Travel-Goliath (TV Series) landmarks include where Billy Bob Thornton's character, Billy McBride, lived and worked some of the time upstairs at the Ocean Lodge Hotel and below where Billy would have dinner next door at Chez Jay. Ocean Lodge Hotel is at 1665 Ocean Avenue and Chez Jay at 1657 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica. See Chez Jay below. Chez Jay

Travel-Around Los Angeles-Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the Venice area is a"renowned mile-long stretch known as one of America's 'coolest blocks.'" Image Saturday February 7th 2026. See more below. The Tongva "are an indigenous people of California from the Los Angeles Basin and the Southern Channel Islands." [Source Wikipedia]

Travel-Iconic Los Angeles Venues-Background left "The Forum" and center SOFI Stadium-the venue for the 2027 NFL Superbowl. Image Wednesday February 4th 2026. The Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades. Nearly 1500 trees were lost at the Villa in the Palisades Fire January 7th 2025.

Around Austin-Culinary-TAQUERIA DE DIEZ will be opening a location in West Lake Hills. According to the Austin American Statesmen [2/19/25] D/10's WLH location will be 3736 RM2244, Suite 2. See images below from their 2110 South Lamar Blvd. Suite C location. See https://www.taqueriadediez.com

Around Austin-Uber Premier on a South Congress lot at James Street, Wednesday February 11th 2026. See more snapshots below. Cupid's Concierge SWAG Photo Op set Photo Op set, Guests queue up amongst the red velvet ropes.

Around Austin-An Alistair MacKenzie inspired club has been announced with an opening planned for later in 2026. The MacKenzie Club is located in the "Summit at Addie Roy" building at 260 Addie Roy Road. See https://www.mackenzieclub.com for details about "Austin's Premier Indoor Golf & Social Club." Image above, front of the three story building that will house the club. Thursday January 29th 2025. See more images below. View of 260 Addie Roy from just above Texas RM 22

Around Rollingwood Texas-Murals at Trader Joe's Rollingwood. Above view from Mount Bonnell, below Zilker Park and Barton Springs. January 21st 2025.

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-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

Around Austin-Austin Business Journals "Largest Austin-Area Employers" from ABJ October 17-23, 2025, ppA16. Images are RM2244.COM archives of the new in 2024 HEB located at Texas 290 and Nutty Brown Road [May 16, 2024]. #1 Employer in the Austin Area is HEB, 27,271 local employees, followed by Tesla 21,191, Dell 13,000, St. David's Healthcare 12,639, Ascension Texas 12,635, Amazon 11,000, Apple 10,000, Baylor Scott & White 6,000, IBM 6,000, Samsung 4,500, AMD 4,400, Applie

Around Austin-At the Domain-The Day after Christmas featured a high of 83°F and swarms of Austinites gathering with family and friends seeking out sales and exchanges. Above, Mother, Daughter and pup enjoy a moment. See more below. Family meets up before a meal On the move after parking Great afternoon for a casual stroll Family and friends converse During our three miles of going from store-to-store we observed a happy crowd, many with bags in hand, and many just enjoying

Around Austin-Top Austin ZIP Codes-From Austin Business Journal 2025-2026 Book of Lists page 144. Rank by "American Business Journals Wealth Index" #1, 78701[Downtown], 78703 [West Lake Hills], 78731 [West Lake Hills] , 78756, 78757 [Domain], 78704 [South], 78722 [Central/East], 78702 [Central/East], 78749,78723 [Central/East], 78759 [Domain], 78745 [South], 78751, 78746 [West Lake Hills] 78748 [South]. Above RM2244.COM archive August 2025 image of part of 78701. See a Z

Around Rosedale Neighborhood Austin-Frost Bank on West 38th has Santa climbing up the chimney. Thursday afternoon Thursday December 18th 2025.

Around West Lake Hills Texas-Light Christmas Trees with pool reflection in a backyard on the Western shore of Lake Austin. Friday just before Sunset December 19th 2025.

The American Economy-Texas contributes 9.4% to the American GDP and "drives 22% of U.S. exports, the most of any state. Source, Visual Capitalist.

Around Austin-Armadillo Christmas Bazaar's 50th-Monday evening December 15th 2025. Part of the Live Music event above is the Seth James Band. See https://www.armadillobazaar.com for all the details, the show continues through December 21st is a "Curated Collection of Art-Discover your one-stop shop for everyone on your list." See more images below. Above an Armadillo booth focused on "Austin's Music Scene"

Around West Lake Hills Texas-Wonderfest 2025 Sunday December 7th, The Westlake Chamber of Commerce led the "Santa Parade" along with "Chips" and "Queso." See https:/ www.westlakechamber.com to learn more about the organization, their events and all the member businesses.

Around Austin-The crowd gathered early to join the Zilker Holiday Tree Lighting. Above in festive garb this couple posed for a snapshot. See more images below of the people, the venue and the vendors. Sunday evening November 30th 2025.

Around Austin-Celluar transmitted ultrasonic water meters, Master Meters https://mastermeter.com , are being installed in neighborhoods around Austin. The meter has no moving parts as the battery needed is charged automatically by the flow of water. See below for more detail on the system installed in a Rob Roy on the Lake neighborhood Monday October 27rh 2025. Two meters for two homes in this installation. See below for how the data is fed to the internet. Using a custom

New to the RM2244.COM Directory Around Austin-Alpha School Austin PreK-8 Private School is new to the RM2244.COM directory. Image above is the 78746 location at 1201 Spyglass Drive for PreK-5th Grade. Phone (512) 595-0801. The Alpha School Austin Middle School, 6th-8th Grade, is located at 201 Colorado Street, Austin, 78701. Click https://alpha.school for an abundance of detail.