Your first round this weekend is on me. Clink, clink. This is real life. This is your local neighborhood faux celebrity giving you free money. A free $20. Here’s what to do: Book a free ($25 value) appointment on Maven with the code lyssavip by this Friday. Complete the appointment before next week. GET $20 in cash…
This post could have been titled “Own up to it or go ahead and die.” As in, that’s what my mom said when I ran a post by her about sex, relationships, and birth control for this blog. Because we’re talking about your body … we’re talking about the choices you’re making … and fundamentally,…
All I want for Christmas is to save more money (in direct contrast with my wishlist, perhaps). I’m not one of those budget-ers, despite enjoying the tough love in the You Need a Budget blog (I haven’t used the software) and employing the budgeting tool in Mint.com—which I do use to look at all my finances…
Coin is a new credit-card-looking device that holds all of your cards and can swipe as any one of them. This video had me mesmerized: You swipe and store all cards—debit, credit, gift, loyalty, and membership—but can only enable 8 at a time on the device. Otherwise, you’ll need your smartphone to move through the…
ProShow Web is a new app that lets users easily mix photos, videos, text, and music together into professional-quality video slideshows. I full-on planned to show you a demo of the app with my own slideshow … but then, as I revealed on my radio show, I was playing by the Roaring Fork River and my…
… but I have not been. Austin-based travel company Andrew Harper is still kind of a hidden gem in the travel industry, with stunning photography and smart editorial focused on luxury travelers. The company produces The Hideaway Report, a private monthly publication for sophisticated travelers. Andrew Harper and his editors pay full price and travel incognito to write candid…
Surely you remember CINCO Vodka, the “Austin’s Neighbor”-based, limestone-filtered, “martini-drinker’s” vodka I wrote about here? In one of the most ridiculously awesome ideas ever, CINCO has introduced a Cincominder app for the iphone. What does this app do? Why, the app reminds fans when it’s five o’clock—the perfect time to enjoy a great martini!—with the…
When I first heard about WakeMate, the wristband that measures your sleep and then wakes you up at the best part of your sleep cycle (within a window set by you), I had to have it. I was lucky enough to be gifted a WakeMate to try, and let me tell you: I love that…
The sixth season of Austin Restaurant week is upon us, and it might be lucky season six: new this year is the addition of brunch, wine pairings, gluten free options, the first bi-annual Austin Restaurant Awards, and smartphone app! April 10-13 and April 17- 20, over 75 A-list restaurants serve up stellar prix fixe three-course dinners…
People, we are in FULL SWING. I have never seen Interactive so full of people and parties, and of course panels, but that’s almost a second thought. Below are six things that I haven’t yet talked about because they don’t fit because there isn’t always free “Stuff” or whatever. All-Inclusive Hotel & Indie Day Party:…