Nov 13, 2012

(Austin, TX, November 13, 2012) – SBR Promotions, in association with Conley Sports Productions, LLC and TAG Presents, are proud to announce the first annual MIX3R™ Series festival happening May 3-4, 2013. This inaugural event will be the first major event – outside of motorsports – that will be held at the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin,...

Nov 8, 2012

Spirit Airlines Launches New Service to Favorite Warm and Sunny Destinations MIRAMAR, Fla., Nov. 8, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Spirit Airlines (Nasdaq:SAVE) today starts new seasonal service to a variety of warm and sunny destinations and resumes seasonal service to favorite winter travel hot spots, including: — New nonstop...

Nov 27, 2011

“A Night In Old San Antonio®” (NIOSA®) is a four-night festival in the heart of downtown San Antonio that celebrates the city’s diverse cultural legacy for more than 80,000 revelers annually.  Through the magic of 250-plus food, drink and atmosphere booths; more than 20 live musical acts; children’s games; decorations; souvenirs and costumed...

Aug 31, 2011

(Marfa, Texas) — The 6th Annual Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love (September 22-25) is a three day festival that celebrates music, art, community and camping under the stars at El Cosmico in Marfa, Texas. The festival line-up features Patty Griffin, Barbara Lynn, Black Angels, El Cosmico Family Band Starring Alejandro Escovedo, Erika Wennerstrom of...

Apr 15, 2011

I’m lucky enough to be a local, but I recently took a tour of the Four Seasons Hotel Austin and it actually made me jealous of tourists. Especially since the exceptional hotel, located in the heart of downtown, on the shores of picturesque Ladybird Lake and in walking distance of several of the city’s main attractions, is offering visitors amazing specials...

Sep 6, 2010

Condé Nast Traveler magazine named it the Number One Destination Spa in the U.S. in their Readers’ Choice Awards for 2010. I’m not surprised. It’s one of my favorite places on earth. I like to call Lake Austin Spa Resort my lake house. Not just because I wish it was mine. But also because it feels like home. I always have to remind myself I’m even...

The word magical is highly overused during the holiday season. But I’m going to use it anyway. December at the Gaylord Texan (and the Gaylord National Harbor, for that matter) is downright magical. The hotel is centered around a large atrium that many of the rooms overlook. Mine did. It also had a massive balcony as the room was a one-bedroom suite, which...

San Antonio, Texas (August 4, 2009)– Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa is holding the first ever Hill Country Halloween, a weekend filled with ghostly surprises to delight guest of all ages, October 30 & 31, 2009. Halloween activities begin Friday evening as Antlers Lodge plays host to a Murder Mystery dinner where guests will take part in solving...

In a city whose motto is “Keep Austin Weird,” there is perhaps nothing weirder than the Cathedral of Junk. A labor of love by Vince Hanneman that he has constructed in his backyard for the last twenty years, the Cathedral of Junk is, as the name implies, a monument to garbage. Standing about thirty feet tall and comprised of a network of rooms, stairs,...

I normally don’t recommend going to a movie theater while on vacation, but most movie theaters are not the Alamo Drafthouse. A staple of life for most Austinians, the Alamo Drafthouse offers a unique film-going experience that has led to it frequently being named the best movie theater in the country. A regular showing will introduce you to some of its...

It’s a tricky thing getting your bearings in a new city, and if I’d had any idea a month ago, when I got here, what a handy trick it would be to map things out with a guided tour of the city, I’d have jumped in the tour van long ago. This weekend I caught a ride around town with Austin Overtures, a service that offers a 90-minute guided tour of Austin and...

I did not expect to find such an exemplary hiking trail just a couple of miles from downtown. Zilker Park is Austin’s equivalent of Central Park, a haven of nature in the midst of the metropolis and not a bad getaway from the bustle, though there’s a great deal of the bustle you’ll have to fight through to get there, especially on the weekends, when...

SAN ANTONIO, June 29, 2009 – Omni La Mansión del Rio, the historic, award-winning property located along San Antonio’s famed River Walk, is offering value-driven hotel deals for the summer season. Three distinct packages, ideally suited for families, combine the city’s rich history and culture, nationally-renowned attractions, special amenities and value...

SEATTLE — Alaska Airlines announced today it will inaugurate daily service between San Jose, Calif., and Austin, Texas, starting Sept. 2, 2009. The new flight will be available for purchase starting Thursday, June 25, at alaskaair.com and by calling 1-800-ALASKAAIR (1-800-252-7522). Earlier this year, Alaska announced plans to link Seattle and Austin with...

I was made aware of the phrase, “Keep Austin Weird,” before I came down here for the summer and was given to understand it is an unofficial motto of the city, a call for its denizens to support the myriad of eccentric local businesses rather than give in to the sterility of corporate standardization. The experience that brought the phrase home for me was The...