Speaking of culinary mysteries, does anyone know when The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Austin will be hitting shelves around town? Amazon.com says the publication date is September 1, 2011, but like good localistas, we’d love to buy a copy at one of our neighborhood booksellers, to keep the local cashflow circulating.

We’re excited about this book, mostly because we bought a copy of The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to San Francisco back in the day, and it was busting with great info on how to live the good life on a shoestring budget. Looking forward to gleaning similar tricks and tips for Austin!

This particular volume is written by Houston Chronicle writer Kristin Finan who, according to the book’s “About the Author” section, is an Austin native who divides her time between Austin and Houston. She’s also written The Cheap Bastard’s Guide to Houston, so hopefully she’s been doing her homework down here in the Capital to bring us more than the usual suspects of free live music pretty much everywhere and free wine tastings at Spec’s.

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Tags: free live music, free wine tastings at Spec's, Houston Chronicle, Kristin Finan, The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Austin, The Cheap Bastard's Guide to Houston, The Cheap Bastard's Guide to San Francisco

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