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UT Open House – The Biggest Open House In Texas

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Eric Highland

Hook ’em baby! This Saturday is the Explore UT Open House!

That’s right folks the University of Texas is opening its doors to the world. Touted as “The Biggest Open House In Texas” on the UT website, this event is sure to please.

People of all ages will be descending upon the UT Campus Saturday March 3rd from 11am-5pm to explore all that UT has to offer.

But this is more than just an open house… so read on Longhorn fanatic and get ready to get immersed in some burnt orange culture.

UT is huge, and there are so many things to see on Saturday that even though the official open house starts at 11, the activities really start at 9am.

There are over 400 programs that are taking place on campus, let’s look at [Read more…]

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 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…]

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

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Austin Entertainment: Top Austin Model Casting This Saturday

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Eric Highland

Do you want to make your mark in the Austin entertainment scene? Top Austin Model Casting is taking place this Saturday, February 25th, at Lanai Rooftop Lounge from 6 to 9PM.

This event will feature a live DJ and some great drink specials from Lanai Rooftop Lounge. Come see and be seen by some of the most active movers and shakers in the Austin model and fashion industry.

For new models [Read more…]

New Wave Ball 80s Party to Benefit Austin Children’s Shelter

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Eric Highland

Break out the Aquanet and dust off your parachute pants, Austin. This Friday, February 24th, is the New Wave Ball 80s Dance Party, to benefit the Austin Children’s Shelter!

The 80s was the pop culture era: MTV actually had videos, Run DMC and the Beastie Boys had B-Boys carrying their [Read more…]

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

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Eric Highland

Boxing, 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…]

Three Million Acres Traded for the Austin Texas Capitol

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Eric Highland

Did you know that the great state of Texas gave away over 3,000,000 acres of land?

Not for oil, not for money…

So what did we trade this land for? A building.

Don’t believe me? It’s true, and it is part of the rich history and culture of the City of Austin and the great State of Texas.

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Looking For Austin Texas Jobs?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Eric Highland

So the economy sucks right now around the nation…ya, we all know it. At my home in Seattle, I’d been scouring the net for Austin Texas jobs relentlessly. Why you might ask? Well, like many others around the nation, I got laid off in a city where the economy is so bad Bill Gates had to switch back to dial up.

The Washington State economy is so horrible that they are making drastic cuts in every area imaginable. I competed against several thousand people to get my job as a 911 call receiver…and I was really excited when they told me I was #1 on the list and they were hiring three of us.

That didn’t last long.

It took me 9 months to go through the process of going through all the background checks and finally [Read more…]

Zombies Heading To Austin Texas Woke Me Up

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Eric Highland

Last night, I was having this dream that I was walking the streets of downtown Seattle and a zombie outbreak had occurred.

I was running for my life through the streets of downtown… early in the morning past the newspaper guys, baristas, and hookers and finally.. I was trapped in this alleyway near the courthouse.

With one bite, and a really nasty flesh wound, my life was over.. I was zombiefied.

Actually, there were a whole bunch of us that turned into zombies.. but we could talk of course. The scariest part, was not that I had turned into one, nor that we could talk. The scariest part is [Read more…]

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