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! MIAMI. MIAMI. MIAMI. Salt, sand, sun, sea, surf, cerveza. MIAMI. OK, fine. I really wanted to leave the list at that because I am…
Author: Lyssa
SXSW 2012
A funny thing has happened to SXSW, which I started to write about in last year’s SXSW wrap-up post: it has tipped. That is, it is no longer a little festival for the geeks of three respective industries, it’s a destination festival for an unheard-of combination of (startup) companies, corporations, and consumers (aka Spring Breakers). There’s…
Austin: Alamo’s New Cocktail Lounges Midnight Cowboy & 400 Rabbits
Alamo Drafthouse recently announced its first cocktail lounge, called 400 Rabbits. Which was cool enough, but THEN they announced that they’re looking for 400 Loyal Austin Patrons who will collectively be known as “The 400 Rabbits.” The 400 Rabbits will be determined by various methods including a Facebook Scavenger Hunt, Radio giveaways, onsite Geeks Who Drink…
Values
Today’s task on DailyHap.com is to write about something important to you, based on new research that reflecting on your values might help you lose weight. As a writer, part of me is like, eh, I don’t need to do that, I always write about stuff that’s important to me. And if the research is…
Play Hooky & Ski Week
Lift ticket sale site Liftopia declared this week Play Hooky & Ski week, an edict I can fully stand behind. If you’re lucky enough to be near a ski resort, do it!
Feel Good Friday 030212
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! Holy crap it’s March. That actually doesn’t make me feel good, but DailyHap‘s first month birthday is pretty awesome! The best skiing day I’ve…
Leap Day!
What are you going to do on Leap Day?! In the British Isles, it is a tradition that women may propose marriage only on leap years. Supposedly, a 1288 law by Queen Margaret of Scotland (then age five and living in Norway), required that fines be levied if a marriage proposal was refused by the man … compensation ranged from a…
CalNaturale Wine
I’ve been exploring wine quite a bit recently (that’s not code for just getting drunk, though it could be), and trying out more of my mom’s fave Cameron Hughes (click here for $25 off your first order), perhaps encouraged by last year’s press trip to Loudoun County, VA with a total wine guru. When I…
Sad News on Gym Gems
I may be moving to a new gym, or at least temporarily not gymming it at all, which means the suspension of our fabulous Aspen Club-inspired Gym Gems. However, I have one last anecdote to leave you with, and I’m so glad my mom got to see it herself in action when she was here last…
We Win!
How bad is it when you’re so busy you don’t know this is life in austin & aspen has won an award until TWO DAYS after it was announced? Pretty bad. But still badass! We won a “Best Local Blog” award from The World Media Awards, which recognizes successful bloggers and publishers from across the globe. To…