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Archives for September 2016

MAD Greens in the Oaks at Lakeway: Celebrating National Salad Week with a Free Salad

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September 12-18 is National Salad Week and that’s good news for over 80% of US adults who don’t get the recommended daily amount of fruits and veggies based on a report by the Center for Disease Control in 2015.

Adults should get a cup and a half to two cups of fruit every day and two to three cups of vegetables. When you look at it like that, it is quite a bit of green to eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Take in your daily vitamins and enjoy your lunch with a fresh made-to-order salad, panini, cup of soup or recharge with a freshly-squeezed juice at the juice bar at the newly-opened MAD Greens in the Oaks at Lakeway. It’s the subtle salad joint that we’ve been missing in the Lake Travis area, ready to serve up healthy and creative meals for every type of eater.

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FROST – A Gelato Shoppe: Authentic Italian Fare in Lake Travis

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There’s no shortage of yummy dessert and coffee spots in Lake Travis and now you can add one more to the list, because FROST – a Gelato Shoppe opened earlier this month in the Hill Country Galleria.

But FROST is way more than just another run-of-the-mill soft serve parlor with an over-the-top list of sugary toppings.

FROST serves up authentic Italian gelato, sorbet, coffee and more. The visual presentation alone is delicious! Think of it as a taste of Italy with a twist of romance.

Romance, you say?

What could that possibly have to do with gelato?

Well, after you taste FROST gelato and sorbet, you may fall in love with it, so there’s that. Plus, the owners make fresh gelato and sorbet from scratch every day with ingredients and machinery from Italy. That’s love too.

But the best part has to be the FROST story, which started taking shape in Audrey Perez’s mind in 2005.

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How to Avoid Getting Punked by a Lake Travis Skunk

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If you’re familiar with the notoriously noxious smell that tends to waft through neighborhoods in the Lake Travis area, you know skunks are afoot.

Did you know their scent can be picked up by your human nose from more than a mile away?

They can also spray their victim from up to ten feet away with accuracy that rivals precision rifle shooters. In fact, they can control the amount of mist they spray and spray up to six times consecutively.

This isn’t good news for those of us with functioning noses and/or pets.

But in all fairness, the skunks were here first. This is the Texas Hill Country. It’s full of all sorts of wild critters who have been happily living here long before we showed up.

So how do we co-habitat with these smelly polecats?

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The Rusty Rudder on Lake Travis is Open!

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When you’re a boater looking for a chance to dock and eat, or maybe you just want a view of the lake while you enjoy some live music, you’ve come to the right place.

The Rusty Rudder is one of the newest eateries to make a splash on the shores of Lake Travis.

Opening their doors for lunch and dinner for hungry customers looking to try their original burgers, tacos, pasta and long list of appetizers like chicken wings, queso, and lobster rolls. There’s even a new brunch menu that’s going to be added in the coming weeks.

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