My affinity for Grounded in Music, the nonprofit that brings music education back to kids, is no secret, as I’ve covered the organization here many a time. Equally transparent is my affinity for Jack Ingram, who hugged me yesterday. It was a side hug, and just for a picture, BUT STILL. He and Patty Griffin…
Category: Good people/services
Analyze This: Twitter Edition
According to AnalyzeWords‘ sweet website, here’s my personality based on the last 636 words I tweeted: Spacy/Valley Girl High?! ME?! DON’T THEY UNDERSTAND SARCASM? Ha, while they’re at understanding sarcasm they should also learn to spell spacey. Technically “spacy” is correct, but who spells it like that?! PS, dictionary defn: 1. Stupefied or disoriented from…
LivingSocial – new social coupon site launching soon
LivingSocial is a new Daily Deal site–think Groupon–that will launch any day now. Aren’t you glad you know me so you can know about it ahead of time?! Each day, LivingSocial members will receive a deal with discounts of 50% or more at local restaurants, bars, salons, spas, theaters, events, and more. When you see…
Summit on the Summit + PUR Giveaway Winner!
This website is AMAZING: http://summitonthesummit.com. You can scroll up the mountain and follow the hikers, check all their vitals (Jess’ heart rate was at 88 last time I checked), see pics, tweets, and more. It’s really cool, check it out. But I know you’re all really here to see who won the PUR water filter…
PUR Giveaway!
Your New Year’s Eve present could be a PUR water filtration pitcher! January 7’s celebrity climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro: Summit on the Summit features one of my fave “Actresses” of all time: Jessica Biel. Sure, she hasn’t done much since 7th Heaven and Summer Catch (with Freddie Prinze! another long-lost star), but that means she…
MooJesus! at EverythingJesus! Ranch
We picked this raw dairy out of a list of many (some closer to Austin) raw dairies simply because of its name: MooJesus! But perhaps it was some sort of divine intervention, as 1/2 of Team TLSP ventured to Seguin, Texas for raw milk adventures and ended up finding kindred spirits. Video footage forthcoming of…
Betcha wish you had this: The j’tote Colette
Merry Christmas Eve! I got an early Christmas present this week in the form of a sleek, structured laptop clutch from j’tote, one of my fave functional lines of handbags (previous coverage here). They sweetly left a bag on my porch for me to give a spin, and let me tell you–it’s far cooler than…
Bikes for Kids
This is the 13th year that JB and Sandy have frozen their asses off three mornings a week as they raise money to buy 800 Bikes for Kids each Christmas. One of my fave bloggers, Republic of Austin’s Chris, recounts his first biking story here, so I won’t tell you mine because that’d just be…
Lips of an Angel – Grounded in Music Benefit
I am a sucker for Jack Ingram. Not so much the man himself, but the voice … well, maybe just Lips of an Angel, because I like it when Hinder sang it too (although I never understood how they both released it at the same time, and the two don’t sound very different). ANYWAY, the…
Announcing Austin Post’s City-Wide White Elephant Party
I am beside myself with excitement about Austin Post’s upcoming party, and I hope each and every one of you hip-n-happenin’ Austinites reading this here blog will come to the event! RSVP HERE What’s this City-Wide White Elephant thing? Bring a wrapped gag gift and exchange it for another wrapped gift–but this gift could be…