Posted Austin Bites: Shilla to Austinist
Shilla offers delicious beef and pork bulgogi, tabletop barbecuing for marinated ribs and the like, and whole broiled mackerel. Shilla also offers sushi that, while not exactly top-tier, is fresh and better than we expected.
Posted Snapshots: Sock Monkey Nativity Near 37th Street to Austinist
Photos from the Sock Monkey Nativity holiday display around the corner of 37th street taken by
Brian Berzer.
Posted Practically Verdant: Austin Named in Top 10 Greenest Cities List to Austinist
Yesterday the
EarthLab Foundation announced its annual list of the top 10 greenest cities in America. Austin ranked 9th in this year's list. The list is compiled by sampling the one million plus users of the website's carbon and lifestyle calculator that has been featured in Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary
The Eleventh Hour, at the 2007 Emmy Awards, and by Al Gore's
Alliance for Climate Protection.
Posted Austin Bites: Mighty Fine Burgers, Fries, and Shakes (Hmm, Not So Fine Really) to Austinist
Mighty Fine Burgers have set themselves up a branding punchline. At the risk of being obvious to the point of heavy-handed, we'll say that Mighty Fine Burgers is not so much mighty fine as somewhat passable.
Posted Your Website Is So 2002: Austin Needs Your Input on the City's Web Redesign to Austinist
City Council Member Lee Leffingwell and the City of Austin seek resident and visitor input alike for a major City of Austin website redesign via the
Austin Go survey. Up until January 4th, you can tell the gub'ment just how you'd like their new-fangled webhighwaytubes to assist you by filling out the online survey on such topics as how you use the
City of Austin site, how you'd like to see it improved, and how you rate redesign areas such as navigation, timeliness and accuracy of the online information the city provides, and security of personal information.