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The Driskill Hotel 's Cookies for Caring is returning this year. Since 2015, the Driskill has filled holiday tins with some of Austin's best cookies and offered them for purchase as holiday gifts.
The Driskill Hotel's Cookies for Caring is returning this year. Since 2015, the Driskill has filled holiday tins with some of Austin's best cookies and offered them for purchase as holiday gifts ...
The historic Driskill Hotel invites Austin to celebrate long-standing holiday traditions. Toast to the holiday season throughout December with a public Christmas tree lighting on Dec. 6, photos ...
In presales, the Driskill estimated it had already raised $5,000 for the program, with more sold Friday. Since 2015, the Driskill has give Season for Caring more than $60,000 from Cookies for Caring.
Colonel and cattleman Jesse Driskill spent his fortune building " the finest hotel south of St. Louis," one fit for politicians, diplomats and celebrities. Driskill purchased the land for $7,500 ...
Col. Jesse Driskill put his life savings into building Austin’s most majestic hotel that bore his name, only to lose it all because of a winter storm.
The Driskill Hotel 's Cookies for Caring is returning this year. Since 2015, the Driskill has filled holiday tins with some of Austin's best cookies and offered them for purchase as holiday gifts.
An Austin tradition The idea of selling cookies is part of the rich history of the hotel, which was built in 1886 by Col. Jesse Driskill, a local cattle baron. When it looked as if the Driskill was ...