February 16, 2011
In effort to define ‘local,’ area farmers make top 10 list of restaurants buying local produce
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At the top of the list is Odd Duck, Bryce Gilmore’s all-local trailer on South Lamar Boulevard. Rounding out the top 10 are East Side Show Room, Texas French Bread, Somnio’s Cafe, Jack Allen’s Kitchen, Olivia, the W Hotel, La Condesa, Peche and East Side Pies.
To find a list of restaurants that earned an honorable mention or received even one vote from local farmers, to go to www.gro-act.com.

photo: courtesy of Growers Alliance of Central Texas
July 1, 2010
Designer wedding gowns for a good cause? Sounds like a match made in heaven. Hit the Brides Against Breast Cancer gown sale at the Renaissance Austin Hotel where racks of designer gowns starting at $199 will be plum for the picking. This awesome sale kicks off TOMORROW, July 2nd, with a power-hour shopping spree, followed by a FREE general admission shopathon on Friday, July 2nd, from noon – 8 p.m., and Saturday, July 3rd, from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Proceeds from the event go to benefit Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation.
AUSTIN, TX
Power Hour Preview Shopping Spree – $20 Admission per Attendee
Friday, July 2 from 10 a.m. – Noon
Click Here to Purchase Tickets!
General Sale – Free Admission
Friday, July 2 from Noon – 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 3 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Click Here to Pre-Register!

Courtesy of Austin Tidbits
December 1, 2009
Namaste, Austin! To a wonderful Yoga instructor…miss you, Dixie! Visit her on Facebook, click here