Summer arrives earlier in Austin than most places, and winter lingers longer in Aspen than most. What’s a fashion-forward girl to do? Why, get some floaty, figure-flattering summer dresses in neutrals (yep, aqua and denim count as neutrals here–name a color they don’t go with) and pair ’em with sandals in Austin and cardigans or…
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Austin: Win dinner at TRIO for a whole year!
My love for TRIO is well-documented here on this here blog … now you can visit as often as I do, by entering to win dinner for a year!! To celebrate the launch of its new standalone restaurant website, TRIO at Four Seasons Hotel Austin is offering the chance to win dinner for two for…
I love my mom
Happy Mother’s Day! And I hope you all love yours too. My mom eats healthy, but LOVES a buffet. She doesn’t want to go to brunch unless it’s all-you-can-eat. Nevermind that she won’t eat all that much, she wants OPTIONS, people. (I mean, the woman went to Berry Austin and didn’t put a single cookie…
Undie Run
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…
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.…