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🍦16 BEST ICE CREAM SCOOPS🍦 I ❤️ ice crea

🍦16 BEST ICE CREAM SCOOPS🍦 I ❤️ ice cream so much sometimes I eat it for my breakfast dessert— it’s kinda like cereal with milk ya know? Not enough people indulge in @fresaschicken scoops, and I want you to know that yes, they are an ice cream destination with the best Cookies n Cream + Mexican Vanilla— it even comes with a sprinkle cookie! Here is my list of favorite locally owned frozen treats around Austin!

🍦 @jimjimswaterice mint chip or blackberry
🍦 @merry_monarch_creamery ALL pints
🍦 @mananaatx pints To-Go (birthday cake + peanut brownie)
🍦 @gelateriagemelli salted caramel
🍦 @tinygroceratx vegan @sweetritual Soft Serve
🍦 @gati.icecream vegan Golden Milk + Chocolate
🍦 @zedsicecream for fruity flavors like strawberry
🍦 @amysicecreams Mexican Vanilla + @reeses
🍦 @ilbruttoaustin hazelnut + pistachio gelato
🍦 @tinyboxwoodsaustin cookie dough
🍦 @dolcenevegelato
🍦 @manolisatx cookies n cream
🍦 @swaythai Thai Tea Affogato
🍦 @comedortx Tamal de Chocolate with Caramelized Milk Ice Cream
🍦 @jeffreysofaustin the ice cream with sprinkles for birthdays!

Hey Heyyyy!! If you’re always looking for the NE

Hey Heyyyy!! If you’re always looking for the NEW hot spots + can’t keep straight what has opened since last yearish, I’ve got a fun, shiny guide for you! Trying something new over here so I hope you like—I’ve created a colorful, one-sheet guide to all my favorite new restaurants/bars for you to download in bio link and save on your phone whenever you need it! Enjoy!!
A few Chek Recs you’ll find by category on it: 💫💫💫

🎉STARTERS: @codependentatx
🎉QUICKIES: @texsueno
🎉MAINS: @sammiesitalian
🎉DRINKS: @lolo_wine
🎉DIM SUM•SUSHI•BENTO @qiaustinrestaurant
🎉DEAL CLOSERS: @abbyjaneyall

Hellooo party people!!! This NEW Sea Salt Chocolat

Hellooo party people!!! This NEW Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookie from @scull_house_sweets paired w @merry_monarch_creamery wild flavored pints (swipe 👉🏻) is an unreal combination that actually gave me butterflies! This cookie has my sea salt touch although not gooey is soft + the poptarts are flaky + dense! The ice cream flavors are unlike any I’ve ever seen here + the mix-in cookie/cake ratios are just right. Think Gianduja S’mores (gianduja, who? Same!) — it’s hazelnut w mallows + grahams. 🍦

✨✨✨Find them tomorrow, July 1st at their driveway pop-up address is 7724 Lowenfield Dr. from 6- 8 p.m. They will have handpie flavored pints!!

A burger that plays hard to get, sells out immedia

🏔HOT DENVER TIPS🏔 I grew up skiing and hikin

🏔HOT DENVER TIPS🏔 I grew up skiing and hiking in the outer towns of Denver every year, but this was my first deep dive into the Mile High City! Seeing a show @redrocksco has always been a dream of mine, and I never expected to see one of my best friends perform there! I LOVE the blue skies, mountain hikes, great food, lovely people, and here are my favorite discoveries from last weekend:
🏔Hotel @theramblehotel - best feel-good entrance w @deathandcompany as the lobby, perf location, beautiful chandeliers, great bath products
🏔Ice Cream @gelato.boy salty cookies + cream / buttercake caramel
🏔Hike Mount Sanitas in Boulder — will have you sucking wind up there!
🏔Lunch + Drinks @mister_oso_ brussesls sprouts salad w dried canteloupe, best + flaky emapanadas ever had, birria tacos, frozen drinks
🏔Dinner @eatwithsafta overdosed on pita, get lamb shank + falafel
🏔Shop - @shoprecital for jewels, clothes, apothecary
🏔Market @dencentralmkt + @temperdenver chocolate
🏔Dispencery @livwellcannabis_

P.s. thanks for the great natural dyed @lululemon @kelljokrause !

