Seeking Austin Blogs

June 23, 2008 1:11 PM

I'm moving back to Austin, TX in December and am looking for some local blogs to read in the meantime.

I already read Austinist, but with the plethora of neighborhood-based blogs in my current locales (Brooklyn/Baltimore), I've gotten a little spoiled. Where are all the interesting blogs covering local Austin politics and restaurants and such? I've been away from the city for almost 20 years and need a bit of a refresher course!

posted by youcancallmeal to computers & internet (4 comments total)

http://austinbloggers.org is a meta-blog of people writing about Austin.
posted by adamrice at 1:32 PM on June 23

Try:
Metroblogging Austin
Austinist

Good luck!
posted by Argyle at 3:39 PM on June 23

www.burntorangereport.com for politics. (It's a liberal blog.)
posted by Nattie at 3:40 PM on June 23

A good guide to Austin restaurants is a print book called "The Fearless Critic: Austin" (there's also a Houston book). Their website isn't together yet, but it says reviews online are "coming soon." The Statesman (newspaper) also runs Austin360 which has local news, restaurant reviews, etc.
posted by mattbucher at 6:14 PM on June 23