This is only somewhat food related, but I was sad to hear that Ann Richards passed away two weeks ago. When I worked at the Dobie Theater in Austin during college, Ann was one of our celebrity regulars. Because she was a celebrity, she didn't have to pay for admission, but she always did. And actually insisted that she pay, she was no better than anyone else. I remember she loved the John Sayles film, "The Secret of Roan Inish". She saw it twice and even took her grandkids to see it the second time. I wonder if she and Sayles were friends. We didn't play Sayles' follow up film, Lone Star, but I bet she saw it and enjoyed it. Ann and I had a little run in once after she saw one of my favorite food movies, "Big Night." After the show, Ann came out and said in her loud Southern Drawl, "I'D RATHER WATCH PAINT DRY ON A FENCE THAN WATCH THAT MOVIE AGAIN!!!"
I was shocked! "Big Night" was about family and food, the stuff of life and someone bigger than life like her didn't like it? She probably wasn't much of a cook, public service and all, but at least she sat through the whole thing. A couple of years later, I remember being annoyed that she did a Doritos commercial, or maybe it was Pizza Hutt, but I've made peace with that. Sometimes you just need to make a buck.
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