The Phillips Family

Month: November, 2005

Hueco Tanks

FINALLY! After years of trying, we made the pilgrimmage to Hueco Tanks over Thanksgiving. Hueco Tanks is literally the standard for world-class bouldering. The V-rating system was born there, and it’s responsible for an explosion of bouldering development partly due to the heavy access restrictions that have come over the past years (see the cover [...]

The Samples in Austin

In an attempt to be “spontaneous,” earlier this week Annie and I drove to Austin after work to see The Samples play at Antone’s. Despite getting home at 3:30 am and having to go to work the next day, it was well worth it. I first heard The Samples on a CD of Annie’s, and [...]

Miscellaneous

I’m sorry that we haven’t written in awhile, for anybody out there who actually keeps up with the web site. Annie and I are doing great… last weekend we spent the morning at the Contemporary Arts Museum, just to get out of the house for awhile. We live in a great part of the city, [...]