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Austin: Cinco de Mayo Festivities

Street de Mayo: Bonus: Tikkr watches will be sponsoring a VIP party at Malverde during the festivities.  Guests can purchase a Tikkr watch at the event and receive free admission to the party with open bar from 6-9pm. There will also be an after party open to the public at Malverde featuring additional DJ sets by Ocote…

Fashion-filled (and free) Thursday!

From after-work until the wee hours, you could party your Thursday away at some stellar events: Soigne Expansion Party – brother store Slate closed, but Soigne expanded into the space and is throwing a party to celebrate! Reopening event with free food and drink, plus 20% off! Check out a lovely spring fashion show too.…

Art + Style Happy Hour

Art Alliance Austin kicks off a month-long Second Street ART + STYLE series with a happy hour at new hot spots La Condesa and upstairs bar Malverde (if you haven’t heard of these two, you clearly don’t read my blog enough. I’ve raved about the drinks too many times to count, and the food isn’t…

SXSW 2009: Thursday’s Schedule

This is the final “calm” before the storm that is Friday & Saturday. And by calm I mean over 80 FREE parties. Right. So, my top 5 today: 1. Paste Magazine, obvi. Still lovin’ the Magic Hat. Brooklyn Vegan co-sponsors this one. 11:30-7, Radio Room 2. All That Sparkles – Glitter party? Noon-8pm, Malverde (mmm…

SXSW 2009: Monday’s schedule

Here’s your can’t-miss sched, and luckily for all the worker bees, nothing on this one starts ’til 5:30. So you can punch the clock AND party like it’s SXSW 2009 all in one day. 5:30pm – If you were lucky enough to score an invite to the Statesman’s food bloggers party, do it. Whole Foods.…

Best Cocktails Ever

Last night I went to La Condesa, a luscious Mexican restaurant in the true sense of the word, for a tasting of cocktails. Above the funky interior–a mix of concrete and leather banquettes, unfinished wood and Cuban mural–sits Malverde, a bar that will undoubtedly make a huge impact on Austin nightlife. A glassed-in, patio-surrounded black-concrete…

Rumors! La Condesa + Walton’s

A new restaurant from the Lambert’s team called La Condesa (Mexican food?) is scheduled to open in February ’09, directly across from Lambert’s at the corner of Guadalupe and 2nd Street.  Chef Rene Ortiz of New York’s La Esquina (the corner, haha) will lead the restaurant and Lambert’s Executive Chef Larry McGuire will assist in…