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Guest Blog: My Top 5 Favorite Parks in Austin

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Brushy Creek Park in North Austin

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 […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries Tagged With: for kids, zilker park

Best Texas Swimming Holes on Austinot Podcast Ep. 11

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Brittany Highland

Barton Springs swimming hole in the heart of Austin

Click the Play button on the podcast player above to listen to this week’s episode of the Austinot Podcast! When those scorching Summer days start hitting, a cool Texas swimming hole can be the best relief. The Austinot has scoured the area for the best swimming holes in and around the Austin. Here’s the list […]

Filed Under: Activities, Austinot Podcast, Day Trips, Discoveries, Podcasts Tagged With: barton springs, blue hole, deep eddy, hamilton pool, swimming, swimming holes

Guest Blog: Austin Disc Golf Stirs Community Spirit

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Guest Blogger

Teeing Off Playing Disc Golf at Zilker Park in Austin

This guest blog post is by Troy Herman. Disc golf is not just a sport to be played; it is a passion that should be felt. I have played disc golf with some of the best players in the world and, while we have competed with much seriousness, we have never forgotten how it all […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries Tagged With: disc golf, guest blog, troy herman

American Bingo: This Ain’t Your Grandmother’s Game

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Dustin Vegas

American-Bingo-Austin-Texas

What have you heard about bingo? When I learned about American Bingo last week, I first thought of slow-moving people absent-mindedly stabbing at pieces of paper while a bored man rattles off numbers. I figured it was a pastime reserved for retired folk. I had no clue how wrong I was. What if I told you, with […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries

Parkour in Austin – There’s a Reason It’s Called Freerunning

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Eric Highland

My sons Darius and Javen are obsessed with freerunning, or parkour as it is known. So when they came to visit me during Spring Break, I searched on the web for parkour in Austin and ran into Matthew Lee Willis through my surfing. More on Matthew in a second, but what is parkour? And why […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries, Local Business

Austinot Podcast, Ep. #5: Top 5 Austin Date Ideas

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Brittany Highland

Mozart's Coffee Roasters on the Lake Makes for a Perfect Date Spot

Austinots Eric and Brittany are newlyweds, so who better to trust when you’re looking for the best Austin date ideas? Planning dates can be a sticky business. You want to get it right every time, and we want to help! In Episode #5 of the Austinot Podcast, your friends at the Austinot present their top […]

Filed Under: Activities, Austinot Podcast, Discoveries, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Food & Drink, Local Business, Nightlife, Podcasts Tagged With: date ideas, milto's, mt bonnell

Dads Do Playgroups, Too

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Eric Highland

By Austin Guest Blogger, Momma’s Bacon “Kids spell love T-I-M-E.” -John Crudele If you follow my Momma’s Bacon blog you will know we are one of the many Austin families with a Stay At Home Dad (SAHD). What you might not know is that Austin has an active SAHD community through the Austin SAHD Yahoo Group with lots […]

Filed Under: Activities Tagged With: family friendly, guest blog

Austin Carriage Presents Austin Tours of Downtown

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brittany Highland

Austin-Carriage-Brittany-Highland-Austinot

Recently we were INVITED to check out Austin Carriage, the original horse-drawn carriage company in the city of Austin. These folks, who provide Austin tours via horse-drawn carriage, are fantastic.  And no, they haven’t paid us a penny to say this. So read on, fellow Austinot, and learn a little more about this company and […]

Filed Under: Activities, Austinot Loves, Discoveries, Entertainment, Local Business, Nightlife Tagged With: downtown

Austin Texas Disc Golf Equals Rockin Pastime

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Brittany Highland

Brittany_Highland_Disc_Golf_Zilker_Park

This 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 […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries, Local Business Tagged With: disc golf, disc nation, zilker park

New Bikes from The Peddler Bicycle Sport Shop Austin

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Brittany Highland

The-Peddler-Bicycle-Sport-Shop-Austin

  Yesterday, we got to pick up our matching 2011 Raleigh Roadsters from The Peddler. The Peddler is located at 51st/Duval, close to the UT Intramural Fields. I love shopping local, and The Peddler is definitely a local bike shop. My husband and I went in a couple of weeks ago for the first time. […]

Filed Under: Activities, Discoveries, Local Business Tagged With: bikes, biking

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