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radiator, the whole shop smelled wonderfully delicious. Manuel Serrano, our first Upholsterer, taught Eric his first Spanish word: leche. It was a good life while it lasted.

We bought a house on Shoal Creek Blvd., and moved from the apartment in 1964. We continued to run the design business, renting out the apartment to one group or another, including a couple of college girls who complained about the hot and cold taps being reversed, and who needed help changing light bulbs (true).

Grady continued to operate the business for a few more years after our divorce in 1972, before he moved to Houston. Later the building was rented by an import business called Caravansari. I think there was a "head shop" there for a while, too. Our show windows, original to the first little store, were covered over by later businesses.

The big old green Victorian house across the street on the SE corner... a house that once housed an extended family of genuine Gypsies, was torn down years ago, and a laundromat built in its place.

I will always be interested in the Hyde Park neighborhood (though we are moving to Buda), and I hope there are others like Mark Fishman who will help preserve its character. Who knows...maybe someday I will live there again.

P.S. I apologize for such a long and possibly boring email. I just couldn't stop once the memories started flowing. I have many more memories of Hyde Park....but I really must get back to packing boxes....and the subject was the little building at 38th and Speedway....not all my memories.....sorry.

Silhouettes at the Ney

A rtist Melissa Grimes will be at the Elisabet Ney Museum on Sunday, January 25, 2-4 PM, to cut silhouettes.

The silhouettes are free of charge, compliments of the museum on the occasion of Elisabet NeyÕs birthday. Silhouette cuttings take a few minutes. Sittings will be arranged on a first come-first served basis. Both children and adults are welcome. Cake and punch will be served. Ms. Grimes has taught drawing, painting and illustration at the University of Texas and other Texas state universities since 1981. For further information, please call the museum at 458-2255.