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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! Knowing and loving JB (my best friend ever). He taught me more than I knew I needed to know. The beach! Always love that.…

Austin: Easter Weekend Edition

So much going on in Austin this Easter Weekend! 1. Euphoria Music Fest For the deets and a discount, go here. 2. Grilled Cheese Week Tillamook Grilled Cheese Week / Loaf Love Tour, the third annual cross-country mobile sampling tour dedicated to bringing tasty cheese to the people, eight local restaurants have created a unique grilled cheese:…

Austin: Euphoria Music Festival

There’s a new kid on the block y’all, and he’s too cool for school. Euphoria Music Festival is going down April 7th at Thunderhill Raceway in Kyle, Texas. It is going to be an amazing blend of art/culture/EDM music. There will be fire dancers, acro, performers galore, and some really awesome custom stages and even…

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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! The Hunger Games movie. Intense. Skiing and boarding all four mountains in four days: Aspen, Buttermilk, Snowmass, and Highlands. I’m pretty lucky. Best cupcake…

Austin & Aspen (Kinda): Spartan Race

This post brought to you by Spartan Race. All opinions are 100% mine. Sort of like the Spartan 300 I used to take on with CrossFit, Spartan Race is a new revolutionary obstacle course—but with a twist—they give you a training protocol. From beginner trail racers and mud run participants to hardcore warriors, tough guys…

10 Worst Things About Living in _______________

I came across a pretty funny list: The 10 Worst Things About Living in Las Vegas. I’m not particularly fond of Vegas myself from several visits, but this guy lived there and is extra funny about why it was terrible … It inspired me! 10 Worst Things About Living in Austin It’s hard to make a list…

Austin: Best Dog-Friendly Places

Call it the coolest job ever: blogger Will Kearney and his Rhodesian Ridgeback Mr. Eko are traveling the country for Purina’sPetcentric.com blog Marking Our Territory. They stopped over in Austin during SXSW and awarded the following places with their “Best of Petcentric Places” awards. I have to say, I’m jealous of the job and I more or less agree…

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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! An art opening, Aspen Fashion Week parties, and an impromptu girls night Free Yoga at the Sundeck Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday at 9:30am. Yoga AND…

Locals SXSW 2012

I remember joking about making a LOCAL badge in 2008. Finally someone really did it—good work, kids, good work. Click here to print the thing out, find out what the QR code says, and more. Three more Local-y things this week for SXSW: 1. Local Band Achachay! Plays a Billion Venues Thurs March 15th: Northeast by…

SXSW 2012

A funny thing has happened to SXSW, which I started to write about in last year’s SXSW wrap-up post: it has tipped. That is, it is no longer a little festival for the geeks of three respective industries, it’s a destination festival for an unheard-of combination of (startup) companies, corporations, and consumers (aka Spring Breakers). There’s…