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How Austin's Hotel Tax Brings Back Visitors
The state capital of Texas is benefiting quite well from its hotel tax, which is used to fund many of the improvements for Austin itself. It's interesting how although the tax makes hotel stays slightly more expensive for visitors, the fund helps beautify the city to the point that vacationers are more likely to make return visits.
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Lance Armstrong Sold Austin Estate
The fall from grace of Lance Armstrong has turned out to be a good thing... at least as far as his Austin estate's new property owner is concerned. With almost 10,000 total square feet and 1.5 acres of land, it's going to make an amazing Austin home.
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Art City Austin and the City's Love for Artists
When the idea of art-loving cities comes up, Austin might be one of the last places that you would consider to embrace arts and culture; however, the reality is that artists of all kinds are appreciated in the Texas capital and are well celebrated through the Art City Austin festival.
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Paul McCartney Adds Second Show for Austin
Austin, Texas is going to get a double treat in May when Paul McCartney is scheduled to play concerts. Tickets have already been on sale for a few days, though, so you might end up having to find someone to buy your own, as McCartney is likely to sell out fast.
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Austin Food and Wine Festival Gets New Location
Due to the poor conditions of its original site, the Austin Food and Wine Festival will be making a short move to Butler Park. Not to worry though, the new site has enough room for all the vendors and demonstrations that have made the foodie event so popular in years past.
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Google Fiber to Bring Gigabit Internet to Austin
It looks like Austin is about to get some of the fastest commercially available internet in the world if Google moves with its plan to introduce Google Fiber to the area. As I am a techie and don't live in Austin, I couldn't be more jealous of residents of the Texas capital.
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Trader Joes is coming to Austin
After a long wait, finally Trader Joes will be coming to Austin. After lots of speculation and lots of movement, the stores location has finally been decided. The California based retailer is sure tom become a huge success among Austin merchants.
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Brooke candy will attend Austin party
Female MC, Brooke Candy will make an appearance at One Night in Austin. The party is set to take place march 16. This event is sure to become legendary as this MC is on the rise. Candy will be among an impressive list of performers so don’t miss out on a night of fun.
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The Jukebox Musical 'A Ride With Bob'
The Jukebox Musical is unfortunately coming to its end. After eight amazing years of production there is not enough money to continue the show. All strategies where exhausted but still no luck. With a cast of 24 people this show has too many to become a Broadway production.
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Celebrations of lunar new year in Austin
Austin citizens partook in the Chinese New Year with gusto this year, with wild and lively crowds who ate, drank and, of course, got crazy with some Gangam Style dancing. Here's hoping for a wonderful lunar year in the Texas city.
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International Airport has record-breaking year
Austin Bergstrom International Airport had an astonishing 9.4 million passengers coming in and out of their airport from all around the world this past year. The ABIA was ranked number one in job creation and Forbes Magazine listed the listed the city as the fastest growing.
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Austin based artist won Grammy
Austin has recently been lifted as one of the fastest growing cities. In other words Austin has a lot going for it right now. Esperanza Spalding – a resident of Austin- recently had a fortune similar to her town. She won not one but two Grammys. She had been nominated in three categories and came out on top in 66% of her nominations.
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One of the safer communities in the nation
Austin, Texas has one of the safest communities in the nation says the recent crime numbers that the FBI has churned up. For the second consecutive year round rock has been named the second safest with a population of at least 100,000 in Texas.
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Beating cancer gains relevance in Austin
Women in Austin are standing up for breast cancer with the Paint the Town Pink fundraiser. Organizer Barb Nelson has had cancer and at one point it looked like she had one the battle but the cancer is back and its not looking good for her, but she's making the best of it and she's taking a stand for women all over the world with breast cancer.
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Austin Looks to Gondolas as Future Method of Transportation
Are you tired of traveling from point a to point b by a traditional transit rail? Well Austin, Texas seems to be getting tired of that idea as well as they are now looking at gondolas as a potential future method of transportation. Not only is the idea innovative but also it’s also very cost effective. Per mile it only cost about 3 million dollars vs. 36 million for tradition rail.
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Local Artist to Represent Austin at Sundance
The Austin independent filmmaking community has traveled awfully far in the last couple of years. Living testimony of that is actor, writer, and director Jonny Mars. He has been elected to represent Austin in the Sundance film festival. The independent filmmaking world can be defined by the amount of sweat and blood, which is shed by all who take part in the making.
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Austin Music Awards Just Around the Corner
Voting for the Austin Music Awards has just begun. This also means that the awards are just around the corner. Be sure to cast your vote for your favorite artist and make sure to tune in so you can see who won. Voting is available through the Austin Chronicle.
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Top of the Hotel Spa List
Hotel Travaasa in Austin was listed in the top 10 hotel spas in the U.S., more precisely, it came in 7th. This is a great honor and adds great prestige to the hotels name. Luxury and relaxation go hand in hand and apparently hotel Travaasa found the perfect equilibrium, which landed them on the top 10 spas in the nation list.
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Bullet Holes at a Bar
Physical memories of violence might not seem like something that would draw crowds into a bar, but a bullet hole at the Butterfly Bar offers a historic story. Here in Austin, Texas, the lonesome bullet hole in the Butterfly Bar happened in the seventies and people travel here just to have a drink where a part of history was made.
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Raku Art Graced Austin
Ending today, January 27th, the Austin Art Center presented a collection by raku artist Jerry Duschle. The Japanese-styled artist has been working with this style of pottery for nearly 20 years. Hopefully he'll be showing off his work again in Austin as raku-styled pottery is a wonder to behold.
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