Word on the street is that there are still spots left in Aussie’s Blind Draw 4s tournament for this Saturday! Details: you sign up, they randomly put 4 of you on a team, you play! It’s $25 if you’re just playing, $35 if you want to eat some boiled shrimp too. I’m playing a three-on-three…
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Speed Dating
So apparently we haven’t had speed dating in Austin before? I don’t know, as I meet all my dates in the gym or in the bars, but Speed Date Austin is welcoming itself to town with a party at Gruv this Friday night. The registration is full, but you can get on the wait list–and…
Review: Parkside
Parkside came to Austin amidst much fanfare–how many nice restaurants are in the midst of the 6th Street strip? It also has a sweet rooftop patio. A friend of mine was in from Dallas and had met a friend of owner/executive chef Shawn Cirkiel who said he HAD TO GO, so we went a couple…
Daily Juice
Daily Juice is amazing. Expensive, but amazing. I’ve been meaning to write a post on them for awhile and just haven’t gotten around to it. But I just received an email alerting me that now they’re serving up Daily Juice cocktails on Thursdays at the Belmont. Ridiculously amazing. During SXSW, two friends and I went…
Real Estate: House Hunting
Much has been written about how Austin is surviving the nation’s real estate slump, and many of Austin’s houses are still selling like hotcakes. Sure, it’s not a year ago when a house was on the market for a day before it sold, but houses are still selling in two weeks in certain neighborhoods at…
This is Life in New York City
Yep, I’ve fled our fair city for the big one. I’m having a ball, but I’m also amazed by how excited people are about Austin here. Anyone I’ve gotten into a conversation with about where I’m from has said, “Oh I love Austin!” or “I want to go there!” We know Austin is hot on…
Tribeza Summer Bash at Bridges on the Park
The mags are all throwing events this week (Rare’s $20/person party on Sunday, Austin Monthly’s hosting of the grand opening of Home Enchanted home store today?), but were I in town–I’m headed to NYC in less than an hour–I’d want to go to this one. Who doesn’t want to check out some downtown development, try…
Beer Die
Not as deadly as it look, beer die is actually a drinking game played with a die. The rules from Realbeer.com vary a little bit from the way my friends played on Sunday night (Monday was Memorial Day, after all), but the principle is the same. Warning: they say it’s a man’s game, and while…
What a Memorial Day Weekend
Phew, I am exhausted. And dehydrated, but that’s my own fault for not drinking enough water for three days of playing in the sun. I did manage to escape without any hint of a sunburn–my mom is so proud! So contrary to my earlier post about toobing the Guadalupe, apparently people go to other places…
Review: The Grove Wine Bar / Kitchen
It was my first food-induced coma. A friend and I went to The Grove Wine Bar / Kitchen for a leisurely lunch today. It’s a new wine bar/restaurant just west of the corner of 360 and Bee Caves, on Bee Caves. It has an awesome patio with huge tress shading the entire thing–hence the name…