Christine Messina knows a thing or two about staging events. So when her husband, Austin music titan Louis Messina, turned the big seven-oh, she knew just what to do. She threw a tuneful party at Arlyn …
Not surprisingly, Congress Avenue, sometimes called the Main Street of Texas, counts more coffee shops than any other 12-block stretch of the city.
Before we dive into the local outfits, though, we should note that Starbucks …
Texas birds, Texas musicians, Texas media stars, Texas festivals and a guide to the Texas Capitol stack up on our state shelves this week.
“When the World Stopped to Listen: Van Cliburn’s Cold War Triumph and …
Of all the constant-flow Hill Country rivers, the Llano remains the least altered. As John Graves observes in “Texas Rivers, ” it is dammed only intermittently between its headwaters in Edwards and Sutton counties and …
We cherish these memories of strolling through Aldridge Place and its sibling district, Hemphill Park.
Originally published Dec. 16, 2010.
Walking through an old Austin neighborhood with a sharp eye is like scrutinizing the tree rings of …
During the past 10 years, we’ve profiled more than 25 Austin area neighborhoods in detail. Some of those stories have virtually disappeared from the Internet. So we’ll slowly collect them, republish them when necessary and …
Unlike St. Paul, Caroline Boudreaux’s conversion came not on a road, but in the dormitory of an Indian orphanage.
In May 2000, the backpacking Austinite landed in Mumbai, India. It was hot, 110 degrees.
“A horrible time …
We’ve learned more about the Nueces River, Texas birding, a standout West Texas Congressman, the King Ranch and Texas swimming holes.
“The Nueces River: Rio Escondido.” Margie Crisp with artwork by William B. Montgomery. Texas A&M Press. …
The world honors Austinites. We report.
Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. presented Maria Cisne Farahani its Rhodes College Distinguished Service Medal. Born in Nicaragua, Farahani attended the University of Texas and later settled in Austin with her …
If you toddling along North Lamar Boulevard, you’ve got a few choices for a coffee break and all that goes with it.
Houndstooth. 4200 N. Lamar Blvd. houndstoothcoffee.com. Open 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 7 a.m.-9 p.m. …
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