Austin360.com e-Lert!: November 16 - November 19 Turkeys Trotting and Longhorns Hopping No, it's not a new dance. It's Thanksgiving weekend in Austin. We've got the best guide to make this Thanksgiving holiday one to remember. There's the traditional Texas vs. A&M brawl starting in the wee hours of Friday morning. And for those of you anxiously awaiting holiday shopping, check out our links to some of the best steals and deals in town. � Austin Thanksgiving Guide � Store sales in Austin NEED WEEKEND PLANS? Saturday, Nov. 25 - Sunday, Nov. 26 -- Hear ye, hear ye! Pray assemble for ye olde worlde looke at a Victorian Christmas, Austin style. Dust off your Christmas spirit Wednesday, Nov 22 - Sunday, Dec. 3 -- Enjoy one of life's most romantic fairy tales as 'Beauty and the Beast' graces the Bass Concert Hall. Start your magical journey Saturday, Nov. 25 -- Transport the wee ones and some toys to Congress Avenue for Chuy's annual 'Children Giving to Children' parade. Give a little Christmas cheer NEED MORE IDEAS? Here are our Austin weekend entertainment highlights. For details and even more, see our Movie Guide, Best Bets and the complete calendar at: Entertainment � Arts: Let this photo exhibit transport you to the tranquil world of fly-fishing � Community: Join in tax-free day at Umlauf Sculpture Gardens � Movies: A Grinch, angels and clones fill Austin screens. Get show times � Music: Love The Pogues? Well, Shane MacGowan's in town. Get the skinny � Recreation: Fill your day with color as you seek out Central Texas' fall foliage � Restaurants: Enjoy a meal at one of Austin's Top 10 high-end eateries � Sports: Prepare yourself for Friday's big UT game � Travel: Map your route before setting off for the holidays

Is This true??? Rules for Living in Austin 1. First you must learn to pronounce the city name. It is AWS-TUN and it does not matter how people pronounce it in other places. 2. Forget the traffic rules you learned elsewhere. Austin has its own version of traffic rules. There's no book about them. You've just got to get in your car and hope you survive to learn them. 3. All directions start with, "Go down Mopac...cause you don't want to get on 35." 4. Burnet, Braker, and Lamar have no beginning and no end. 5. It's impossible to go around a block and wind up on the street you started on. The Chamber of Commerce calls this a "scenic drive." 6. The 8:00am rush hour is from 6:30am to 9:30am. The 5:00pm rush hour is from 3:30pm to 7:15pm. Friday's rush hour starts on Thursday morning. 7. If you actually stop at a yellow light, you cannot be from Austin.You may only apply your brakes when the end of the yellow light and the beginning of the red light create a "burnt-orange" hue. 8. If you like being an individual, don't even think of working for Dell. You'll be branded like cattle and made to walk all over town with your "Dell tag" around your neck or clipped on your belt loop. 98% of the people within a 200 mile radius work for Dell. When someone says, "Michael Dell", Dell employees are trained to face Round Rock, hit their knees, put their face to the ground, weep, and rock back and forth. 9. Just remember that Mopac IS Loop 1 and Research IS 183. 2222 is Northland or Allendale or Koenig. Don't try to figure it out. Just accept it. If you question the intelligence behind this naming convention, people will simply tilt their heads to the right and stare at you. 10. If moisture is determined to be rain, not sweat, all traffic must immediately cease; ditto for daylight savings time, girl applying eyeshadow across the street, or a flat tire three lanes over. Do not attempt to access any road after an apocalyptic event like snow or South X Southwest. 11. Construction on I-35 is a way of life, and a permanent form of entertainment. Get used to it! 12. Keep in mind that the sloppily dressed "hippie" in sandals and earrings is probably the latest IPO millionaire around here. 13.Stay away from the Congress bridge at sundown if you do not like the thought of being in an Alfred Hitchcock movie. 14. And yes we all know that's a man in a teddy and tiara on Congress.It's Leslie and he probably makes more money than you do.

Hey, Will Kreth is beaming out of page 52 in this weeks Chronicle (March 2, 2001). Way to go, Will, "idea guy and marketing pioneer". Says Will feels it's 1991 all over again. It says Kreth feels "online business culture is ripe for reinvention" It talks about Lifeset.com and Wills effort to do the media legwork for CD labels, concerts and booksignings and deliver news of new releases, etc to customers. This is all in the context of SXSW Interactive, where he's a panelist.

Need to call Will about happy hour tonight, why it's Friday!

http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=78 Good article no the new Bob Bullock Museum.