Our Cool Blog — Retro Austin
Austin Places We Still Miss
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The Restaurants and Hangouts That Defined an Era There are places you remember because something important happened there. And then there are places you remember because you were always there. A burger after school. Coffee that somehow lasted three hours. Flipping through records with no particular album in mind. Meeting somebody on the Drag without texting first to make sure they were coming. Sitting outside on a warm Austin evening because nobody was in much of a hurry to go home. For those who lived in Austin during the 1980s, ’90s and early 2000s, the city was filled with places...
The Art of Looking Like You've Owned It Forever
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Why do some shirts feel like old favorites the first time you wear them? It has less to do with age than with the stories great vintage-inspired design quietly tells.
How We Kept Cool in Austin
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Some remember the truck parked near a ballfield in the late afternoon or appearing at their football practice.