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To escape the coming heat, escape Austin 2
For Part 1, see post below …
Other select summer destinations attract hordes of Austinites.
“The first year I went Al Gore came as the main speaker to talk on global warming,” says Austin chef Quincy Adams Erickson, another Chautaugua regular. “Last summer I was out jogging and I looked up on a porch, and Sandra Day O’Connor waived and said ‘hi’ to me.”
Santa Fe is a traditional alternative location for smothered-by-heat Austinites, who maintain second homes there. Dr. John Hogg and his partner David Garza sweep their minds free of stress on the high plateaus.
“Something about the clarity of the colors and magic of the area works wonders,” Hogg says. “With a mile and 1/2 less of atmosphere filtering the sun, the colors are brilliant. Even the dirt is more brown. And, at 7,200 feet of elevation, the cool evenings and dry days are a welcome respite in the summer months.”
Hogg hangs with actress Ali McGraw while out there — they share a love of jewelry and dogs. Representing distinguished Central Texas lineage, Matthew Mielcarek and Sarita Kuykendall will join his mother and stepfather, Betty and Marshall Kuykendall, in Santa Fe, too.
More to come …
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