“Is This the Line for the Line?”
Saturday of ACL weekend two, reported from the shuttle queue, a closed Barton Springs Road that suddenly belongs to pedestrians, and the long walk home that no app wanted to discuss.
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Changing Behind a Subaru, a Field Method
The Barton Springs bathhouse renovation went from a $9.3 million estimate to $22 million, with the rotunda still shut until at least December. Meanwhile, a practical guide to the parking-lot quick change.
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He Calls the Diving Board a Bottleneck
A founder on the Barton Springs hill wants to sell 'priority swim windows' for a pool he does not own, run, or apparently understand. I listened to the whole pitch while dripping on his deck.
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One Small, One Jumbo, and a Water Now Tops Twelve at 412 Sterzing
Breaking down Sno-Beach's current menu at the purple trailer on Sterzing Street where a small hits four dollars and the jumbo tub seven, set against late-90s pricing that matched a gallon of milk, all while tracking the 3 p.m. elementary school rush and post-pool family math near Barton Springs.
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