Daisy by Marc Jacobs – Mother’s Day Giveaway

Thank you to our friends at HEB for the lovely Mother’s Day basket!  Happy Mother’s Day to all!  If you have not yet purchased a Mother’s Day gift — or don’t like what “the kids” picked out (gasp) — then stop by HEB to pick up one of these terrific Mother’s Day baskets.  The one [...]

How Do You Roll? To Support Demand Healthy Week

Austin Sushi Restaurant How Do You Roll? To Support Demand Healthy Week How Do You Roll? and ACTIVE Life Team Up to Make Healthy the Norm for Austin’s Youth AUSTIN, TX – How Do You Roll?, a maki sushi bar, is proud to announce that it is donating 50,000 free kid’s meal cards to support ACTIVE [...]

GIVEAWAY: Family Membership to The Blanton Art Museum

It’s been too long!  I blame it on having to prepare and administer students for the TAKS test, but we’re back with another giveaway.  (By the way, look for more giveaways to come this summer.) We’re giving away the Groupon deal from today, a one year family membership to The Blanton Museum of Art plus [...]

Silk flower hair clips

It’s been a while since I’ve done something crafty with my daughter.  About a month ago at the farmer’s market, a teenager was selling her handmade silk flower hair clips, and to support a local, budding artisan, we purchased one of these flower clips for our daughter.  She wanted us to buy one for every [...]

Chuy’s Panaderia Bakery (north Austin)

Chuy’s Panaderia is now my new favorite Mexican bakery.  It also serves up delicious tacos and tortas as well.  We read about this place on Fearless Critic a while ago but finally made a stop there last week.  The bakery is located near 183 and Ohlen, and most restaurants we’ve been to in this area [...]