I met a girl yesterday who reads This is Life in Austin, and she described me as “the girl who is obsessed with CrossFit and TRIO happy hour.” Hrmph. Not untrue. But hrmph nonetheless. I’m also pretty admittedly obsessed with Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, and Alexandra’s Cookie Dreams cookies. Finally my dreams have come…
Author: Lyssa
Teacher Thursday: The Lennings
When adorable drummer Ross, huband of blogger at last week’s Bleet Up, started telling me about his band The Lennings and how they have this great new EP, Geographic Tongue, I gave him my familiar line: “sounds cool, but I don’t really cover music unless it’s got another angle to it, or I think it’s…
Andy Warhol’s Birthday and More Bananas
Thursday, August 6th marks the 81st anniversary of Andy Warhol’s birth. Don’t know why it’s a banana and certainly not AW style, but this birthday party thrown by Massive Beacon, the organizers of ATX Emerge and ATX Converge features free pizza, on-site “live garment printing,” and potentially free booze, so who’d complain? A good way…
Austin Young Chamber of Commerce + ’80s Membership Mixer
A few months ago, I got an email alerting me that the Austin Young Chamber of Commerce is now live and accepting members: www.austinyc.org. With so many organizations out there, what makes the AYC unique? One of the founders and a friend of mine, Johnny Rodgers, promises AYC will foster business to business relationships as…
“She is one of the few couture milliners in the US.”
If that doesn’t interest you in an event invite, I don’t know what will. And just because sometimes we’re not Texan enough in keep-it-weird-but-cool-and-not-all-that-hick-stuff Austin, Second Street staple Beyond Tradition is hosting a cowboy culture event from 6-9pm this Wednesday. The event centers on two designers. The first, Critic’s Choice for “Best Home Accessories Designer”…
Love and Rockets Tribute … or, an excuse to hit Malverde
Any excuse to get to Malverde and sip an El Cubico or Alma Blanca: Tuesday night, check out the Listening Party for a tribute record. I don’t even know Love and Rockets, but apparently they’re a BIG DEAL. “New Tales to Tell- A Tribute to Love and Rockets” features covers of Love and Rockets classics…
UPDATED with Video – Ford 2010 Taurus Meetup: 2 Reactions
I’ve got two different opinions that sprang from the 2010 Ford Taurus Meetup Sunday at Opal Divine’s, and both I agree with. Here we go (originally posted on AustinPost.org) Frank says: Ford Tackles Consumer Confidence: Can It Really Be as Good as Foreign Cars? I was 16, looking at buying my first car, and the…
Sushi Zushi Opens Today!
… but I snuck in for the soft opening Saturday night and enjoyed some fantastic rolls amongst a few kinks to be worked out. Behold, the rolls: Sushi Zushi is a chain with outposts in Dallas and San Antonio; their Dallas-monikered Oak Lawn Roll was easily our favorite–and recommended by the server. It’s on the…
2010 Ford Taurus Sunday Funday!
Today (Sunday) I am co-hosting a 2010 Ford Taurus Meet/Tweet/Bleet Up! Basically, if you have any interest in hanging out with/test-driving a 2010 Ford Taurus (or myself … less test-driving) or bending the ear of Mike Crowley, Ford’s marketing manager for cars and crossovers, hit up Opal Divine’s on West 6th between 5:30-7:30pm. Facebook Invite…
I love Saturdays: CrossFit before Cupcakes, with a side of (512) Beer
Saturdays in Austin are sometimes lazy recovery days, and sometimes jam-packed adventure days. OK, who am I kidding, they’re always adventurous, sometimes I just choose to laze about instead of partaking. But this Saturday I won’t be missing out on any of these awesome events: 9-11:30am: The Movement @ RunTex on Lake Austin Blvd The…