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What's New in San Antonio
12/07/2011

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San Antonio Celebrates National LGBT Pride Month with Third Annual PrideFest
12/07/2011

PrideFest San Antonio (a festival promoting cohesiveness among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender [LGBT] individuals and the supportive San Antonio community) will be held on July 11, 2011 at HemisFair Park, in historic downtown.

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Forty Years of Culture at the Texas Folklife Festival
12/07/2011

Texas Folklife Festival 2011

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San Antonio Summer SAVEcation
12/07/2011

Summer 2011 release

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City of San Antonio Names Executive Director for San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau
12/07/2011

City Manager Sheryl Sculley has appointed Casandra Matej as the Director of the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau. Matej comes to the City with more than 15 years of experience in the Convention and Visitors Bureau, Hotel, and Leisure industries. Prior to her appointment, she served as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Services for the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau for the past three years. During her tenure, she was instrumental in implementing the restructuring of sales and resource allocations for the Dallas CVB, which resulted in a 40 percent growth of convention room night sales. Matej holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Speech Communications with a concentration in Organizational Communications from the University of Texas at Austin. “Cassandra Matej is an outstanding addition to our City of San Antonio team,” said City Manager Sheryl Sculley. “The programs and services that the Convention & Visitors Bureau provides are vital to the San Antonio economy. I am confident that her wealth of experience and leadership skills will help San Antonio excel in hospitality.” For more information on San Antonio, go to www.visitsanantonio.com or call 800-ALAMO-07.

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San Antonio’s Culinaria Named Most Popular Food & Wine Festival in U.S.
12/07/2011

Celebrate San Antonio as the gateway to culinary and cultural bliss. San Antonio’s 12th annual “Culinaria, Wine & Culinary Arts Festival” is set for May 11-15, 2011. Recently named “most popular food and wine festival” by Vanity Fair, Culinaria features internationally renowned vintners, top Texas wine producers and the hottest San Antonio chefs. Over 15,000 people are expected to attend this year’s wine tastings, lavish events and culturally infused fiestas.

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Brooks Brothers Brings Back The Brass
12/07/2011

Walking up to the entrance of the new Brooks Brothers store in downtown Austin‘s Scarbrough building, I smiled. I thought to myself, this is how downtown retail should look and feel.  The entrance has a gilded age grandeur that we’re no longer accustomed to in a downtown retailer.  Big window displays run the length of [...]

Brooks Brothers Brings Back The Brass is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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DANA – “Spotlight on Safety” Event, November 15th, 6:30pm
12/07/2011

We’ve mentioned KrimeLabb on our blog before – it’s this great database querying, mapping website where you can see the crime that’s happening in different parts of Austin. For instance, I just did a pull for criminal activity that’s happened in 78701 (Downtown Austin’s major zip code) for the month of October, and I learned [...]

DANA – “Spotlight on Safety” Event, November 15th, 6:30pm is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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DAB EXCLUSIVE: Sales Data From The Austonian, W Hotel Residences, Four Seasons, Spring Condos
12/07/2011

[Personal update why we've not published data for a while. A couple of months ago, I began work on obtaining sales data from the newly constructed buildings. Not a quick and easy task.  However, after several conversations and a leap of faith by everyone involved in assembling the data (thanks!), we've got some REALLY interesting [...]

DAB EXCLUSIVE: Sales Data From The Austonian, W Hotel Residences, Four Seasons, Spring Condos is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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10 Minutes From Rainey Street
12/07/2011

Starting in downtown Austin’s Rainey Street neighborhood, we approximate the distance we can travel by foot, by bike, or by car in 10 minutes. You can try it, too, after the jump. 10 minutes is my mental tipping point for deciding on any of the above modes of transportation. On a hot summer day I [...]

10 Minutes From Rainey Street is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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La Boite Coming To Downtown Austin’s Old Bakery Park
12/07/2011

La Boite Cafe will soon occupy an underutilized downtown Austin open space. If you’ve driven down South Lamar recently, then you’ve no doubt seen the adaptively repurposed shipping container perched on the hilltop at Collier and S. Lamar. The open space pictured below, just north south of the Old Bakery, will be the 2nd La Boite [...]

La Boite Coming To Downtown Austin’s Old Bakery Park is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Lease Restrictions: A Noble Idea That Can Backfire On Owners
12/07/2011

Lease restrictions are typically birthed with noble intent – to foster owner-occupancy and ensure that buyers can get loans for properties within the community. When new lease restrictions are forcibly applied to limit rental activity in buildings and neighborhoods, it is a taking of property rights which can set off litigation from disgruntled owners. This issue has impacted [...]

Lease Restrictions: A Noble Idea That Can Backfire On Owners is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association – Urban Core Happy Hour Tonight (Thursday)
12/07/2011

Tonight!  Come to Clive Bar in the Rainey Street District to enjoy a keg of beer and some sushi (compliments of How Do You Roll?) for the October Urban Core Happy Hour.  It’s gonna be a great night to be outside on the patio, and a good chance to see what all the “Rainey Street” [...]

