The summer-staple scavenger hunt is all grown up with the Four Seasons Austin’s summer-long scavenger hunt, with the chance to win one of more than 100 prizes! From Memorial Day (May 30, 2011) through Labor Day (September 5, 2011), the Four Seasons Austin Hotel’s Ultimate Austin Scavenger Hunt contest encourages everyone from locals to tourists to see the…
Month: May 2011
Austin Food & Wine Festival
… just another way Austin and Aspen are uniquely synchronized: The Austin Food & Wine Festival C3 Presents with Chef Tyson Cole, Chef Tim Love & Jesse Herman are creating the Austin Food & Wine Festival March 30-April 1, 2012 in locations throughout Austin. It is presenting sponsor Food & Wine (yep, the same as…
Outdoor .com workout
How lucky am I? This workout came out yesterday: SUNDAY 110515 Three rounds for time of: 95 pound Front squat, 21 reps Handstand walk 40 feet 30 Glute-ham sit-ups Handstand walk 40 feet I took it outside to Nature’s Garage Gym, where there’s some construction going on right now. Lo and behold, look what I…
Austin’s Neighbor’s CINCO Vodka
Austin has become a hotbed for craft booze. How many breweries have opened this year alone? Perhaps it started with Tito’s Vodka and Live Oak Brewery, but the local libations scene has expanded to include Treaty Oak Rum, Graham’s Texas Tea, Deep Eddy Sweet Tea Vodka, Balcones Baby Blue Whiskey, Dripping Springs Vodka, to name…
CrossFit Total
Deadlift 275# (previous pr 285) Squat 235# (previous pr 230) Press 95# (previous pr 95) Total = 605#
Commitment
I publicly declared my commitent to doing the .com workouts on a rest day. Yesterday, the workout was right in the arsenal for the gym I go to: WEDNESDAY 110511 Five rounds for time of: 135 pound Overhead squat, 5 reps 10 Toes to bar 40 pound dumbbell Hang squat clean, 15 reps 20 Double-unders Kristan…
Wear Your Dang Sunscreen!
So I’m on this buying things for a cause kick … Did you know that May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month? Austinites have already been soaking up the rays for months, while poor Aspenites are still wearing our down coats because it’s STILL snowing, but everyone needs a small reminder to protect ourselves from the…
Relief for the South through a Tee
I love the trend of buying a tee to support a cause: not only do you then donate money to the cause, but you advertise it every time you wear the tee. AND you get a cute tee to wear! Souther designer Billy Reid is selling this tee and donating 100% of the profits directly…
Hair I Want
Can someone please teach me how to make my hair do this? I have tried many iterations of the braid, but it never looks this smooth and flawless, blending in seamlessly to the rest of my hair. HELP!
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I finally took my Level 1 cert test this weekend. I got certified over a year ago, but they changed the standards to be accredited so I had to take a new test—I passed! 🙂 But it also reminded me a little something about the CrossFit Kool-Aid. SO much of what CrossFit is about is…