{"id":3451,"date":"2013-03-15T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T05:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2013-03-14T19:39:01","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T00:39:01","slug":"this-and-that-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3450\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3450\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3450\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3450 \" title=\"Walking with Cake: View at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, Fredericksburg, TX\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: View at Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, Fredericksburg, TX\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(The view from Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, Fredericksburg, Texas. A highlight of our Kerrville weekend.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week was Spring Break and we packed in the family activities with a trip to Kerrville, a visit to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3444\">the family farm<\/a>, time with friends, and some fun restaurants, too.\u00a0 Spring Break in Austin also means <a href=\"http:\/\/sxsw.com\/\">South by Southwest<\/a>, and though most Austinites avoid the downtown crowds, I was following along via Twitter and our <a href=\"http:\/\/kutx.org\/\">local music station<\/a>.\u00a0 Maybe one day, I&#8217;ll brave the sea of people and attend the interactive sessions.\u00a0 In the meantime, here are a few stories that caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p>One of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/Texas-German-dying-out-4343915.php#photo-4308058\">Texas&#8217; founding languages<\/a> is quickly dying out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.austinchronicle.com\/blogs\/sxsw\/2013-03-10\/is-womens-media-too-girly\/\">&#8220;Is Women&#8217;s Media Too Girly?&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 One writer&#8217;s take on a South by Southwest Panel, which brings up a host of questions.<\/p>\n<p>And a small clip from the keynote speech by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austin360.com\/blogs\/content\/shared-gen\/blogs\/austin\/music\/entries\/2013\/03\/14\/sxsw_music_keynote_dave_grohl_1.html\/\">Dave Grohl<\/a>.\u00a0 You can watch the entire thing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/event\/music\/173331505\/dave-grohls-sxsw-2013-keynote-speech\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week was Spring Break and we packed in the family activities with a trip to Kerrville, a visit to the family farm, time with friends, and some fun restaurants, too.\u00a0 Spring Break in Austin also means South by Southwest,&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[49,27],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This and That - Walking with Cake\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This week was Spring Break and we packed in the family activities with a trip to Kerrville, a visit to the family farm, time with friends, and some fun restaurants, too.\u00a0 Spring Break in Austin also means South by Southwest,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Walking with Cake\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-03-15T05:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-03-15T00:39:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Walkingwithcake\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Walkingwithcake\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/\",\"name\":\"Walking with Cake\",\"description\":\"Writing about beauty in everyday life.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/View-at-Lady-Bird-Johnson-Municipal-Park.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"(The view from Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park, Fredericksburg, Texas. A highlight of our Kerrville weekend.)\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\",\"name\":\"This and That - Walking with Cake\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-15T05:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-03-15T00:39:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/#\/schema\/person\/449bad13516d1eeb1292ebda0d1f1513\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"item\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3451\",\"name\":\"This and That\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/#\/schema\/person\/449bad13516d1eeb1292ebda0d1f1513\",\"name\":\"Catherine\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/walkingwithcake.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3451"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3453,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3451\/revisions\/3453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}