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Free Week – Free live music all week!

FREE WEEK is from now until January 10th and is just a big week of free music! Emo’s, Beerland, and Transmission Entertainment worked together to coordinate the freeness, and do512 compiled a mega-list of all the shows that are free this week! Thanks! Their Top Picks page lists most of the shows, but they’ve also…

Mansion of Terror: Danger Hellaphant

Last night, a team of us (okay, just me and two guys–gotta protect myself!) went to Mansion of Terror, the haunted house that’s billed as the scariest in Austin. And the #8 in the nation. Or the #1 by Lions Gate Films. Who knew film companies rated haunted houses? Anyway, it’s good. So good that…

Emerald’s + Peyton’s Place

Boutiques in Austin are a dime a dozen nowdays, so sometimes I forget about the old standbys, like Emeralds. Long occupying primo 6th & Lamar real estate, the clothing and gift shop is a spot of some confusing identities–$25 tops next to $425 dresses–but nonetheless a great place to find something to wear. The shoe…

I’ve got a Thursday/Friday agenda!

Hipsters, go: Thursday … 6-8pm: Tribeza happy hour at Valentine’s Too (3801 N Capital of Texas Hwy in Davenport Village). Complimentary hors d’oeuvres, desserts, and wine from Davenport Liquor plus prizes including gift certificates to the Four Seasons Hotel and Viva Chocolato make for an excellent evening/shopping affair Providing for Paws … 6-8:30pm: A new…

Review: Parkside

Parkside came to Austin amidst much fanfare–how many nice restaurants are in the midst of the 6th Street strip? It also has a sweet rooftop patio. A friend of mine was in from Dallas and had met a friend of owner/executive chef Shawn Cirkiel who said he HAD TO GO, so we went a couple…

Daily Juice

Daily Juice is amazing. Expensive, but amazing. I’ve been meaning to write a post on them for awhile and just haven’t gotten around to it. But I just received an email alerting me that now they’re serving up Daily Juice cocktails on Thursdays at the Belmont. Ridiculously amazing. During SXSW, two friends and I went…