While I love city life, there’s something to be said for green space and the simplicity of nature. Just yesterday we wrote about Laguna Gloria, an outdoor paradise in the middle of Austin. If you drive a bit further to Stonewall, TX – a little more than an hour west of Austin – you’ll find […]
Play Games and Socialize Seven Days a Week at Great Hall Games
Sometimes when you’re looking for things to do in Austin, you want to find something a little more low-key. We recently discovered Great Hall Games on N. Lamar near 2222 (5501 N. Lamar Blvd.). It’s become our go-to spot to spend a couple of hours playing games together in a friendly, laid-back environment. Great Hall […]
J. Lorraine Ghost Town Spooks Area with Mysterious Fun
Remember when we used to use pencil and string to try to draw the perfect circle? If we used that childhood method to draw a circle around Austin, with an hour-long drive as the radius, you’d be astonished by how much you’d find to do within that relatively small area. For example, have you heard […]
Top 5 Things to Do in Austin to Brighten Your New Year
How long have you lived in Austin? I’d bet money that it’s less than two years. Maybe even less than a year. Now, it could be that the odds are in my favor. People who have lived in Austin for more than two years are seasoned Austinites. They don’t need to read blogs to find […]
Austin Jewelry That Your Friends Don’t Have…Yet
Amanda Dimova liked to make things as a kid. While her friends aspired to be singing stars or ballerinas, she was inspired by the hands-on creativity that she saw in her parents. As college students, Amanda’s parents started making homemade children’s shoes out of their apartment. They used scissors and hand-sewn needlework. Like other self-made […]
HELM Boots Comes Home with Made in U.S.A. Label
The Old Man and the Sea. Marlon Brando. Neil Young. Lobster fishing. Growing beards, smoking pipes, riding motorcycles, wearing dirty blue jeans. These all-American, working-man images have inspired HELM Boots founder Joshua Bingaman to pursue the difficult task of producing a boot that is made entirely in the U.S.A. The quality of his work has […]
All Disc Golfers Go to Heaven at Roy G. Guerrero Disc Golf Course
This guest blog post is by Hunter Stanford. All day we saw six people, were never in danger of being hit by a car, never once wondered just where the heck we were, and actually caught a glimpse of some seemingly unspoiled nature. Further, there were no hordes of joggers, groups of stubborn mothers hogging the […]
We’re Round Rock Honey Beekeepers for a Day, You Can Do It Too
“There’s no graceful way to put on a bee suit,” one of my guides assured me as I awkwardly suited up inside Round Rock Honey’s warehouse. She’s seen her share of eager beekeeper novices, having taught bee keeping classes for the public during the summer, and for home school and other groups year-round. Round Rock […]
An Austin Chiropractor Who Understands
First timers are often skeptical about using a chiropractor. I know I was. I mean after all, you are literally putting your body into the hands of a stranger who is going to manipulate it, making it snap, crackle and pop. Admittedly, the first time I ever went to a chiropractor was out of desperation. I was […]
Tempur-Pedic Partners with Soldiers to Help Austin Families in Need
Having served in the military for 20 years, it’s always encouraging to see young men and women in uniform making a difference. There is a mysterious mixture of humility and pride in those who have donned the uniform in service to their country that only veterans really understand. There is a brotherhood, a camaraderie that cannot easily […]
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