I spent a long weekend in Austin, judging (along with three advertising veterans, including a cool guy named Monkey) that town's local Addy awards. And my third trip in about five months confirmed: I've fallen in love with Austin.

A big shout-out and thank-you to all the Addy volunteers who kept us on track with the judging process—not to mention incredibly well-fed: Paul, Lisa, Michael, Courtney, Ally, Travis, Jason, Kara and the gang.