This post bears bringing over from my other blog because DANG TAMALES ARE GOOD and I’d love to give Austin blogger (vlogger?) Hilah a hearty shoutout for being a) hilarious and b) awesome at cooking. We (my amazing twinkie from DC and her lovely boyfriend) made tamales for New Year’s Eve and they were just…
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Achachay! at Stubb’s
May 2011 be your biggest year yet, Achachay! p.s.- apparently my mom wore a toga to this New Year’s Eve Eve show?
Austin: New Year’s Eve Start to Finish
Ah, the start of a new year. If you don’t have plans already, don’t fret, Austin is totally a cool town to be plan-less in. Aspen, not so much. Where did my Caribou Club membership card run off to? Anyway, here are my suggestions: Pre-Party: From 4-7pm, let Lovely Austin Boutique help you get ready…
Tamale Tamale Tamale
I tweeted a lot about these babies, and external sources have confirmed: TAMALES ARE AWESOME!! Particularly these tamales. That I made. These are my 3 flavors. I was inspired to make tamales thanks to a new ridiculously awesome Austin blog called HilahCooking.com. Check it out. These are the video instructions I followed (I used vegetable…
Stealin’ Workouts
Lately I’ve been stealing CrossFit Austin workouts … it’s not exactly stealing, but you know what I mean. Anyway, last night I performed this one, in MY gym crowded by high school boys (apparently their gym is shut down for winter break) who were stealing the squat rack to perform squats far too heavy for…
Around the Fitness Horn
Coming soon: my tamale experience! Just have to get the photos uploaded … Until then, enjoy these links: The No-Goal Goal (I may like this just because I’ve never been a goal-setter) Sex and Sports: Before or After? Yum Yum Pecan Brittle (you know I’d use palm sugar …) For workouts? I’ve been skiing my…
MORE MORE MORE Deal Sites!
Can you even keep up? Over the holidays, my mom turned me on to two more sites–MorgansDeals and TheLunchDeal.com, plus I just heard about CrowdSavings.com. I’m going to totally nerd out on you (again) about these flash-sale sites. The things is, they’re awesome. Yes. But they’re a really, really interesting product of our unique place…
Merry Christmas! DO Good
I don’t care how you do good, but you need to do it. Smiling at people, holding the door for someone, carrying groceries … it’s the little things. But if you are looking for a place to donate money this season, I have two places. Both work primarily with kids. Do Good: Debra I got…
Christmas Must-Watch: Chimney Intruder! LOL!
“He’s climbing in your chimney, snatchin’ your cookies up–tryin’ to eat ’em! So yall need to hide your gifts, hide your trees, hide your gifts, hide your trees …” [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-pDf1cy0c] “Santa ain’t my ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-homie!” OMG. This is hilarious. Antoine Dodson is awesome.
Austin: Get Olivia to Cater
Yes, one of my fave restaurants in Austin is now catering for Christmas! This is James. He is neat. In what he describes as an effort to forge a deeper connection with his clientele while bringing the “local is better” message home, Chef James Holmes of Olivia (one of my top ten must-dos in Austin) has launched…