Welcome to our new editorial where we share what we did in Austin this week, with and without the kids. From date nights and coffee shops to kids’ camps and easy dinners, here’s what made our week.
*Top image: Swedish Hill Westlake via Yelp
Popovers and Moulin a Passion Martini at Restaurant Francois
Friday Night
Restaurant Francois. It’s our second time because we’re obsessed with three things: the rich ambience, insane popovers served with fresh butter, and their Moulin a Passion, served as a Martini with a side of prosecco. We sat in the lounge for a side-by-side, sophisticaded grown up dinner.
Saturday
Brunch at Ema. We went without a reservation and were able to get seated immediately, even though it was packed. The setting is gorgeous and you have the option of patio seating, which felt suprisingly cool to us even in the Austin afternoon heat. We loved the sweet potato latkes, and would definitely order again.
Sunday
Staying home day! We did order Home Slice through Uber Eats, though. Our kids love Home Slice so much they’re currently heating up leftover slices in the air fryer for breakfast. They’ll be sad when it’s gone. Our regular order is always a large cheese pizza, a medium eggplant parmesan pizza, and a tub of ranch because it’s that good.
Monday
Work from home and shuffle kids to classes! Today we have an older kids doing bass guitar lessons at Strait Music, and a younger kid doing a half day camp at Young Chefs Academy. We’re having a pasta night with different types we picked up from Trader Joe’s, like tortellini, burrata and corn ravioli, and their fresh made fetticine, with different sauce options.
Tuesday
Another work from home day, plus camps and Train 4 the Game for our middle schooler. It’s a great walk in group training program with different sessions for elementary, middle, and high school students. We also browsed Breed & Co. and Barton Springs Nursery,, then made fried egg sandwiches with melted cheese and smashed avocado on croissants for dinner.
Wednesday
Our oldest is really into coffee shops, so we’re always on the hunt for somewhere new (although she’s just as happy with her homemade iced honey latte). This week we tried the newer Swedish Hill Bakery in Westlake, and she gave it two thumbs up. The pesto pasta salad and lavender lattes were top notch.
Other places she’s loves:
Thursday
We picked up Rudy’s Bar-B-Q and used the leftovers for an easy lunch for the kids while we worked! It was back to Train 4 the Game, last two days of camp at Young Chef’s Academy.
Week Wrapped:
⭐ Best bite: Sweet potato latkes at Ema.
👧 Biggest kid win: Train 4 the Game
☕ Coffee of the week: Merit Coffe Co. lavender latte.
📅 On deck: Volente Beach. And order PE clothes, because the emails from school are already coming in
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