Category: Living in Austin

  • 31 Ways to Rediscover Austin

    Rediscover Austin

    After living in a city for five or so years, it’s easy to forget the reason you moved there and fell in love with it in the first place. No matter the city, this is pretty common. You get in your daily routine, focus on work, hang around the same friends, and don’t put the […]

  • Austin: The Perfect Big Town + Small City

    My partner, Kathrin, and I just spent a week on the East Coast and we were reminded why we live in Austin – one of the best cities in the US.

  • “Thank You GayinAustinTexas.com”

    GayinAustinTexas.com helped a reader living in Paris, France make the decision to move to Austin, Texas. He said “I was scared…I thought Texas was the state where a lot of people had guns.” We’re glad proved you wrong and you made the move to Austin, Panos, and thank you for sharing this video with us!

  • Why You Should Vote No on Proposition 3

    There has been a lot of discussion lately in Austin about Proposition 3, which seeks to change the current form of city government from an at-large 6 member council to a council of 10 single-member district representatives.

  • Austin Police Chief + APD Says “It Gets Better”

    Austin Police Chief It Gets Better Video

    In a moving video from the Austin Police Department, Police Chief, Art Acevedo, and Austin’s Police Officers tell Texas youth “It Gets Better.”

  • Design Concepts for Waller Creek Released Sept. 17th

    On Monday, September 17th the Waller Creek Conservancy and the four finalists for the Waller Creek Design will release  their project renderings and design concept summaries. The design concepts will be on public display from September 17th, 2012 until September 30th, 2012. On October 2nd, the jury for the Waller Creek Conservancy will start evaluating […]

  • Thank You Lake Austin Blvd. Animal Hospital

    Every pet owner knows that day will come when their pet has to pass on – whether that’s naturally or because of other circumstances. Until that day comes, you have no idea what that’s going to look like and how you’re going to feel. Unfortunately, that day came yesterday for Dave and I to put […]

  • ThinkEAST – 24 Acre Community in East Austin

    Watch out 78702 – The East Austin spotlight has shifted to 78721. As Central East Austin develops and prices continue to rise, developers and first time home buyers have their eyes set on land and homes East of Airport Blvd. and West of 183. Developers have recently announced a 24 acre community, $35 million mixed-use […]

  • CultureMap Austin: An inside look at Austin’s top bloggers covering LGBT issues and lifestyle

    Moving onward in the series of Austin’s top bloggers in different categories, we shift from profiling political and style bloggers to highlight bloggers that focus on LGBT issues and lifestyle.

  • Austin,Texas Time Warp

    Over the last five years, Austin has raised the bar and we’re taking our city to a whole new level. If you feel like you’ve been hearing a lot about Austin in the news lately, you have and things are just getting started!