About

Hi, I’m Carissa. I write a weekly newsletter about Austin.

Carissa Spisak, in Austin.

I grew up in Pennsylvania, moved to Austin for what was supposed to be one year, and stayed for seven. The newsletter is the version of Austin I write to a friend who just landed at the airport and asked me what to do this weekend.

It’s not comprehensive. It’s not a tourism site. It’s three things: eat, do, know. Written every Thursday morning from my kitchen.

Before this I was a speech-language pathologist. Before that, a college softball player. Now I have a sixteen-month-old named Severus and another boy on the way. Most weeks the newsletter is what I would have wanted to read on a Saturday morning the week before.

How this works
  1. 01
    One issue, every Thursday morning. Five-minute read. Sent at 7am Central. No second send if you don’t open the first.
  2. 02
    Three sections, always. Eat (what’s worth your appetite). Do (what’s worth your weekend). Know (what’s worth your attention).
  3. 03
    Sponsored sections are marked. Read the disclosure policy on the disclosures page. We don’t cover places we wouldn’t recommend.
  4. 04
    Reader replies come back to me. Hit reply on any issue. I read everything and answer most of it within a few days.
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