For more films-for-a-cause action, check out Lights. Camera. Help. this weekend, the three-day non-profit festival I wrote about here. It brings attention to the films-for-a-cause genre by showcasing the best PSAs, shorts and feature-length films that nonprofits use to help them spread the word about their cause. The top 20 films and videos out 140…
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Texas 360 Now: Former Longhorns Come to the Web
Both the Statesman and TexasSports.com have covered this, but I think it’s just too cool not to jump on the bandwagon: on Monday, TJ Ford, Royal Ivey, Kevin Durant, D.J. Augustin, and LaMarcus Aldridge launched a website to connect with fans and basically just share their lives: www.texas360now.com. I’ll let TJ Ford, who pairs with…
Massage Envy and Maki
Today I will tell you about my foray to ArborWalk and the two great things I discovered there: 1) Massage Envy: That national chain you see offering you $39 massages. Locally we have 13 of them. Recently I received a gift card, so I hightailed it to the ArborWalk store and requested a deep tissue…
Pub Dash for a Good Cause
I’m headed out of town tomorrow for vacation in Park City, Utah, but if I were here this weekend, I’d definitely be doing: Pub Dash benefiting The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: “Where Happy Hour Never Closes” This is a fun sports-themed event from 7-11pm on Saturday, July 11. Enjoy happy hour prices all evening long…
Breakfast with Lance Armstrong
Well, technically Lance is off in France competing, but Third Base Downtown will be showing the first Team Trials stage of the tour, scheduled to start at 7:30am and end by 11am tomorrow morning, July 7th. Third Base will serve breakfast and mimosas. All profits from the event will go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation,…
SolarPump: an American icon in Denmark
Our beloved hometown festival, South by Southwest, is apparently sponsoring this crazy new solar-technology pump that charges electric scooters at the Roskilde Festival. Confused yet? Here are the players: SXSW – Duh. Our giant interactive/film/music festival. Roskilde Festival – Held just outside of Copenhagen, Denmark (July 2 – 5, 2009), the annual Roskilde Festival is…
Exclusive invite: Rebel Rebel Mojito Happy Hour
Loyal readers, we’re invited to a Rebel Rebel Mojito Happy Hour happening this afternoon on that little street next to GSD&M that people forget about (also sweet West Sixth parking when you’re going out at night). More precisely, 609 Wood Street, tucked away under the trees on Wood Street, on the right. Free mojitos, appetizers,…
A Few Things I Learned this Weekend
1) Champagne bubbles are not good for Monday morning 7am sprints. Not the 400M ones, not the 200M ones, and not even the 35M ones. 2) If champagne bubbles are still in your system 2 days later, you had too much champagne at the wedding. 3) True, deep forgiveness is really hard. But really worth…
Milano Cafe is a European Haven in Austin
Let’s work backwards: I don’t usually get dessert, but when they bring you a tiny plate with four bites of four different desserts, you don’t refuse. And when charming owner Sami Demi proceeds to tell you how Croatian tirimisu has 1/4 the calories of other tirimisus, and you don’t even like tirimisu, but you try…
Austin Post: What is it? and Come Join us Thursday
It’s time to unveil a project I’ve been working doggedly on for the past month or so. It’s called Austin Post and it’s really freakin’ cool. The idea behind it is to fill the void left by the death of newspapers (dun dun dun) by creating a place for Austinites to post and submit news.…