At the BlogHer conference in San Diego, one of my favorite booths was the “________ is a Special Occasion” by Hallmark. They provided bright purple tees with a spot for you to fill in what your special moment is. Allison and I did “serious” ones first: I said every day is a Special Occasion, she said…
Category: Good people/services
Austin: Yoga for Good … Blackshear Elementary School
Community Yoga Austin Presents: FIRST SUNDAY for Blackshear Elementary School How awesome is this? On Sunday, July 3rd Community Yoga will collaborate with Eastside Yoga, Blue Dahlia Bistro, and other East Austin businesses to raise money to bring a weekly Yoga class to ALL of the students of Blackshear Elementary School, starting in Fall 2011. Blackshear students…
Ben & Jerry’s
Last week, I got the incredible opportunity to join Ben & Jerry’s Millennial Advisory Board. We flew out to Vermont for three days of training, talking, and LOTS of eating ice cream. Here are a few photos: As if I didn’t already love Ben & Jerry’s, this experience cemented their awesomeness. The…
Austin & Aspen: Aspen Ideas Fest / Texas Tribune Festival
When I got the recent email from the Texas Tribune announcing the inaugural TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL, a “weekend of debate, discussion and dialogue, featuring some of the biggest names, and the biggest brains, in the world of politics and public policy,” I laughed out loud. I This special event will take place on September 24th…
Austin: Praise, Pies & Pinatas at HOPE Farmer’s Market
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…
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…
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…
Austin: Benevolent Saturday’s Good Karma Bazaar and Poker Tourney
I’m pretty excited about Nectar’s 1st Annual Good Karma Bazaar, A Day of Selfless Spending. Nectar is a unique fair trade thrift boutique that donates 100% of its proceeds help to fund humanitarian service projects in Austin & worldwide (click here for yelp reviews). The Good Karma Bazaar includes the regular shopping plus a fashion…
Sleep Better with WakeMate (or at least know how badly you’re sleeping!)
When I first heard about WakeMate, the wristband that measures your sleep and then wakes you up at the best part of your sleep cycle (within a window set by you), I had to have it. I was lucky enough to be gifted a WakeMate to try, and let me tell you: I love that…
Five Fabulous Women Bloggers
Thanks to Trop50 for sponsoring my writing about fabulous bloggers. This year Trop50 is granting 50 Fabulous Wishes. Click here to enter for a chance to win $1,000 to celebrate a friend with a refreshing attitude about looking and feeling fabulous! As many of you do, I read A LOT of blogs. Across a lot…