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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'sunsetvalley'

March 3, 2008

In case you're still curious about where to vote on Tuesday, we've reprinted the official list from the Travis County Clerk web site as of Monday evening. For up-to-date information, you might want to double-check the Office of the Registrar's database To find out which precint you're in, use their handy Voter Verification form. From the Elections Divison: Registered voters can vote with a voter registration card, driver’s license or any official photo ID,......

Continue Reading "Polling Places for March 4th"

January 23, 2008

This month's Green Drinks is kicking the New Year off with some eat-right type resolutions. Salila Travers, organizer of the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market and owner of Aztec Organic Pest Service for over 25 years, will be on tap to share her passion for organic foods and nutritional expertise with the environmentally aware and sustainability professionals that make up Austin Green Drinks....

Continue Reading "Green Drinkers Talk Grub"

November 29, 2007

Image from www.sustain-a-ball.org Sustainable Shopper’s Ball, "Have a Green, Green Christmas!" FestivalSaturday, December 1Burger Center (3200 Jones Road)9am-2pm, FREE[info]It's time for the second annual Sustainable Shopper's Ball Green Holiday Festival! Over 60 local vendors will be at the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market at Burger Center this Saturday with plenty of sustainable products and gift ideas to choose from. You can finally buy that sun oven for your brother-in-law, or an electronic motorcycle for yourself. You......

Continue Reading "Green Christmas: Sustainable Shopper's Ball This Saturday!"

November 26, 2007

Photo from Soundcheck Magazine Austin's 2nd Annual Green Holiday Festival, "The Sustainable Shopper's Ball!", returns to the Sunset Valley Farmers Market with over 60 local vendors and educators offering everything from bamboo homewares to luxury organic linens SXSW Film Festival Producer Matt Dentler shares some insider tips on what the film programming team is looking for - "Should you spend money on a fancy press kit? Should you check your DVD screener 4 different times......

Continue Reading "The Week in the IST List"

August 23, 2007

Anyone interested in learning about the farm bill, buying some sustainable grass-fed beef and fresh local eggs and long beans, or just finding somewhere nice to walk around with a fair-trade, locally-roasted coffee should consider heading to one of Austin’s farmers markets this Saturday. Figs, apples, pears, purple long beans, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash blossoms, greens, basil, garlic, shallots, onions, and summer squash are among the fresh seasonal picks available at the markets this......

Continue Reading "Farmer’s Market Roundup: This Week at the Markets"

August 18, 2006

Kermit the Frog was right: It’s not easy being green. We find it extremely difficult to “think green” when the 100-degree heat is turning everything brown. The truth is, despite the current crisping of our landscape, Austin holds its own in its greenness as one of the most environmentally conscientious cities in the world. Some Austinites who have made this passion for green living their way of life are assembling tomorrow. Hosted by the......

Continue Reading "Do The Bright Thing: The Sustainable Shopper’s Ball Returns This Weekend"

May 8, 2006

A few weeks ago, we told you about the Sustainable Shopper's Ball, a local pro-green organization that holds occasional outdoor market festivals at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market, one of Audobon Magazine's top ten FMs in the country. Their next event, on Saturday, May 20th, promises to be bigger and better than the last, with even more vendors, lectures on green-living, activities for the kids, and local businesses attending. SSB #3 also coincides with the......

Continue Reading "(Another) Gathering of Green Giants"

April 28, 2006

It must be the season because we are hearing a lot about strawberries lately. If you love a good strawberry (and who doesn't?), you might want to take a drive out to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market Saturday, April 29th, between 9:30am and 1:00pm. There you will find strawberry pies, shortcakes, strawberry salsa, strawberry jam, and probably even a few fresh strawberries. Sunset Valley Farmer's MarketToney Burger Center 3200 Jones Road (on 290 West......

Continue Reading "Strawberry Jubilee! (forever?)"

March 24, 2006

We were just browsing around treehugger.com, when found out about a green-friendly event happening around these parts tomorrow: the Sustainable Shopper's Ball is an Austin-based pro-green organization that promotes local "businesses, non-profit groups, and educators that contribute to the outstanding quality of life that Austin provides for its rapidly growing population." Tomorrow, at the Sunset Valley Farmers Market at Toney Burger Center, they're hosting their first-ever outdoor Green Living Festival, bringing together a bevy of......

Continue Reading "A Gathering of Green Giants"

January 4, 2006

Sometimes one finds oneself on the outskirts of town (say, shopping, um, at a mall) and one has the need to get dinner, like NOW. And also, one has a toddler so one can't just go anywhere. One needs a family friendly kind of restaurant. In this situation we usually head to Central Market, but we aren't anything if not totally sick of eating at Central Market. We don't care that they have a......

Continue Reading "Biting Into Red Robin"

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