Downtown Austin Neighborhood Association – Urban Core Happy Hour Tonight (Thursday) is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Shhhh… Secret Lunch Spot
12/07/2011

Direct from my inbox today is a reminder about a unique (and rather unknown) once-weekly lunch spot that I’ve been meaning to share with the DAB community. It is Cafe Divine at St. David’s Episcopal Church that rises to life only on Thursday’s from Noon-1pm. There in the 3rd floor dining hall, Culinary Institute trained [...]

Shhhh… Secret Lunch Spot is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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HAAM Benefit Day is Today
12/07/2011

Everyone is talking about it – so we thought we’d give H.A.A.M a, ahem, D.A.B. of love. Today, in a variety of venues – many of which are in downtown Austin (City Hall, Whole Foods, Silicon Labs, Lambert’s, Plains Capital Bank, etc.), you can see live shows from musicians. And many of these venues are [...]

HAAM Benefit Day is Today is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Budare’s Serves Breakfast To Rainey Street Residents Hungry For More
12/07/2011

The newest addition to Rainey Street’s eclectic mix of repurposed bungalows is a backyard trailer named Budare’s serving … drum roll… BREAKFAST! The sign has been up for a couple of weeks, but it was the sight this morning of my vacant refrigerator that got me motivated to walk 100 yards to a warm meal. [...]

Budare’s Serves Breakfast To Rainey Street Residents Hungry For More is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Take a Downtown Holiday Stroll and See Some Art – Saturday 12/3/2011
12/07/2011

It’s free. It’s family-friendly. And heck, yeah, it’s even fun. This Saturday, December 3, 2011, marks the 9th annual Holiday Sing-Along and Downtown Stroll – culminating in a Tree Lighting Ceremony at The Capitol Steps in Downtown Austin. The event is a partnership effort of the Downtown Austin Alliance and KUT, and it’s a pretty [...]

Take a Downtown Holiday Stroll and See Some Art – Saturday 12/3/2011 is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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THE NOOK: New Bar To Fill A Hole On E. 6th Street
12/07/2011

Based on the TABC application mounted to the facade, 309 E 6th Street could become productive again.  The applicant, “The Nook“, is seeking a “Mixed Beverage-Late Hours” permit. Prior to some dedicated stewardship from 6ixth Street Austin’s board of directors (notably Tim League’s cadre of creative support, Wild About Music’s Fred Schmidt, and 6ixth Street Austin Executive [...]

THE NOOK: New Bar To Fill A Hole On E. 6th Street is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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What Type Of Retail Will Replace The AMOA?
12/07/2011

With downtown Austin’s AMOA no longer exhibiting at 823 Congress Ave, what will fill the void?  Most stakeholders I know are hoping for retail. The corner space includes 12,000 square feet, lots of glass (fenestration for the urbanistas), and has a nice outside plaza. It’s clear what is missing from the downtown retail mix: a [...]

What Type Of Retail Will Replace The AMOA? is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Downtown Austin’s Asian Cuisine Corridor (Mai Thai Austin MENU & Restaurant Review)
12/07/2011

Did you know, that in the two blocks between Cesar Chavez and 3rd Street on San Jacinto, there are four restaurants that fall under the category of Asian cuisine – Chinese (P.F. Chang’s), Japanese (Piranha Killer Sushi), and Mongolian (Mongolian Grille Downtown), and now, with the area’s newest addition, Thai (Mai Thai)?  I’m gonna start [...]

Downtown Austin’s Asian Cuisine Corridor (Mai Thai Austin MENU & Restaurant Review) is a post from Jude's Downtown Austin Blog

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Statesman Review for Spirited
12/07/2011

Austin American Statesman Review: "Featuring friendship and hugs, rainbows and puppies, cake-filled dreams and calculus-induced nightmares, “Spirited” is a family-friendly romp into childhood that will leave you smiling as you skip out the door."

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The Making of The Hideout Logo
12/07/2011

A restrospective look back at the making of The HIdeout Logo. Scandal and nudity included.

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Wow, theater makes a difference
12/07/2011

I have to admit that I really, really love playing in the Flying Theater Machine. I love the giggles, the unfiltered kid feedback, and having the kids on-stage is always a bit out of control in the best possible way. I can always tell immediately that I am entertaining kids – believe me we know [...]

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Spirus, by Kayla Freeman
12/07/2011

Kayla Freeman takes us behind-the-scenes of Spirited, The Hideout's current Mainstage show, and explains to us the meaning of "Spirus."

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Ask Local Genius Society: Q&A with Andrew Pish
12/07/2011

Beginning this week Local Genius Society takes over the Thursday Threefer. Meet the men and women behind the Society. This week: Andrew Pish

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