- Too Much Coffee
Man
- Saving the
world every day, with the undiluted power of
caffeine and a little boost from nicotine
- Waterloo
Records and Video
- Where local
music still matters
- Eyebeam
- Ratliff’s
the guy who turns up the sound on commercials and
Sam Hurt dreamed him up
- Terra
Toys
- Intelligent
toys and books for people of all ages; now
gone northward
- Austin
Mama
- Modern-day
motherhood examined with a clear eye, plus an
active on-line community, right here in Austin,
for thinking people only
- Book
People and Bookwoman
- Austin's
own, and among the last left standing; now you
can order books on line and search a giant
universe of reading material
- Wildseed
Farms
- Bluebonnets!
Firewheels! Natives grown and sold
- Gardening
Austin Links
- Austin-specific;
also South Austin's own Great Outdoors and Zanthan, a South Austin
garden weblog, and Plantx, a site in the
making with lots of garden images and a knowledge
of "low-fuss" gardening in Austin, plus
John Dromgoole's Natural
Gardener
- Lady
Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Watch them
grow
- Easy
lawn-mowing
- Noise-free
and good for your conscience; did you know that
South Austin's Eco-Wise will sharpen? or
rent a mower so you may try one?
- Armadillo
World Headquarters
- Geographic
center of Shiner drinking
- Geezinslaws
- Musical
ambassadors on perpetual world tour
- Bike
Stuff by Bluejay
- Humans
powered by vegetarian cuisine powering two-wheeled
transportation in Austin
- South
Austin + AstroFish
- Another look
at 78704; check out that weblog
- Urban
Dentistry
- Located at Penn Field Center, close to Ruta Maya and on the South
Congress bus line; Amy Urban, DMD, brings modern
methods to convenient South Congress
- South
Austin pub crawls
- Read about
them or join them yourself (or both) and check
out this affiliated South Austin weblog
- Craig's
List Austin
- Free
classifieds; community
-
Sun Dragon Martial Arts and Self Defense
-
Woman-friendly martial arts; child-friendly, too: karate and self-defense; no contracts ever; now no longer on Riverside,
but at Towers West across from Central Market South; a non-profit that's a long-
time institution, serving Austin since 1989; summer camp for girls 6 to 12
- NiaSpace
- Use it,
whatever you have; and use it joyously; move
dance play; at convenient 3212 South Congress,
with space available for event rental
- Body
Vida
- Fitness,
wellness, expressive arts for all ages, fitness
levels, and backgrounds, right on the Avenue;
watch for special events; first class always free
- Austin
Metroblog
- Read it
straight from those who know
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- Chez
Nous
- Best fish in
town, perfect pommes dauphine, French wines only;
open for lunch weekdays; open for dinner
at 6 pm; come as you are; very favorable mention in the
Sunday New York Times of 10 January 1999, but the
reviewers failed to take advantage of the prix
fixe; Austin Chronicle review (10/8/04;
prices have advanced slightly but all is
otherwise the same or even better)
- Sweetish
Hill
- The bakery
for dough fanatics; the very best of ingredients
and techniques; challah, petit pain au chocolat,
croissants, dinner rolls, ginger cookies, butter
cookies; special orders; catering
- Fresh
Plus/Kash-Karry
- Best butcher
shop in Austin (map to West Lynn
store), local organic produce, Pederson's natural
jalapeño sausage; sophisticated takeout;
since 1920-something
- Wheatsville
Co-op
- Owned by its
shoppers; non-members welcome
- Matt's
El Rancho
- The King of
Mexican food
- Beverage
World
- Friendly
people, family-owned, meeting all your
convenience needs (the Whip In is right next
door), with South Austin's (and the entire
state's) finest selection of imported and craft
beers and ales, fine cigars, and an extensive
array of the world's finest wines and spirits
- Nueva
Onda
- Friendly
food place in the heart of South Austin, just off
Congress; San Antonio tamales; vegetarianfare;
aguas frescas and cerveza; monthly
Wednesday movie night; congeniality; knightly
statuary
- Jo's Coffee on
South Congress
- Where the
elite wake up, starting at 7 am, 7 days a week,
with food, and beer, too; all dogs welcome;
movies in the parking lot
- Ruta Maya coffee
house
- Smoking
parlor and fair-trade coffee at old Penn Field
off South Congress
- Ventana
del Soul coffee house
- And
performance space plus community center
- Lamme's
Candy
- Hometown
confectioners since 1885
- Hill's
Cafe
- Back on
South Congress; beer garden, down-home favorites;
KVET free music on Wednesdays
- El
Galindo
- The best
tostadas of all, and pure corn tortillas made of
just corn, lime, and water (none of that
coloring, preservative, dough conditioner,
sweetening stuff, not even any salt)
- Threadgill's
- Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Neon
- Central
Market
- Food as
tourist attraction
- Maudie's
- Recuerdos de
Casita Jorge's
- Independent
Austin
- Alliance of
locally owned businesses; what makes Austin
Austin
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- Austin
Lyric Opera
- Bringing the
dance of the seven veils to Austin
- Jovita's
- Food and
great music, not to mention a jukebox
- Gilbert
& Sullivan
- Jolly music
for all
- Broken
Spoke
- CFS and
music
- Continental
Club
- Where the
elite meet and greet
- Czech
Melody Masters and Czech Melody Time
- Music from
Texas only
- Los
Pinkys
- Rancheras,
polkas, cumbias, boleros! and don't forget the Gulf Coast
Playboys, playing Thursdays at
Ego's
- Saxon
Pub
- South Austin
landmark
- Larry
Monroe, a/k/a Phil Music
- Lord of
Segway City reveals his playlists
- Dime
Store Poets
- For you8r
listening pleasure, all over South Austin,
including the Saxon Pub, Maria's Taco Xpress, and
Zax, plus the Sunset Valley Farmers' Market on
Saturdays
- Cerronato
- Soulful
vallenato music; listen at El Sol y La Luna,
early Sunday shows at Jovita's, Flipnotics on
Barton
- South
Austin Jug Band
- Need we say
more?
