ATX OUTSIDERS / THE MEMBERSHIP

One monthly Austin adventure. Great people.

We explore an interesting slice of Austin each month. You can expect curious people to share the experience with and the details you need to just show up as you are.

$299/ year · about $25 a month

Half the price of monthly. Or $50/month.

Join ATX Outsiders

A group from Nicole’s June foraging outing together on an Austin trail

IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR

“We should get outside more.”
Obviously. Let’s do it.

You spend your week making things happen for everyone else. The calendar fills. The laptop stays open. Then you remember there’s a whole living, buzzing, blooming city just beyond your screen.

Nicole makes the plan. You show up. The reward is the whimsy of slowing down to notice what’s been waiting right under your nose.

A crowd in lawn chairs watching bats stream over a Vietnamese restaurant at dusk

THE OFFER

We go outside, together

Members-only · October 11, 2026

ATX Outsiders visited Austin Bat Refuge to see Reyna, Queenie, Brazos, and the dozens of additional bats under the care of Lee and Dianne.

ATX Outsiders members on a private tour inside the Austin Bat Refuge

01 / THE ADVENTURE

One outside experience

Nicole chooses an Austin-area outdoor plan, brings the group together, and sends the where, when, and what-to-bring details. You show up curious; no outdoor résumé required.

02 / THE PEOPLE

Solitary builds don’t have to be isolating.

Meet other nature-curious Austinites—including founders, builders, creatives, and parents—through something you’re doing together.

03 / THE PLACE

Know Austin more deeply

Follow the birds, trees, bees, limestone, art, and good tangents already around you. Come with questions, and leave with stories.

Membership is for one person. Some events have capacity for friends/family/children, and we’ll be transparent about exclusivity.

WHY NICOLE

Named one of Austin’s top connectors

Austin Founders Feed’s peer-referred list

“In a world filled with creators who all wear private school uniforms dressed up as perfectly flowing AI sentences, this newsletter was incredibly refreshing! If you asked me if I would ever be hooked on a piece about lawns I would have said no, but I couldn’t stop reading.”
A Stumped by Nature reader, October 2026

REAL OUTINGS

A Tuesday that felt like a weekend.

On May 12, 2026, Nicole and ATX Art Club brought beginners to Mayfield Park for charcoal nature drawing. Sketchbook and charcoal were available if needed; live oaks, peafowl, and loud toads supplied the scene.

Another Sunday began at 8 a.m. with about a dozen people plucking Yaupon leaves on a foraging hike led by Ian McCluskey of December Yaupon. The outings are invitations to look closer.

Build without burning out/burning down the world

Misogi

Misogi are the intentionally challenging feats in nature that shed the accumulated filth of a daily life, and allow folks to more authentically enter back into society.

Misogi 101: choose a hard thing A misogi for the business-building chapter A modern misogi, continued

THE EASY PART

From “when I have time” to protected time.

Make room for it

Membership gives you one good reason to put an outdoor adventure on your calendar each month.

Get the details

Each gathering comes with the where, when, and what-to-bring information you need. No 47-tab research project required.

Show up curious

Meet your people, learn something unexpected, and remember that Austin has more going on than your inbox.

Nicole leaning on a wooden bench under a wisteria-covered pergola

YOU’LL FIT RIGHT IN

For people who want
to notice the world.

Screen-bound and thirsty for a more humane daily life

Founders, operators, and curious humans who spend a lot of time online, but remember they also have autonomy to wander.

Outsidey-minded families

If for no reason other than giving the living room toy bin a moment of peace

People reading and writing on blankets in a big Austin field

THE PRACTICAL QUESTIONS

Good to know.

What does membership cover?

One individual membership: an Austin adventure every month, early access to events, and occasional members-only outings (like a private tour of the Austin Bat Refuge). $299/year or $50/month. Nicole plans the outing, brings the group together, and shares the event details. It doesn’t automatically cover guests or children.

Can I bring a friend or my kids?

Maybe. This will be event-specific, and it will be very clear.

Do I need to be outdoorsy already?

If you’ve ever sat on a patio before, you’ll be all good here. The qualification is at least a kernel of curiosity. Be warned: it’s a gateway drug to the Audubon Society.

Is Stumped by Nature part of the membership?

Yep, and it’s also free for everyone, including the archives for when you really want to know about armadillos’ reproductive habits.

Nicole grinning and holding up a twig covered in lichen

READY FOR MORE WONDER?

Let’s take this outside.

$299/year (about $25 a month) or $50/month.