Spring Break: Austin, Texas 2011

Good food, good times, good memories. We were in Austin for 4 days, 3 nights, and we were just in time for SXSW. We were able to hit flatstock 2011 while we were there, and it was fantastic. We toured at the Livestrong headquaters, Pentagram's Austin branch, and Sanders/Wingo. It was a very inspiring trip. You should be able to view more photos by visiting the album I made on facebook.

Austin Studios: Potential Studio Tours

The ones in BOLD/underlined are tours that can be promised thus far.

McGarrah Jessee:
http://www.mc-j.com/#

Decoder Ring:
http://www.thedecoderring.com/

Studio Pryor and Gehring Co:
http://www.pryorgehring.com/

Envision Creative group:
http://www.envision-creative.com/

GSDM:
http://www.gsdm.com/

Sanders Wingo:
http://www.sanderswingo.com/people/

MilkShake:
http://www.milkshakemedia.com/

Dog Dive Creative:
http://www.dogdivecreative.com/work/

Pentagram:
http://pentagram.com/en/new/austin/

Creative Suitcase:
http://www.creativesuitcase.com/

Frog Design:
http://www.frogdesign.com/contact/austin.html

Ok Paper:
http://okpaper.com/

Chicago Transportation Information

Hey All,

While researching I looked up different ways of getting us to Chicago.

Driving

One Way from Kansas City, MO to Chicago, IL= around $62.00

Round trip= $125 (split 3 to 4 ways for each car load)

Info Here

Amtrak Train

One Way ticket= $48.00-$58.00

I'm assuming it would be double that for a round trip

Info Here

Flying

According to Orbitz the cheapest round trip flight ticket would be on AirTran for $339

(probably not a pick)

Info Here

CTA/PACE-In city transportation

Parking in Chicago can get expensive so if we ended up going we would probably want to purchase a CTA/PACE 7-day pass which is a $28.00 pass to get on the trains and buses around the city and to avoid paying $3 an hour for parking (or however much it gets around there). Plus if we use the pass enough, it's definitely worth saving on gas money too.

Info Here

Let me know if I missed anything and I can research some more!

Taylor