- KMFA Radio 89.5-FM
- Metropolitan
Opera broadcasts
- KUT Radio 90.5-FM
- Twine Time,
Phil Music, and you can listen live over the 'Net
- KOOP Radio 91.7-FM
- Music you
won’t hear anywhere else
- KAZI Radio 88.7-FM
- Don't miss
the Friday morning Breakfast Club, 8-9 am, for
lively discussion about Austin politics and the
world beyond from an African American
perspective, courtesy of Akwasi Evans, NOKOA, and Tommy Wyatt, The Villager,
and others
- KKLB Radio 92.5-FM
- Send in your
Tejano requests by e-mail; format has
changed; live streaming audio currently
disabled
- KQQQ Radio 92.1-FM
- Tejano,
grupero; Top 20 exitos listed at site ...format
has changed ... (same for 106.3-FM)
- Red
River scene
- brought to
you by Rank and Revue
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- Mexic-Arte
- A real
Austin museum
- Austin
Museum of Art
- Goodbye
Venturi, hello ???
- Vulcan
Video
- Hong Kong
and all other flavors; on-line catalogue
- Art
78704 by Ismael Cavazos
- Featuring
links to Austin comic artists
- Bobby's
bone tree sculpture garden
- In the heart
of South Austin, by the director of the Austin
Sculpture Center (formerly
Elisabet Ney Sculpture Conservatory)
- Ten
Thousand Villages
- Handicrafts
from around the world, right on South Congress,
all handmade, 70% woman-made; 0% child labor;
toys, household items, textiles, cermics, musical
instruments, see for yourself!; fair trade; open
late on First Thursdays; otherwise M - S 11 am to
7 pm; Sun 1 to 5 pm
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Education
- St.
Edward's University
- South Austin's own
- Huston-Tillotson
University
- Still
producing community leaders
- University of
Texas at Austin
- Bigger
stadium but no more room for opera or film
showings
- Austin Community
College
- So UT
students from all around the state can be
parasites on Austin taxpayers
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-
Government
- City of
Austin
- Official
stuff
- Travis
County
- More
official stuff
- Travis
County Appraisal District
- Are you
paying more than your neighbor? Find out!
- Greater Texas
- The Lone
Star in Austin and units of gov't statewide
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- Austin
Chronicle
- Updated
guide to "SoCo" or "Congress"
as South Congress neighbors call it
and guide to South Austin in issue of
Thursday, 4 December 1998
- In Fact
- The dish on
local politics
- SoulCiti Austin
- Complete
Austin-specific African-American infosource;
events! e-mail notification list!
- Austin
Tejano music
- bring back
to the airwaves the music we love; news and
schedules
- Hispanic
Connect
- Community
site
- Crime in South
Austin
- Police
reports by neighborhood
- South
River City Citizens and Bouldin
Creek Neighborhood Association and Dawson
Neighborhood Association and Zilker
Neighborhood Association and South Lamar
Neighborhood Association and Zilker
Neighbors and Travis
Green Condomiumns HOA and Barton
Hills-Horseshoe Bend Neighborhood Association and Galindo
Elementary Neighborhood Association and more
neighborhood associations
- Not in the Statesman
- Austin
American-Statesman
- The official
journal of the new millennium
- Deja
Usenet Archives
- Austin.general,
Austin.food, Austin.music, Austin.gardening;
search the discussion groups; gone to Google and
searchable faster
- Austin
Business Journal
- Not entirely
puff pieces
- KLRU-TV
- Perpetually
raising funds
- KVUE-TV
- ABC 24 (warning!
registration required)
- KEYE-TV
- CBS 42
- KXAN-TV
- NBC 36
- KNVA-TV
- Warner Bros.
54
- KTBC-TV
- Fox 7
- News 8
- Cable local
news
- Austin
City Search
- Small-business
web pages and more, including South
Congress Avenue merchants (check out Off
the Wall), restaurants, and bars,
and check out the domains for our favorite
lodgings (alphabetical order): Austin Motel and San Jose Hotel
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