Archive for the ‘Texas Lifestyles’ Category
How to Walk Your Way Into Wellness–Austin Style!
In: Cool Places to Live| Cool Water Places to Play| Fun Places to Hike| Fun Things to see in Austin| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
1 Jan 2009Happy New Year to all from Cool Houses Austin! If you are like most of us, you are making those New Year’s resolutions to get your metabolism up and burning off those Christmas calories! Did you know that one hour of walking briskly burns 170 calories which is the same as low impact aerobics? Now I don’t [...]
2008 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Austin Tx.
In: Cool Places to Live| Cool Water Places to Play| Fun Things to see in Austin| Living in the Hill Country| Music venues| Texas Lifestyles
18 Dec 2008The 2008 Armadillo Christmas Bazaar is under way in downtown Austin at the Austin Convention Center…If you love live music and you love to shop, then whatever you do, get yourself downtown and don’t miss this terrific event! It runs from Dec. 12-24th! For a mere $3 during the day and $6 on evenings and week-ends, [...]
NOW is The Perfect Time For First Time Home Buyers!!
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles
10 Dec 2008Okay out there all you first time home buyers..2009 is going to be your year! It will be the year that you bought the best house imaginable at the best possible price and for an incredible interest rate that you wisely locked in for thirty years! You worked on your credit score and got it [...]
Save $$ on Your Heating Bills This Winter!
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles
4 Dec 2008Here at Cool Houses Austin, we recently enrolled in an Eco-Broker course taught in Austin and are so excited to share some of the information with our readers. Did you know that you can install some of these home improvements rather easily, save money on your utility bills and get reimbursed from your local utility company to [...]
Hybrid Homes are on the rise in Austin!
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
9 Nov 2008Okay, you have heard of hybrid cars but hybrid homes? And of course, there is no better place to find them than in Austin, Texas! Our builders are going greeen in a big way here!
From the Austin Statesman November 9, 2008, Hybrid Homes Becomes Selling Tool, …”In Austin, custom homebuilders like Ray Tonjes are adding energy-saving features [...]
Jobs in Austin Tx Still Going Strong!
9 Nov 2008Texas does it again! Hotjobs at Yahoo just posted the top ten cities to find a job and Houston 6,768 Jobs and Dallas 6,273 Jobs made the list of the largest metropolitan areas…Both have considerably more population than Central Texas’ Austin which currntly posts 1,824 Jobs. However, both of the other metro areas outflank us [...]
Austin and San Antonio Top New List for Best Places to Live!
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
23 Oct 2008Wow! Texas hits the news again as a wonderful place to call home….So if you don’t already live here, it’s time tio get packing! Our job prospects are great, our housing is affordable, and the lifestyle just can’t be beat! And our weather (aside from Hurricane Ike), is pretty close to heaven most of the [...]
Good News for Texas!
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
23 Oct 2008With all the down-turn in the economy that has been in the news, Cool Houses Austin wants to share some of the more positive aspects we have uncovered in our research. Forbes.com recently reported on the Least Expensive U.S. Cities To Own a Home and our own San Antonio came in No. 4…..So if you [...]
Sunrise at 300 Mesa
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles
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Originally uploaded by coolhousesaustin
This group of photos was taken just as the sun was starting to illuminate the Texas Hill Country with golden light…We had had a rainstorm the night before and the oaks were still covered in water which sparkled like diamonds in the early light….To see the rest, check out the link to [...]
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I'm Vicki E. Phillips and I am a licensed real estate broker in both Texas and Florida. I am also a certified “EcoBroker” which means that I care very much about sustainability and green living!
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