The City of Round Rock in early 2009 began work on improving its land development processes. This effort is part of the City’s overall philosophy of continuous improvement, and builds on previous efforts to streamline the land development process. The...

The KUT news story about Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum's upcoming oral/visual history project caught my attention this morning. By way of accounting for Texans' deep and abiding interest in their state and in its stories, the spokesperson...

Week 8 began with a cooking demo from Chef Michael Edison with Seton Hospital. Chef Edison demonstated how to stuff and bake an apple, cook a Moroccan chicken dish and saute spinach. When Chef Edison was done cooking, all the participants enjoyed lunch...

What would induce someone to give up a day off to volunteer for Texas Book Festival? Probably not the official volunteer T-shirt. TBF uniforms feature a different classy color each year, along with, alas, the customary tubelike fit. Those of us who fall...

I can't be the only librarian who fears acting like a stereotype and so downplays my zeal for literature to avoid excessive conversational references to you-know-what. I suspect others do, too. No one wants to be a cliche, and we do have other interests...

After last week’s meetings with the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission, we’ve changed the schedule for adoption of the Downtown Master Plan . Both the Council and P&Z made clear their preference to spend adequate time to fully review...

Having moved back to Texas and to Round Rock in 2005, I don't qualify as a newcomer. Still, I only recently managed to discover the Round Rock New Neighbors book group. Yesterday's wonderful discussion featuring guest author Amanda Eyre Ward prompted...

The Round To Rock participants started off week 6 learning about orthopaedic issues. Erik Bruce M.D. was our guest speaker on Monday and he discussed sports medicine, arthroscopoic surgery of the knee and shoulder as well as knee reconstruction. His presentation...

A copy of the final draft of the Downtown Master Plan is now available for viewing here on the City’s web site. The documents are broken out by chapter, so they should be easier/quicker to download. Our approval schedule for the Plan remains the same...

Tidying my personal bookshelves last weekend, I encountered a favorite: The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes . It's a bulky green volume labeled for its publisher rather than physical traits. Alongside it stands The Big Book of Irony , trim and lightweight...

Week Four started off with Dr. Ben discussing food topics for one hour followed by participant weigh-in and 30 minute workout. Dr. Ben covered a ton of information, here's the break down: Watch the Sugar. When reading the ingredients, if a word ends...

Don't you admire those who can cleverly answer the "which three famous people, living or dead, you'd choose to have dinner with" question? Perhaps you have a boffo response yourself, but I've been stumped by the scope of potential...

Vampire lit is fashionable (and marketable) these days--not just Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, but all sorts of standalone titles, paranormal romance series, mysteries, and even humorous romance fiction. A quick survey of the library catalog--I...

On Sept. 14, we forwarded the input we've received from the public, City Council, Planning and Zoning Commission, and staff to consultant Torti Gallas to include in the final draft of the Downtown Master Plan . Here are some of the highlights: We...

This week was definitely more difficult than last week. Starting with yoga/pilates and running up and down the stairwell of a four-story building, to more running mechanics with Carlos, a heck of a lot of ab work with Bobby and then ending with "Burpees"...