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Food Porn: TRIO

Food porn. This post is nothing but unadulterated food porn. I LOVE TRIO’s popovers, so much so that the PR director makes sure to have them available to me whenever I show up. See my previous post on TRIO’s popovers … But most everything TRIO serves is divine too, including free range beef tenderloin of…

Austin Restaurant Week 2, Round 2

Round two of Austin’s second Restaurant Week is NOW, March 8-11, so try a restaurant on the cheap with prix-fixe $25 or $35 menus. My G and I tried Jeffrey’s last week and were pretty happy. I went with beet salad, gnocchi (pictured), and chocolate cake. He went crispy oysters, ribs (pictured), and crepes. Luckily,…

Achachay! at Red Eyed Fly (yep, it rhymes)

Achachay! at Red Eyed Fly at 11:30pm. It costs $5 to get in. They only play for 40 minutes so you’ve got to get there early! According to the lead singer: Top ten reasons to come to the show tomorrow night (Garrett, consider this a convincing bailout suggestion email to be forwarded): (1) – It’s…

A sprouted grain crust pizza!

Whaaaa? In a quick stop at Whole Foods last night I stumbled upon A.C. LaRocco’s Ultra Thin Crust Pizza Sprouted Grain with Old World Veggies. I told my G about it, and he insisted I post pics so he could know what I was talking about. Behold: Sprouted grains are much better for you, higher…

Yee Haw! Free Breakfast!

Friday morning: 6 – 9 am at Auditorium Shores Cowboy Breakfast is the official kick-off to the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo. Cowboy Breakfast serves up a breakfast of champions with live entertainment accompanying the Texas-size buffet. Live music, family entertainment and breakfast are all FREE to the public. Don’t forget your boots! Cowboy…

After Dark Events!

If you’re heading from downtown, pop into Estilo, then stop in to Twin Liquors Marketplace in Hancock Center for a free wine tasting on your way up north, where you’re headed to a denim & margarita bar. Estilo Art Show Head to Estilo from 6-9p for an Art Show featuring the work of Stephanie Beard.…

Your Lucky Day: SXSW

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2_e5Pa9NwdSkKQEQs3v1MA This, my friends, is all you need for SXSW. It is a spreadsheet of the best parties. The criteria: -Free -Free booze / food / cool stuff There are a million and a half lists out there with free parties. Most focus on music. This is not what I care about. I care about…

Mini-Manis Birthday Party

Embellish’s First Birthday features $15 Mini-Manis, Cupcakes & Cocktails, plus 25% off all boutique purchases. Tonight from 7 to 9pm, the Triangle hotspot will be full of lovely ladies scoring cheap manis while sippin’. They’ve outlined the steps below: -Show up with your best gals and put your name on the list -Sip a cocktail…

Dishalicious > Eating Good

Here I present to you a smackdown of home delivery food services. Disclaimer: I have tried both Dishalicious and Eating Good only once each. Dishalicious is a division of Spoon & Co. Catering, and Eating Good is the home-run operation of Melissa Good (ha). Dishalicious Ordering: online. Super easy. Delivery: to my house, in a…