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Lake Travis Local: Meet Whitney Hengstebeck with A Place To Start

Written by Todd Hower | July 30, 2015

It’s easy to accumulate stuff. You find the places in your home where you store it until you can get to it later … but getting to it later never seems to come. It could be the garage, attic or an extra bedroom.

Sometimes it’s just the everyday spaces that get out of control — home offices, the kitchen pantry, master closets, the game room, your daughters bedroom.

Life is busy and without a system to keep it simple to keep organized, the stack of stuff that gets piled up can turn into an unorganized mess that leaves you feeling paralyzed. If you’re looking to get organized (and stay organized), you’ll be happy to meet Lake Travis local Whitney Hengstebeck.

Whitney’s company, A Place To Start, can help you get started with an organizing system for your home, office or business.

Lake Travis Lifestyle caught up with Whitney for some Q&A to find out more about her, her company, and what she loves about life in the Lake Travis area.

Lake Travis friends, meet Whitney Hengstebeck:

Lake Travis Area Parks Guide: Reimers Ranch Park

Written by Todd Hower | July 29, 2015

This old ranch is a classic Lake Travis area getaway for mountain biking, hiking, climbing, swimming, and fishing.

Reimers Ranch Park is a combination of pristine parkland, open space and reserve land in western Travis County with almost three miles of continuous frontage along the Pedernales River. With over 2400 acres, it’s almost twice as big as Pace Bend Park and the largest park in Travis County.

Before this land was acquired by Travis County back in 2005, it was owned by Milton and Joy Reimers. The ranch was a popular hunting and rock climbing destination. Travis County Parks has done a really nice job renovating the facilities at the park. There are now flush toilets and covered picnic areas at the climbers trailhead as well as more extensive restroom facilities and outdoor showers at the mountain bike trailhead.

Lake Travis Area Weekend Roundup: July 17th – July 19th

Written by Todd Hower | July 17, 2015

It’s officially HOT!

The Texas summer arrived this week and now it’s a good time to find your places to escape the heat. We had a nice break while it lasted, but it’s looking like the Lake Travis area is going to be in a high pressure hot-zone for a while.

Maybe that is why everybody decided to get out of town.

The Fourth of July weekend is the start of summer travel for many and that sure seems to be true. You may have noticed that your Facebook feed is filled with friends and family taking pictures of summer vacations from all over the globe — from the Texas beaches to Italy!

Lake Travis Lifestyle July Giveaway: Lone Star Yard Greetings

Written by Todd Hower | July 15, 2015

There isn’t a month that goes by without something to celebrate.

Someone in your family is celebrating a birthday or anniversary, graduating, leaving for college, starting their first day of school! Your neighbor is having a baby or a new neighbor needs a friendly welcome to the neighborhood.

For all of these special occasions and any type of celebration that you can imagine … there’s a fun way to make them even more special — a custom yard greeting! And today we would like to introduce you to a local Lake Travis area business that can help you celebrate that next special occasion.

Lake Travis Area Weekend Roundup: July 10th – July 12th

Written by Todd Hower | July 10, 2015

Too bad every weekend can’t be a 3-day weekend.

Spend all day on the lake.

Watch the sun go down.

And when it gets dark, the night sky above you is filled with spectacular fireworks.

It’s going to be hard to beat the 4th of July weekend we just experienced … but it’s a new weekend! And it’s hard to find reasons to complain about the amazing summer we are having. Let’s hope those triple digits don’t show up anytime soon (and let’s hope I didn’t jinx it by saying that).

Get out there and enjoy the lake, the live music, the hill country — and this beautiful place we call home.

Here is your Lake Travis area weekend roundup filled with places to go and people to see. As always, thank you for supporting our local businesses, events and live music scene — Live Local!

Todd Hower

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