Are you looking for a truly local taste of holiday glee? Here are five festive favorite activities that no self-respecting Austinite would miss. Enjoy! 5. Do some one-stop local shopping. Keep Austin weird by patronizing two holiday shopping favorites: Armadillo Christmas Bazaar and Blue Genie Art Bazaar. You’ve got to purchase a ticket for the…
Where, according to Conde Nast Traveler magazine, is the best place to shop in Texas? Answer: Austin. South Congress Avenue (“SoCo”), to be exact. #GOPLAYSTAY on Austin’s South Congress Top Trip Rentals’ updated 1930s era SoCo bungalow is a mere one block off of Austin’s famous South Congress Avenue. Some of the coolest (and weirdest) shops are a…
Twenty years ago, Austin’s shopping options were pretty basic. Now, if you needed camping or backpacking equipment, plenty of choices for water purifiers and tents existed. But Austin was not exactly known as a destination for high fashion and design. That, my friends, has changed. New Shopping Options in Austin In the last few years,…
It’s been a long time coming, but one of Austin’s newest transformations is the Seaholm EcoDistrict near West Avenue and 3rd Street. (Sure; the district’s bigger, but if you want to tell a driver where to drop you off, that’s a good corner.) Commissioned in 1948, the Seaholm Power Plant produced power until 1989. It closed in 1996…
