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Jim Spencer

by Robin Chotzinoff • Photography by Kate LeSueur “I never cook,” says KXAN weather forecaster Jim Spencer. “It’s embarrassing. I like to blame it on the fact that ...

Kathie Sever

by Robin Chotzinoff • Photography by Kate LeSueur On a hot evening in early June, Kathie Lebeck Sever starts dinner by making a fire in a circle of rocks in her Austin backyard. Backpacking ...

Chief Art Acevedo

by Robin Chotzinoff • Photography by Kate LeSueur Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo arrives home with his 8-year-old son Jake and a load of groceries, slaps the bags on the counter, cranks up the ...

Barbara Chisholm

by Robin Chotzinoff • Photography by Kate LeSueur At 3 p.m. on the afternoon of a 7 p.m. dinner party, actress Barbara Chisholm is as relaxed and informal as her dining table appears not to be. ...

Danny Palumbo

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Kate LeSueur “I had to drunk-dial my mom for the ratio of shell to filling on these things,” says Austin comic Danny Palumbo as he sips wine from a ...

Robert Earl Keen

by Steve Wilson • Photography by Kate LeSueur Robert Earl Keen has a technique for getting a cowboy hat to look just right. “Go in the shower, stick it under the water and just soak it to ...

Suzanna Choffel

By Claire CellaPhotography by Kate LeSueur In a city that lays claim to having it all, Suzanna Choffel has discovered something it doesn’t have. Breakfast ...

Foodie on the Move

It’s hard to imagine that an Olympic gold medalist foodie who has apprenticed in the kitchens of some of the world’s top chefs could relate to the quotidian challenges faced by regular ...

Peter Bay

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Marc Brown In his 13th year with the Austin Symphony, conductor Peter Bay hasn’t forgotten the buzz he felt when he first came to town. “I knew Austin ...

Wally Workman

By Robin ChotzinoffPhotography by Marc Brown Sure, you could call it a soiree, but local art gallery owner Wally Workman would consider that a pretty fancy word for her regular Thursday night ...