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Austin: 10% Off at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf All Month

Just buy the HeartGift wristband for a minimum donation of $1 at any of the four Austin Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf locations before August 11. Then you get a ten percent discount on all prepared beverages through August 31! (Same deal as last time) What’s the HeartGift Foundation? A group that brings children like…

And then I ran a half marathon

… and I have no idea why anyone puts themselves through it! I made the 13.1 miles (or 13.5, say some people with GPS) of the Aspen Valley Half Marathon in just over 2 hours, keeping an 8:30 pace for the first three miles, dropping to a 9 to 9:30-minute pace the next nine, and…

Recharge Compression Tee Makes You Better?

Under Armour just released a $99.99 t-shirt that promises to act like an ice bath, but in a shirt: UA Compression that gets your muscles back to full strength faster. Strategic compression promotes muscle tissue repair. Decreases the amount of time muscles are sore. Reduces swelling caused by exertion or impact. Now, everyone knows that…

Man v. Food: Austin Edition

Man v. Food is Travel Channel’s new series where the host travels the country in search of big, bad food challenges, and it comes to Austin tonight at 10pm on ET. From the channel: In this week’s episode host Adam Richman is about to find out just how “big” food can be in Austin. His…

Four Seasons Tree Lighting

I love the Four Seasons Hotel Austin, with their incredible popovers and see-and-be-seen lobby bar. Tonight, they’ll be lighting their tree and unveiling their crazy-cool Gingerbread Village and everyone is invited! 5:30pm in the lobby. Complimentary treats and refreshments will be served. I went last year and had a great time–the gingerbread village really is…

Saturday: Austin Ice Cream Festival

The Austin Ice Cream Festival sounds like a pretty, um, sweet way to chill out on Saturday. Friends, family, and even dogs are invited to the 2nd Annual Austin Ice Cream Festival. The event include lots of games, activities, contests and live music. Waterloo Park, August 9th from 10am – 7pm, $2 for adults, kids…

Keep Austin Weird Fest

I’ve been meaning to write about this sooner! The Keep Austin Weird 5K It’s a race that has Amy’s Ice Cream as a water stop and allows dogs?! Dreams do come true. The Fest starts at 3 with music by Austin-area musicians, the race is run at 6, and headliner Alejandro Escovedo (who is also…

Crushed Ice

… so maybe trying to get pre-crushed ice the day before the Kentucky Derby, when everyone and their grandmother is serving mint juleps to parties-full, is a bad idea. Nonetheless, I set out to fulfill my needs at Party Barn–a place I had never been, but drove past often. Party Barn is just that: a…