Day Trips & Beyond: Ice Fishing, Door County, Wis.

A trip to Sturgeon Bay

"...a haphazard village about two miles offshore near the town of Sturgeon Bay. A group of four fishermen in..."

Feb. 15, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Dear Glutton: Breakfast Finds

Get adventurous with your first meal of the day

"...be adventurous and try some new places. But this town seems to be all about late rising and brunch,..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Chris Cubas: King for a Month

How comedian Chris Cubas talked his way into being one of the wealthiest people in Austin – temporarily

"...got up at 9 or 10 o'clock, put on coffee, then went for a swim in my giant pool..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Letters to the Editor: Classic Cuts

35 years of "keeping it weird"

"...types and I asked them, "Are you guys in town for South by Southwest?" They said yes, so I..."

Sept. 2, 2016 Features Feature by Danielle White

SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More

Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more

"...is 1978. A team of wannabe crooks botch a small-town bank heist and flee with their hostage deep into..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Unicorn Steaks, Mountains of Meat, and Turkey?

It's Texas BBQ Week in Austin, y'all!

"...Pancake Cabin, Franklin Barbecue, La Barbecue Cuisine Texicana, Lamberts Downtown Barbecue, Micklethwait Craft Meats, and Stiles Switch BBQ &..."

July 18, 2013 Food Post by Kenny Pailes

Gay Place: Perf/Art Faggotry

A strangely wonderful confluence of performance art and artists (including drag queens), G-Spot exploration, and hanky codes invade Austin this week

"...Ya can't swing a pussy ... cat in this town without hitting performance art. This week, a couple of..."

April 19, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place

LoveBomb! (the fundraiser for QueerBomb), a coupla gay plays, a rainbow cutting, balls on fire, and more

"...officially welcome a new LGBTQ-owned, -friendly, -safe business to town. Sat., April 13, 5pm. Q Toys, 6800 Burnet, 772-1614...."

April 12, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Working 'The Corner'

Neighbors and officials plan one more effort to save the neighborhood around 12th and Chicon

"...prompted by the recent success in another part of town, using what is known as "enhanced prosecution" – a..."

July 13, 2012 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Nov. 3-8

"...COFFEE PARTY FOUNDER IN TOWN Meet Annabel Park and see..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...festival in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which was near the small town where I'm from. It was then a really dumpy..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Marfa Bites

Take a break from Austin's humidity in Marfa's cool oases

"...evolving high standard and variety of food. For a town of only 2,000 souls (give or take a few),..."

July 2, 2010 Food Feature by MM Pack

Food-o-File

Winning piemakers, new restaurant openings, and more

"...speeches followed by a piemaking demonstration with donated pies, coffee, and Blue Bell ice cream. Congratulations to the following..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Great Escape

Erin Pringle isn't sure what to do once she gets to where she's going

"...just in this world of adults. I'd go to coffee with my parents twice a day, at 7am and..."

June 12, 2009 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

'Speechless'

Third-Place Winner

"...and they stick to your clothes like smells, like coffee grounds and dust...."

Feb. 13, 2009 Books Feature by Benjamin Reed

Green Restaurant Goals: The Challenges in Austin

The challenges in Austin

"...exists. They compost all of their kitchen waste and coffee grounds and use the compost to fertilize the pastures..."

May 25, 2007 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Secrets Shared

The documentary photos of Donna DeCesare

"...they tortured and killed almost 40 people in the town square. They said they were killing guerrillas...."

Nov. 3, 2006 News Feature by Cheryl Smith

Food-o-File

A Majestic future for Grape Vine Market? Plus: Noodle-ism and Mangia aren't just local favorites.

"...News About Town In the off-with-my-head department, sincere apologies to new mom..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

TCB

The ACL festival is here. Time to hunker down.

"...local merchants like Flipnotics and Quackenbush's have had the coffee concession, so the fest's decision to partner up with..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Food-o-File

Lake Travis gets more Interior Mexican; plus, the Bitter End bounces back, and Jo's and Threadgill's expand

"...News Around Town Mirabelle chef David Apthorpe e-mailed with a tip about..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Hatching a Plan

Austin's emerging culinary creative class is sharing talent and resources to find the right recipe for success

"...almost immediately. He worked a few months in the downtown kitchen at Thai Passion that first season and spent..."

June 18, 2004 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The Hightower Report

Think local, buy local; and, polluters have no trouble following the law – they wrote it

"...WHOSE TOWN IS IT?..."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Joining Forces

The women of the online Austin Craft Mafia got it made

"...these five founding fashionistas of the newest racket in town (there are nine mafiosas total) might be dressed to..."

Jan. 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Margaret Chapman

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...stuff in your SoCo Guide you can find interesting coffee shops, restaurants with great deals, St. Edward's University, Penn..."

June 6, 2003 Column

'If Not Edison -- What?'

Austin Interfaith's Alliance programs represent one alternative to failing AISD schools.

"...Zavala Principal Rosa Peña meets with school parents over coffee and doughnuts. These coffee talks are often standing room..."

March 22, 2002 News Feature by Emily Pyle

Enlightenment Guaranteed

"...their tastefully space-planned Munchen flat, family in tow. Across town, Wöhler dispenses feng shui wisdom, meditates, and grooms his..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Head Out on the Highway

Reinvent the Wheel on One of These Cool Texas Road Trips

"...The Dabbs Hotel With his buttermilk biscuits, cowboy coffee, and tall-tale telling, Dabbs proprietor Gary Smith has garnered..."

May 11, 2001 Features Feature by Karla Zimmerman

Deconstructing Downtown

The Economy Sneezes -- and Austin's Central Business District Catches a Cold

"...and a stack of agendas for a meeting with downtown neighborhood representatives. They had hoped to put the best..."

April 20, 2001 News Feature by Amy Smith

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

"...Boston, this Klein is female and still lives in Beantown. Last year's Rykodisc bow Draw Them Near earned both..."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature

Food-o-File

Why Virginia B. Wood's first culinary epiphany got her in big trouble.

"...of Pharmacy, taking his young family out on the town. Recalling those wonderful restaurant memories, it makes perfect sense..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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