When I lived in LA for a summer, I lived more or less on UCLA’s campus. Since west coast schools get out so much later than we do, I was already there for the summer by the time their finals hit. Well, there’s this crazy UCLA tradition called UNDIE RUN, where all the undergrads strip…
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Holy Mud
A new mud race event challenge thing I just heard about seems pretty similar to CrossFit … the TOUGH MUDDER race series just launched this year and is a 7-mile obstacle course with 17 obstacles designed by British Special Forces to test all around toughness, strength, stamina, fitness, camaraderie, and mental grit. Yikes! The website says,…
Cinco de Mayo
I was so unbelievably confused when someone tweeted about a Cinco de Mayo party I posted, because I didn’t post any. But then I took a look at my stats, saw that LAST YEAR’s Cinco post already had 129 hits YESTERDAY, and realized what happened. So, you overzealous Cinco de Mayo revelers, here is THIS…
Peacock Plume
Lately the world has seemed pretty small–a former job applicant turned freelance writer and friend of mine in Austin is best friends with the roommate of a girlfriend of a friend of my boyfriend’s in Aspen who was in Austin this weekend for his birthday party. What the what? Then I got an email about…
Kentucky Derby Hats & Horses Party!
The Kentucky Derby is probably my favorite excuse for a party the entire year. The Derby is a special mix of dressing up for a party but still getting to look pretty, day drinking, and delicious food. This year there’s no Derby Party at my house, but J. Black’s is filling in the void for…
Off Week!
CrossFit Central is on an off week (is that a weird way to word a sentence or what?), and since I’m trying to pack and get ready for hitting the OTHER A-town, I’m more or less off too. Yesterday, I met my running buddy for a jog around Town Lake and then played some coed…
Gibson, the new bar on South Lamar
I hear Gibson is the new place to be … With superstar bar-ier (restaurant has restauranteur, finance has financier, what do bars have? bar-ier? bareur?) Matt Luckie at the helm, South Lamar’s Gibson is already a hotspot, in part because its Trailer addition serves some of the most decadent, unhealthy fare you could possibly imagine.…
Minute by Minute
Relentless Boot Camp yesterday, ZT’s last, was a killer! We did the usual warmup, then instead of hearing a workout we went straight into a minute of whatever exercise ZT called out: jumping squats, plank, lunges, plank, situps, plank, 2 laps, sprawls, plank, squats, leg hold, lunges, pushups, leg hold, crunches, 3 stairs, 2 laps,…
Blondes vs Brunettes 4th & Goal Gala
I know, I know, I just got done telling you how you HAD to go to the Endless Beauty launch party (a crazy success, btw, photos and video here), and now I’m telling you about another event you HAVE to go to … the Blondes vs. Brunettes Fourth & Goal Gala, an inaugural Blondes vs.…
Uchiko is Hiring
The opening of Uchiko, the 42nd & Lamar sister to Austin’s world-renowned Uchi, has been delayed again and again. But they’re tracking their progress with sweet construction pics and menu updates at http://uchikoaustin.com/. Should be open this summer. They’re also HIRING, a hiring event takes place April 26, 27 and 28th. Uchiko, like Uchi, will…