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The Austin City Limits Music Festival has come and gone once again, and the 2011 edition of the annual event brought together lots of great music and a fantastic atmosphere.  The Austin Kiddie Limits area was the place to be [...]

Since moving to Austin four years ago, Ruby Jane Smith has continued her meteoric rise onto the local and national music scene.  The sixteen-year-old singer and fiddle player has played and toured with a host of music legends such as [...]

Article by Zheng Zeng, L.Ac #678   M.D., Director of Acupuncture at The Academy of Oriental Medicine at Austin
Elizabeth walked into the acupuncture office with nausea and extreme sensitivity to certain smells. In her sixth week of pregnancy, even the smell [...]

Austin is more than the sum of its parts. Each neighborhood nook and cranny adds influence, flavor, and color: an ambiance synergy so to speak. Whole Lifestyle wants to bring you into these neighborhoods. Discover what makes each of them a world unto themselves, take a look at the quality of life with their borders, immerse yourself the flavors that keep Austinites rooted at home.

Imagine delicious restaurant delivery… without the restaurant. Entrepreneurs who offer gourmet takeout – post a web menu, hop on a bike, all without an actual storefront – are popping up in Austin now.

Clearly the number one thing people say stops them from eating more local food is cost. But even those on a tight budget can reap the benefits (great-tasting food, smaller carbon footprint, a boost for local economy)—here a few tricks that’ll help you get started

Locally owned and operated Monkey Nest is an environmentally and socially conscious coffee shop with superior customer service.

Ruth Glendinning and Susan Buhrman, business partners in Community Renaissance Market LLC, have taken an empty eye-sore of a building and turned it into a flourishing addition to the community.

Soon, the families of Austin will have the opportunity to enroll their young children in a pre-school program built on innovation, healthy lifestyle, and a focus on giving the children of Austin a physically active program.