Around Austin-Wednesday January 21st 2025-Fog this morning in the Austin Hill Country after light rain overnight. Consult your favorite forecast but the consensus is for lows ranging from 22°F with Cold Rain, Wintry Mix and Snow Friday through Sunday. Cold ranging from 23°-34° F will continue through next Monday through Friday.

Around Austin-Top Ten Meeting Facilities-Travis County Expo Center 265,000 SQFT, Circuit of The Americas (COTA) 259,500, Kalahari Resort 200,000, Palmer Events Center 125,000, HEB Center of Cedar Park 114,111, AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center 90,000, Moody Center 69,876, Camp Lucy 51,601, Q2 Stadium 47,167 and at #10 The Long Center for the Performing Arts 46,000. Ten other venues listed ~15,000-36,000. Data from Austin Business Journal January 9-15, 2026 pp16

Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunday morning January 18th 2026. Second place finisher, Johen Deleon #55 averaged 04:53/mile, 1.18.98 behind Victor Shitsama who had the winning time of 01:02:38. See another Johen Deleon image below.

Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunday morning January 18th 2026-Cheering them on! Above Johen Deleon's family and friends braved the cold to support Johen who finished second. See more fan images below. Supporting Dad Bring great vibe Crowd's line the finish. Above #33 Noah Stevenson finished third with an average pace of 04:54 minutes per mile.

Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunday morning January 18th 2026. A runner and partner celebrate his finish. See another image below.

Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon-Sunday morning January 18th 2026. Victor Shitsama #5228 finished first with a time of 01:02:38 at an average pace of 04:47 minutes per mile.

Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunday morning January 18th 2026. Paige Hofstad, #44, was the first women with a time of 01:12:50 and an average pace of 05:34 minutes/mile. See more images below. Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunday morning January 18th 2026. Paige Hofstad was the first women with a time of 01:12:50 and an average pace of 05:34 minutes/mile. See mor images below. Around Austin-Austin International Half Marathon, Sunda

Texas Girls 6A High School Basketball-West Lake Hills, Texas-Friday evening January 16th 2026. Westlake entered the game against visiting Dripping Springs 5-0 in conference, 28-0 overall, ranked #1 in Texas and #16 in America. Dripping Springs was 2-3 in conference and 17-5 overall and ranked #308 in Texas. Westlake jumped out early. Score by Quarter Westlake 20-7, 36-13, 60-24 and 71-32. Image above #0 Molly Frazer on the break passing to #15 Tamia King. See many image

Around Austin-The Spurs Austin International Half Marathon this Sunday January 18th 2026, with at 7:30 AM start. View above from the Runner Number and SWAG pickup at the Palmer Events Center-Friday and Saturday. This is the first year of the Spurs title sponsorship. The Half includes at $10,000 elite price purse, attracting more than 45 top male and female competitors. The Half starts on Stonelake Blvd., just South of Texas 360 and finishes on 14th Street. The first runn

Around Austin-Views on the Ann and Roy Butler Trail early Sunday morning January 11th 2025. Reflections and with barren trees along the shore there's a clear view across Lake Austin. See another image below. Construction cranes ever present have move upstream from downtown near Austin High School.

Around Austin-Festivals and Events based on 2025 attendence. Above the Austin City Limits Festival, RM2244.COM archive image from Friday October 3rd 2025. ACL tied with Formula 1 with a total attendence of 450,000. Rodeo Austin 444,777 ranks third followed by Austin Trail of Lights 400,000, The Pecan Street Spring and Fall Festivals 400,000, South By Southwest Conference & Festival 309,000, MotoGP 125,806, HEB Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks 100,000, Pepperm

Texas 6A High School Basketball-West Lake Hills, Texas-Tuesday evening January 13th 2025. Del Valle with eight players demonstrated some fine basketball but were significantly overmatched falling behind immediately and trailing thereafter. Score by Quarter Westlake 29-9, 48-22, 71-30, 88-44. Above #24 Mack Martin scores the first three and essentially the winning basket. Mack went off, see more images below, for a game leading 23 points. A game like this facilitates getti

Around Austin-Sunrise over the Texas Capitol Sunday January 11th 2025.

Around Austin-Breezy and Cold this Saturday morning from the Laura Bush Library on RM2244 at Cuernavaca. According to Apple, "Wind gusts up to 27 mph are making the temperature feel like 42°F."

Texas High School Girls 6A Basketball-West Lake Hills, Texas, Friday evening January 9th 2026. Key players for Westlake, Tamia King and Geralynn Byers-Veal and a key player for Lake Travis, #23 Taryn Bussinger, got in early foul trouble and sat out most of the first two quarters. Scoring slowed with Westlake leading 8-6 after the first quarter and 15-10 after the second quarter. Westlake, with a full starting five, then put on a 19-8 run to lead 34-18 after the third quar

Around Austin-HOPE Outdoor Gallery. More curated art work. See https://www.hopeoutdoorgallery.com for details. Images from Sunday afternoon December 28rth 2025. See more amazing murals below.

Around Austin-The HOPE Outdoor Gallery has reopened "near the Austin Airport, featuring public mural walls, curated artist spaces" and more. From our visit Sunday afternoon December 28th 2025. Above part of the curated artist space. See more below and in other posts. For details see https://hopeoutdoorgallery.com More of the curated artist work Curated artist Curated artist

Around Austin-HOPE Outdoor Gallery-Public Art. See https://www.hopeoutdoorgallery.com for details. See more images from our visit Sunday afternoon December 28th 2025. Need supplies HOPE has them

Texas 6A Basketball-West Lake Hills, Texas-Tuesday evening January 6th 2025. Westlake used a 17-6 run in the third quarter to erase a four point deficit at the half and take a lead of 43-36. Westlake closed out the game by outscoring Bowie 14-10 in the fourth quarter for the final of 57-46. Above #5 Bo Ogden dunks to spark Westlake in the second quarter. See below for additional snapshots. #24 Mack Martin #4 Blake Cannatti #2 Hayes Goldman #2 Hayes Goldman #24 Mack Marti

Around Austin-A Austin Hill Country forest now a blend of evergreen cedars and deciduous oaks. January 1st 2026.