Travis among healthiest counties in Texas
Travis was ranked in the top ten healthiest counties in Texas. The country was seventh in terms of health outcomes (measures of mortality and morbidity) and ninth in terms of health factors (what influences the health of the county). Williamson Country, which includes parts of Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander, and Georgetown, topped the [...]
From the Publisher, Tiger Speaks
Tiger Woods is scheduled to give a press conference around 10:30 a.m. today. There is much anticipation around the world’s number one golfer. Regardless, if you like golf or not, it’s a big deal. Prior to Thursday, the last time we saw Woods in public was on Thanksgiving – if you don’t count the rehab [...]
If you like purple
By Frank Garrett Jr. Austin Times Staff I opened last Sunday’s local paper to the news that incumbent governor Rick Perry has a healthy lead over his two challengers. My surprise at the gap between him and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison soon gave way to remembering exactly where we are – Texas. The good old [...]
Austin Music Office releases local compilation CD online
It’s a little bit country, a little bit rock’n’roll, a little bit of everything. Just in time for the 2010 SXSW festival, “Austin Music, Vol. 9” is a compilation CD recently released by the Austin Music Office, a division of the Austin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, to give music fans a taste of the bands [...]
The Souvenir Menu: Tien Jin
Years ago, when I was working in South Austin, I tried a small Chinese restaurant in a strip mall called Tien Jin. The lunch buffet, while better than average, had not hinted at the wonderful food that was possible. A good friend, who had been going there for years told, me that I had simply [...]
Fitness with Román González: The Lunge
Getting back to exercises, in this article I will go over yet another staple of the exercise world, the lunge. Lunges share some similarities with one of our favorite exercises, i.e. squat. The lunge is a great exercise for your glutes (a.k.a. butt) and thighs, as well as being a compound movement, which utilizes two [...]
Fashion Freakout 2010
This week’s adventure in fashionland took me to the front lines the third annual “Fashion Freakout” put on by the ever-so-clever with an eye for detail Audrie San Miguel, co-owner of Prototype Vintage Design. This year’s event took place on a crisp Friday night at the Mohawk. Fashion Freakout took me “Back to the Future” [...]
How to Decrease the Increase in your Prescription Drug Costs
By Joanna Crain Guest Columnist The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services projects that by 2016, prescription drug spending will rise to $497.5 billion, a 148% increase from 2005. With the increase in drug costs, insurance companies have removed certain drugs from their coverage or increased copays. That stinks! Sure health care reforms are [...]
Single in Austin: V-Day
Saint Valentine’s Day is just a couple of days away and, of course, I feel the pressure to write about love or, rather, the lack thereof… What is Valentine’s anyway? Should it be exclusive to couples, or can we single souls also partake? I don’t know exactly why, but I always manage to keep myself single [...]
Recommended Event Listings for 12Feb-19Feb
Fri / 12 Feb MUSIC // Concierto Vivo Alternativo – Presented by ViVo ALTeRNATIVO and GoHispano. Celebrate V-day early with music by Rubik, from Monterrey, Mexico, Latin Hip-Hop with Manzanas Malas, and Arthur Yoria with his electroacoustic show. 9pm. $5 cover. All ages. Ruta Maya, 3601 S Congress Ave. MUSIC // El Tule with Huerta [...]
