Manuel's and the parade make a great combination, lacking only a stop at the defunct Congress Avenue Books. The UT band, the Aggies, two wonderful military bands, including the band from Camp Mabry, and a few high-school bands, as well--what could be better? The low temperatures and whipping winds made some of us feel happy ahd exhilarated, and others look blue or red and miserable. We enjoyed the piece on Bastrop, with the two versions of C & D's house there, as seen today and when new over a hundred years ago.