Austin
Celebrity Painters
NY Times Dining
Holidays and Observances
The "Wash Room"
100

The Confederate Soldiers Monument on the State Capitol grounds has 5 bronze statues headed by this president

Jefferson Davis

100

Perhaps he made his old blue eyes a touch bluer in works found in his book "A Man and His Art

Frank Sinatra

100

Want to get this part of a pie perfect? The secret is leaf lard, rendered for 8 hour

Crust

100

 

Rock the baby & loop the loop on June 6, the day reserved for this toy 

YoYos

100

Use it for gargling

Mouthwash

200

At dusk, April through October, millions of these mammals fly out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge to feed

Bats

200

Yo, Adrian! His expressionistic paintings have sold for up to $40,000

Sylvestor Stallone

200

Naturally, this list came in for praise at a restaurant called Varietal

Wine list

200

One ringy dingy! September 1 is Emma M. Nutt Day in honor of the first female one of these in the U.S.

Telephone Operators

200

An entry-level restaurant job or a labor-saving appliance that does the same thing

Dishwasher 

300

30 years, this PBS series from the Austin music scene is the longest-running music showcase now on TV

Austin City Limits

300

This man left his heart in ?

Tony Bennett

300

A restaurant of this African cuisine got high marks for its shiro wett & its not-too-spongy injera bread

Ethiopian

300

February 1 (not always a Friday) is the day for this literary character based on sailor Alexander Selkirk

Robinson Crusoe

300

To cover up errors or wrongdoing; perhaps for Tom Sawyer?

White wash

400

ustin's African-American history is chronicled in a museum named for this agricultural scientist

George Washington Carver

400

Hottest Linda", one of the many abstract paintings by this "Fab" rocker, depicts his first wife sunbathing

Paul McCartney

400

The times had info on Surinam cherry, the ingredient that helped crown the champion cook of this Bravo TV reality show

Top Chef

400

Interstellar hitchhikers know May 25 is the day for these terrycloth items, a tribute to Douglas Adams

Towels

400

HYphenated term meaning lacking in decisiveness

Wishy washy

500

his Old West cattle trail that ran from Texas to Kansas crossed the eastern part of Austin

Chisolm Trail

500

This disco diva sang "She Works Hard For The Money", then went acrylic with her "Hard for the Money"

Donna Summer

500

The Times critic loved the lamb at an Indian joint that uses this 700-degree

Tandoori oven

500

On Oct. 12 Mexico celebrates "Dia de la Raza", or day of this

The race

500

Adventurous swordsman

Swashbuckler