All posts for the month September, 2008

Let’s talk about the Second Street District

Formerly, I was not impressed with the Second Street District. My main beef was that it’s ridiculously hard to park. I get that it’s a mixed-use development and you’re supposed to walk, but say you don’t live there and you still want to shop there–give me just one free parking garage! Bridges on Lamar has [...]

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by Lyssa on September 29, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Shopping, Things to do ... all the time

Tagged austin, belt, boutique, boutiques, clothes, clothing, district, downtown, dress, eliza, estilo, mills, mink, minx, mixed, moss, page, peyton, peyton's, place, restaurant, restaurants, retail, second, shiki, shoes, shop, shopping, store, street, texas, use

Posted by Lyssa on September 29, 2008

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GO TEXAN Restaurant Round-Up

As if October wasn’t full enough of reasons to eat out–it’s Texas wine month, features two $35 Restaurant Weeks–the Texas Department of Agriculture is sponsoring a Go Texan Restaurant Round-Up tomorrow (Wednesday) to raise awareness of Texas foods while also donating proceeds to food banks across the state. Participating restaurants are offering Texas food and [...]

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by Lyssa on September 29, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Eating, One-time event

Tagged 1, austin, dish, food, go, initiative, local, month, october, pairing, pantry, popover, popovers, recipe, recipes, restaurant, round, round-up, roundup, shelter, state, state-wide, statewide, texan, texas, Trio, up, week, wine

Posted by Lyssa on September 29, 2008

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Free Taco Run! Saturday morning

FREE Saturday TACO RUN! It takes a lot to get me out of bed before 8 am. Ever. But on a Saturday? Damn near impossible. But IF I’m going to run 7 or 10 miles, running it with a group might be the way to go. So I suggest Rogue’s Free Taco Run. The scoop: [...]

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by Lyssa on September 26, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in One-time event, Sports/Fitness

Tagged $5, 10, 3, 7, austin, breakfast, early, free, group, groups, long, mile, miles, morning, racos, rogue, run, running, runs, Saturday, taco, tacodeli, texas, training

Posted by Lyssa on September 26, 2008

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Alright, alright, more ACL coverage

Just because I like free parties and magazine parties, I’m posting on ACL again. Letting you guys in on some secrets: The Paste magazine party tonight at Stubb’s should be ridiculous. I tried to sneak into Paste’s party during SXSW, to no avail. But RSVP here and you won’t have to, plus you’ll see What [...]

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by Lyssa on September 25, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Going Out, Music, One-time event

Tagged after, afterparties, afterpatry, antics, austin, band, bands, City, dj, drink, drinks, fest, festival, free, invite, limit, limits, live, magazine, Music, official, parties, party, Paste, Rolling, RSVP, stone, texas

Posted by Lyssa on September 25, 2008

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ACL … I can’t handle it

I just can’t handle ACL. I went all out last year–open to close, all three days, media tent, afterparties and aftershows–and I think I just burned myself right out. Instead, I will be walking myself to tailgating and the UT game. Trying to drive or cab anywhere south of Enfield this weekend is going to [...]

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by Lyssa on September 24, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Music, One-time event, thoughts

Tagged ACL, austin, band, bands, Barton, big, break, breaks, cab, City, crazy, day, days, do512, everywhere, fest, festival, football, guide, joe gross, limits, live, Music, new, people, schedule, show, Springs, statesman, sunscreen, survival, survive, tailgating, texas, three, UT, vampire weekend, walk, walking, water, week, weekend, what to wear, widget

Posted by Lyssa on September 24, 2008

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Starlite, Star Bright …

Mmmm, Starlite. A dear friend and I dined at the venerable 4th & Colorado spot, a place I’d been wanting to try since a coworker in the industry (yep, I was a bartender at one time) said it was one of his favorite places to eat–when he was in the mood to spend lots of [...]

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by Lyssa on September 22, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Eating

Tagged american, austin, bistro, delicious, dining, dinner, duck, eating, expensive, fine, fluffy, food, gnocchi, meal, night, out, potato, restaurant, restaurants, starlite, steak, sweet, tasty, texas, week

Posted by Lyssa on September 22, 2008

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Red River Beach Party

This is the most ridiculous/awesome/Austin-y thing I’ve heard of in awhile. Only in Austin would two clubs get together, rent slip-n-slides, inflatable pools, and moonwalks to create a beach party, in late September, on Red River, the street. Loooooove it, love Austin. And there are good bands playing too, for a mere $5! Here for [...]

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by Lyssa on September 21, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Going Out, Music, One-time event

Tagged $5, austin, band, bands, beach, bikini, bikinis, district, drinking, drinks, entertainment, inflatable, live, Music, n, only, orion, parties, party, playing, plays, pool, pools, red, river, slide, slip, slip-n-slide, street, summer, swimsuit, swimsuits, texas, til we're blue or destroy, transmission, tx

Posted by Lyssa on September 21, 2008

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Hot Mama’s Room to Read

I’ve been partial to Hot Mama’s Espresso Bar ever since I wandered in one day to be greeted by an infectiously cheerful voice saying, “Hey there, hot mama!” without a hint of anything except genuine affection. I was sold. Then the coffee was great AND I got a Tacodeli breakfast taco … life is great. [...]

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by Lyssa on September 19, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Good people/services, Music, One-time event

Tagged austin, Austin Sports and Social, band, bar, blubber, book, books, children, coffee, East, eastside, education, espresso, food, football, game, hot, lennings, literacy, live, mama, mama's, Music, non, non-profit, nonprofit, profit, read, rice, room, side, sixth, social, sport, sports, ssc, taco, tailgate, texas, to

Posted by Lyssa on September 19, 2008

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Scooter?

I’ve been mulling over buying a scooter. We all know I’ve tried to be eco-friendly, but the biking was more funny that practical. Plus, for a fashionable gal, it’s just not practical in the summer heat–I can’t show up everywhere with helmet-hair and sweat stains! Perhaps a Vespa would keep me cooler … But alas, [...]

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by Lyssa on September 18, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Sports/Fitness, thoughts

Tagged austin, bike, biking, car, commute, eco, eco-friendly, electric, elements, friendly, gas, green, help, info, information, mileage, miles, need, rain, scooter, scooters, SUV, texas, transportation, vespa, weather

Posted by Lyssa on September 18, 2008

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Lanai’s Grand Opening!

So I’ve been talking about how awesome Lanai is and how you should go for awhile now … almost a month? But they’re finally hosting their Grand Opening party Thursday night! From 8-10pm, there will be free “tastings” of their signature cocktails and apps. At 10, the place morphs into “Shy Town Night” with DJ [...]

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by Lyssa on September 18, 2008 • Permalink

Posted in Going Out, Good people/services, One-time event

Tagged 10, 5th, 8, appetizer, appetizers, austin, bar, bars, cocktail, cocktails, congress, corner, dj, downtown, drink, drinking, drinks, free, grand, Jack, margarita, marq, mint, Music, new, opening, party, patio, roof, rooftop, sangria, texas, the

Posted by Lyssa on September 18, 2008

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