Booze-Free New Year's Eve; More Cabs In Austin

DOWNTOWN -- Looking for a family-friendly, booze free New Year's? Neither are we. But maybe someone out there is, and Austin's New Year will feature the Chi'Lantro truck, among others, at Auditorium Shores. [CultureMap Austin]

NIGHTLIFE WIRE -- Speaking of boozing it up, the City of Austin is looking to add 75 more cabs to Austin Cab and Lone Star Cab fleets in 2012. [KXAN]

SOUTHERN WIRE -- Audio alert: UT-Austin's Elizabeth Engelhardt, whose previous Republic of Barbecue book looked at Central Texas barbecue culture, talks to Edible Austin about her latest work, A Mess of Greens, which explores "Southern gender and Southern food." [EdibleAustin]

Auditorium Shores. [Photo: Chris J./Yelp]