VB, FB, bike rides, yoga, Chalk, catch-ups, boy bonding with Nali pup—it was a great week of activities. Now I’m headed to the river! The river! Grateful for fun already had and fun anticipated … Also. I was feeling insecure about any number things—because I’m a girl, mostly—last night, so much so that I literally…
The bikini was created/first appeared at a poolside fashion show in Paris on July 5, 1946. The then shockingly skimpy design, dubbed the bikini after the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, took twenty-plus years to really catch on … and now we’ve moved to even more shockingly-skimpy designs with the prevalence of thong bikinis (remember…
Feel Good Friday is a gratitude list I write each week to express my appreciation for all of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Planning brunch for birthday Big Sur trip turned into all-day bike-mobbing around, which ended…
Tired, tan, and sandy, day 1 of 2014 is an excellent benchmark for the days to come. I’m so happy about the start of my new year. My buddy Mike (of The Elbow Room fame) texted me this a couple of weeks ago: I love the guy like a brother, but isn’t this basically “hey,…
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! A perfect Sunday spent lounging by the pool and beheading (or is is de-tailing?) crawfish. [#bastian] The horses. Equine therapy is real. Sand volleyball.…
I’m writing an article for Austin Woman magazine on sand volleyball in Austin, and I interviewed the owner of Aussie’s Beach Bar & Grill today. Danny Brinson is his name, and he was very friendly and open, a good interview! I can’t give too much away, but I can encourage everyone to go to Aussie’s!…
Wednesday this week is offering a doubleheader of athletic options. There’s always SoCo Run Club, the awesome run club I won’t stop talking about, but now there’s a new competitor: Wednesday pickup volleyball at Zilker. So, there’s a friend of mine who started the meetup.com volleyball group (you can access it through atxvb.com too ……
Starting tonight, there’s tons of artsy stuff to do in Austin. There always is, but from Thursday night on, the city is focusing on it with Art City Austin. Tonight there’s a reception in the Second Street District to mark the opening of Art City Austin, with champagne and shopping. Doesn’t sound all that different…
http://austin.craigslist.org/evg/611971261.html Me at my funniest … we joked about posting this ad while we were playing sand volleyball last weekend, but when I came into a couch today (also a funny story), and had to post the old one on CL, I decided to go ahead and make this post too. So far, no response.…