Many of our vigilant readers emailed to inform us that new Wal-Marts are planned for various locations around Austin, including the lot shown above on Second Street and the former location of the Binswanger Glass Building on South Lamar and Toomey (presumably as the ground floor component of 300 South Lamar). Clearly, this is a response to the community's gleeful embrace of Wal-Mart's plans at NorthCross. An April Fool's prank? Guerrilla marketing by Wal-Mart's... more ›

With great weather, a social atmosphere, and big crowds, there were many good times to be had at last year's Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival Sunday Fair in Georgetown. Having braved the long drive, we found a huge, beautiful park filled with white tents full of salsa, BBQ, chocolate, tamales, and copious amounts of booze. This is probably one's best chance to experience the gluttony of the THCWFF at a moderate cost,... more ›

Yesterday morning Indiana finally joined the rest of us in our switch to Daylight Savings Time. We still haven't fully switched over and are walking around in a haze today. Jill Carroll came home to the States yesterday. She has spoken out some about her captors in Iraq, saying that they forced her words during captivity. Some Travis County officials think that we should put the toll roads up for a vote. Austin's only... more ›

Maxim, the popular Men’s magazine, has played a little April Fool’s prank on the Bush twins. more ›