July 2006

The third show at the Okay Mountain gallery opens this Saturday. The exhibit is entitled Active Disappearance.
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Since moving to Austin, my sushi experiences have been a little disappointing. I expected to find lots of great sushi here, but so far it has been hit and miss. Part of the problem might be that I have been concentrating on the upscale sushi joints despite the fact that some of the best sushi I’ve ever had has come from restaurants in strip malls in low-rent areas of town. This weekend I decided to get back to my roots.

Korea Gardens is located right across the street from the Yellow Rose gentleman’s club on north Lamar. It’s definitely not the first place you would look for sushi. But I had heard good things about the place. The building is very inconspicous, but upon entering I was surprised at the clean well-lit oriental decor. I know Korea Garden has been around for a long time, so I’m guessing the decor is part of a recent renovation - but I could be wrong. The restaurant was about half-full on an early Friday night. I was glad to see a lot of asian people eating there, because that’s one of my litmus tests when it comes to a sushi place.
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You’ve probably guessed that we love blogs! We are in the process of launching a new feature that will use RSS Feeds to pull together Headlines and post summaries from blogs written by Austinites. All contributing blogs will also get a hard link on all the pages of this contraption. The idea behind this is to help promote the Austin blogosphere and build a little sense of community. There are a few sites that do something similar to this, and they are very cool, unfortunately most of our pals have already been banned from those sites. Our blog section will be a lot more relaxed. So if you’ve got an RSS feed and want to expose your blog to a new audience, let’s hook-up!