Welcome to Austin

This was a more ambitious project than I expected. Its taken quite a bit of time to track it all down. So let me start by saying if there is an Austin blog or forum that isn’t on here, please, send me an email or drop something in the comments. If it meets the rules I’ve set up then I will gladly update.

Rules? That’s right. This is not the first time someone has tried to collect up Austin blogs. But I haven’t found one that has been exactly what I hope this one is. So this is how you get included…

It has to be about Austin. Which is not the same as a blog by someone from Austin. There are a lot of great Austin bloggers, but many of their posts aren’t about Austin proper.

A similar note…an Austin business blog is only included if the information in it is relevant to people besides your customers. If it is only specials, deals or feature updates, I didn’t list it

Has to be updated within the past 6 months or so.

I think that’s fair. So lets get to it.

What to do Blogs

What are we going to do today? The question never really seems to go away. These will help you figure out the answer.

365 Things to Do in Austin

Austin Bloggy Limits – Music

Amber Demure Where you can get free drinks

Austin Free Events

Austinite Tips

Austin Music Scene

Austin Radar

Austin Social Planner Very usable site

Cool in Austin

Do512 Blog

Free Fun in Austin Family friendly items

The Thread Austin

Velvet Coffin

Food Blogs

This was a difficult section because there are many people in Austin blogging about food, but very few blogging about ‘Austin food’

Austin Burger News

Austin Food Carts

Eater Austin

Epicuriosities

Fed Man Walking

Food Trailers Austin

Relish Austin

Slow Food Austin

South Austin Foodie

Taco Journalism

Drinking Blogs

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that Austin has several blogs dedicated to drinking. I was surprised to see how many were dedicated to beer in Austin (or that there is that much to know about local beer).

Austin Beer Guide

I Love Beer

Liquid[/one_half] [one_half_last]

Tipsy Texan

What are you drinking?

You Stay Hoppy Austin [/one_half_last]

Neighborhood Blogs

Allandale Reporter

Bouldin Creek

Burleson Heights

Downtown Austin Blog

East Austinite

East Austin News

North Austin Community Newsletter

North Loop Scoop

South Lamar

SRCC Neighborhood Association

Way Out West Austin

Public Policy Blogs

Similarly, this are blogs are about issues specific to Austin. Blogs about state or national issues are not included.

Austin Contrarian – Urban planning

Austin On Your Feet

Keep Austin Wonky – Politics

M1EK’s Bake-Sale of Bile – Transportation

Salsa Verde – Environmental news

Shortcuts – Transportation news

Entertainment/Social Scene Blogs

These blogs are about the people in the local scene, not necessarily things to do.

ATXgossip.com – Celebrity sightings

Austin Movie Blog

It’s Always Funny in Austin – Comedy scene

Out & About – Social Scene

Seeing Things – Arts scene

Miscellaneous Blogs

There isn’t much to explain. Marvel in the variety of things that people will blog about.

Austin Legal

Austin on Rails – Ruby on Rails user Group

Austinot – All kinds of Austin stuff

Austin Poo Blog – Exactly what it sounds like

AustinStartup– Tech news

Austin Texas Bike Stuff

Austin Towers – Land development around town

Birding on BroadMeade – Birdwatching

Somos Austin – Latino news

Starting Up – Startup news

Transplantable Rose – Gardening

Austin Forums

Each of these have their own flavor and etiquette. You may want to lurk for awhile before you jump in and start posting.

Austin Bass Fishing

Bike Mojo – Biking specific

Chowhound – Food Specific

City-Data.com – Seems to be geared to real estate questions

LiveJournal

Reddit – Please do a search before you post a question

Yelp Reviews of local businesses

That’s all I know. Again, please let me know what I (inevitably) missed. Of course all of the blogs/forums here are included in our Austin Search Engine. There is also lots of non-blog information about Austin here too.