All posts for the month March, 2008

DrumJam

Went to see a friend, Greg Vendetti, play last night at Stubb’s. His set was good–he has a deep, powerful voice that really wraps itself around the crowd. He’s also just a charismatic showman: he is amazingly at ease on stage, talking up the audience and hyping the bands that play before and after him. [...]

Making Friends Through Sports

I got an email today inviting me to a crawfish boil, and it reminded me how incredibly lucky I am to have formed the friend network I have so quickly. I moved back to Austin a little more than a year ago and have already established a group of really good friends, tons of other [...]

Volleyball

http://austin.craigslist.org/evg/611971261.html Me at my funniest … we joked about posting this ad while we were playing sand volleyball last weekend, but when I came into a couch today (also a funny story), and had to post the old one on CL, I decided to go ahead and make this post too. So far, no response. [...]

Recovery Week

So not only do I have to recover from the 65 1/2 hours of partying that comprised SXSW, but I also have to take a breather and recover from the end of my 8-month relationship. Yes, in some crazy way, the week before SXSW became the best time to decide to end things. I also [...]

SXSXhaustion

I intended to write thrilling recaps of our adventures hitting the streets for SXSW, but little did I know how much TIME that takes (hitting the streets, not recapping)! Lots of swag has been had, and there’s more to go. The blog I’m writing for can be found at http://dn3sxsw.wordpress.com. If you click on my [...]

Recaps! + What’s up on Tuesday

Be sure to check out the marketing agency blog I’m writing for this week! http://dn3sxsw.wordpress.com/ Last night was lots of fun. We got to see the premiere of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, after waiting in line for only an hour, sitting in the far righthand balcony of the Paramount. It was cute. My friend loved it, [...]

Monday’s Agenda

A rundown of my SXSW affairs… luckily, a good friend is a teacher and has Spring Break this week, so I have a constant partner in crime. Unlike Wednesday on, today will mostly feature night parties. My first priority is getting into the Forgetting Sarah Marshall premiere, because it’s just downright ironic how much the [...]

Spill

So there’s this club in Austin called Spill. The Real World cast made it famous when they would go get drunk and get into fights at Spill … so naturally, Austinites worth their salt (and over the age of 21, because many of the patrons of Spill are not in fact over 21) avoid Spill [...]

Two To Try: Silhouette Sushi and Tacodeli

Tried two new restaurants last night and for lunch today, and both were stellar! Silhouette Sushi: a hidden gem, “cheap eats ’08″ by citysearch.com Chances are you’ve walked past Silhouette and not noticed it, or you’ve seen it and never known what it was. Apparently downtown businessmen know all about it, but downtown revelers looking [...]

SXSW crazy!

I just completed an eight-page spreadsheet with over 125 parties listed for SXSW, all free or RSVP/invite-only, where there’s an actual place to RSVP. I’m pretty excited. And tired. Good sources for SXSW info: FYR – super awesome, with interactive map; unfortunately lists wristband-only parties as well … a lot of other sites take this [...]