Posts Tagged ‘Austin’
Old Pecan Street Festival 2009
In: Cool Places to Live| Cool Water Places to Play| Fun Things to see in Austin| Hill Country Happenings| Living in the Hill Country| Music venues| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
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 [...]
Ten Cities Where Americans Are Relocating-Austin No. 2
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles
4 Apr 2009According to a March 30th story in Forbes, Austin is No. 2 in the Top Ten Cities Where Americans Are Relocating in 2009. The main reasons given: better business opportunities, our very low rate of unemployment, better weather, and more afforadable housing than many US metro areas of the same size (nearly 1.7 million and growing). Our population [...]
Austin Adopts Zero Waste Plan
31 Mar 2009The city of Austin is the first city in the state of Texas to adopt a zero waste plan. What does that mean?According to Jessica King, sustainability administrator for the City of Austin’s Solid Waste Services Department, …it is no longer a ’waste’. We call it a commodity now…a different way of thought on how we look at trash”. The [...]
Austin Named Community Wildlife Habitat
In: Cool Places to Live| Living in the Hill Country| Real Estate News| Texas Lifestyles
29 Mar 2009Once again, the city of Austin is selected for top honors! 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 [...]
What is Organic?
In: Cool Places to Live| Fun Things to see in Austin| Living Green| Living in the Hill Country| Texas Lifestyles| Uncategorized
29 Mar 2009We read about the word “organic” as a label applied to food all the time? But what does it reallymean? According to US Dept. of Agriculture, organic means “meat, poultry, eggs and dairy products which come from animals that are not given antibiotics or growth hormones”. Organic food or produce is produced “without using pesticides [...]
Nation’s Largest Solar Panel Array Coming to Austin
In: Cool Places to Live| Living Green| Living in the Hill Country
29 Mar 2009Best Places For Business and Careers 2009
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29 Mar 2009If you are tired of the doom and gloom and ready to relocate, check out Austin, Tx. We were just named to the11th Annual Forbes magazine Top Ten Best Places For Business and Careers! Austin hit a home run by a climbing from No. 47 in last year’s poll to No. 8 this year! With a population [...]
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 [...]
Austin and San Antonio Top New List for Best Places to Live!
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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 [...]
2008 ACL Music Festival Austin, Tx.
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27 Sep 2008The 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival has begun at beautiful Zilker Park in downtown Austin! And if you love live music, then this incredible festival with its 130 bands, eight stages, and a variety of music that ranges from gospel to country to rock to blues to world beat to reggae, etc. is one [...]
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- admin: Thanks for the update! Will definitely have to walk over and check you out! What a great location [...]
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- Jordan: There is also a new store called Planet Beach Contempo Spa at the Shops at Arbor Trails. It is an a [...]
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