Google Austin gets fashionable at the East Side Cycle Soiree

It’s hard to be stylish in the triple-digit August heat, but that doesn’t stop Austin’s fashion community from pulling it off. At a recent e...

Getting some Culture in Brooklyn: Google New York’s froyo giveaway with FiPS

Jenny Ammirati and her husband Gino have a passion for and inventive approach to yogurt. At Culture: An American Yogurt Company , theirs is ...

Super heroes, super users, and super songs in Austin

It’s no secret that here at Google Places , we think our power users — the users who are most active on Places, writing reviews and connecti...

Meet your Google Places neighbor: Joe van Waardenburg

Editor’s Note : Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one ...

Meet your Google Places Neighbor: Kathryn Liverani

Editor’s Note : Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one ...

What do you call a bus that isn’t yours? … Nacho bus!

Some say that good nachos are hard to find in New York City, but we (and our friends at Nachos NY ) know that they’re out there — as long as...

Channel your inner explorer: Introducing city pages for Charlotte and San Francisco

A few months ago we introduced you to our city pages campaign , where we aimed to connect you with the best local gems in your community. We...

Toasting Austin’s favorite cartoonist of culture, Amber Demure

Savvy Austinites all share a secret they don’t want their bosses to discover: they spend countless office hours surfing local blogger Amber ...

Everyone’s a winner at the Brewskee-Ball tournament with Google New York

Many of us have fond memories of playing Skee-Ball at arcades, on boardwalks or at amusement parks. The owners of Full Circle Bar not only ...

Meet your Google Places neighbor: Chris Stone

Editor’s Note : Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one ...

Meet your Google Places Neighbor: Traci Cappiello

Editor’s Note : Now and then we'll spotlight one of our amazing Google Places reviewers. Both so you guys can start to get to know one ...

Burgers, fries and deep fried pickles: Burger tasting with Blue Moon Burgers in Seattle

This week we celebrated Blue Moon Burgers ’s newest location in Seattle’s Capitol Hill with a five-course burger tasting. We invited the Ca...

Satisfying our sweet tooth: Google New York heads to Robicelli’s at DeKalb Market

DeKalb Market is a new collection of eateries and shops in downtown Brooklyn that’s getting a lot of buzz from the local community. It’s pr...

Pizza Party at Portland’s Sizzle Pie

It can be hard to find a good slice of East coast pizza out West, but many will agree that Sizzle Pie Pizza — where we recently threw a piz...

How to beat the heat using Google Places

It’s hot out there! So to cool off this summer, I’m heading straight to Google Places to find some much-needed relief nearby. Forget the ho...