The other restaurant week, not the one that just ended. So confusing, I know, we had no restaurant week and now we have two?! For the “official” Austin Restaurant Week, over 50 restaurants will provide $25 and $35 three-course prix fixe menus to diners for eight nights. A list of participating restaurants will be released…
Month: August 2008
A Thursday of Free Jewelry Events
Yeah, a smidge random that there are TWO jewelry events this Thursday, but hey, we can roll with it. I won’t be at either, as I’ll be running the Nike Human Race training run I’ve come to love so dearly. But for those not pounding the pavement: Design Your Own Necklace at Madewell Visit the…
Free Dinner at Roux!
Sweeeeet! Sign up for Roux’s mailing list and you get free dinner [ok, I got my coupon … it’s for $15 off an entree. I think you can use two together though, which would make for mostly free dinner, right?] for their one year anniversary! Click the box on the right side of the page…
Awesome yelp.com party Friday!
I love yelp.com. I trust the reviewers, my peers in this wonderful city, immensely, and I love the list functions and weekly email updates. So I’m totally stoked for the YELP PARTY this Friday at Buffalo Billiards! This one’s an open event, but RSVP to austin@yelp.com to make sure you’re in like flint. There will…
Ultimate Frisbee
My brother says that I need to post on more topics, like ultimate frisbee. While his point is that he’d like to see a wider range of coverage, I’m not sure that’s what this is about. Since I’m not an ultimate frisbee afficionado, I don’t KNOW about ultimate frisbee in Austin. I’d happily play, but…
New bar: LANAI
I am so in love with Lanai. it hasn’t even opened yet, and I’m already in love. TOP THREE REASONS LANAI WILL BE AWESOME (in order of importance/my excitement): 1) My favorite bartender in the whole wide world. Jack. He’s wonderful. You will love him too if you meet him, because he is the happiest,…
Theatre AND free burgers?! So Austin.
Only in Austin would a respectable theatre company, The City Theatre, offer free burgers with their summer production of Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. The last weekend to catch the show is this weekend, August 14 – 17, starting tonight. Shows run Thursday – Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday at 5:30pm. The free burgers…
Polkadots Cupcake Factory
When I heard about this company called Polkadots Cupcake Factory suddenly sponsoring all these happy hour-type events, I had to see what the deal was. Plus, the cupcake trend has gotten so out of hand, and these places are cropping up everywhere. A friend and I split two cupcakes: the cookie dough, and the chocolate…
I <3 Mangia Pizza
I freakin’ love Mangia Pizza. Large whole wheat Chicago-style crust with spinach and mushrooms, please! The other night after volleyball, we went to the Draught House to check out the (512) beers. The Wit was much lighter and smoother than the Pale, though both had pretty good flavors. But that’s not the point, the point…
Saturday: Austin Ice Cream Festival
The Austin Ice Cream Festival sounds like a pretty, um, sweet way to chill out on Saturday. Friends, family, and even dogs are invited to the 2nd Annual Austin Ice Cream Festival. The event include lots of games, activities, contests and live music. Waterloo Park, August 9th from 10am – 7pm, $2 for adults, kids…