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National Man Day and Texas Testosterone Festival

Just as I was about to use the fact that today is National Man Day (as declared by two dudes over Facebook…) to introduce a fest I just heard about and find utterly hilarious–Texas Testosterone Festival–I read in TTF’s blog: “To be clear, National Man Day is very different from the Texas Testosterone Festival. National…

Milano Cafe is a European Haven in Austin

Let’s work backwards: I don’t usually get dessert, but when they bring you a tiny plate with four bites of four different desserts, you don’t refuse. And when charming owner Sami Demi proceeds to tell you how Croatian tirimisu has 1/4 the calories of other tirimisus, and you don’t even like tirimisu, but you try…

New Cafe Laguna by Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria

The Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria – the picturesque gem tucked away off 35th Street, 12-acre grounds featuring beautiful gardens, the Driscoll Villa, the Greek Temple of Love, and an historic home to art exhibitions – will opens a new Café Laguna today. Housed in the museum’s 93-year-old Gatehouse, Café Laguna will serve…

Fastball + Black and White Years in the park

The last of the Solar-Powered Concert Series in Republic Square Park is tomorrow night, and the TBA closer is Fastball–yep, middle school/high school hotties Fastball, of You’re an Ocean, Out of My Head, and other gems, will be playing. With the Black & White Years, an Austin-based band that has tons of local acumen and…

Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival

My friend David Neff has been bugging me for awhile to post on the new nonprofit film festival he helped start. At long last, here’s all the info, and you even still have 22 days to submit a film Lights. Camera. Help. film festival is the premiere film festival dedicated to nonprofit and grassroots organizations.…

A Band on Tour: Achachay!

I’m excerpting (ok, stealing in its entirety), a blog post I love below. It’s from Achachay!, a band touring the US in support of lowering the drinking age and promoting their music. It happens to be my little bro’s band, but even if it wasn’t, these blog posts about mishaps and adventures on the tour…

It’s all about the volleyball

Last summer I spent 3-4 days a week playing sand volleyball. While this summer my schedule hasn’t looked like that, there is some good volleyball to be had. Three things on the agenda: Weekly, the ATXVB Meetup Group plays at the Krieg Complex, known before as the softball fields off Pleasant Valley and Riverside. Wednesdays…