Hope Farmers Market is putting on Praise, Pies & Pinatas during the regularly scheduled market time, 10am-2pm, Sunday, June 26. There will be a FREE Pie social, with coffee and ice cream, pinata workshops and smashing, and praise music from Son Armados and Anthropos Arts! Also, proceeds from donations will benefit Out Youth, a non-profit…
Author: Lyssa
Austin: Cincominder App
Surely you remember CINCO Vodka, the “Austin’s Neighbor”-based, limestone-filtered, “martini-drinker’s” vodka I wrote about here? In one of the most ridiculously awesome ideas ever, CINCO has introduced a Cincominder app for the iphone. What does this app do? Why, the app reminds fans when it’s five o’clock—the perfect time to enjoy a great martini!—with the…
A Home for My Jewels
I have been going crazy in my loft apartment trying to find a great, space-saving way to store but display my jewelry. My earrings benefited greatly from a picture frame holder (pictured below), but my necklaces, bracelets, and scarves are more trouble. Finally, I found the perfect solution! It may not look like much, but…
“You swing that rope so fast it could cut cheese!”
I just can’t make these things up. Another hilariously awesome comment from another Bleeker Street Gym athlete (these are almost as good as the BMQOTDs used to be … I miss you Big Mike … and my witness Alex): “You swing that rope so fast it could cut cheese!” Is she secretly noting that I am cutting…
Austin: Girls Play Tough
You KNOW if I was in Austin full-time anymore, I’d be playing in this league. Girls Play Tough is a women’s flag football league in Austin, Houston, and Dallas. There’s training camp, a 6-week season, and post-season tourneys for the league and between all three cities. Awesome! GirlsPlayTough “promotes contributions to women charities, an entertaining…
My Favorite Places
For an advisory position I’m fulfilling this coming week (more about that later!), I had to list my favorite places. As I sat down with both Austin and Aspen categories, I realized that the majority of my fave places are fitness-and-outdoors-related. No surprise, right? In Aspen: Bleeker Street, King Yoga, Rio Grande Trail, Jimmy’s, and…
Austin & Aspen: Courtney—Get This—Sames
Samesies! How many times have you said that comparing two things that are the, well, same? I love drawing parallels between Austin and Aspen, so you can imagine how tickled I was to get an email from Courtney SAMES, photographer from Austin, who was headed to Aspen to spend the summer. Samesies! Turns out, Courtney…
South Central Regionals Envy
All my friends are here. I’m having a great time at Food & Wine in Aspen, so I’m not exactly complaining, just having a little Regionals envy. There’s nothing more fun than cheering your friends on with more of your friends. I’m watching twitter and the games site lookin’ for updates on my fave people.…
Happy Father’s Day!
My dad is awesome. This is him with Denali, when she was just a puppy. He is funny. My family isn’t really a brunching family, except when it comes to people’s birthdays, holidays, or relatives in town … erm, so maybe we are? Dad loves Waterloo Icehouse’s brunch, but then again, he’s never tried TRACE…
Austin: Trisha Lewis Fundraiser & AW Skin Clinic Grand Opening
You might remember my post on Trisha Lewis, extraordinary facialist at Skin by Ann Webb. I just got word that she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer, so the Skin by Ann Webb team is turning their new location grand opening party into a fundraiser for their beloved staff member. Join the Skin by Ann Webb…