It's the short-haired waitress at Spider House, or the barista at Flipnotics. It's the winsome Bookpeople guy with glasses, or that guy in all the plays at Salvage Vanguard. It's your local secret crush. It's old news that Austin has evolved from a sleepy college town into a burgeoning city of big-city transplants, international ex-pats, Houston/Dallas refugees and former Californians. With this influx has come the influence of new ideas about urban density, mass... more ›

This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too—two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the city's Congonhas... more ›

It's the your favorite bartender at Sao Paulo, or the girl in the cutoffs at El Chilito. It's the smokin' UPS guy, or one of the Lone Star Rollergirls. It's your local secret crush. It's hard to believe that it's been over sixteen years since Linklater's Slacker edified the collective and individual characters that make Austin, well, Austin. Although Liberty Lunch is long gone, the people that make our city great remain. And what... more ›

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell... more ›

Austin has many flavors. An overwhelming amount of them are Mexican, Tex-Mex, and BBQ, but hey, no one can say that we don't have our share of fine dining, as well as variety. Interested parties can sample a good many of these flavors at this weeks Taste of Austin event. more ›

We say to ourselves, we say, selves, time for some Brazilian food. Because we are hungry and we've seen way too much of Thundercloud Subs. Not to mention Italian, Chinese, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Selves, we say, let's go out to eat and eat well; let's go to Sao Paulo's. Plus, we hear they have good fancy drinks. São Paulo's used to be SamPaio's. So recently, in fact, that the old name... more ›