Fourscore and several years ago I was slated to do some PR for a sweet new restaurant opening up right in my ‘hood. It went so far as me being at menu tastings. Alas, other things got in the way (including some delayed city permitting), and I got to experience the glory that is El…
Month: May 2010
Biking + volleyball
Holy cow I never knew biking was so hard. I mean, I used to ride my bike for hours on end as a kid, we’d ride from my house to my best friend’s house to the convenience store for snacks to the library to somewhere to create trouble … but I didn’t wear padded bike…
Aspen: Burgers at Belly Up
You’d think it wouldn’t be that hard to find grass-fed, free-range beef and chicken here in Aspen, but it has been a little bit challenging. Surprise then that Belly Up, Aspen’s premiere live music venue, is a purveyor of grass-fed beef and free-range chicken. They even have a buffalo chicken pizza! (You may or may…
Austin: Saturday East Sixth Barhop for the Birds
Saturday from 7-9p at the East Sixth Birds Barbershop, there’s an art show-ish party featuring photos of happy clients over the past few months as they walked out of the salon–looking their best, natch. To show off their handiwork, Birds is having this partay with Cruz Tequila, a dancefloor mixtape by Tackybuns, and tasty snacks…
Aspen: 50% off Kenichi TONIGHT and 520 Grill Opens!
Austinites, I know we have one too, but this ONLY applies to the ASPEN Kenichi. From EatAspen Blog: Kenichi Sushi is hosting a fund raiser for Mountain Rescue (you know the crew that may just save your butt) Thursday night May 20th. Make any dollar donation to Mountain Rescue and you get 50% off your…
Nature’s Garage Gym Playground
I’ve been Yoga-ing the past two days (at King Yoga and then with Dana from 02, which is currently closed), and really enjoyed it. It’s killer on your shoulders, and my right shoulder is in just enough pain that it MIGHT mean that the rotator cuff isn’t fully healed 🙁 I’ve discovered another fun workout…
Austin: Pachanga Fest
Pachanga Fest at Fiesta Gardens will once again close out Austin’s Latino Music Month. Tejano legend Roberto Pulido will be headlining the festival along with Bomba Estereo, Vallejo, Brownout, David Garza, Pacha Massive and more. The Pachanga lineup includes everything from Rock, Alternative, Tejano, Mariachi, Cumbia, Salsa, Electronic, Funk, Hip-Hop and Indie rock with one…
Austin/Aspen: Car2Go/CarToGo
Yep, both of these fair cities have car-sharing programs, called Car2(to)Go! Austin Car2Go is launching their program Friday May 21 with a party from 4pm-10pm at Republic Square Park with live music from The Lemurs, The Black and White Years, and more, food vendors, and test drives. Austin city employees have been using the SmartCars…
File it under: tonightsgonnabeagoodnight
No really, someone out there arrived at xlyssa by googling “tonightsgonnabeagoodnight.” All one word. You have to love the internet, where a phrase I can’t even find on my own site–with or sans spaces–somehow directed someone out there to me. And really dude, no spaces? Blackeyedpeas would be sad. Anyway, spices are really what’s up…
Aspen: King Yoga is Awesome
I’ve tried a lot of yogas–a Bikram devotee in Austin, I’ve dabbled in others as well. Here in Aspen, I’m just starting to try out yoga places, and first on my list was King Yoga in ABC, the Aspen Airport Business Center. It’s got an outdated website (fix coming soon), a goofy logo, and an…