Sometimes the humble low-frame-rate animated GIF can help us make sense of our world (or at least show us funny episodes in cat behavior). We were pleased to discover the entire Tumblr collection wheninatx is devoted to explaining Austin life in animated GIF form.
Once a week the Austin Post rounds up all the networking, social, and just plain nifty technology related events taking place in the greater Austin area.
There are earthly places that speak to us. Places that inspire us and touch our hearts. For some it's the desert Southwest, with its big sky, craggy mountains, and tenacious flora and fauna.
“Do you know how much longer it’s going to be open?” I asked Hickoids singer Jeff Smith as he stood at the merch table after his band’s set last Wednesday night at Trophy’s.
“Probably right up until the day before they get the construction permits,” he answered, his familiar sly grin and the twinkle in his eye both glistening with their also frequent hint of danger and evil. Turned out that it was, in fact, the final night for Trophy’s
Our South Austin bungalow seen from the street is an adorable peanut of a house. It has everything that a single family needed back when it was built in 1959. One day I used Google Earth to look at the whole property and noted the yard itself easily quadruples the space we have. Yards are luxuries that need to be appreciated often.
My friend Jack, new to South Austin, once saw a peacock in his front yard, and said, "Take that, Brooklyn!" because that’s where he’s from. Who has a peacock in Brooklyn?
Next time you drink one too many at a bar on Rainey Street, you can try The Art of Tacos when you come back in the morning to pick up your car. The trailer is open for breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., tucked unobtrusively behind one of the few Rainey Street homes that hasn't yet been converted to a bar. Fortunately, there’s a billboard pointing you in the right direction. The seating area behind the house is open and shaded by large trees overhead.
Until we find employment and a new home in Austin, we are staying with my parents in Kerrville, which is roughly three hours away from Austin and light years away in ideology and fashion trends.
Sometime in the late 1980’s, as I imagine it, a boy wonder in City Hall returned from a jog around the lake, having independently discovered the incredibly foul-smelling roost of the Mexican free-t
One’s favorite restaurants are often like our circles of family, lovers, friends and acquaintances. Some are the swanky joints you get spiffed up to dine out at on date night, others the lunch spots you frequent with co-workers and friends, and then there are the family favorites.
The food at Cebuana Filipino Store (2400 East Oltorf) is like Mom and her home cooking: tasty, filling and so satisfying that I can eat its fare a couple of times a week and in fact do just that (much as I may love to cook my own meals). There’s good reasons why. The major one is that it’s a helluva food bargain:
Are you a do-it-yourselfer grown bored with the tools at hand? Maybe your electronics tinkering box isn’t doing it for you anymore? Your new project won’t fit in the shed?
Heather Tolleson's “Spiral Plexus” is a bright and colorful installation made up of 2,000 wind spinners in three circles that twist and turn in the breeze in front of the GSD&M building on Sixt
Imagine downtown Austin covered in waist high grass, with clusters of wildflowers dotting the landscape. The fragrant scent of lemon balm drifts by. Hardwoods line the steep banks of the Colorado
I almost don’t want to write about how good the shrimp and grits are at Kiss My Grits in East Austin. I just want to sit and bask in the fading glory that lingers on my taste buds.
Since good vegan ice cream is hard to find – even in Austin – Amelia Raley opened a little ice cream stop where vegans can indulge in a ritual as American as apple pie.
“You can buy ice cream at the store, but if you go to some place like Amy’s or Marble Slab, it’s the treat of going out after a softball game or on a date or something like that, so I really wanted to make a place for (vegan) people to go,” she said. Sweet Ritual opened in December on Duval and 45th Street (in the same building as Daily Juice).
Ever since March, my calendar began filling up with Earth Day activities. Lectures, demonstrations, mixers and, of course, the big 2012 Austin Earth Day Festival at the Historic Browning Hangar at Mueller. I was all set to go on Sunday, but as I was having coffee that morning in my kitchen, with the French doors swung wide open letting in the cool backyard breeze, I thought about a few things.
You only have hours left to ask the Bond Election Advisory Task Force to restore bicycle and pedestrian funding that has been cut from the proposed bond package.
Are you looking for a new sport to try this summer? Women's rugby is a community sport where your passion, courage and athleticism are rewarded. Even if you have never played before, we encourage you to come out and try it.