Today’s Austin LivingSocial Deal of the Day is a 90 minute massage at Massage Envy (8 Austin locations) for $39.  Not bad!  Who doesn’t love a massage?  Click here to buy.

Thai Fresh is the Thai grocer/cooking school/caterer/restaurant/take-out joint I first wrote about here.  This South Austin hotspot is only growing as they are knocking down the walls to make the kitchen and grocery one big room.  Expect this update to be completed in about 3 weeks.  What I love most about this place is how [...]

Mayor Lee Leffingwell declared today, January 28th, the official Graham Wilkinson Day.  He is receiving a certificate at the courthouse at 5:30.  Graham, a blues and folks Austin musician is a maggiesaustin favorite!  See him at Botecelli’s tonight at 7pm.

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The Carillon is the newest fine dining restaurant in Austin.  Housed in the AT&T Executive Education And Conference Center on UT’s campus, the kitchen is run by Chef Josh Watkins, formerly of Driskell Grill.  Having enjoyed the Driskell Grill before, I had high hopes.  The menu lived up to up to my expectations as I [...]

Shockingly enough, today was my first visit to Austin’s iconic Iron Works Barbecue.  This institution is a favorite of Austinites, convention goers, and visiting celebrities like Bob Dylan and Martin Sheen.  It is in a few words delicious.  Don’t take my word for it, visit for lunch tomorrow!

Baked Potato with Chopped Beef.  Reminds me of [...]

This week only, tickets to the April 18th Sunday Fair, which caps off a weekend of Hill Country Wine and Food Festival events, are only $25.  Feb. 1st they spike up to $45.  The Fair is held at the Vineyards at the Salt Lick in the home of their soon to be winery.  Expect local [...]

Red’s Porch is the newest hotspot in South Austin.  The menu is a mashup of Cajun, Tex-Mex, and Southern style cooking and the food is delicious.  This is one of those establishments where the drink menu is longer than the food, starting with 60 beers on tap.  I could spend all afternoon here on a [...]

Today’s song of the day is ‘Ambling Alp’ by Yeasayer, a Brooklyn experimental band.  Heard this on the Next Best Thing radio show on 101.5 last night and loved it!  Enjoy.  Catch these guys April 10th & 11th at the Parish.

To watch ‘Ambling Alp’:

Snack Bar is is the newest addition to the iconic Austin Motel as I first wrote about here.  Expect homestyle cooking with a South Austin twist.  Similar to South Congress Cafe but a bit easier on the wallet.  The staff is super friendly and attentive but the kitchen can get backed up.  Don’t call the [...]

I don’t know what’s in the air, but hot dogs having been sounding so good recently.  Frank is the gourmet hot dog joint in downtown Austin, in the home of the old Starlite.  The standard menu is accompanied by a huge daily specials list.  Today a highlight includes Brittany Spears: fried pickle spears with bacon [...]