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Best Hotels for the Austin Experience
From luxury hotels to couch surfing with local Austinites, you’ll have plenty of options while staying in Austin!
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Surviving SXSW: An Austinite’s Advice
Who’s Coming To Austin? SXSW is no ordinary festival, so be on the lookout for anything but ordinary through this two-week social debacle. In fact, unlike most music or film festivals, for the first time ever in Austin history, a sitting president will be the keynote speaker … Yes, you heard me right, President Barack…
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Gay SXSW Visitors’ Guide
With over 300,000 people visiting Austin for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Music, Film, and Interactive Festival, this is one of the largest festivals in the country. Happening over the last two weeks in March, this is a great opportunity to hear some of the best bands in the world, discover new ones, listen to…
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Where Can I Buy Liquor on Sundays in Austin?
When moving to a new city more specifically, Austin, you have to figure out where to purchase the basics… like groceries, produce and let’s not forget the alcohol. Depending on where you moved from, you may be used to buying all of your goods at one store on any day of the week. Well, that…
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The Man You Date. Wait, I Mean Marry.
By Tammy Shaklee, Founder, He’s For Me Yes, gentlemen. There is often a difference. An important distinction. Not everything in life is black and white. In most things, there is some grey area. And I guess that could apply here too. But after interviewing eligible gay men for more than three years, I can tell…
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Best Holiday Events in Austin
The air is brisk, there are new couples holding hands as they twirl underneath the 155 foot holiday tree in Zilker park, bright lights glisten as they line the way to the State Capitol–everything is just right and the holiday spirit lays upon the City of Austin.
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Top Gay-Friendly Neighborhoods in Austin
Austin is one of the most progressive, liberal, and gay-friendly places in America. If you ask a gay person in Austin where the gay neighborhood is, you’ll most likely get the response “We don’t have a gay neighborhood, the whole city is gay friendly.”
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Top Gay-Friendly Neighborhood: Mueller
Located only three miles from downtown Austin, and two miles from the University of Texas, this relatively new development is filled with a plethora of contemporary homes that you might expect to see on the Silver Screen. Homes with three stories, homes with bright pastel colors, all sitting atop a variety of small hills that…
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Top Gay-Friendly Neighborhood: South Lamar
Five years ago, if someone would have told you that South Lamar would become one of the most modern and well-developed areas in Austin, they might have thought you were pulling a fast one on them. Contrary to that age-old belief, South Lamar has risen from its “weird” demeanor that Austin is known for and…
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Top Gay-Friendly Neighborhood: Downtown Austin
There is no denying the power and thrill that comes with living downtown in any major metropolitan area–unlike most mid-sized cities in America, Austin’s downtown living is the crème de la crème and growing every year.