Around Austin-Quince Lakehouse "Waterside spot with views of Lake Austin featuring a menu of global small plates and a bar." Quince Lakehouse, 3825 Lake Austin Boulevard #201, 512-334-9426. https://www.quincesma.com

Around Austin-Top 25 Austin Employers. Top 25 list selected from the "Austin Business Journal" July 3-9, 2026 pp18-91 "Austin-Area Largest Employers, RANKED BY LOCAL EMPLOYEES." See ABJ for the full list of 50 and much detail. Image from RM2244.COM archive "Blues on the Green" June 10th 2026. The Top 25 are; HEB 27,721 employees, Tesla 16,500, Ascension Texas 16,200, St. David's Healthcare 13,259, Amazon 11,000, Apple 10,000, Dell 7,348, IBM 6,000, Baylor Scott & While Hea

Around West Lake Hills Texas-July 4th Celebration & Parade-amy's ice creams free "COME AND SCOOP IT" was greatly appreciated. Below Texas Honey Ham served up free breakfast tacos in a big way. Chick-fil-A poured free drinks and had a spin contest for coupons. Texas Honey Ham fed all comers! Chick-fil-A poured free drinks and had a spin contest for coupons.

Around Austin-Morning drive from West to East Austin and back. Above along I-35 a glimpse of "I was born here, I was grown here" by Rex Hamilton. See the full 60 foot mural at https://www.rexsterlinghamiltonart.com More images below. Walking by "Industry Everyday Late Night" on East 6th. See https://www.eastside.industrytx.com "Floral Mural" by Helena on Navasota between East 5th and East 6th. See https://www.helenamartinart.com for details about Helena. On Navasota. Eas

Around Austin-Downtown skyline views from the "Skyline Overlook." The overlook provides a view from East Austin of the prominent downtown skyline. Middle is the Waterline Tower, the tallest in Texas at 1025 feet and to the right the Indeed Building. The Frost Bank tower is just right of the utility tower. Image Monday morning June 29th 2026. Close up view. View of the Oracle Building.

Around Québec City-The Fairmont Le Chateau Frontenac, Saturday June 13th 2026. View of the rear of hotel looking west along the Dufferin Terrrace. Located within the walls of Old Québec, the iconic Fairmont Le Château Frontenac "is a historic hotel...considered the most photographed hotel in the world." (Wikipedia.org). For details regarding this location see https://www.chateau-frontenac.com More images below. Rear of the hotel looking east. Western side view. View looki

Around West Lake Hills, Texas. Taqueria De Diez is now bringing Tijuana-Style Street Tacos to West Lake Hills at 3736 RM 2244 (Located just behind the Wells Fargo Bank). See https://taqueriadediez.com for details or call 839-888-2267.

Sprinkler Repair Pros, LLC Text or Call 512-387-5966. See https://www.sprinklerrepairpros.com for details. Listed here on RM2244.COM under Landscape & Yard Services.

From Austin Business Journal, Venture Capital and Private Equity Firms "ranked by amount raised since inception." #1 Vista Equity Partners # of Companies invested during 2025 12, #2 Peak Rock Capital 5, #3 8VC Not Available, #4 Gigafund 2, #5 Core Industrial Partners 4, #6 Blue Sage Capital 5, #7 Tritium Partners LLC 10, #8 Escalate Capital Partners 7, #9 S3 Ventures 30, #10 Sante 30. See the complete list and details ABJ June 5-11, 2026 pp18. Image of the Frost Tower home

Around Austin-Zoox Robotaxi is a "autonomous robotaxi designed for ride-hailing with a bidirectional design, meaning it has no conventional front or back...built for autonomy and lacks a steering wheel or pedals for human operators. It operates using a suite of sensors, cameras and AI.." It is now "driving in popular ride-hailing neighborhoods like West and East Sixth, downtown, East Cesar Chavez, Riverside, and the Rainey Street district...To start, rides will be availabl

Around Austin-Places We Love-Memorial Day weekend kicks off the start of vacation for many local schools including those in the Eanes Independent School District. RM2244.COM sojourned for some BBQ in nearby Driftwood for some Salt Lick BBQ. The Salt Lick BBQ, 18300 RM 1826 https://saltlickbbq.com 512-858-4959

Around Asheville North Carolina-Monday May 4th 2026. RM2244.COM traveled the inspiring backroads of Asheville and up the paver-base-rock Witch Hazel Way to Hughes Guitars, https://www.hughesguitarsandrepair.com Originally, we planned our trek for 2025 but the September 27, 2024 hurricane Helene flooded the French Broad River and created tree falls up in the mountains damaging the Hughes shop as well. So, it was great finally meeting up with Randy and his son Will. Through

Around Asheville North Carolina-View of the River Arts District Brewing Company https://www.theradbrewco.com located off of the French Broad River that was flooded September 27, 2024 by Hurricane Helene. See more of the River Arts District below. Images Saturday May 2nd 2026. RAD Brewery Locals inspiring at the RAD Brewery RAD RAD Carter Street Asheville

Around Austin-Pecan Street Festival at the Hill Country Galleria, Saturday May 9th 2026. Attendees browse the vendor offerings. See more images below. Details see https://pecanstreetfestival.org

Around Asheville North Carolina-Culinary Evening view from the Flat Iron Hotel https://www.ashevilleflatiron.com home as well to Luminosa "an Italian eatery bringing a hyperlocal lens to Italian cuisine, with a true commitment to sustainability and craftsmanship" https://www.luminosaavl.com See images below, Apple Brandy Beef Carpaccio, Cannelloni and Tiramisu not to be missed. Apple Brandy Beef Carpaccio...smoked trout tonnato, peashoots, radish Cannelloni...beef shank, ch

Around Austin-Bufords on West 6th Street as usual dresses up for the holidays. Above for Cinco de Mayo. According to Google AI "Cinco de May (5th of May) commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over the French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862...it has evolved in the United States into a massive, popular celebration of Mexican-American culture, heritage, and pride."

Around Austin-Places We Love-Ezov. Snapshots inside Ezov above, entrance backdrop, and below, other views and RM2244's dinner receipt. See https://www.ezovtx.com for details about Ezov located at 2708 East Cesar Chavez Street. Reflecting Austin's Eastside, entry latterns with decorated with "Street Art" Ceiling beams and light. Bar. View into part of the central room. RM2244's dinner for two. Google AI summarizes "Casual restaurant serving Middle Eastern small plates, in

Around Austin-Commercial Real Estate-Industrial Parks-According to the "Austin Business Journal" [February 27-March 5 2026, pp15] the Austin Metro Area has 21 large industrial parks. Leading the pack is Tech Ridge with 1.9 MMSQFT, followed by Kyle 35 Logistics Park 1.5, Innovation Business Park 1.4, NorthPark 35 1.3, 130 Crossing 1.2, Rutland Business Park 1.0, Buda Conference Center 0.97, Expo Business Park 0.96, Springbrook Corporate Center 0.95, Plum Creek Logistics Cente

Around West Lake Hills Texas-Eateries-Coming soon "TERIYAKI MADNESS" located in the West Woods Shopping Center, 3201 RM2244 #171.

Around West Lake Hills Texas-Image above suggests that Postino is adding a location in the Village Shopping Center at 701 South Capital of Texas Highway building J. Image Saturday March 21st 2026. Postino has locations on South Lamar and Bryker Woods in Austin and beyond including other locations in Texas, California, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. See https://www.postino.com for more about Postino.