Kate Harrington
A native New Englander, Kate moved to Austin in 2002 to attend graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, where she got her master’s degree in journalism. She spent several years as a reporter with the Austin Business Journal, where she covered health care, development and real estate.
Kate now runs Thumbtack Communications, where she provides ghostwriting, copywriting, social media strategy and PR in addition to writing bylined articles. She lives in Central Austin with her husband, son, and two cranky cats. When she’s not writing, she’s playing guitar, gardening or hiking.
Home is Where the Hearth Is
Dawn Moore knows a good kitchen when she sees one. As architects tend to be, she’s part pragmatist and part artist, with definite opinions...
It’s the Little Things
One of the beautiful things about architecture, Emily Little has learned, is that it doesn’t take broad strokes to make important changes. Take, for...
Om for All
Think of yoga, and the first images that spring to mind may include a colorful yoga mat, trendy workout clothes and a cozy studio....
Poetry at Work
A client once gave Tim Cuppett a quote, painted on a rock, from the 18th century English poet Alexander Pope that states: “Consult the...
Fighting the 500-pound Pink Gorilla
There was a time in Jason Howell’s life when he assumed he would do what generations before him had: work on his family’s cattle...
Showing Hate the Door
Karen Gross and the people at the Anti- Defamation League are cracking down on all forms of discrimination.
Karen Gross is, in her own words,...
Driven
Darin Upchurch is one of 55 newly minted leadership Austin alums who are fired up about taking an active role in the community.
A year...
Got Books?
Think libraries are quaint, dusty relics of another time? Don’t tell Tim Staley that.
Staley is the executive director of the Austin Public Library Friends...
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