Lifestyle

Living the Lake Travis Lifestyle

The Lake Travis Lifestyle includes a variety of attitudes and values from a variety of people. Lifestyle choices in the area are many — from the neighborhood you live in and how you raise your children to choices about your health and the well-being of others in our community.

Many of us are influenced by our surroundings. Here in the Lake Travis area, we have development, traffic, and water management issues that affect our lifestyle.

Everything from articles that are a little more personal — and sometimes more humorous than others — to creating awareness about traffic and water conservation, this is where you'll tap into the heart of Lake Travis Lifestyle.

How Lake Travis is Keeping Austin Weird

Written by Cathy Hale | June 24, 2014

Yes, Austin loves its weirdos. And you don’t have to live in downtown Austin to embrace your inner weird. From Westlake to Lakeway to Steiner Ranch, we’re doing our part to keep our favorite tagline alive and well in the burbs too.

First of all, we should give credit where credit is due. In 2000, the Austin Independent Business Alliance adopted the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan in an effort to promote small businesses. Those three little words stuck like glue and we started seeing the famous bumper stickers. In fact, the slogan was so widely admired, many other cities started adopting it as their slogan too — like Portland. (Of course they did.)

So why are we happy about being weird? Well, the message is a positive one celebrating Austin for having an accepting culture where artistic expression thrives and we embrace progressive growth politically, socially and in culture — especially music. And we love and support our local businesses. This spirit is what keeps our city (and our suburbs) vibrant and eclectic.

Done Is Better Than Perfect*

Written by Emily O'Shaughnessy | May 28, 2014

As the popular saying goes, “done is better than perfect.”

I suppose we could debate this statement over and over, but I tend to agree. There are times when we just need to get it done, knock it out and move on down the list.

Granted, this concept doesn’t apply to all situations.

Doctors, firefighters, figure skaters, pilots and wedding photographers come to mind as permanently exempt. Nobody wants a surgeon to hold up his hands and say, “good enough, we’re done!” when the procedure wasn’t performed with 100% accuracy and precision.

A Call for Lake Travis Favorites: Let's Hear Yours

Written by Todd Hower | May 22, 2014

We’re not all one-way around here at Lake Travis Lifestyle.

We have a fantastic staff of writers, all whom adore and love sharing with you all the cool places to go, people to see, and things to do in the Lake Travis area.

What we’ve noticed over on our Facebook page is: y’all get passionate about all that IS Lake Travis! From beer, to outdoor recreation, to food (especially food) — when we say good or great, there are always places that we’ve missed that make your good and great lists.

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