I’ve been e-mailing business around Austin for the past couple days for a business project I’m doing and here’s the response I got from the Albany Chamber of Commerce:

“Thank you for your invitation. Unfortunately we are getting ready to take the Fort Griffin Fandangle to the LBJ Ranch and are pretty well booked up during that time. Good luch with your fair.”

What is the Fort Griffin Fandangle? It’s an outdoor musical based on the pioneers of West Texas and includes cowboys driving a trail herd, a stagecoach chased by Indians, and buffalo hunters and gamblers.

Now I understand why some people up north think we all ride horses and wear cowboy boots. Doesn’t the Albany Chamber of Commerce have something better to do?!