When the cold nights of winter roll around, I tend to turn into a hermit by my fireplace and Christmas tree. But even at other times of the year, sometimes I’m too sick in bed to run out for a box of Kleenex, or I’m stuck at work finishing a project and can’t make time for […]
Buy, Repair, Ride the Ramp at Austin Bike Farm
Here’s a little something about me: I love two wheeled vehicles. Motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, etc. So when a buddy told me about Austin Bike Farm, my ears perked up and I had to check the place out. It was right up my alley. Leaving Dallas for North Austin After working in bike shops for 13 years, Owen […]
Clayworks Has Carved and Fired Life in Clay for 35 Years
If there was a book called Cool Things in Austin You Should Know About, Clayworks Studio/Gallery and the Gray Family would be in the first chapter. The gallery on East Sixth Street displays tables, art work, tiles, architectural ceramics and more that the Grays have created. A working studio sits behind the gallery, where the Grays make […]
Austin Music Equipment Rental Company Supports Community
Guest article by Gina Sigillito When musicians, music professionals and music lovers walk into the newly-built, enormous, guitar and gear-filled space of LoudMouth Rentals in Northeast Austin, they are instantly hit by the feeling that something special is coming alive. With enough room for several small stages and enough amps, drums, and lighting equipment to […]
You Wanna Be Crafty? Better Do What You Can and Bead It!
Show how funky strong your style is at Bead It. Baskets and bowls of beads cover table after table, while strings of jewelry hang on the wall like sparkling tapestries. Everything is arranged by color or grouped with like items to inspire and create a beautiful house of delicate trinkets. Visit this South Austin shop […]
Be a BookPeople Person at Texas’ Largest Indie Bookstore
BookPeople is a literary playground. Who needs a slide when there’s a Happy Hour book club and a maze of quirkily decorated shelves, each laden with new worlds to discover? You may not be familiar with the BookPeople name because of its status as an independent bookstore. But its success is immediately apparent by its […]
Rō Fitness: Best Cardio Alternative to Running
Even if you love running, rowing – or better yet the rowing machine – is the best low impact cardio alternative out there. And Rō Fitness is Austin’s only indoor rowing studio. You’ve probably tried the rowing machines at the gym before with no results. But that’s likely because you were doing it wrong. After taking just […]
15 Over 15: Which Austin Eateries Have Survived the Years?
It’s no secret that running a restaurant or bar is difficult, especially in Austin. With so many opening every month, only the truly exceptional have what it takes to compete long term. So how admirable is it when an establishment can keep the doors open for 15, 20 or even 50 years? The purpose of this article […]
I Luv Video Is Austin’s Oldest and Largest Video Store
Before the over abundance of Video on Demand, video stores were almost the only way to find most movies. Having vastly more of a selection than movie theaters, you could always discover older movies you had never heard of, or find goofy-awesome looking movies made for video. Across the country, video rental is a dying business. […]
How to Dress Like an Austin Local
Guest article by Dawn Sarnecky Every Austinite knows that dressing appropriately for the Texas weather is an absolutely necessary task each day. The trick is to be comfortable as the beads of sweat drip down during summer and to be cozy during the winter (a.k.a. fall?). If you to dress like an Austin local with […]
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