I love wine, and I love wine from Texas.With more than 215 wineries, Texas is the fifth-largest wine producing state and seventh-largest grape producer. In the first-ever Texas Sommelier Tasting, nearly a dozen sommeliers and wine experts blind tasted more than 100 Texas wines to select their favorites. The cool thing about Texas wines is…
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Aspen: ASPEN Magazine and Challenge Aspen Party
Challenge Aspen is a great organization, the $30 suggested donation is totally worth it.
Austin: swapatx Presents Clothing Swap!
Clothing swaps are not new. People who are really good at organizing them are. Check this from swapatx’s FAQ: There are free swaps around town. Why are you charging $5? A couple reasons. First of all, charging a nominal fee helps us to be able to spend a lot of our free time working the…
Austin: PLAY BLONDES VS. BRUNETTES!
Last year when I started hyping the actual game on my blog (year two recap here, year one recap here), a bunch of you wrote in and said you would have liked to play! Well, ladies, now’s your chance!! YOU can play powderpuff football in Blondes vs. Brunettes, meet new friends, raise money for Alzheimer’s,…
Do RipCoreFX, Win a Gold Medal at the X Games
X Games is in full swing, and so am I! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=emVYTWFJc0Y] … ok, so maybe you won’t win a gold medal. But Gretchen Bleiler (I have your snowboard pants, Gretchen!), Chris Klug, and Peter Olenik train with RipCore and win gold medals, so … For more X Games info, click here!
Buy This Shirt
$29. http://thisshirt.com/ “this shirt exists to make fashion truly functional. profits from every shirt we sell will go directly to support a specific project. you can literally wear what you care about and excite other people with the possibilities. our first shirt will raise enough money to build a new schoolhouse in africa. profits will be donated…
Aspen: Yogroove at King Yoga
Because it’s not AWESOME ENOUGH, my favorite place ever for yoga (Gretchen [Bleiler] and Lance [Armstrong] are fans too), King Yoga in Aspen, is hosting a Yogroove this Thursday night. What’s a Yogroove? “Come take a creative vinyasa flow co-taught by Aaron and Evan with the sweet melodies of Cameron Williams. Sign-up online at www.kingyoga.net“ Yo,…
Austin: Spotlight Party at La Sombra
The Octopus Club will be hosting Spotlight Parties around Austin for 2011, and the first event is at La Sombra Bar & Grill on Burnet Rd. TONIGHT! The night will be an amazing mix of FREE food, music, fashion, and beauty. DJ Johnny Bravo spinning music while Estilo showcases the hottest fashions of the season.…
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.