Guest Contributor: Ginny Bell
While waiting for our table at South Congress Café for Sunday Brunch, some friends and I just happened to wander down to Big Top Candy Shop a few storefronts down. Big Top is one of the best stores on South Congress because not only does it have every type of candy under [...]
Give 5% to Mother Earth, here’s how!:
Many of Austin’s local businesses have vowed to give 5% of Earth Day gross sales today, Thursday April 22nd such as Aquarelle, Amy’s Ice Cream, Freddie’s Place, and Blue Star Cafeteria. Click here to see the extended list of participating venues. Go shopping, go eat, it’s a win/win!
Whip In is a South Austin Indian Restaurant, bar, convience store, and grocery all wrapped into one. This mom and pop establishment has been in business for 24 years so you know they are doing something right! Open 7 days a week, you can enjoy a draft beer at the bar, fresh naan in the [...]
I apologize for the lack of posts but these past few weeks have been crazy busy. Today I enjoyed a wonderful sidewalk lunch at Annie’s Cafe & Bar, which by the way is definitely the place to be for a business day lunch, always packed, and afterwards headed next door to Congress’s newest retail shop, [...]
This is the last week to sign up for Farm House Delivery’s seasonal membership. Farmhouse Delivery is the brainchild of local food advocate and chef Elizabeth Winslow and East Austin farm owner Stepahnie Scherzer. The service, which operates out of East Austin’s Rain Lily Farm, offers home delivery of local produce, meats, dairy, beverages, and [...]
Blue Elephant is one of Austin’s best locally owned boutiques. I hate to admit this but I do most of my shopping online at neimans and saks because that’s where i find the best designer dresses for less. However, I make a point to shop at Beehive, Blue Elephant, and Luxe Apothetique in town. Blue [...]
Keith Johnson, the lucky man who buys antiques for the Anthropologie stores, is featured in a eight-part, half hour series on the Sundance Channel in a documentary titled Man Shops Globe. Johnson is one of the largest purchasers of decoriate antiques in the world, traveling the globe 6 months out of the year. He is [...]
Designer Clearance Warehouse is next door to The Sandwich Joint so I decided to pop in. This women’s store touts itself as specializing in overstock shoes, bags, and accessories from well known fashion designers at 65% off. I saw brands like Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, Marni, and Tory Burch. Their merchandise comes from stores across [...]
Beehive is Austin’s newest boutique in Westlake, opened just last week by a UT alumni. The buyer did a fantastic job of choosing clothes at all price points and you can easily walk away with a cute dress under $90. Not bad at all. Many of the brands are exclusive to this store in Austin and [...]