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ACL Festival 2009
In: Cool Places to Live| Fun Things to see in Austin| Hill Country Happenings| Music venues| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
1 Oct 2009Calling All Music Fans! It’s ACL Festival time again! October 2-4, 2009, will bring 65,000 music fans a day to beautiful 350 acre Zilker Park located at 2100 Barton Springs Rd. near downtown Austin. The festival also is projected to inject some $30 million into the city’s economy! Who says music doesn’t pay? Austin City [...]
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Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
In: Cool Places to Live| Fun Places to Hike| Fun Things to see in Austin| Hill Country Happenings| Living Green| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles
23 Sep 2009Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center is a native plant botanical garden located in Southwest Austin just off Loop 1. With its incredible array of native plants, water features including an aquaduct and viewing tower, it truly is a delightful treasure for Austin! And don’t forget to check out its art gallery to see what is currently [...]
Old Pecan Street Festival 2009
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21 Sep 2009The Old Pecan Street Festival is celebrating its 31st year downtown on 6th Street. Great art (250 exibitions), local handcrafts, festival food, and over 80 acts on five stages to take in all in two days! Whew! There will be plenty of fun to be had for the kids, too. From a petting zoo to [...]
Austin Museum Day
In: Cool Places to Live| Cool Water Places to Play| Fun Places to Hike| Fun Things to see in Austin| Hill Country Happenings| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles
20 Sep 2009Every year the city of Austin hosts a free day to attend any and all 28 of its wonderful museums. Sunday, September 20, 2009, is the day this year! So, if you are visiting our lovely city or a local, get on out and enjoy some of these great museums. Our favorites this year to [...]
Gruene Market Days
In: Cool Places to Live| Fun Things to see in Austin| Great Restaurants| Hill Country Happenings| Living in the Hill Country| Music venues| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
19 Sep 2009Have you visited historic Gruene, Tx. lately? Do you love antiques and collectibles and hidden little towns that just take your breath away? Well, if you haven’t been to this charming little hill country town located on the beautiful Guadalupe River, hop in the car for a trip back in time to this delightful litte [...]
Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market
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18 Sep 2009Celebrating its 11th year serving Austin, the award winning Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market is located at 3200 Jones Road, Sunset Valley (just off the 290 W access ramp between Brodie Ln. and Westgate) in the parking lot of the Toney Burger Center. It is open every Saturday morning rain or shine from 9am to 1pm. [...]
Austin City Art Festival 2009
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27 Apr 2009Our lovely city of Austin, proved to be the perfect setting for some very mesmerizing and incredible art from artists selected from all over the country. The Austin City Art Festival 2009 sponsored by the Austin Museum of Art. The festival took place downtown at the 1st Street bridge beside the beautiful Colorado River, and included fine art, [...]
Austin Named Community Wildlife Habitat
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29 Mar 2009Once again, the city of Austin is honored! On March 12th, Mayor Bill Wynn and the city council accepted the National Wildlife Federations’ offiicial certification as a Community Wildlife Habitat. This makes Austin the first Texas city and the largest metropolitan city in the nation to be so honored! The main focus of the National [...]
SXSW–Interactive Film, Music, Media Festival Austin 2009
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27 Mar 2009Austin, Tx.–Home of the most incredible blending of cutting edge technology, indie films, music, and (mayhem this past week anyway!) The week of March 18-22 brought over 1800 music performances to eighty stages all around Austin! Yep, 1800! If you didn’t get to see any of the SXSW music, don’t despair…Direct TV is broadcasting the highlights of most performances beginning [...]
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