I found Miz! My beloved chef friend who got me hooked on the mussels at Bess Bistro. He has since moved to Urban at the Westin in the Domain as executive chef. The adjacent bar (as well as the restaurant) takes local ingredients seriously and incorporates them into the drinks. Here, it’s the actual bartenders [...]
You know it by the plethora of plastic pink flamingos decorating the lawn of The Flamingo Place nursery at the intersection of Bee Caves Road and Loop 360. If that alone isn’t enticing you enough to come in, the nursery is now playing host to an evening open house the second Thursday of each month, [...]
A two-hour per week respite with no phones, laptops or other electronic distractions, surrounded by a mix of fabulously interesting women including songwriters, movers and shakers and professionals — sign me up! Dean Lofton’s Writing Your Life as a Woman is a four-week course that meets once a week. The next set of classes runs [...]
Those close to me can stop laughing now. For those of you who know me well, you know I don’t cook (often). I can cook, I just choose not to. I had a unique opportunity to receive a bushel of farm-fresh food from Farmhouse Delivery. I had to cook and then write about it. I received [...]
Occupying the former Mother Eagen’s space on West 6th Street is The Dogwood from the Womack brothers, Brad, Chad and Wes and their childhood friend, Jason Carrier. It is named after the brothers’ Southern grandmother’s favorite tree. Raised in Georgia, these boys truly are southern gentleman and natural hosts. They have had a presence in the [...]
I always loved the outdoor area out front at Paggi House. This gem of a patio is situated just across from Lady Bird Lake south of the River with famed City views. In addition to their already-fabulous happy hour, they are making great use of the outdoor space (and cooler weather) with their Grillin’ & [...]
South Congress Avenue has a newly added perch for people watching. Wahoo’s Fish Taco has expanded south of the River with a sister location to the original on Rio Grande off of West 6th Street. Sure it may be a chain out of Southern California, but Wahoo’s has been winning Austinites over since they first arrived [...]
Walk through the large, off white French country doors and you are greeted with a stack of newspapers, a large zinc-topped bar and an open kitchen looking out onto an open dining room that begs you to relax and stay a while. There’s a lot of love inside those doors, quite literally. Love Nance and [...]
Fabulous Drinks and Eats on Austin’s Best New Patio Austin has a fabulous new outdoor patio, make that three! A tree (hence the name El Arbol, which literally translates to “the tree”) runs through all three levels of its outdoor patio space. A perfect perch to enjoy Austin’s 300+ days of sunshine, and the tree [...]
I don’t trust restaurants that don’t have bars inside of them. Let me rephrase that, I appreciate restaurants that have a well-thought out cocktail bar inside of them. Restaurant bars are my favorite! They provide a refreshingly comfortable perch while waiting on a friend or first date for that matter. Visiting a restaurant bar is [...]