{"id":15964,"date":"2014-01-16T00:01:29","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barbarafalconernewhall.com\/?p=15964"},"modified":"2014-01-16T00:01:29","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:01:29","slug":"the-hfunky-charms-of-east-austin-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/the-hfunky-charms-of-east-austin-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW: The Funky Charms of East Austin, Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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East Austin, Texas: The sign over the driveway reads, “Beer, Wine, Smokes, Peace.” Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

East Austin, Texas, has everything it takes to be a first-rate hipster neighborhood — street art, food trucks, farmers markets, coffee shops, affordable (so far) housing, parks, artists’ studios, walkability — and, most important, a carefree, offbeat vibe.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn has its Williamsburg neighborhood. Los Angeles has Silver Lake. Portland, Oregon,<\/p>\n

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East Austin, Texas: Viva el Este! Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

has the Pearl District. San Francisco has its Mission District. And Texas has East Austin.<\/p>\n

Even Forbes Magazine has taken notice of the funky charms of East Austin, rating it No. 7 of the top ten US hipster havens. That and it’s in Austin — the site of the annual SXSW festival.<\/p>\n

You’ll find burrito food trucks in East Austin, a park with a pretty lake, and an artists’ studio tour. And, lucky for me and my trusty point-and-shoot, East Austin’s got lots of crazy-ingenious stuff to photograph. Here goes:<\/p>\n

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Pizza! They deliver, but not in this Airstream. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Bouldin Creek Cafe proudly declares itself to be a “Caffeine Dealer” serving breakfast all day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Sign<\/a>
The Broken Spoke<\/a> dance hall — famous for its honky tonk music and good times. Photos by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Roadhouse<\/a>
The sign at Roadhouse Antiques<\/a> is antique, but its display window featured neon moderne.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Graffiti<\/a>
One-stop shopping: At the Casa de los Muertos<\/a> pipe and head shop you can get a tattoo and a hand-blown glass pipe. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Leal's<\/a>
Leal’s Tire Shop . . . and Montezuma? Photo by BF Newhal<\/em>l<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Plush Club. Bar. Dance club. Professional services. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
Cool graffiti. It’s the Day of the Dead all year round in Austin. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
Greetings from the capitol of Texas. Photo by BF Newhall<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the last of my posts about the oh-so-photogenic Austin, Texas. <\/em>Fo<\/em>r more Austin stories go to “The Ghost of 300 Million Dead Trees Hovers Over a Lake in Texas”<\/a> and “Quirky, Lovable Austin.” <\/a>\u00a0 Also, “Austin — A City With Its Soul on Its Sleeve.”<\/a><\/em> For another travel story, see “Shanghai Chic — Where a Woman’s Style Starts With Her Shoes.”<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Deep in the heart of Texas is a neighborhood that has everything it takes to be a first-rate hipster haven — street art, food trucks, farmers markets, coffee shops, parks, affordable (so far) housing, artists’ studios, walkability — and, most important, a carefree, offbeat vibe. Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1102,34,1103,1104,395,82,31,32,1096,1097,33,872],"class_list":["post-15964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-case-of-the-human-condition","tag-austin-texas","tag-dont-miss","tag-east-austin","tag-hipsters","tag-neighborhoods","tag-on-the-funny-side","tag-photo-ops","tag-photography","tag-street-art","tag-sxsw","tag-travel","tag-travel-adventures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/server.stagingweb3.net\/barbarafalconernewhall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}