If you love popcorn, you should give Cornucopia a try. Located on Guadalupe next to Veggie Heaven and across from Dobie Mall. Cornucopia has been open a few months. Owners Nikki Dugas and Nadia Elhaj tell took over the space from a different popcorn place that closed over the summer.

The girls offer over 40 flavors and guest blogger Laura and I tried quite a few of those a couple weeks ago. The owners generously fed us: pesto, kettle corn, salt & vinegar, dill pickle, sopapilla, longhorn mix, blue raspberry, milk …

I met Laura Stromberg a couple years ago when I was looking for a marketing co-chair for the Austin Jewish Book Fair. While we got to know each other while preparing for that event, our friendship has grown over the past few years. We spent more time together last year through a young leadership program sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League.

Since I started my blog this summer, Laura has been one of the most consistent and interesting commenters and I’ve been asking her to submit a guest blog for a while …