Category Archives: Texas Lifestyle Magazine

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on March 4, 2019. Austin architect Mark Odom is focused on creating architecture experiences around transforming old structures into newly designed, modern structures. Odom and his design studio are known for designing Torchy’s Taco locations and the new Bumble headquarters in the Rosedale neighborhood of Austin. He was already working to restore the iconic Floorcraft CarpetsContinue reading “Five Minutes with Mark Odom, Architect”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on January 25, 2019. Nestled in the Millennium development on downtown Rainey Street, Anthem is giving Austin one of its newest and most diverse menus yet. Since opening its doors last September, Rainey Street’s newest addition, Anthem, has been named America’s Best New Restaurant for 2018 by USAContinue reading “#FoodieFriday: Anthem, a Tex-Asian Pub on Austin’s Rainey Street”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on January 21, 2019. With a kaleidoscope of colors, sounds and individual personalities, the vibrant and explosive funk music of Turkuaz is winning over fans and critics alike. Since hitting the music scene in 2011, the Brooklyn-based nine-piece ensemble has been quietly making an imprint in musicContinue reading “Sounds of Turkuaz: a Little R&B, Psychedelia, a Whole Lotta Funk”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on January 8, 2019. Ann Beeson is a social justice attorney who is recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers. As a native Texan, Ann Beeson develops innovative strategies that will advance social change in Texas. As the CEO of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, she advocates forContinue reading “Five Minutes With CPPP’s Ann Beeson: Advocate for Social Change”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine January 10, 2019. If the image of forest bathing conjures up funny pictures in your mind, you aren’t alone. Forest bathing isn’t at all what you might be picturing. Although it is a relatively new concept in the United States, the Japanese have been immersing themselves inContinue reading “What is Forest Bathing, Anyway?”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine December 12, 2018. Once you’ve decked the halls, trimmed the tree and located the Elf’s newest hiding spot, kick back, relax and share a family movie night with an Austin-inspired, science fiction film. Set and filmed in Austin, ‘Time Trap’ combines the kids-go-missing-in-the-woods premise with Spielberg’s science fiction wonder years.Continue reading “A Film for the Modern Family: Austin-Inspired “Time Trap””

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on December 5, 2018. Since its re-launch in 2012, Austin’s Trail of Lights in downtown Zilker Park has become one of the Capitol City’s top community events. Whether you prefer your lights twinkling or blinking, this distinctly Austin tradition is guaranteed to awaken your holiday spirit thisContinue reading “Austin’s Trail of Lights is Back, Brighter Than Ever!”

This article first appeared in Texas Lifestyle Magazine on April 4, 2019. Austin-based artist LuAnn Barrow’s paintings transport viewers into a world both impossible and seemingly only just out of reach. This exquisitely wrought world, that brings both the familiar and the exotic, is on display now through April 28 at another Austin gem, theContinue reading “Joy & Delight at Austin’s Historic Neill-Cochran House Museum”

This article was first published by Texas Lifestyle Magazine on Feb. 25, 2019. “The Gulf views and beachfront property were all I needed to see to know Cinnamon Shore was where we would build our family’s seaside oasis.” In 2015, Lynn Peters began searching for a family vacation home when she discovered Cinnamon Shore on Mustang Island, Port Aransas, just minutesContinue reading “Architect, Interior Designer, Lynn Peters Opens the Doors to Her Beachfront Oasis”