Petsgiving. Pets Giving. Pets … oh, you know. My lovable dog Denali is a rescue, so when I heard that Nulo is being thankful and donating money to shelter pets WHILE giving customers a discount, I had to place an order. And share with you, natch. Between now and Thanksgiving Day (Nov 25), for every…
Austin: Spice Shop Grand Opening (by the numbers)
For the longest time, I didn’t really get the spice thing. I’m slow to the cooking game, and I never understood why people went nuts for Penzey’s in Dallas … I didn’t even know Central Market had bulk spices (awesome!) until this year. But people, spices are awesome. They make boring things amazing and amazing…
Not Exactly Paleo Pumpkin Brownies
But delicious! I freaking love pumpkin, so I’m always playing with recipes. I also love baking, and I LOVE baking in the winter, when it’s cold outside and you can snuggle inside eating pumpkin-chocolate combo things. But this is NOT Paleo, sugar is never paleo, but this makes it HEALTHIER than before, though still not…
Austin: Fall Frommage Fest at French Legation
Love cheese? Love wine? Love Texas? Are those even questions? Hit up a free event celebrating the preservation project currently underway at the French Legation, a non-profit historic house museum and the oldest wood-frame structure and home in Austin. Head to The French Legation Museum Wednesday November 10th from 5:30 – 7pm for incredible Austin cheese creations…
Week of Workouts!
When I’m traveling, it can be tough to get in high quality workouts. This week, I’m proud to report that I got in good stuff EVERY DAY!! Tuesday: CrossFit Central WOD from Sectionals “Dead Man’s Row”: 2000M Row + as many as possible deadlifts at 185#. I’m sad to report I rowed 6 seconds slower…
Austin: Gypsy Picnic
In other words, 35 trailers in one place (Auditorium Shores) with $3 sample plates (steal!) in an all-out battle for culinary supremacy. Perhaps best of all, the eats will be arranged geographically throughout the park, so if you forget where to find something you found you loved at this event, you can just figure out…
Austin: Fun Fun Fun Fest Parties
The first Fun Fun Fun Fest was in 2006, and the music-ish festival quickly became known as an only-in-Austin sort of festival that focuses on independent music and comedy in Waterloo Park. If it’s any indication, Weird Al Yankovic (of Amish Paradise fame … anyone?) is one of the acts. I didn’t even know he…
Aspen: World Cup Volunteer Party!
The World Cup Volunteer Rally (for the Aspen Winternational, the Women’s Ski World Cup) is this Thursday from 5 – 7pm at The Red Onion. It’s free and open to anyone interested in signing up to become an Aspen Winternational Women’s World Cup volunteer! Free drinks and food. The first 10 people in the door…
Aspen: CP’s Burger
Aspen needs some mid-price places to grab a quick bite, so I was thrilled to hear about CP’s Burgers, downtown next to the ice rink. We headed over one evening to check it out. It’s not cheap, but it’s relatively well priced–for Aspen. The presentation is gorgeous: Burger, tuna burger, parmesan truffle fries, sweet potato…
Butcher Challenge Pics!
Saturday morning’s Butcher Challenge was awesome! Team Fresh Meat! It IS the Butcher Challenge, after all. My favorite workout buddy!! How fun is this workout?! (sorry Joey, you had to push and do burpees … boo) And, good news, I got all my pullups and hit my previous snatch PR of 95# … so snatching…