What can you do with a boatload of dad facts?

Titanic on 43rd is an annual Hyde Park event led by a creative Austin dad who is passionate about connecting the present and the past.

Jun 18 • Addie Broyles

Saying goodbye to Dawson, the little South Austin elementary that could

My kids' school, where Laura Bush once worked as a librarian, just closed, cutting short a long history of innovative, inclusive education.

Jun 5 • Addie Broyles

Visible storage and the art of being unfinished

Paris has a new blockbuster artwork debuting next month, and I missed it. Or did I?

May 22 • Addie Broyles

Twenty songs Troy never heard

My best friend died in 2006 — I became a parent the next year. The two events will forever be linked. Here's the story I wrote 10 years ago, and a new…

May 11 • Addie Broyles

Changing latitudes, one generation at a time

Saying goodbye to a family elder, whose moonshot mission to West Point (and Antarctica!) is a story we'll be telling for years to come.

May 7 • Addie Broyles

The $5 bill we couldn’t bear to spend

Our Japanese exchange student brought many surprises, including a souvenir from another era that was too precious to use.

Apr 23 • Addie Broyles

What 'Dumb and Dumber' taught me about grief

Thirty-two years ago, I went to a funeral and then a really funny movie and learned about death, laughter, and the ridiculousness of life.

Apr 7 • Addie Broyles