What’s the deal with Lockhart, the BBQ Capital o

What’s the deal with Lockhart, the BBQ Capital of Texas? Well, by now you know my family settled in Lockhart in the late 1800’s! The Glosserman’s did everything to support the tiny town + community from running the grocery store, clothing shop, mayor, led the Jewish congregation at high holidays, and still run the Chevrolet dealership. My strong childhood memories include driving to visit our cousins for the best BBQ in the world and cousin Abbi would sneak us to the front of the line because everyone loved her. So with that, I’ll have you know that the BBQ in Austin is BETTER these days + @terryblacks_bbq on Barton Springs which was born in Lockhart is the one to visit. This is where you’ll dive into the Beef Rib, Turkey, Mac ’n Cheese, Green Beans, + my favorite— CORN MUFFIN. 🐄🐄🐄

I am thrilled to see Lockhart getting on the map with local chefs and artists moving there now as the food scene is going to be a reason to visit instead of just smoked meats!

Deep Eddy Pool is the oldest pool in Texas and nat

Deep Eddy Pool is the oldest pool in Texas and naturally spring-fed from the Colorado River which means it’s chlorine free and a chilly 70 degrees year round! It has a man made bottom (kinda like a country club). I come for the morning laps although if you come late evening you get a gorgeous sunset view over Town Lake and a great burger + soft serve reward @poolburgeraustin 🍔
P.S. The shallow end is now open for summer for the kiddos and lawn hanging is back. Hours are M W Th Sat 9 am - 7pm no ressies

It’s a little competitive out there in the taco

It’s a little competitive out there in the taco world. You can literally get a taco on any block at any food truck or restaurant and everyone is very confident and passionate about their spot. Well, I’ve had a number of bad random tacos in the search to find these… these are the WINNERS + I prefer chicken + brisket, doughy tortillas so you know my flava flaves:
🌮 @asadoratx chicken adobo
🌮 @tacoflats best breakfast
🌮 @veracruztacos
🌮 @valentinastexmexbbq
🌮 @texsueno sweet potato
🌮 @nixtataqueria vegetarian + tuna tostada
🌮 @la.tunita.512 birria
🌮 @tacodeli
🌮 @joannsaustin breakfast
🌮 @ciscosaustin migas
🌮 @eatwellatx gf breakfast
🌮 @grannystacosatx chilaquiles taco
🌮 @tamale_house chicken mole
🌮 @fresaschicken but quesadilla
🌮 @elprimoatx
🌮 @reunion19atx cauliflower
✨ Two I’m dying to try are @autenticos_michoacanos_ + @paprikaatx ✨

💄TOP 10 IMPRESSIVE💄 dinners to treat a date,

💄TOP 10 IMPRESSIVE💄 dinners to treat a date, partner, yourself + really get it on in your mouth through these craveable dishes + dining room beauties:
✨ @sushibaratx omakase
✨ @atx_cocina hamachi + queso fundido
✨ @hestia_austin scallops
✨ @summerhouseonmusiclane ribeye + fries
✨ @justinesbrasserie steak frites
✨ @lenoiratx whole fish
✨ @eberlyatx cedar tavern + octopus + cauli
✨ @junesallday chicken Paillard + matzoh ball soup
✨ @swaythai everything!
✨ @fondasanmigueltx

🌻r e a d🌻 ~How Miraval Cured Me From Languis

🌻r e a d🌻 ~How Miraval Cured Me From Languishing~ and got me feeling like a butterfly again! It’s true, I thought I transformed into a permanent homebody after my vaccine last month. I had been waiting to finally fully break out + boogie with friends I hadn’t seen, meet new people, and tear it up, but I struggled to feel up for it physically and just wanted to be alone/rest. This caused me to feel even worse and put more pressure on myself bur I couldn’t do it. AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, @miravalaustin invited me to a relaxing, getaway and my NYC sister-friend flew down to rendezvous w me in their magical bluebonnet and healing haven. ✨✨✨

We: laughed like old times, overdosed on healthy cacao 🥑 cookies, upside down floating meditation, took a bluebonnet photography class, but most of all they offered a small group therapist-led discussion about Life, Loss, & Grief that really gave me tools to pull myself out of the dungeon. Learning these stages helped me realize that no, my personality did not float away, but I needed to be kind and show up for myself first instead of everyone else if I wanted to feel good again. It doesn’t happen overnight, but it’s important to give ourselves that time to recharge, turn off our phones, take off work, ignore text messages, and there is no better way to find support than the nature and hospitality @miravalresorts . I hope you read my article, and I hope if you are struggling with finding how to be a human again or PTSD from the last year, that this helps and you aren’t alone!!

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