Archive for March, 2007

Lake Austin Spa named #2 in Conde Nast Readers Poll

Saturday, March 31st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Austin's very own Lake Austin spa resort has been named the #2 Spa in the World by the readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine in their Annual Readers Poll (Read ... Read more..

Austin woman steals police car, crashes into apartment building

Saturday, March 31st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

a 22-year-old woman, while detained for a minor traffic incident, frees herself and steals a Travis County Sherriff's partol car and led polie on a hi-speed car chase before crashing ... Read more..

Tornados blast through Central Texas, missing Austin

Saturday, March 31st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Areas around Austin, Texas experienced winds gusting up to 60 mph, golf-ball sized hail, and sustained minor damage to several area residential communities.  Wimberley, a suburb of Austin, TX reported ... Read more..

Downtown Austin Texas redevelopment plan updated

Saturday, March 31st, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The City of Austin recently updated and published a downloadable guide to development activity downtown. Click here.  Featuring some 51 projects in the Downtown Business District, Austin's development activity in ... Read more..

Austin touts plug-in car

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Fresh from its win at the annual Tour de Sol sustainable vehicle rally and summit, the Valence Technology-Energy CS plug-in hybrid concept car cruised through Austin last week. During the ... Read more..

Austin awaits “Grindhouse” premiere at Paramount

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Austin, Texas, home of Robert Rodriguez's production company, is gearing up for the premiere of "Grindhouse", starring Kurt Russell and largely filmed at the Texas Chili Parlor last summer.Downtown Austin ... Read more..

Austin’s Town Lake development activity raises ire of protestors

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

A Tuesday evening City Hall rally hosted by savetownlake.org gathered more than 1,900 signatures petitioning against development proposals to allow development closer to the Town Lake shoreline.The proposal would allow ... Read more..

Sen. Barack Obama questions US role in 9/11 at Austin Texas rally

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Democrat Presidential frontrunner Senator Barack Obama has responded to a question posed by an Infowars reader regarding government complicity in the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks.Three months after the reader ... Read more..

SXSW Rockers come from all over the globe

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I had the unique pleasure the other night at El Arroyo, out in Bee Caves, of listening to the group Zeegrass.  Comprised of rockers from Russia, these guys really knew ... Read more..

Austin Texas Students Make Amazing Discovery Over Spring Break

Thursday, March 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Austin, Texas - A group of University of Texas college students who got off the beaten track while on their way to an early spring break in Panama City, Florida ... Read more..