Category: Austin
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Tasting Austin: 1900 Bar
We’ve been trying a few happy hours around town lately, and have been pretty pleased with what we’ve found. One of our favorites has been 1900 Bar at Judge’s Hill Restaurant. We stopped by on a Friday evening and found only a few other people in the tiny lounge area. Since the lounge is just…
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Tasting Austin: Cissi’s Market
This is one of my new favorite places. Cissi’s Market sits right on South Congress, in a hip little center that also houses Mars and Service Menswear, among others. It’s a grocery store, a cafe, a deli and a wine shop all in one. There’s a small selection of food, mostly gourmet, ranging from French salted…
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Stars at Starlite
This week I was invited to a media tasting at Starlite downtown. I’ve eaten there several times before, and have always enjoyed my meals. They’ve recently changed things up a bit, renovating their upstairs dining room and offering two different menus: an upscale menu upstairs and a bistro menu downstairs. I was so excited to…
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Tasting Austin: Primizie
Did I mention that we live on the east side now? It has its ups and downs, its scary parts and cool parts. For example, just this morning I walked downstairs and got a fabulous haircut at Kemestry Salon, and there are other great places I’ll have to tell you about, like Domy Books and…
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Tailgating
This weekend we finally tailgated! We’ve lived here forever, but somehow have never done this. We had a keg (of course), bloody marys and screwdrivers, plus lots of food. Also important: cornhole (it’s like a bean bag toss…apparently it’s a northern thing) and hula hooping. Bryan had a great time, of course… And Laura looked…