Evita’s Botanitas interior Mexican cuisine

The only true interior Mexican cuisine that I have had in the Austin area to date is Fonda San Miguel, and when we heard that Evita’s Botanitas has the same food quality without the upscale atmosphere, we could not wait until the weekend for our weekly restaurant adventure. We haven’t been back to Fonda San [...]

The Chase is On! Popular children’s television show comes to life at Austin Children’s Museum

Austin, Texas (August 19, 2009) – Cross the portal to Cyberspace in Austin Children’s Museum’s new feature exhibit, Cyberchase – The Chase is On!SM Starting September 19, 2009 through January 23, 2010, children and their families can join forces with the CyberSquad on their quest to save Cyberspace against the villainous, Hacker.          [...]

Zilker Park: train, playground, pool, sno-cones, and more

Zilker Park simply just is. We went to Zilker Park this weekend for our littlest one to ride the miniature Zilker Zephyr train for the first time.  This is one of the rites of passage for little Austinites.  The train runs on the hour (10 am – 6 pm) on weekdays and every 30-40 minutes on the [...]

Polka Dot Pony Consignment Shop

Ever since hitting the motherload of My Little Ponies at Polka Dot Pony to decorate for my daughter’s recent 4th birthday party, this has become my plastic equine-obsessed kid’s consignment store of choice.  She loves coming to this store as she gets to play in the fenced in area with the play house, play kitchen, [...]

The “Saks Fifth Avenue” of Goodwills

The Goodwill near Exposition and Lake Austin has been dubbed as the “Saks Fifth Avenue” (or Neiman Marcus) of Goodwills by a fair number of people that I know for the higher than average boutique finds here. When a friend recently blogged about her adventures to said Goodwill, I thought that it would be great [...]

Pei Wei Asian Diner

Since Pei Wei is offering a free bowl of Japanese chili beef ramen noodles to 30,000 of their Facebook Fans who sign up, I thought it apropos to review the restaurant. Just about every friend has made mention of Pei-Wei to me, all stated with glowing accolades of “fresh” and “nom-nom” being the two most [...]

Magnolia Cafe (Lake Austin)

Oh dearest Magnolia Cafe, how you have not changed one bit since the year 2000 when I last ate here.  Your dining area is still cramped.  Your food is still awesome.  Your vibe is still funky Austin.  I still adore you. Magnolia Cafe is a 24 hour diner that saw me through many nights of [...]

P Terry’s, Austin’s reply to In-n-Out

My quest to visit as many hamburger joints in Austin saw me to the brand new, tags-still-on P. Terry’s on Wm Cannon, just west of MoPac. The first thing that strikes me is the vibe of the place – it’s very similar in feel to In-n-Out, which is a good thing, because we don’t have [...]

Avoiding mama drama, the etiquette of play groups

For the past four years, I have actively participated in Meetup playgroups, Yahoo groups, and local boards, all in the name of socializing with other parents of young children so the kids and I do not go stir crazy from only having each other for company.  From these groups, I have forged lifelong friendships with [...]

Top Notch Hamburgers

I first read about Top Notch Hamburgers on Yelp.com, then again on DoubleCheeseBloggers, so after an initial failed attempt on a Sunday (by the way, they’re closed on Sundays!), I went back during the week to give their burgers a shot. It should be noted that there are quite a few burger joints in town now, so [...]

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