After years of planning and development, Austin’s Central Library has the whole community wowed by such a gorgeous, inviting space. In fact, it was selected as one of TIME Magazine’s 2018 World’s Greatest Places! Located downtown at 710 W. César Chávez St., this “library of the …
The Bullock Museum recently debuted a new, interactive exhibit: Pong to Pokémon: The Evolution of Electronic Gaming which includes a huge dose of nostalgia for parents as well as plenty of hands-on gaming fun for kids. There’s no doubt that gaming is a cultural phenomenon, …
Planning the ultimate birthday party for your child can be a lot of fun, but sometimes a LOT of work. There are tons of awesome places that will take care of all the party prep and organizing for you! When you prefer to take the …
Our kids are huge fans of Nerf blasters, and when we heard that there was a newly opened Nerf battle arena in North Austin, we couldn’t wait check it out! This business was the vision of a local Dad, Richard McVay, who wanted to bring …
Do512 Family contributor Jamie Jett took her family to see the Texas Stars take on the Cleveland Monsters at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. This was her family’s first time attending a Texas Stars game, and her son’s first hockey game ever. Read on …
Crux Climbing Center is a locally-owned 22,000 square-foot indoor climbing gym in South Austin stocked with rope climbing, bouldering, and strength training areas, a flex space for yoga classes, a kids’ area, and a lounge space. Over winter break, we took our family climbing at …
Need to entertain the kids while wearing them out a little? (Story of our lives, right mamas?) Take them on an intergalatic mission to Catch Air, the space-themed indoor play center in Round Rock! Inside this 15,000 square foot play area designed for children ages …
Do your kids have an affection for all four-legged creatures? A child’s appreciation for animals is pretty adorable, but it’s also a great teaching experience by helping them learn empathy and understanding the greatness of the world around us. If you’re looking for places to …
The holidays can be amazing, but they can also be exhausting. There’s so much to keep up with at the end of December with family, visitors, kids home from school, travel, etc. Sometimes by the time January arrives, we just need to exhale, take a …
Have you heard that Austin is now home to the largest indoor rock climbing gym in the world? Everything’s bigger in Texas, right? Besides its size, Austin Bouldering Project is unlike any other climbing facility around. It’s a beautiful, brand new space in East Austin …
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