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Estate Sale Roundup: February 28-March 2

Our heads are swimming with the treasures and detritus, that while new to us, have accumulated during one person's lifetime. Pondering the evidence of entertaining, hobbies, vacations, and family life provides voyeuristic fun, whether you are shopping or not. In fact, you may begin to think of these experiences as exhibits of human life.

7:22PM Thu. Feb. 27, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

Austin Fabric Shop Hop

Here's a three-day multistore smorgasbord of all things sewable, featuring eight shops stocked full of fabrics and tools to spark your wildest creative fantasies – or just enable you to properly tackle that tricky evening-gown project you've been planning for a few years now.

10:00AM Fri. Feb. 21, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Estate Sale Roundup: February 21-23

This week's sales are pretty seductive, with costume jewelry, great porcelain and crystal, and comic books! There are also lots of tools for gardeners and wood workers.

3:43PM Thu. Feb. 20, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The Tortured Poets Department Listening and Smoke Sesh

MaryJae

Blank Hellscape, Water Damage (album release), More Eaze, Fire Boys at Hotel Vegas

Georgetown Spring Art Stroll at Downtown Georgetown

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Food Issue Extra Helpings: Cafe Bistro, Will You Be My Valentine?

The biggest trick to forgetting you’re in a mall is enjoying organic, local, sustainable food – entirely different than typical mall food. Oh, Nordstrom, your Cafe Bistro prepares fresh food daily that parents don’t have to feel guilty about serving. Will you be mine?

9:45AM Fri. Feb. 14, 2014, Terry Ornelas Woodroffe Read More | Comment »

Estate Sale Roundup: February 14-16

Stay out of the generic big-box stores this Valentine's and make a statement with treasures found.

4:59PM Thu. Feb. 13, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

Soak in the 'Blue Sunshine'

While the big Mondo news recently has been their announcement of their Disney show for SXSW, the mavens of weird visuals are staying true to their indie roots with their latest release: A poster, vinyl soundtrack and VHS release for political/drug paranoia classic Blue Sunshine, to be dealt at a special screening this month.

3:35PM Tue. Feb. 11, 2014, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Estate Sale Roundup: February 7-9

This week, we find that it's slow winter weekend on the hunt, but the following sales are packed nonetheless with everything from old projectors to vintage Boy Scout items. Load up a dolly and some duct tape in the station wagon and get started.

11:28AM Thu. Feb. 6, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

Estate Sale Roundup Jan. 31-Feb. 2

We're are always stunned at the array of belongings one family can accumulate, and even if you are on someone else's mission and don't shop, there is a voyeuristic quality to being suddenly privy to a stranger's things. But in the moment, most of us just want a great deal on treasures for our own nests, so read on.

4:40PM Thu. Jan. 30, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

'I'm Not Bad, I'm Just Drawn That Way'

If you always wondered how Wile E. Coyote schlepped that anvil around, or, for that matter, where Popeye really had those convenient cans of spinach, these 3D cartoon bags may provide the answer.

8:51PM Tue. Jan. 28, 2014, Anne Harris Read More | Comment »

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