JAB Fest

We kept hearing about this place called Nutty Brown Cafe on Country Radio and decided we needed to check it out. It's a little bit of a hike but they seem to draw great acts/artists so we figured it would be worth the trek and boy were we not disappointed. The venue rocks all on it's own, it's an outdoor stage in a dirt field with wooden bars and picnic tables. We picked a great night with several local Texas groups and the festival was headlined by the Josh Abbott Band. This place will definitely be added to our list to go back to next spring/summer!

Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits is definitely one of the best festivals this town has to offer! This year we convinced Muge to come down to visit and check out all the action.

Austin City Limits is three day music festival that goes all day and all night long so it really does wipe you out by the end! But this year we scored the three day wristbands so you can come and go as you please, a must do moving forward! This years performances included Cold Play, CeeLo, Stevie Wonder, Ryan Bingham, Jack Ingram, Allison Krause, and the list goes on and on. Shaun found several new bands to follow, I think he's trying to take over my groupie status ;)

This was Muge's first visit to Austin so also had to fit in some of the must see or do activities and establishments like Hula Hut, Salt Lick, and Canoeing on Lady Byrd Lake.. Hopefully that was enough of a teaser to get her to come back soon!

Double Threes

It's the lucky year, Shaun is during 33! We have the perfect weekend to celebrate too; great weather, great friends, and great music. It really is a trifecta ;)

We enjoyed a tasty dinner tonight at ALC, Austin Land & Cattle, and now we have ACL, Austin City Limits, ahead to continue the celebration all weekend long!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Richards Final Farewell

The dreaded day has finally come, the Richard's are moving to New York :(

We hate to see them go but we really enjoyed our last week with them. I got to have a whole week of play dates with Alli while the movers packed up their house. We enjoyed some girl time at the pool and playground as well as a Disney Movie Marathon and then we got some great quality time with the whole family with a few sleepovers during their last night's in town.

Summer Sunday Fundays

We may have set a record for most consecutive days over 100 degrees but that didn't stop us from enjoying all of Austin's outdoor activities! We spent our weekends discovering more of Austin's parks and recreational activites; Lakes, National Parks, Swimming Holes, Golf Courses, and much more. Then when we needed an escape from the heat we'd enjoy a Sunday Funday Brunch ;)

Texas Tailgate

We love living in Longhorn Country, there is nothing quite as engergizing as UT Sports! We just missed the football season when we moved here last year so we've been looking forward to it all year long and it was worth the wait. The stadium is so impressive, it seats more than FedEx field, everything really is bigger in Texas ;)

We scored great tickets to the season opener and it also happened to be the last weekend before the Richards moved so we had an amazing BBQ spread for our tailgate. What better send off from Texas than BBQ and Football?!?! I have to give the credit to their neighbors for the tasty BBQ though. Their neighboor Ken was always dropping by with delicious treats and put together a sampler of all his best items for us to enjoy. The entire city was taken over with tailgates but we found the perfect perch up on the rooftop of the parking garage. We had great a view (aka people watching) of all the mayhem below and it was perfect to wait out the crowds after the game as well.