03/07/2019
Austin is a city full of amazing places to eat, from cafes to diners and from bars to restaurants. If you are planning a weekend visit to this fabulous city, I have the perfect food guide for you! Find out where to eat in Austin, featuring some of my favorite haunts! It’s that time of year again and while some people might bemoan the traffic and congestion that comes along with the territory of SXSW, I personally love these 10 days when some of the most innovative and most interesting brands and individuals descend upon our beloved city … 
(This feature was photographed at Le Politique, one of my favorite spots in Austin. I love the brasserie for a moody, romantic dinner by night and is the perfect spot for a business lunch by day. The french pastries in the patisserie are my favorite in the city.) This past holiday break felt long in all the best senses of the word. On most days I could not have accurately told you the day of the week or what was happening in the world. I spent so very little time on my laptop and my most pressing wardrobe decision usually centered around … 
We were standing outside the ferry building last week, taking in the tree green water and Bay Bridge views while wondering if we were going to opt in for the line at the hopping oyster spot, when talks of the next day’s activities arose. I would be on a 6am flight home to see my babies, but Aaron and his co-workers still had one more night of work in the city and were discussing the possibility of going to Alcatraz. I mentioned that I had been a few times as a kid—it was one of my mom’s favorite things to do in the city and we came here … 
I was spending time on Saturday morning watching Ever play in the play room. She will be 11 months at the end of this month. She is my human alarm clock and when I hear her begin to wake I make my way to the kitchen, make my morning latte and then go up to see her. I love those first morning glances as I slowly push the door to her room open, followed by the feeling of her sweet, chubby body curling up on mine when I pick her up. I bring her downstairs and she nurses in the playroom where we spend the next 45 minutes together– she …