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Snowpocalypse reaction and Austin's musical up-and-comers top most popular stories
It is safe to say that the topic of conversation this week in Austin was "weather." From the water cooler to the Facebook feeds to the news outlets, it's just been "snow this" and "sleet that."
1. Our guide to surviving the snowpocalypse was no different.
What a storm, right? In all seriousness, the Austin American Statesman is reporting more than 200 crashes (and, thankfully, very few injuries) were reported during the peak hours of the ice and sleet. Hopefully most people were home watching old episodes of Law & Order: SVU when the worst of it. We certainly were.
2. Flip through the 10 Austin acts looking to make it big in 2014.
Writer Nick McGregor counts down a few of Austin's up-and-comers he thinks are going to make it big this year.
3. Meet the four Austin women shaking up the music scene.
Photographer Daniel Cavazos crafted beautiful portraits of four Austin women musicians.
4. Wendy Davis' life story is criticized by The Dallas Morning News.
While some very valid points were made in the Morning News piece, we took issue with the mixed messages and painting Davis as an overly ambitious sugar baby. And we thank USA Today for including our point alongside some humbling company.
5. Victoria's Secret store at the Domain comes under scrutiny after breastfeeding incident.
After an Austin mom asked a Victoria's Secret sales associate for a dressing room in which she could nurse her infant son, the employee told her to go into an alley instead. The store has since apologized but the article does highlight an important discussion about the societal reaction to and challenges of breastfeeding in public.