Sundays at the softball diamond at 3rd & Chicon on the east side. Photo by Paige Maguire......

We've had a bit of a soft spot for Elgin for ages, mostly because of the sausage. Outside of that, we don't really know much about the place. But this week a group of girls from our neighboring community has bumped the barbecue off the map with their play in the Softball Little League World Series in Portland, Oregon. No, it's not the Little League World Series in Williamsport, but still, it's the pinnacle of......

We still need a few drinks before doing any kind of karaoke, even if our jobs depend on it. Several employees at a Vietnamese Oil Company are being punished by their employer for not participating in the festivities. Perhaps they just hadn't gotten to the Jager shots yet. The Texas French Bread on 29th and Rio Grande is feeling the effects of a raid on illegal immigrants. Several employees were arrested, some deported. Some......

The whole world is at your fingertips. Check it out... Shanghaiist probably knows a little more about China than the Chicago Sun-Times. Giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one. The city does too have a music scene. Don't even front like they don't. They also have Dorito bananas and white guys shopping for wives. What they don't have is any more tolerance for jaywalkers. Bostonist sees Boston and Somerville each whip out......

We've only ever had fake plastic trees for Christmas - which, invariably, stay up till August - but those of you with giant pinetrees rotting away in your living rooms might consider dropping them off at Zilker Park. Come mid-January, they'll be recycling the lot and grinding them into mulch, which you can then get ahold of for free. But exercise some caution when handling the fetid fertilizers, says the City of Austin: Christmas......

The Texas Longhorns defeated the Michigan Wolverines in thrilling fashion this January, winning their first-ever Rose Bowl and finishing the season ranked 4th in the nation. Dusty Mangum's field-goal as time expired capped off a gutsy performance by the Horns who were led by the brilliant play of double-threat Vince Young. The Horns won the Rose Bowl trophy, but now they are relying on fans' support to win yet another award, the ESPY Award......

Call us masochists, but in the peak of summer Austinist finds that nothing lets you appreciate the dog days quite like a run around Town Lake. Sure, it always seem to leave us a slop of sweat and tears, but there's plenty of eyecandy keeping your mind distracted while the rest of your body threatens to mutiny. In other words, good times! This is why we're sun-stoked about the second annual Sunstroke Summer Stampede......