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By Matthew Rutledge on 07/04/2009

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I am head­ing to San Antonio to visit some relat­ively distant …relat­ives.  To be more precise, Boerne.  I haven’t any clue what Boerne is like, only that it seems to be a rather conser­vat­ive escape conduit for upper-middle-class white people who feel the need to vacate San Antonio.  Either way, family is family, and I haven’t seen these folks in at least 5 years, maybe as long as 9 or 10 years.  That means I might shave my ..read more

Posted in Austin, Urbanity | Tagged car, convertible, driving, highways, san antonio, sweden, texas, urbanization | Leave a response

Actual vehicle depicted

By Matthew Rutledge on 06/30/2009

Posted in Housekeeping, Photo | Tagged auto, car, convertible, mazda, Miata, photos | 1 Response

Freedom will arrive (in convertible form)

By Matthew Rutledge on 06/26/2009

My new uncle (i.e. my aunt Sara’s husband) is offer­ing me his car at a fairly good price, with the abil­ity to repay over the course of a few months. What’s not to like? I will finally have some meas­ure of free­dom to at long last take for gran­ted again. A car is both a need and a want right now in my life — having a car is an essen­tial in Texas, except perhaps if ..read more

Posted in Housekeeping | Tagged Austin, automobile, cabriolet, convertible, family, Mazda Miata, metrosexual, Miata | Leave a response

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