A couple of really cool events coming up benefit Japan. Here’s a rundown: Wine for the Win TRIO will donate 50% of the total revenue of all wine bottles sold now through Wednesday, March 30 to the Red Cross to aid in Japan’s emergency relief efforts. The wine promotion applies to every bottle of wine…
Let’s Eat More Pizza (Primal Recipe)
This is the pizza that made me have to do the HCG diet steak day. I ate too much, but if you have better self-control than me you should most definitely eat this: This is the best pizza I have ever made. I said that last time too, but this one is better. Also, for the…
Around the Fitness Horn: Vanessa Hudgens CrossFits!
Vanessa Hudgens does a pretty sweet kettlebell workout AND works out CrossFit style. If that ain’t mainstream (hello High School Musical), I don’t know what is. Are You Elite? Elite: On the floor after a workout flopping around like he is having a seizure. Not Elite: Still wearing a shirt. Elite: Training at a gym…
SXSW Musings
I am not the first or last person to muse on this year’s SXSW festival, all 11 days of it. But here’s my take: this year was unlike any other year. Wah wah wah, that’s what everyone always says. BUT this year there was an undeniable uptick in numbers: 20,000 interactive registrants instead of the…
HCG “Steak Day” Update and a Bam! Workout
On the HCG diet, if you gain 2 or more pounds from the weight you ended the HCG drops at, you have to do a Steak Day, where you eat nothing all day until dinner when you have the largest steak possible and an apple. After bingeing two nights ago on the most amazing flax…
Recipe Genius! Brussels Sprouts Chips!
I can’t remember where I read that someone else had done this, but brussels sprouts chips are the BEST idea in chips since … kale? I never can make kale chips just right, they’re always too soft or burned. But these brussels sprouts chips came out damn near perfect (some were a little burned). Here’s…
Casting Call: Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys
The critically acclaimed Sundance Channel show Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys is currently entering the second season of the show and casting in, and filming, in Austin! The series is about the relationships between straight women and gay men. Check out an episode here: sundancechannel.com/girls-who-like-boys-who-like-boys/video/ From the show: We are now casting straight women and…
New Fila Barefoot Shoes!
Fila Skeletoes: A New Kind of Minimalist Shoe Jumping on the Vibram shoe bandwagon, Fila debuts its first style in the exciting and groundbreaking new minimalist barefoot footwear category (CrossFitters already know, yo). The Fila Skeletoes are a casual activity shoe, the next best thing to walking barefoot. Like high-tech socks, the tough yet soft and…
Austin: Haddington’s. Go For Drinks. [updated]
[UPDATE: There’s a new Executive Chef: James Corwell, a 25-year restaurant veteran, who will be focusing on lighter dishes that honor the traditions of American tavern cuisine. The lighter, bistro-style dishes with some European influence will draw inspiration from seasonal produce and local proteins while also remaining true to the restaurant’s celebrated concept. Haddingtons favorites like hearty game…
Try Me
I’m happy. http://thingsweforget.blogspot.com/2011/03/672.html