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Dads Do Playgroups, Too

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Eric Highland

SAHD's Do Playgroups Too

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 of supportive play dates and a monthly dad’s night out for its 200 (and growing!) members.

In fact, I am the proud spouse of the current Duke of Dad’s Night Out who currently spends a portion of his limited free time carefully selecting a monthly fantastic local watering hole with equally yummy food for their Austin SAHDs meet-ups.  My husband meticulously plans these monthly locales alternating between north, south and central Austin locations with this month’s location held at Red’s Porch in south.  How I love living in a city that takes such an important role of any parent who chooses to play an active role as primary caregiver seriously!  All stay at home parents deserve a monthly, heck weekly, night out with their buddies regardless of [Read more…]

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

One Of The World’s Best Renaissance Fairs Is Here In Texas

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Eric Highland

Travel back in time with me to one of the world’s best Renaissance fairs, the Sherwood Forest Faire.

Nearly 100,000 people have attended since Sherwood’s opening on February 27th, 2010. So read on, my Renaissance fair friend, and see why you too should come and join the revelry.

Royalty of The Sherwood Forest Faire

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Day Trips, Discoveries Tagged With: sherwood forest faire

Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! – Boxing in Texas

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Eric Highland

HBO-Boxing-TexasBoxing, or the “Sweet Science” as it is called by lovers of the sport, is all over Texas.  Have you ever been to a professional fight?  Let me describe it for you…

The atmosphere is electric, the tension palpable and the first time you hear Lupe Contreras say, “It’s time to see who’s mas macho!” Jimmy Lennon Jr say, “It’s Showtime,” or Michael Buffer with his signature “Let’s get ready to rumble!” you’ll get immediately hooked into this world of the professional pugilist.

There is nothing like sitting ringside at a professional fight, nothing. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Culture, Day Trips, Entertainment, Events Tagged With: day trip, san antonio

Austin Carriage Presents Austin Tours of Downtown

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Brittany Highland

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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 what they are all about.

First off, let us tell you about the owner Cherie Cunningham.  She’s been in the horse business since she was knee-high to a grasshopper. And given the chance she will animatedly tell you stories, with a sparkle in her eye, about her childhood growing up around horses.  It is obvious that she has a love and respect for the horses she works with and [Read more…]

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

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…]

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

The Salt Lick Barbecue

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Brittany Highland

The-Salt-Lick-Eric-HighlandLooking for amazing barbecue food, Austin? Then let’s start with this question: Where is the best BBQ in Texas?

I love BBQ. Yes, love is a strong word, I know…but I could honestly eat good ol’ fashioned Texas BBQ three days a week and never tire of it.

I’m always looking for “the best of.” So I mentioned to one of my co-workers that I wanted to find the best BBQ restaurant in Texas. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Discoveries, Food, Food & Drink Tagged With: bbq, food reviews, the salt lick

Austin Nightlife on Sixth Street

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Brittany Highland

6th-Street-Austin-Texas-ChristmasSixth Street always seems to be the buzz phrase when it comes to Austin nightlife. On our most recent outing, the 6th definitely lived up to the hype.

We arrived before the crowds, so we were able to find street parking on Red River, right off of 6th. A short stroll (a little bit longer, since I realized I forgot my I.D. and had to go back to the car) brought us to our destination: Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar.

I must confess that being new to the scene, Austin bars are all about the same to me right now. But Pete’s is a place I’ve been wanting to visit for a long time, and it didn’t let me down.

There’s nothing like good drinks, happy people, and singing at the top of your lungs to your favorite songs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Discoveries, Drink, Entertainment, Food, Food & Drink, Music, Nightlife Tagged With: bars, sixth street

Santa’s Ranch Christmas Light Tour in Texas

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Brittany Highland

Santas-Ranch-Christmas-Lights-TexasOn Christmas Eve before setting out the milk and cookies, we took a drive south on I-35 to experience Santa’s Ranch.

Santa’s Ranch is located one exit south of the San Marcos outlet malls, so it’s a pretty quick drive from Austin.

We got there early and parked in line on the service road outside the Ranch. By the time the gate opened, there was a long line of vehicles behind us, waiting to get in.

For the $22 per vehicle admission, we got a huge treat! We drove through nearly a mile of dirt road, past countless Christmas light scenes that were entertaining and imaginative. Believe it or not, there are over one million Christmas lights displayed in over 100 scenes and animations! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Day Trips, Discoveries Tagged With: christmas

Hitch for Bike Rack from Discount Hitch & Truck Accessories

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Brittany Highland

yakima-doubledown-bike-rack-austinAfter getting our new bikes at The Peddler, we picked up a Yakima Doubledown bike rack from REI. The next step in this long Austin biking adventure? A hitch for our bike rack.

When we get ideas into our heads, we usually want them done fast. This found us desperately calling hitch shops in Austin, TX, early on Saturday morning. The places we called either weren’t open, or they didn’t have the hitch we needed in stock. We couldn’t wait three days. We wanted to get our bikes out to Fredericksburg that day.

Finally, we found a shop that had our hitch in stock: Discount Hitch and Truck Accessories, on Ben White at South Congress. Sweet. Could they get us in for an appointment [Read more…]

Filed Under: Austinot Loves, Discoveries, Local Business Tagged With: biking

New Bikes from The Peddler Bicycle Sport Shop Austin

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Brittany Highland

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Adam was a huge help getting our bikes put together!

 

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. We determined that we wanted upright bicycles for casual riding, and Ron directed us to the Raleigh Roadsters. In 2011, Raleigh made a 3-speed and an 8-speed Roadster. Ron sent us out to [Read more…]

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

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