Top 4 Outdoor Summer Events in Austin on the Austinot Podcast, Ep. 17

July 6, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

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Deep Eddy Pool in Austin, Texas

Splash around before the movie at Deep Eddy Pool

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There’s nothing like summertime in our city. For today’s podcast episode, we’ve put together a list of our top 4 outdoor summer events in Austin.

You don’t want to miss these events. Many of them have been around Austin for years and have become summer traditions for many Austinities. Maybe you’ll become one of them! [Read more...]

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Guest Blog: My Top 5 Favorite Parks in Austin

June 5, 2012 by · 2 Comments
Brushy Creek Park in North Austin

Brushy Creek Park, my top pick

This guest blog post is by Ashly Howard.

As a mother of three, I want to make sure my children have just as much fun at the park as I do at the casino. I want to make sure their hair blows in the wind and their minds race deciding what they want to do next, as they explore their magical plastic wonderland.

But I may be a bit overprotective when deciding which park to take them to, and I do my research ten-fold. Though I want to get my children out of the house as much as possible, I don’t want to take them to a place that’s dirty or infested, or that is so busy that it’s impossible to keep up. [Read more...]

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Austinot Podcast Ep. 9: World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend

May 4, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

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Eric_Highland_Disc_Golf_Zilker_ParkClick the Play button on the podcast player above to listen to this week’s episode of the Austinot Podcast!

Austin is a huge city for the sport of disc golf, and getting started is easier than you might think.

In fact, this weekend is the perfect time to get involved because Austin’s Waterloo Disc Golf Club is hosting the World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend at Zilker Park. Stop by Zilker between 9 AM and 5 PM this Sunday, May 6th, to meet the community and show off your skills on the fairway. Or, in our case, to wrestle through groves of trees looking for lost discs.

Seriously, you don’t have to know what you’re doing to come out to the World’s Biggest Disc Golf Weekend. It’s an event designed to raise awareness of the sport and get new people excited and involved. Play is free is you have your own discs. If you don’t have discs yet, they will be available at Zilker Park for an affordable price.

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The Tao of Zilker – Philosophy And SXSW 2012 Events

March 18, 2012 by · 2 Comments

SXSW_Green_Belt_TrailSXSW involved choosing between countless events for me. There were endless decisions to make – where to eat, who to listen to, what films to see. People could not stop talking about which artists were worth their time and money.

After a week of decisions and complex plans, my friends and I took some time off from the festival. We had to find our bearings again. So we made for a simpler place – Zilker Park.

We knew that we had to change how we approached SXSW. All the calculating and planning had exhausted us.

This was an opportunity to use something I learned about while studying philosophy at UT Austin. Instead of making all those decisions ourselves, we decided to follow the “Tao of Zilker.” [Read more...]

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Austin Texas Disc Golf Equals Rockin Pastime

January 25, 2012 by · 19 Comments

Disc_Nation_Austin-TexasThis past Sunday, we decided to seize the day and jump on a new activity in Austin. Disc golf.

Eric already had some discs that he used back in Seattle, but I was disc-less. Beginning our search for discs, we turned to something familiar: Sports Authority. Alas, the Sports Authority employee I spoke to on the phone admitted that their selection was dismal and they only sold single discs, not sets. Bummer.

But! The employee was awesome enough to recommend a disc golf store here in Austin, called Disc Nation. Disc Nation was closing at 4 PM, so we shimmied down to Slaughter Lane to get the haps. [Read more...]

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