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Austin's East Side has become a hot spot of late. Some call it yuppification/gentrification, others call it progress/revitalization. Regardless of which side you might fall on in this debate, the East Side offers some of the best eats and culture in Austin. It will be my goal for the next few entries to offer some lovely East Side options. Here is one evening itinerary I took only two weeks ago.

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While many do know of this wonderful feature of our city, many do not. Yes, Austin has a wonderful Museum of Art, several in fact, but the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria is special in so many ways.  ( http://www.amoa.org/ )

When I was young, I simply knew it as Laguna Gloria, and it wasn't the beautiful art ...

Let me start out by getting a few things straight right off; first, not all sports bars are the same. Second, only in Austin will you find a sports bar with a historic past. And third, and most importantly, The Tavern is Air Conditioned. Even says so right on their sign.

Native Austinites like myself have long known the sign of ...

My name is Erin and I’m one of your Austin Bloggers.  The first time I visited Austin, I came for two days over Spring break to visit my sister who was attending UT.  The second time I came to Austin, I was in a moving van, my bed and clothes loaded up in the back, ready to start over ...

So as most of you readers can tell, I am a girl that likes to eat.  Maybe it’s because I am from the South and my mama just knew how to feed me.  Who knows!

So this week, I again found myself downtown at an odd hour of the evening and again found myself searching for a nice place to “grub.”  Unlike many of my other meals, I was not looking ...

If you have ever heard of Austin, Texas you for sure have heard the saying “Keep Austin Weird.”  It’s on T-shirts, billboards, buttons and hats.  It’s what Austin is proud of and well it should be. If you haven’t then you just don’t know Austin yet! 

The great thing about this next restaurant is that the staff shows you exactly what that means!

So after a long weekend ...

As an old year closes and a new year begins, it seems only right to review one of my favorite places to hang out in downtown Austin.  Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar.  I have never been to Pete’s and said to myself after words…..”You know I didn’t have a good time.

This great concept is not only located in Austin but conveniently in other ...

Since this is Texas and it is always hot outside no matter the month, one of the best ways to get into the Christmas spirit is to visit the annual Zilker Park Trail of Lights.  This wonderful display of lights is a wonderful way to share the holidays with family and friends while enjoying some of Austin’s finest treasures.  Visitors will be treated to a spectacular event along with an ...