Archives for October 2014

Lake Travis Area Weekend Events: October 31– November 2nd

Written by Todd Hower | October 31, 2014

Happy Halloween! It seems like we’ve been doing Halloween activities all month long, but it’s finally here! Tonight is the final celebration and it’s all about trick-or-treating here in the Lake Travis area. Fill up your candy bowls and get ready for all the trick-or-treaters going door to door in search of the best candy.

If you’re not into passing out candy, just set a bowl outside your door and get out for some live music or head downtown for COTA Fan Fest. This free event is going on all weekend and it’s paired up with the 2014 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix (not free) at Circuit of the Americas.

By the time Sunday gets here, it will be a good time to kick back, relax and get that extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time will end at 2:00am this Sunday, so be sure and set your clocks back an hour before your head hits the pillow and we start it all over again on Monday. Enjoy your weekend and our amazing fall weather!

Sweet Berry Farm: Final Weekend to Harvest the Fall Fun

Written by Cathy Hale | October 31, 2014

If you haven’t made it to Lake Travis’ favorite farm destination — Sweet Berry Farm — you have a couple of days left. Sweet Berry Farm’s ‘Harvest the Fall Fun’ season closes to the public this weekend until March 2015. There are still cute little pumpkins left, but supply is limited. However; have no fear! There’s plenty of fun things to do aside from pumpkin pickin’.

How Well Do You Know the Lake Travis Area?

Written by Emily O'Shaughnessy | October 30, 2014

I love to talk with lifelong residents who have lived in the Lake Travis area for years. They’ve seen so much change, and whether they’re of “the more the merrier” or the “I like it better the old way!” frame of mind (or somewhere in between), there’s a lot we can learn from Austin and Lake Travis area natives.

Still, no matter whether you’re a longtime resident or just relocated to the Lake Travis area, there are always new places to visit, things to discover and history to learn.

So for any readers that think they know the area well and want to test their knowledge of past and current Lake Travis history here is a short, fun quiz of random facts.

COTA Fan Fest: Rev Your F1 Engines Oct 31 – Nov 2

Written by Cathy Hale | October 29, 2014

Each year as Austin welcomes the excitement of Formula 1 to our city, we get better and better at throwing fun-filled events that embrace the excitement of hosting the most star-studded motorsport event in the world.

Beginning on Halloween, October 31, Circuit of the Americas (COTA) will host a turbo-charged festival downtown called Fan Fest. The schedule of live music at Fan Fest — a free event — is impressive to say the least. Bands include Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, De La Soul, Grupo Fantasma, Dale Watson, Fishbone, Whiskey Shivers and more. Plus, a super line-up of cover bands.

The Daily Show Arrives in Austin for South by South Mess

Written by Cathy Hale | October 28, 2014

Funnyman Jon Stewart of The Daily Show is in Austin this week where he is filming his show live at ZACH Theatre. Stewart, who jokingly refers to Texas as “indicted Gov. Rick Perry’s home state,” will broadcast a week of shows here covering the midterm elections he calls “Democalypse 2014: South by South Mess.” On Saturday, Stewart’s team tweeted, “Monday! TDS in Texas! The best thing to happen to Austin since … whatever great thing they hosted last weekend.” And so it begins …

His guests for the week include Texas State Senator and Gubernatorial Candidate Wendy Davis, Representative Joaquin Castro and musical guest Austin-based Spoon. They haven’t announced the guest for Wednesday yet, so we’re assuming it will be a Republican or Willie Nelson … ha-ha!

Archives for October 2014

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