Out & About 
Sip from Austin coffee shops on or near South Congress Avenue
You’re always a short walk from good coffee vibes on South Congress Avenue.
Finding the suburban source of urban Buffalo Bayou
As you Texas river buffs might remember, we traced the lower part of 65-mile Buffalo Bayou from its mouth at the Lynchburg Ferry, through the industrial maze of the Houston Ship Channel, then along several …
Music, food and fashion vie at 6 spirited Austin parties
Field of Dreams for Dream Come True Foundation. We hit some minor road bumps on our way to two rewarding discoveries. At first, we couldn’t confirm the exact location of Sterling Events Center on the web. …
Frances Sneed “Fannie” Simnacher, 1912-2016
Joan Havard posted on her Facebook page today that her grandmother, Frances Sneed “Fannie” Simnacher, has died at age 104 in the home where she was born on Dogshead Bend in the Montopolis area.
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Hill Country Nights: 19 promising parties that lift Austin into early October
Socially, we aren’t holding out for the real fall. We’re hitting the nightly Austin parties like it was already sweater weather. That means some indoor-outdoor events. But anyone who has lived here for a few …
48 Austin authors to toast on O. Henry’s Birthday
Every year on the short-story writer’s birthday (Sept. 11), the O. Henry Museum does readers an enormous service by producing a roll call of Austin authors with recently published books. We asked for a copy …
Navigating the wilds of lower Buffalo Bayou
Some readers might ask why we have included a bayou in our quest to trace 50 Texas rivers. Actually, it’s our second one. Years ago, we traced Bastrop Bayou in the tidelands of Brazoria County.
In …
Five Austin parties that fired up early fall
Beyond Batten. First, there’s the house. None other like it in Austin. Dimensional Fund head David Booth invited fewer than 50 guests to his still-new residence planted on several landscaped acres above Lake Austin. Sculptures and installations outside, mostly …
7 Texas titles to sample at summer’s end
Face facts, it’s still summer, weather-wise in Austin. So let’s look back at some recent Texas titles before rummaging through the fall books.
“The Material Culture of German Texans.” Kenneth Hafertepe. Texas A&M Press. This is …
Rodeo Austin picks new leader
Rodeo Austin, one of Austin’s signature events, has a new leader. Rob Golding, who has served in the past decade as founding principal, chairman and CEO of Live Oak Gottesman, a commercial real estate development and services …
