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If you’re like me, you love homemade arts and crafts that are unlike anything you’ve ever seen.
Maybe you love the prospect of gifting a loved one with a one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry. Maybe the home decor item that made you feel love at first sight is the perfect expression of who you are and what makes your home feel like home. [Read more…]
What’s creepier: The phrase, “I was desperate for ‘A Grown-Ups Love’ or that creeper peeper with the “S” sweater is named Lonny?
Editor’s Note: Dog and Duck Pub is closed as of November 2017.
I don’t know how to describe marriage. Sure, there are descriptors you can use to paint the picture of a relationship: happy, sad, angry, contentious; whatever. But the abundance of healthy relationships, I think — ones that work anyway — are centered in a type of commonality that isn’t really ripe for description.
When I belch and watch football and grunt like a neanderthal or if I’m dragged to the profoundly miserable Sex and the City 2 or made to endure indubitably girly “craft nights” — you know, these things that would otherwise find people incompatible — there’s that commonality with each other that brings us together. [Read more…]
Raul Garcia, GM of The Belmont in Austin
Humility and honor are worth more than wisdom.
These words are boldly tattooed on the chest of Raul Garcia, the new General Manager of The Belmont.
Raul is a visionary with years of high-end experience in the restaurant/nightclub/bar industry.
Originally from South America, Raul has worked and managed some of the top spots in Miami Beach and New York City. He now brings his wealth of experience and his original ideas to the Austin area.
Expect to see great things from The Belmont. [Read more…]
Editor’s Note: Austin Brew Bus is no longer in business.
How much do you know about the breweries across Austin? Whether it’s a lot or a little, the Austin Brew Bus is the perfect tour for anybody interested in craft beer.
It’s a simple – yet genius – idea. Gather a bunch of beer lovers, sit them in an air-conditioned tour bus, and explore the inner workings of Austin’s favorite local breweries…With many glasses filled along the way! [Read more…]
How would you like to save 10% off a meal, just for riding your bike to a local Austin restaurant? I’m happy to report that Austin’s first annual Bike-to-Eat Week lets you do just that!
Through this Thursday, ride your bike to any of 25 participating locations to receive a discount on food and alcohol. To get your discount, you may be required to show that you arrived by bike.
This program is designed to support the cycling community in Austin, and encourage you to ride your bicycle. Besides a cheaper meal, you’ll get stronger legs and a stronger cardiovascular system out of the deal. And, of course, you’ll lessen your environmental impact by riding instead [Read more…]
EDITOR’S NOTE: NATY officially closed, with the last truck leaving July 8, 2013. We were sad to see it go and feel that North Austin really needs a permanent home for the food truck community.
Last Saturday, the North Austin Trailer Yard (NATY) opened up at W. Anderson and Lamar Blvd. – in the Planet Fitness parking lot.
Austinites swarmed to the city’s newest food truck conglomeration to exercise their taste buds and see the haps.
The food trailers currently located at NATY are:
Johnny T’s BBQ (Mouthwatering Texas BBQ)
Moms are great. Stop for a second and think about how much yours has sacrificed to raise you. Now remember: this Sunday is Mother’s Day.
Are you looking for worthwhile Mother’s Day events in Austin? More specifically, are you doing it on the cheap? Good news — The Austin Symphonic Band is playing a free live show on the Capitol steps this Sunday. This is a chance for you to give your mother the time she deserves while saving a few bucks!
The Austin Symphonic Band is the official band of the City of Austin. It came around in the early 1980s as a way for local Austinites to come together and play music for themselves and the public. The band has been extremely popular over the past thirty years, and now it draws large crowds for every show.
You can catch the Austin Symphonic Band playing in many different places, depending on the time of year, because they love to play free open air shows for the public whenever possible. They are regulars at [Read more…]
Coolhaus is taking Austin by storm! This is one of those Austin food trucks that you really need to check out. The heat is upon us and, short of hopping into the cool waters of Barton Springs, there are few better ways to cool down than with Coolhaus Austin!
With 4.5 stars on over 61 reviews on Yelp, why not check this place out and be entered to win tickets to one of Austin’s great festivals?
This is not a normally scheduled blog post for the Austinot, but we didn’t want our readers to miss out on a chance to win free tickets to the Austin Food & Wine Festival!
Our friends at Coolhaus Austin are giving away tickets and all you have to do is TASTE & TWEET. But you have to [Read more…]
I grew up on the straight-laced side of Texas, where getting my ears pierced for a second time was stretching the boundaries just a bit. So should it be all that surprising that when I first heard about Rollergirls, they scared me? I was living up in Seattle at the time, and all the tattoos and brawniness, fishnet and shoving was intimidating.
Little did I know that April 21, 2012 would have me in the middle of the Austin Convention Center with the Honky Tonk Heartbreakers, Hotrod Honeys, Hell Marys and the Hustlers…and nothing but a camera to block any incoming blows.
You heard me. The Texas Rollergirls are back this Saturday at the Austin Convention Center and they’re taking no [Read more…]
To say that the Lonestar Round Up is just another Austin car show is a crime, and this week’s Austinot podcast means to prove it to you.
This weekend only, this vintage car show and music festival takes over the Travis County Expo Center, filling it with the best in amazing rides, toe-tapping tunes, food and drink, and even shopping.
Make no mistake, these folks are purists. Car registration is open only to 1963 and [Read more…]