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May 2012

South Padre Island Girlfriend Getaway

Posted by jaimedito May 23, 2012

AustinEavesdropper.com author and fellow Austinite, Tolly Moseley, recently took a trip with her girlfriends to South Padre Island, TX and they chose to stay in a vacation rental for their beach weekend. Included below is an excerpt from her post, but you can read the entire thing by clicking here: http://www.austineavesdropper.com/2012/05/a-little-adventure/

“The next morning, we woke up early, and explored our new home. This is the third such beach weekend trip my girlfriends and I have made over the years, and we quickly decided that these digs were in fact The Best: The huge windows, the spacious kitchen, the open deck(s!). “This is where we’re staying every year,” we concluded.”

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Austin Eats and Al Green

Posted by kyleann May 15, 2012

Have you eaten Austin? We have!!

First off, have you been to Austin? If not, why the heck not?

There are amazing food carts of all ethnicities, live music EVERYWHERE and one particularly beautiful house on Riverside to rent through Homeaway! My husband and I recently won a once in a lifetime trip from Homeaway and can not gush enough about Austin and the house we were set up in.

We arrived on a balmy 94 degree day and headed towards our humble three story abode overlooking downtown Austin. And by humble, I mean sleek, well equipped, humongous, inviting stunning house! Thank goodness the AC was on, we Northwesterners are not accustomed to that heat and humidity. Not knowing where to start the exploration we headed out and started hitting up the food trucks! Gourdough's, ChiLantro, Hey! You gonna Eat or What?, Wholly Cow Burger, Stubb's and ohhhh so many more delectable spots!! We went on a culinary extravaganza during our trip.

The highlight of our trip was meeting Al Green at Austin City Limits and watching him sing with his 14 piece band! We cannot thank Homeaway for their tremendous generosity and hospitality. They picked a great house and showed us a great time.

PS. We highly recommend the 25 minute drive to Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood - Hands down the best we ever had!

Kyle Ann and Tony Radanovic

Lacey, WA

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A Red Rocks Wedding

Posted by maryb May 2, 2012

My (now) husband and I live in New Hampshire and we planned a destination wedding in Sedona, AZ, in October 2010. Sedona was a destination that we both wanted to visit because of the beautiful Red Rocks and the peaceful surroundings.

Through Homeaway.com, we were fortunate enough to stay in Rob's home (Homeaway #392734). This home has spectacular views of the Red Rocks from every room; a gorgeous entranceway; heated pool and hot tub; and two full living areas. It's also very close to the shops in Sedona.

We were married outdoors at Cathedral Rock, which was a perfect wedding venue for us, and had our reception at Cucina Rustica.

On the morning of our wedding day, I was sitting at the outside porch at 5:00 AM and was fortunate enough to see a hot air balloon flying above the Red Rocks; a sight I will never forget. We were so furtunate to be married in Sedona and, when we return to Sedona, will always stay at this home!

Mary (and Bob) Bowles

New Hampshire

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