Happy Mother’s Day! And I hope you all love yours too. My mom eats healthy, but LOVES a buffet. She doesn’t want to go to brunch unless it’s all-you-can-eat. Nevermind that she won’t eat all that much, she wants OPTIONS, people. (I mean, the woman went to Berry Austin and didn’t put a single cookie…
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Holy Mud
A new mud race event challenge thing I just heard about seems pretty similar to CrossFit … the TOUGH MUDDER race series just launched this year and is a 7-mile obstacle course with 17 obstacles designed by British Special Forces to test all around toughness, strength, stamina, fitness, camaraderie, and mental grit. Yikes! The website says,…
Minute by Minute
Relentless Boot Camp yesterday, ZT’s last, was a killer! We did the usual warmup, then instead of hearing a workout we went straight into a minute of whatever exercise ZT called out: jumping squats, plank, lunges, plank, situps, plank, 2 laps, sprawls, plank, squats, leg hold, lunges, pushups, leg hold, crunches, 3 stairs, 2 laps,…
Blondes vs Brunettes 4th & Goal Gala
I know, I know, I just got done telling you how you HAD to go to the Endless Beauty launch party (a crazy success, btw, photos and video here), and now I’m telling you about another event you HAVE to go to … the Blondes vs. Brunettes Fourth & Goal Gala, an inaugural Blondes vs.…
Lifting Light Things!!
CrossFitters love to Lift Heavy Things. But when you haven’t lifted anything in almost a month, lifting light things feels JUST AS GOOD. Yes, that’s right, I got to lift light things today!!! Everyone else did Khalipa #13: 3 Rounds: 15 hang power clean (women 95#) 15 burpees Me? 3 Rounds: 15 hang power clean…
Blondes v Brunettes II
It’s probably going to be epic again. See last year’s inaugural Blondes vs. Brunettes recap here. This year, I’m QBing again, actually brunette, and ready to rock. The brunettes really are looking better than ever, and we’re only two practices in! There’s still time to join the team, click on the BvB Austin website for…
Endless Beauty Ticket Giveaway!
Going to be one smokin’ hot party, Seaholm is gonna be decked out like you’ve never seen it decked out before, and the freakin’ Donnas are playing. Snag a ticket, $24 in advance: http://www.endlessbeauty.com/launch-party How to Win Tix: At the launch party, there’s gonna be an awesome Beauty Wall with pictures of people talking about…
Snap Kitchen
In Austin, we’re all busy, we’re all super active, and we’re all worried about our health. Sure, we love our queso and margaritas and gourmet doughnuts and cupcake trailers, but on the regular we like to eat right. Snap Kitchen is a new chef-prepared, healthy take-out food concept that is opening not one, but TWO…
Live Oak Brewery’s 13th Anniversary
Big Bark. Live Oak Pilz. Hefeweizen. One of Austin’s original breweries is celebrating its lucky 13th anniversary with a blowout–free food, cheap beer, lots of music, including nerdy fave The Lennings. Live Oak Brewery 3301 East 5th Street Saturday April 17th, Noon to 5p (Lennings go on at 4p)
Free Sugar Mama’s Cupcakes!
Y’all all know that Sugar Mama’s are my fave cupcakes in town. Tuesday night, you can snag some free ones alongside tea, coffee, and some world famous t-shirt designer named Johnny Cupcakes. Johnny Cupcakes (http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/) sells t-shirts out of a van. He’s touring the country, making stops at the best art galleries, coolest retail spaces,…