By Todd Hower Realty
The Lake Travis area is known for its beautiful hills, stunning sunsets, breezy lakeside lifestyle and, of course, stellar athletes. From little league to high school to pro, Lake Travis produces some seriously gifted athletes and coaches.
We’re also a sporting community. We root for our colleges and our favorite professional teams from the Cowboys to the Spurs, so we decided to dedicate this post to the sporting news tidbits that have been buzzing in the Lake Travis area.
We all know the feeling. A longtime friend visits home and brings with her the newest scent from her grandmother’s candle collection in a fruity scent — and you’re a floral-scent kind of gal. A boyfriend gives you a surprise for Christmas, that — surprise! You have already bought yourself (Ooof!). A coworker gifts you a shirt from Tommy Bahama because she overheard you talking about your childhood dream of owning a surf shack (true story).
What once was meant as a meaningful gift to you sometimes ends as clutter in some area of the house. Don’t let it go to waste! Whether you are a practicing re-gifter or shun the idea altogether, there are ways to re-purpose and organize otherwise useful items that we may just, well, have no use for.
Let’s be honest for a minute before we get to the nitty gritty. Some gift giving fiascoes are a product of good intentions — trying to fill in parts of our personalities with what they know about us led to the Tommy Bahama beach shirt situation. Others are due to a lack of trying — like the year I was given a used curling iron at a youth group game of White Elephant one Christmas. And some are done intentionally to send a message, like sending you a vacuum cleaner when you move into your first apartment (yet I still use it, thanks mom!). You have to give them credit for trying.
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Christmas trees are being recycled and New Year’s Eve toasts have been made. As the holiday season comes to a close, it’s time to look ahead and start filling up the 2015 calendar. And since we’re in the “Live Music Capital of the World,” why not start with with what we’re famous for — live music!
From Cedar Park Center to Gruene Hall to Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater, Austin is hosting amazing musicians from all music genres. You can catch Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga’s ‘Cheek to Cheek’ tour at ACL Live in April or don’t stop believin’ with Journey and the Steve Miller Band in March or see Iggy Azalea get fancy in May. No matter which show you want to see, you’d better buy your tickets soon.
Rock on, Austin.
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