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Since 2012, I've been writing about living each day to the fullest.
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ACL Eats Highlight: Mighty Cone
ACL is just 3 weeks away! I’ll be at the festival during weekend one this year, and I CAN’T WAIT to check out the ACL Eats part of the festival! They do a fantastic job…
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Weekend Coffee Date: Sa-Ten
Happy Friday, friends! Who’s excited for the weekend? (Dumb question…) On my agenda this weekend is a few violin lessons, a food launch party to attend, a violin gig, and then just general frolicking about.…
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Food Truck: The Churro Co.
I’m constantly on the lookout for fun places to bring friends or family when they visit Austin. I have my list of go-tos, with places like Home Slice Pizza, Gourdoughs Big Fat Donuts, and Dolce…
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Weekend Coffee Date: Brentwood Social House
Hiya, happy Friday! Today begins a new fall series here on So Much Life called “weekend coffee date.” Each Friday, I’ll take you with me to one of my favorite coffee shops, cafés, or bakeries…
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Lunch at Valentina’s Tex Mex in Austin Texas
This is the only place in town that pitmaster Aaron Franklin will go to eat BBQ, (besides his own place…duh.) It took me 5 years to make it down to south Austin to give it…
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A Quick Weekend Trip To Dallas
I grew up in in the suburbs of Dallas, but I left for college in Chicago when I was 18. Although I spent my childhood in the DFW metroplex, I don’t really know it. It’s hard…
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August Reads
Friends: praying you’re all staying safe and dry this week with the flooding in south Texas from hurricane Harvey. What a horrible thing to happen to so many people! Nate and I have power and running…
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How I Research Restaurants Before I Travel
Hey there, happy Friday! I’m on my way up to Dallas today to spend the weekend with my sister. I grew up in Dallas and lived there until I was 18, but I don’t feel…
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The Knotty Deck Is Seriously Raising The Bar For Hotel Restaurants
On Monday I had the privilege of sampling a full dinner at The Knotty Deck and Bar, the American restaurant at the Renaissance Hotel at the Arboretum in Austin with my friends Monique, Mark, and Shveta.…