Spend an evening on the shores of Lake Austin sipping and savoring the tastes of Texas at the 23rd annual La Dolce Vita Food & Wine Festival on Thursday, October 11, 2012. Benefiting education programs and the Art School at Austin’s original contemporary arts organization, AMOA-Arthouse, La Dolce Vita 2012 will offer guests a Lago di Como experience. By transforming the grounds of Laguna Gloria and its centerpiece 1916 Italianate Driscoll Villa into a lakeside resort, the night will be replete with nautical elements and watercraft juxtaposed with the museum’s rustic, natural setting.