Do you ever find a new place and are glad you discovered it in its hidden gem stage? Argus Cidery - a cidery with a big heart and a big taste - can be found in the Texas Hill country about 20 minutes outside Austin (It was even nearby our Pyrotechnics class. Can I see… Continue reading Argus Cidery: Cider in TEXAS?
I’m convinced I live in the greatest place in the USA. I’m not talking about my highly annoying “Yeah, I’m from Texas and it rocks face!” attitude (GO TEXAS!), I’m talking about the fact that Austin, Texas is at a culinary crossroads. Mexican food, Hatch Chiles from New Mexico, Deep Southern roots, and Cajun from… Continue reading Friday Food Trucks: Nettie’s Place
This is part of our new weekly series: Friday Food Trucks - join us every week with a new review from around Austin! Imagine a taco... inside a snow cone cup. This little “add-on” is just part of what makes The Mighty Cone so awesome. A little bit of ingenuity and I don’t have to… Continue reading Friday Food Trucks: The Mighty Cone
“How about you guys come and take a class with us?” I stared at my email for a long time and let out a loud laugh. An aerial acrobatics class? Me? On the aerial silks? Miss “I have to have Shaun assist me when attempting to do one pull up”? Well, sure. Why the hell… Continue reading Attempting the Aerial Silks with Sky Candy Austin
Welcome ladies and gents to a new weekly series called Austin Food Truck Friday! There seems to be a food theme 'round these parts. I figure, if I'm going out to eat it anyway, I should probably share where to eat in Austin. My hometown is rife with good eatin'. The Austin Chronicle recently put… Continue reading What to Eat in Austin: Food Truck Friday
What do expats, travelers, artists, and humanitarians have in common? You wouldn’t believe it but all these folks hang out at this really rad wine bar in small-town Elgin, Texas - about 30-45 minutes outside Austin. The Owl Wine Bar and Home Goods Store has much more than meets the eye and I was overjoyed… Continue reading The Best Little Wine Bar in Texas
If you guys read my post about the Regional Burning Man event here in Texas that we attended, then I’m sure that you can gather that the Burner community is incredibly near and dear to me. Not only did they save me from the rock bottom depressive state I was in but sparked something in… Continue reading Stay Creative, My Friends
Since we’ve missed that last few summers at home, we almost forgot what this season is capable of. With triple digits hitting most of the country, it is no wonder that I sit in my air conditioned oasis while staring outside in a bit of horror... WHO AM I KIDDING - I love the heat!… Continue reading Summer in Austin: Deep Eddy Pool
When I was younger, I longed to run away and join the circus. Not only did I have a noticeably different life philosophy than my family (I thought I was the daughter of the milkman I was so different - but genetics kept me thinking otherwise), but my soul was made for the trapeze. My… Continue reading Sky Candy’s The Circus – Flying High on the Trapeze
As I was flipping through all of my old pictures I realized that I never got the opportunity to post this amazing HDR picture from Cali, Colombia. One of my favorite things about Cali is the colors and textures you can find while just walking around the city. That - and I admit - I'm… Continue reading Texture in Cali, Colombia – Photo of the Day
Disclaimer: I am no chef. While some of my recipes are quite "unhealthy", I do not consider myself to be a Paula Deen. I eat salads often - they just don't make for good recipes. I'm not sure if you guys know but I, Erica, am slowly trying to make my way through "Mastering the… Continue reading Recipe: Mini Eggroll Poppers
What better way to raise funds for breast cancer than to hurl your body over obstacles in the mud! Welcome to the Dirty Girl Mud Run, where Girl Power is still incredibly prevalent and the point is to finish - not be the fastest. Somehow my roommate convinced me that this is something I should… Continue reading Getting Dirty at the Dirty Girl Mud Run
Imagine a community that accepts you wholly and completely. Or one that is a magical, whimsical world full of art and performance. Or maybe a place that you can find music 24 hours a day and people are begging you to come and join in on the fun. That place... is Flipside (our regional Burning… Continue reading Finding My Phoenix at Burning Flipside (A Regional Burning Man Event)
Believe it or not but blogging is by no means a lucrative business. For a small percentage of people, sure. Us? Not at all. Some use blogging as a platform to pursue other endeavors or transition into different careers. Either we’re horrible brainstormers, have terrible luck, are a bit too “alternative” for what is commonly… Continue reading Roadblocks, Firefighters, and Puppies (or Ch-Ch-Changes!)
It is a little ironic that the last moments in Mexico we held on to so dearly were in the city that we had so much drama with the last time around - Playa del Carmen. But this time we did it differently. We shopped locally. We ate at family owned restaurants. We stayed at… Continue reading Last Moments in Mexico
