Kelly I. Hitchcock
It’s Okay If Your Thanksgiving Table Wasn’t Set By Martha
Thanksgiving was a big deal in my family growing up. It was my dad’s favorite holiday (football, food, family, yes please!). But what wasn’t a big deal in my family: dishes. We had them,...
Your Next Read Awaits at the Texas Book Festival
The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin this weekend! Free and open to the public for its 28th year, the Texas Book Festival is a celebration of all things bookish that draws authors...
Happy Hour in South Austin
Now that it gets dark at 5 PM, I can’t hang late into the evening anymore (who are we kidding… I couldn’t before Daylight Savings Time ended, either). So, I love a good happy...
The Parent’s Guide to Austin Kiddie Limits
The family-friendly Austin City Limits music festival returns to Zilker Park October 4-6 and October 11-13. If you’re an adult with a wristband for weekend one or weekend two who’s planning on bringing the...
You Know It’s Fall in Austin When…
You know it's Fall in Austin When...
You break out your UT hoodie for those brisk eighty-degree evenings.
You need a new bottle of SPF 100 and a pool noodle without teeth marks, but HEB wants...
Outdoor Movies in and around Austin
I’m old enough to have distinct memories of going to the local drive-in movie theater when I was a kid. We’d fill a large paper grocery bag with popcorn we made on the stove...
Free Summer Musicals in and around Austin
Zilker Theater Productions, Magnolia Musical Theater, and Inspired Minds Art Center are putting on these amazing Free Summer Musicals in and around Austin. Don't miss your chance to catch a show!
Inspired Minds Art Center:...
Volunteering in Austin with Kids
If having your kids cooped up for the summer is causing some attitude, maybe it’s time to inject some gratitude! Generation Serve and Austin Allies are great places to discover and sign up for...
Infertility Awareness Month: I Am The 1 in 8
In 2014, I stumble-scrolled onto the kind of social media post guaranteed to send me into a spiral of sadness: a pregnancy announcement from one of my cousins. Within weeks, three more cousins (all...
20 Austin Authors to Check Out for Children’s Book Week
May 6-May 12 is Children’s Book Week – a celebration of children’s literature and the joy of reading since 1919. The theme for this year’s Children’s Book Week is No Rules, Just Read, which...