle's food writers have you covered in their roundup of books about food that would make for good summer reading.

"...swim in time to surprise her mother on a vacation trip to Austin's Barton Springs pool. Carl Milner's behavior..."

June 2, 2000 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Held Up

"...Arizona desert in a vintage 1957 Studebaker on their vacation. Rachel discovers that Mike blew their savings on the..."

May 19, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

Pokémon: The First Movie

"...On the other hand, the accompanying short feature, "Pikachu's Vacation," may appease toddlers with its simplistic plot and lack..."

April 21, 2000 Screens Review by Mike Emery

Dancing About Architecture

Austin Music Commission chair Bob Livingston steps down, no one steps up; Man's Ruin returns to Austin; Michael Corcoran's suspension is puzzling.

"...get a check. There's a phrase for that: Paid vacation!..."

March 31, 2000 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Simon Sez

"...managed to scam their way into a long working vacation in France and a bigger paycheck than you or..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Council Watch

Local activists keep raising questions about the proposed water deal between the city and the Lower Colorado River Authority.

"...is SOS chief counsel Bill Bunch. (He's been on vacation in Virginia this month.) The main instigator of early..."

Sept. 24, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Brokedown Palace

"...giddy pair of just-out-of-high-schoolers looking for that one special vacation destination to seal their last summer together before university..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips

"...I really started feeling like I was on vacation when the landscape east of Dallas changed to a..."

July 30, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Articulations

Blanton Blooper?

"...story on Austin artists who are spending their summer vacation time doing art in other cities was too small..."

July 16, 1999 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Day Trips

"...has taken another giant step toward building a world-class vacation destination by giving visitors a chance to feel and..."

May 28, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

William Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dream

"...with the character. Flockhart takes a manic, highly entertaining vacation from her dingbat Ally McBeal persona as perpetually lovelorn..."

May 14, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Pushing Tin

"...80-hour work weeks and little or no rest or vacation, it's a common occurrence for the controllers to occasionally..."

April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Analyze This

"...of that general ilk (Multiplicity, the original National Lampoon's Vacation) was an obvious -- and smart -- choice to..."

March 12, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Naked City

Off the Desk:

"...appear rather pedestrian. On Aug. 1, 1995, while on vacation in Virginia with her son and granddaughter, O'Hair complained..."

Jan. 8, 1999 News Feature

Cozying Up to The Faculty

"...a couple of hours we headed out; it was vacation and Sayles noted that butchers on vacation don't visit..."

Dec. 25, 1998 Screens Feature by Louis Black

Saturday Night Live

Mayor Kirk Watson takes his downtown vision to the streets

"...Wendy: Yeah, well actually we've been on vacation for three weeks, and this is our last night..."

Oct. 2, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Postmarks

Home Is Where the Tax Credits Are

"...nice car, good medical, damn near six weeks paid vacation and yes, a bike! When she sold software in..."

Aug. 28, 1998 Column

Killer Condom

"...look at me as though I've been off on vacation too long when I tell them of my delight..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Food-O-File

Learning to Cook Italianat the Source

"...of classes, Harvey will be home for a 10-day vacation with Elise and the kids. Then he returns to..."

Aug. 14, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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