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  • ACL Eats Highlight: Mighty Cone

    By Kelsey | September 18, 2017

    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…

  • Weekend Coffee Date: Sa-Ten

    By Kelsey | September 15, 2017

    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.…

  • Food Truck: The Churro Co.

    By Kelsey | September 11, 2017

    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…

  • Weekend Coffee Date: Brentwood Social House

    By Kelsey | September 8, 2017

    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…

  • Lunch at Valentina’s Tex Mex in Austin Texas

    By Kelsey | September 6, 2017

    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…

  • A Quick Weekend Trip To Dallas

    By Kelsey | August 30, 2017

    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…

  • August Reads

    By Kelsey | August 28, 2017

    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…

  • How I Research Restaurants Before I Travel

    By Kelsey | August 25, 2017

    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…

  • The Knotty Deck Is Seriously Raising The Bar For Hotel Restaurants

    By Kelsey | August 23, 2017

    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.…