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Month: February 2010

Ski CrossFit

CrossFit is awesome preparation for skiing. I hit the slopes for only my third time ever with my highly-advanced, born-on-skis That Ripped Guy of Mine(TM) coaching me and I was tearing down the mountain by the end of the day. Ok, well, turning up the greens. But still. My turn mantra went something like this:…

Austin Restaurant Week picks

Austin Restaurant Week can be intimidating … there are so many good restaurants to try! Basically, RARE media gets all the restaurants together to host fixed-price meals for two weeks, Sunday through Wednesday. This year, it’s February 28th – March 3rd and March 7th – 10th. My top ten picks: Baby, you got options: Chinatown…

14: Wreak Havoc on my Shoulders

I show you this results board because today it was essential to my strategy. You see, Nick, in the green marker above my name, is one of the trainers at Roaring Fork CrossFit and he finished 13.5 rounds, so my only goal in this workout was to beat him. Pre WOD Handstand Practice … apparently…

Austin is a Beer Town

Beer Connoisseur Magazine makes its national debut with its Spring Issue Release Party at Independence Brewing Company in Austin! Saturday Feb 27 there’s a pre-party at the Ginger Man from noon-4pm (50 cents off draft beers, $2 off pitchers) with sober shuttle service available to Independence Brewery for the big party, which is from 4-8pm.…

Double the volleyball

Still feeling kind of puny, but planning to hit up Roaring Fork tonight. Last night I got in some rec leage volleyball, thinking it’d be a nice, light way to test out how sick I really am. Played one match (three games) and felt good but started to tire, but when the next team asked…

Seen Magazine Social

What is Seen Magazine? Basically society pages online? Well, it’s likely to be a Scene? Seen? Scene-Seen? Seen-Scene? at The Ranch Thursday night … not that it’s not always a Seen-Scene at The Ranch…

Sick

And very, very tired of being sick. Thought Paleo was supposed to make me healthier? What am I doing wrong here? Enjoy The Label Says Paleo until I bounce back (hoping for tomorrow, fingers crossed).