Downtown (Austin, TX)
By Alan Kirkpatrick, Alan in Austin
(Austin Texas Homes)
     How much do you know about Austin Texas? Some places need to be experienced to really understand and Austin is one of those places. The Live Music Capitol of the World is hard to describe but easy to experience!  The food, the people, the places all need to be experienced to truly understand. Austin is a Hip City located in the Hill Country of Texas. Around every corner is a pleasant surprise. Come Experience Austin you may want to stick around. If so I can help: alan@alaninaustin.com   
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By Alan Kirkpatrick, Alan in Austin
(Austin Texas Homes)
 Need a place to park your car? Try Texas and specifically try Austin Texas! Live Music Capitol of the WorldThere are more than 100 live music venues all over town. If you visit 6th Street, you’ll find many of them there. Don’t think it is only country music either! You’ll find just about any type of music in Austin.The live music business is so big in Austin that Austin hosts the annual Austin City Limits music festival.This is an amazing time in Austin! More than 130 bands get together to play live in Zilker Park over 3 days!You will get a warm welcome anywhere in Texas but especially in the Capitol City!  
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By Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
(Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)
Oh, have I got a great recommendation for you Italian food lovers for this week-end! How would you like to be treated like royalty for a night? If I were you I'd check it out this week-end before the SXSW troops descend on Austin next week-end for our spring break.  The historic center on East 11th St. has just the spot for your culinary adventure!  SAGRA ENOTECA TRATTORIA         http://sagraaustin.net/index.htmlSagra is a casual yet elegant Italian enoteca ~ or wine cellar ~ and trattoria.  Old world classics along with subtle and sophisticated contemporary Italian fare are created by executive chef and owner Gabriel Pellegrini.  From the moment you enter you’ll love the soothing décor, the relaxing atmosphere and, of course, the glow of the wood-burning oven.  Their menu is inspired ...
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By Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
(Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)
 Finding Hope and Healing~Ronald McDonald House in AustinA while back I posted about helping Ronald McDonald make their “Wish List Come True!”  Since then Gene has trekked to their facility offering a laundry list of items they can use and now will be volunteering. As an Ambassador for Ronald McDonald, Gene scheduled dates for our Coldwell Banker United NW office to take tours and our first one was today! What an eye opening experience for all of us. For each person who visits and tours the facility a $50 contribution is made to the Ronald McDonald house. There were 8 of us today so they received $400 for our visit. Limiting tours to 8-10 are important so the disruption is minimal. Our next planned visit is August 13, 2015. Our Coldwell Banker NW Austin wants to make a difference in con...
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By Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
(Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)
 Saturday, April 18th at 5pm come see our NW Austin Coldwell Banker United Realtors® office wearing our crazy hats to the ACS Relay 4 Life event! This is our 7th year to participate. It will again be held at 1102 South Congress at the Texas School for the Deaf. It is good to come a little early as parking can become a challenge! We have a lot of fun and its such a worthwhile cause to support. This is a cause dear to our hearts: our CEO has endured and beaten cancer 4 times, a colleague and dear friend in our office Liz Hogue  passed away after a hard fought battle, another colleague in our office just beat breast cancer for the 2nd time this past year, our own assistant, Carol, will be an 8 year cancer free survivor in June and countless others who have friends and relatives who had the...
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By Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
(Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)
Wordless Wednesday ~ Under my Direction As Handsome Hudson surveyed his empire he thought to himself  “This will grow bigger and be under my direction!  It will be mine...mine...mine!”The Austin skyline is changing every year.  I can’t help but wonder what it will look like when Handsome Hudson is a young man!
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By Dorie Dillard Austin TX, NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones
(Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899)
Thankful Thursday ~ Splash Pad Handsome Hudson is so lucky to have parents that like to introduce him to as many fun, exciting and new places in Austin as they can find!  Recently, HH spent time at the Liz Carpenter Fountain at Butler Park on Barton Springs Rd (better known as the Splash Pad).  Wow...on an almost 100 degree day HH discovered the joys of a splash pad!
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