Kristy Owen's (kristyowen) Blog

Today I am blogging on one of my favorite things to do, paintball. It is one of those creative ways to get outside and have some completely random fun. Plus, for me is it always such an odd adrenaline rush, whenever I am done I have this crazy feeling that I can do anything. With kids being out ...

My furry friend has been on vacation at my parents house and finally is coming back to Austin for awhile so that brings me to one of my favorite “pet friendly” establishments. This is a great South Austin hang out, they have so many fun regular scheduled events, not to mention live music and a g...

Confused by the name, don’t worry so was I at first. The name stems from the fact that they are the only cupcake shop in Austin that offers cake and ice cream and all their ice cream and cupcakes are homemade from scratch. I first had their cupcakes when a coworker brought them into the office t...

I have been just so excited to blog on this event and since Sunday was the official kickoff to bat season I thought no better time than the present. Plus, with school just getting out, this seemed like a unique thing to do to kickoff summer. Kayaking on what we now call Lady Bird Lake, plus watc...

Great news, it is Friday again. Sometimes on Friday with it being date night and going out night I like to blog on a new Trendy Place to try. I keep hearing their commercials on the radio and when I heard about the FREE Crawfish Boil every Friday I thought Free Crawfish was worth blogging about....

After blogging on Schloz Garten yesterday it really got me in the Austin Saloon mood, even though I am not much of a beer drinker I can still enjoy the atmosphere.  Why did I choose Shiner’s Today? Hands down, they have the best location. Shiner’s Saloon sits on the second floor, yes second floo...

I hope that everyone is getting back to their normal schedules after the holiday weekend, short weeks are always good in my book. Inspired by the recent announcement that Formula One is coming to Austin in the near future I thought Austin’s Park would be the perfect place to blog on. It is one o...