Whether you’re new to Austin or a born Austinite taking a historical tour of the capitol city is a great way to spend a day or evening. Austin can be explored several ways, you can tour the city by bus, by boat, by segway or scooter and even by duck. Each tour gives its own […]
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Things to Do in Austin: Old Pecan Street Festival
This May 7th and 8th brings the Spring version of The Old Pecan Street Festival. This bi-annual event is held once in the Spring and once in the Fall and this year marks the 33rd year of the festival. The festival is produced by the Pecan Street Merchants in celebration of Old Pecan Street which […]
Tacos in South Austin at Papalote
Last night after attempting to get free tacos from Torchy’s newest location on South Lamar and finding an incredibly long line (note to self – free stuff in Austin always comes with a 2 hour line), we decided to try Papalote on South Lamar. Turns out we weren’t the only ones who were turned off […]
Things to Do: Austin Roller Derby Girls
The display sign advertising the roller derby always catches my eye whenever I drive by the Palmer Event Center. I always say, “that’s something we should do,” but it seems to never enter my mind when I’m making plans for the weekend. I have heard from clients about how surprisingly fun the derby is, so […]
Rodeo Austin
If there isn’t enough going on in Austin with SXSW, Rodeo Austin also begins it’s week long event on Sunday, March 11th . The rodeo’s roots began in Austin in 1938 as a small cattle show featuring 16 animals. Today, Rodeo Austin is the 5th largest indoor, regular season ProRodeo in the world. The official […]
Boat, Sport & Outdoor Show Comes to Austin
Last week I told you about the Austin Home and Garden Show. This week (just in time for the better weather after our week of winter) it’s time to explore a little fun for the outdoors. The Austin Boat, Sport and Outdoor show comes to the Austin Convention Center this Thursday, January 20th through Sunday, […]
Austin Home and Garden Show
For those do it yourselfers out there, here is a great event to get some ideas on updating your Austin home. This weekend, the Home and Garden Show comes to Austin. Austin Home and Garden Show – Why Go? The Austin Home and Garden Show offers thousands of square feet of exhibits featuring everything home, […]
Zilker Tree Lighting
There could not have been a better way to kick off the holiday season than the 44th Annual Zilker Tree Lighting. More than 1,000 people came out to watch this year’s event and as always, the winners of the Zilker Holiday Tree Drawing Contest flipped the switch to light up the 155 foot tree. This […]
Flipped on Christmas Zilker Park
Missing the Trail of Light Spectacular this year? Well if you need to fill your void for twinkling lights head out to Zilker Park Christmas Tree from December 15th through December 23rd for Flipped On Christmas. Flipped on Christmas is 10 -12 minute light and sound show featuring classic Christmas music and dancing lights tracking […]
No Austin Trail of Lights in 2010
The Austin Trail of Lights, which started in 1992, became an annual family tradition for a lot of Austin residents. The Trail of Lights was a gift from the City of Austin and offered free of charge to attendees. This event has always been one of the highlights of the holiday season with families coming […]