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In the view of Michael Miller , archivist at the Austin History Center, the beginning of our city was rooted in a meal.

The American Widow Project, founded by Austinite Taryn Davis after her husband, Cpl.

Have you heard about the bats in Austin? They live under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge, and just as Ann Richards was a force of nature, so are these bats! It's estimated that there are 750,000 to 1.5 million bats at the height of "bat season." Nope, I didn't know there was a bat season either! But that's when we'll be in Austin for ... (more)

For the first-timer, Austin Fashion Week can be a bit daunting. While awaiting doors to open for AFW's runway shows, we saw a statuesque blonde stroll by, briefly stopping at a bench on 4th and Nueces to exchange her tan, studded flats for a pair of sky-high, black Christian Louboutin pumps that perfectly matched her effortlessly chic ensemble - ... (more)

Tawny Villain thanks her food fans while Doug Guller wears a fedora, because dude owns breastaurants, what else can you do? [Photo: Patrick Michels/EATX] Soon to scoot in to the Scoot Inn : Sweet Heat Meats , the winner of the first Trailer Truck-Off at the historic east side bar and music venue, recently acquired by breastaurateur Doug Guller .

RunTex, a business that took Austinite Paul Carrozza 25 years to build, was sold off, piece by piece, over the span of just a few hours Tuesday.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Marty and Gail Strack of Conway. She is the granddaughter of the late Martin and Margaret Strack of Conway, the late J.C. and Nita Thessing, and is the step granddaughter of the late Audrey Thessing of Conway.

Lineage and history are very ingrained in Austin Fashion Week founder Matt Swinney's life.

The White Party has become the social soiree of the year, packing the Long Center with over 700 of Austin's philanthropic and social elite.

Have you ever been sitting in an inexplicable flood of traffic at any one of our fair city's many chokepoints , maybe even at 2 p.m. on a Saturday without a festival or conference or race in town, and thought to yourself, "Man, this sucks ?" You are not at all alone! Indeed, according to INRIX's Traffic Scorecard Annual Report , Austin has the ... (more)

Austin may be known for its savory options like BBQ and Tex-Mex, but a number of pastry chefs have begun to put the city's sweets on the map.