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.
A new daily deal site has launched today. Each day a new deal is announced and you can receive a discount of 50% or more at local restaurants, bars, salons, spas, theaters, events, and more. Local businesses win, your pocketbook wins, this is good for everyone! Today’s deal is $37.50 for a guided Segway tour [...]
My favorite comedian these days is making her way to Austin for a show at Bass Concert Hall on April 16th. Tickets go on sale to the general public tomorrow but you can use this link and the password FUNNY to buy today. Tickets starts at $45. I love this lady, I watch Chelsea Lately [...]
Finally, the grass is back and the mud is (almost) gone. Fly a kite or have a picnic this weekend, you deserve it!
I can’t remember the last time I had this much fun, especially on a Monday! The Highball is Austin’s newest bowling alley, but also so much more. Besides 8 bowling lanes, the highlights are food, drinks, music, 7 themed kareoke rooms, 4 skee-ball lanes w/ ticketed prizes, and a ballroom. When the owners heard the [...]
Mt. Bonnell is considered the highest point in Austin at 775 feet. But for now forget that this landmark is a tourist attraction and romantic spot, I use it these days to spice up my workout routine. Years of running Town Lake regularly can get boring so once a week I’ll run the stairs at [...]
It’s that time of year again! October 15, Austin’s biggest and best party of the year, La Dolce Vita, is taking over the grounds at AMOA-Laguna Gloria, my favorite spot in Austin as I wrote about here. This food and wine festival is 20 years old and counting. This year’s theme is Fellini’s La Dolce [...]
Want to talk bikes with David Byrne? While he is known primarily for his music, Byrne has been a cycling advocate since the early 80’s. At the Paramount, see him participate in Where We’re Going And Where We’ve Been: Bicycles, Cities, and Transportation in Austin. The Austin Public Library Friends Foundations presents a panel discussion [...]
Looking for something fun and different to do on the weekend? The 24th Annual AIA Homes Tour is a showcase of great design by local architects taking place October 10th and 11th, 2009. Each day noon-6pm, take the self guided tour encompassing 14 homes from central Austin to Lakeway. Tickets ($25) can be purchased starting [...]
I saw Wicked last night at the Bass Concert Hall! The musical is about two witches from the Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good Witch. You learn about their childhood friendship and how they became good/evil. I have been waiting to see this for years and finally Broadway [...]