Member Update: 12/8/24

12/12/2024 – Thursday – Lunch Bunch closes out the year with yet another venue new to our group.  Dos Hermanos Cafe & Tex Mex offers both American and Tex Mex dishes for both breakfast and lunch.  Breakfast dishes are served all day. Join us to enjoy one of the breakfast or lunch offerings from the extensive menu as well as the always enlightening company of your fellow club members. No pre-registration or RSVP required. Dos Hermanos Cafe, 1201 Lakeline Blvd., Cedar Park. 11:30 – 1:30 PM.

12/14/2024 – Saturday – Johnson City Christmas lights and display! Once again, we are planning a “Drive and Arrive” (not a formal HCR event/tour) to Johnson City to see the Christmas lights. With over 2 Million Christmas lights, the Johnson City display is so big, NASA reported seeing it from space! The nearby PEC headquarters is a must-see as well, with its beautiful oak trees lit with more than 1.3 million sparkling LED lights.

Plan on arriving in Johnson City before sundown, having dinner (reservations are highly recommended), and then walking the historic downtown and town square. There is plenty of local food, beer, wine, and festivities in a family-fun atmosphere to enjoy.  See you there!

12/15/2024 – Sunday – North informal Get Together, join us 9:00 am – 11:00 am at Red Horn Brewery & Roastery, located at 1615 Scottsdale Drive, Building 1, Suite 110 in Leander. The entire back parking lot is set aside for HCR members, with picnic tables and our own access through the rear entrance. Red Horn serves great coffee and breakfast items. See you there! 

12/19/2024 – Thursday – Hoppy Hour – Dec. 19 – 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM. 

Brewery Night at Fast Friends Beer Co., https://fastfriendsbeer.com/.  7313 N Interstate 35 Frontage Rd, Austin, TX 78744.

Note on parking: There are two parking lots before and after Fast Friends’ building on the I-35 service road, but the larger, main parking lot is just past the building as you head north.

Blow off some holiday steam and come have a beer with us. Food is available on-site (and the pizzas are really good). No registration required.

12/25/2024 – Wednesday – Merry Christmas! There will be NO Happy Hour at the Steiner Ranch Steak House.

1/2/2025 – Thursday – First Thursday at COBB Tuning. Our advertiser, COBB Tuning, holds an event each first Thursday of the month at their headquarters in Austin.  COBB sells their Accessport which remaps a car’s ECU to gain horsepower and torque.  They also manufacturer and sell aftermarket performance products; air induction, exhaust, cooling etc.  This is a non-PCA HCR event, and various other car manufacturers will be represented there as well. Join the fun at COBB Tuning, 2311 Rundberg Lane, (around the back) Austin. Begins at 6:00 PM until 9:00 PM.

1/4/2025 – Saturday – Porsche and Coffee at Werks 11, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Julian Avent, HCR member and owner of Werks11, hosts Cars and Coffee 201 FM 1237 Troy TX.  This is an increasingly popular Saturday opportunity to meet HCR members and other Porsche owners for informal conversation and a chance to ogle the cars in the Werks11 shop.

1/5/2025 – Sunday – Let’s Get Together Rudy’s Country Store7709 RR 620, Austin, 9:00 am – 11:00 am. This is a great opportunity to chat with your fellow Porsche enthusiasts, while showing off your own Porsche beauty! Swing by at your leisure – no reservation needed.

1/7/2025 – Tuesday – Sippin’ in Dripping’ – The monthly HCR Meet-Up in The Hill Country – this is a standing event on the 1st Tuesday evening of each month 6:30 – 8:30 PM! Just drop in. No reservation needed for this informal opportunity to Meet-Up with your fellow Porsche enthusiasts. This is a no host event but please contact Mike Seningen mike.seningen@hcrpca.org with any questions. Join us at –

Suds Monkey Brewing Company
12024 US-290, Austin, TX 78737
(512) 222-3893

1/8/2025 – Wednesday (Please note the date) A special Ladies Lunch will be held on this date. 

Have you ever watched Downton Abbey or a great British murder mystery and noted that all things can be solved over a good cuppa tea?  Please join us at the Austin English Tea Co., Wednesday, January 8th, 2025. You will enjoy a choice of teas, a 3 tier stand of sandwiches and frittatas, scones with jam and clotted cream, plus 3 desserts. 

Join the HCR ladies for a different kind of Ladies Lunch at the Austin English Tea Co for some proper English tea. We must have 15 people paid and confirmed for this event to take place. Please consider signing up now!

Cost is $63 dollars per person, including tax and fees. Please go to Club Registration and note that registration closes on Thursday , December 5th at noon. No walk-ins allowed or late registrations will be accepted.  The exact number of attendees is required in advance by the venue.

Austin English Tea Co., 12233 Ranch Road 620, Austin.

1/9/2025 – Thursday – Lunch Bunch more details to come!