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Posts from: January 2017

Historic Sixth Street and the Driskill Hotel. C00146, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.

Historic Austin: East Sixth Street

By Christine Felton on Jan. 20, 2017

East Sixth Street is a National Register historic district in Austin, TX with six blocks of turn-of-the-century Victorian commercial buildings. It is also the heart of the music scene in the Live Music Capital of the World®. Before the music era began, the area was a melting pot of small businesses…

Mean Eyed Cat. Courtesy of Mean Eyed Cat.

How to Get Weird in Austin

By Guest Blogger on Jan. 18, 2017

From haunted saloons and bizarre museums to junk cathedrals and a strange take on the game of bingo, these attractions help prove that Texas’s lovable capital is just as quirky as the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan makes them seem. Get ready to get weird in Austin! Mean Eyed Cat Bar The Mean Eyed Cat…