by snasta | Jul 31, 2008 | City Guide
One of my favorite buildings in Austin is the Seaholm Power Plant on Cesar Chavez. This Art Deco building was built in 1950 and is now slated for redevelopment. Plans call for the building to contain 80,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space. It will...
by snasta | Oct 20, 2006 | City Guide
I went to visit my friends at Anthony Barnum PR for a very productive discussion on social media today. They’re in the beautiful Frost Bank tower. Maybe all the intellectual horsepower in that room sucked my brain dry but getting in and out of the Frost Bank...
by snasta | Jul 24, 2004 | City Guide
Our friends John and Allison kept having dinners where they served the most wonderful vegetables and fruits from Boggy Creek Farm. Although it is a bit of a drive for us (from far west Austin) we decided to check it out last weekend. The urban farm is tucked away on...
by snasta | May 1, 2004 | City Guide
Natural Bridge Caverns, the largest known cavern in Texas, was discovered on March 27, 1960, by four spelunkers who were students at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. The name was derived from the sixty-foot natural limestone slab bridge that spanned the...
by snasta | Mar 26, 2004 | City Guide
Inks Lake–one of 7 lakes in the Highland Lakes chain–sits about an hour north of Austin, and provides the perfect setting for a daytrip or weekend retreat. Grounds have playgrounds, a fishing pier, a park store that rents canoes, kayaks and surfbikes, and...
by snasta | Jan 12, 2004 | City Guide
As the local history collection of the Austin Public Library, the Austin History Center provides the public with information about the history, current events, and activities of Austin and Travis County. They collect and preserve information about local governments,...
