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Recipes

Cookbook Roundup: Feeding the Family

March 28, 2013 0

When things are going as planned at home, I cook five or six nights per week (all bets are off during baseball season!). Because I’m cooking a good 300 nights a year, roughly, I am […]

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Thursday’s Dish: Tequila!

March 21, 2013 1

Lucinda Hutson, well-known to Austinites for her delightful cookbook, “The Herb Garden Cookbook“, her purple house in the Rosedale neighborhood, and her reputation as a local bon vivant. She has a new cookbook , called […]

Features

With the Help of PBS KIDS, It All Adds Up

March 19, 2013 1

Shhhh. Don’t tell my son, but I’m not a math person. I still have a mild case of PTSD about this word problem in 6th grade involving falafels, which took my dad and I many […]

Fresh, organic veggies at Boggy Creek Farm
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A Walk on the Rural Side

March 18, 2013 1

Want to feel like you’ve escaped the urban sphere for an afternoon and ventured out into the rural wilds? Fortunately, you don’t have to drive very far to see crops in the fields, spend quality […]

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Features

Healthy Eating and Exercising with Kids

March 14, 2013 2

When my son went in for his seven-year checkup, I was shocked to learn that he had gained 15 pounds from the previous year’s visit. (He had also grown four inches, but that was overshadowed […]

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Enjoying SXSW With Adults and Without a Badge

March 11, 2013 2

It’s officially here. South by Southwest, which either strikes fear into anyone living, working or otherwise out and about within a 5 mile radius of downtown…or which inspires us to get out and experience what […]

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Giveaways

Are You a Helicopter Mom?

March 10, 2013 0

Are you scratching your head and wondering what in the world I mean? It’s not like you have rotors sticking out of the top of your head, and you don’t hover, right? Or do you? […]

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SXSW 2013 Spotlight: SXSW Create

March 8, 2013 0

We hope you have checked out our post on How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family. We’re also running a few spotlights to give you more information about the family-friendly events which are coming […]

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SXSW 2013 Spotlight: Gaming Expo

March 8, 2013 0

We hope you have checked out our post on How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family. We’re also running a few spotlights to give you more information about the family-friendly events which are coming […]

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How to Enjoy SXSW 2013 With Your Family

March 5, 2013 3

Get ready, Austin! South by Southwest (or, as it’s much more commonly known, SXSW) is almost here. For a few weeks, Austin turns into the coolest place on Earth, as we roll out a city-wide […]