I love wine, and I love wine from Texas.With more than 215 wineries, Texas is the fifth-largest wine producing state and seventh-largest grape producer. In the first-ever Texas Sommelier Tasting, nearly a dozen sommeliers and wine experts blind tasted more than 100 Texas wines to select their favorites. The cool thing about Texas wines is…
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Austin: WHERE for SXSW
Y’all know I make a lot of lists about my fave places in Austin. Now there’s a new list-tastic app called WHERE that is currently ranked at the number 1 navigation app on the iTunes store and is getting over 40,000 downloads a day! They conveniently launched just before SXSW … are they the next Gowalla/Foursquare/dare…
Austin: Another Free Day of Yoga Yoga
You know the annual free day of yoga (the one where I took my mom to Bikram and she hasn’t stopped going since and it’s been like 5 years?). Well the city of Austin is having “Another Free Day of Yoga” this Saturday! “Another Free Day of Yoga is an opportunity for people who are…
Austin: Celebrate Texas Independence Day
Wednesday, March 2nd from 6 to 9pm to either Santa Rita location (5900 W. Slaughter Lane or 1206 West 38th Street) and enjoy live music, Republic of Texas signature drink Republic Paloma for just $6.95, tequila tastings with Republic Tequila, complimentary queso bar, wings and nachos, prizes, contests and more! Must be 21 or older to…
Austin: The Big List of Local Food!
GroACT recently released their list of the top “Truly Local Restaurants” from a survey they sent out (so take into account that restaurants not returning the survey aren’t counted etc.) A lot of my old faves are on the list, and there are plenty of newbies for me to try! TOP TEN WINNERS Odd Duck Farm…
States by Food: The United Plates
How adorable/awesome are these? … maybe Colorado’s is a little less awesome. But there is a Denver Omlette, so it makes sense. John Holcomb is, either way, a genius. Here for the rest of the fiddy states and to order prints (just $30!). [Thanks DailyCandy for the heads up!]
Austin: PLAY BLONDES VS. BRUNETTES!
Last year when I started hyping the actual game on my blog (year two recap here, year one recap here), a bunch of you wrote in and said you would have liked to play! Well, ladies, now’s your chance!! YOU can play powderpuff football in Blondes vs. Brunettes, meet new friends, raise money for Alzheimer’s,…
Austin: Revisiting Frank + Breakfast!
Frank has arguably the best bloody mary I’ve ever had, plus delicious artisan sausages. Well good news, folks: Frank is adding breakfast and late-night options! Wahoo! Breakfast: 7am weekdays, 8am Saturday, Frank’s new breakfast dishes include buttery breakfast biscuits with honey, jackalope gravy, or egg-n-cheese, fluffy eggs, bacon, sausage, Canadian bacon, a variety of cereal options, or granola…
Austin: Go Gorilla Run!
The Gorilla Run was a HUGE success! 750 people RAN 3.1 miles in downtown Austin with temps under 32 degrees! CONGRATS to my lil bro, frontman of Achachay!, for organizing the run AND rocking the post-race show! Thanks for the photo, Dad! Photo from the Statesman.
Austin: Top 8 Normal Places to Eat Paleo
I got this email yesterday: On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 12:34 AM, DUDE* wrote: Just saw your post on ordering paleo when eating out and wanted to find out if you have any favorite paleo restaurants in Austin. Going to be in Austin this week and looking for a place to eat. Thanks! DUDE*…