Can’t Keep Austin Weird? Look Around: It’s Everywhere
Yes, there’s reason to worry that Austin is no longer weird. But if you look around—weird is everywhere.
Keep Austin Weird
How Does Austin Beat the Heat?
Sunny and 102°?! How to Beat the Heat? How else—with frog legs, fried pies and air conditioning. Indulge in some cocktails, then splurge on some Texas beef, after breakfast. Throw in some towers. Oh, and did we mention . . . beer? ♣ Recognize this Vanishing Austin icon? BUY A PRINT: Choose from 99+ Vanishing Austin prints and a […]
Too Late to Look for the Spear
An Austin ghost sign that has long served as an iconic landmark, and dates from the time a pack of Wrigley’s gum cost you a nickel, is now forever hidden from view by a new Marriott.
Speeding into the Sunset
Austin Speed Shop is bidding farewell to South Lamar, to make way for, yes, another luxury apartment development. Its new location near by is still under wraps, but it’s not likely to have the Keep Austin Weird charm of, say, the floor—where original owner Francis Reissig inscribed “1959” with his initials into the building’s wet concrete after it […]