Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Sports. Thank god for sports. How else would I make friends? Cali in Cali, Tim Tim Tom, and Tim Tom Tom Obligatory I am…
FaceMate and The Bachelor and a Spoiler
Aside from when Austinite/bar-owner/friend-of-friends Brad Womack was the Bachelor (erm, twice), and a tabloid paid me money to spy on him (yes!), I pay very little attention to The Bachelor. I do, however, love love, dating, and all that jazz. So this press release arrived, and I laughed out loud: “In advance of The Bachelor’s final episode [which…
Let’s Get Real: Moving to a New Place Solo (Sometimes) Sucks
I’ve talked about making new friends in Austin and Aspen, but both times it was while I had friends. In other words, I’m a preachy idiot. For all my pretty beach photos and happy community talk, let’s get real: moving somewhere by yourself with no friends (ok, I have one friend) sucks. Most of the…
The Only SXSW List that could ever compete …
… with my infamous spreadsheet. Back before SXSW was corporate and too-cool. Hey, everyone has to grow up, I’m not complaining. I’m just sayin’. Anyway, for the best party list around, click over to Sperry Media SXSW 2013 Party List. As for those of you who wrote in asking for The Spreadsheet, thanks for the…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARA!!! And on Sunday, Happy Birthday Vermonster! Happy Birthday Ilia!! Friend weekend! I had a friend! Sunday afternoon at The Deck in…
Missing Texas: Crawfish and Texas Country
There are many things I never knew were Texan until I left—saying “fixin’ to”, describing distances in minutes instead of miles, making small talk with grocery store cashiers—but there were others I knew I’d miss: Texas country, crawfish (it may be Cajun but we host Crawfish Boils like no one else, even when it’s 1,000…
The Apartment Search
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of apartments.com. All opinions are 100% mine. Ahhhh, the apartment search. In typical Lyssa-style, I went upside down with this one: I moved from the dorms into a house I bought with my brother, skipping the apartment hunt altogether. Then, upon moving to Aspen I…
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Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! LAUNDRY. No, I’m not kidding. I am beyond grateful to have a washing machine and (really fast) dryer IN MY HOUSE. The convenience is…
Incredible New Workout Clothes Line: Ellie
[UPDATE: It’s not just me! A friend came into town, wore the Catch Me If You Can top for two days straight, then flew home with the top to Aspen, promising to send me money and join Ellie … she even said what we’re all thinking and afraid to say … it’s better than that other…
IBM Wants to Know: #MySmarterCommerce
IBM has invited me to participate in a #MySmarterCommerce campaign where I am (and YOU! are) invited to share my story around the role technology and social media play in our lives. The goal is to create conversation around what Smarter Commerce means to all of us. IBM has been exploring the concept internally, and now…