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Tiff’s Treats North Opening

The north location of campus-fave Tiff’s Treats doesn’t officially open until Saturday (and on Saturday, a dozen cookies are just $2, with proceeds going to Make-A-Wish and random prizes dropped in cookie boxes, so every purchase is a chance to win!), but rsvp to events@cookiedelivery.com and you’re in to the preview, where you get free…

Resaurant Week List Posted!

Each participating restaurant is offering a 3-course prix fixe dinner (appetizer, entree, dessert) for either $25 or $35 per person. Austin Restaurant Week is October 12-15 and 19-22. They expect every restaurant to be packed every night during ARW, so make some reservations stat! (Walk-ins are accepted, but reservations are strongly recommended) Austin Restaurant Week…

Huge Weekend

I’m exhausting just thinking about this weekend, and it hasn’t even started yet! Apparently Austin does Labor Day big. The highlight: Sunday night’s Nike Human Race. 6:30pm, a million people across the world will be running a 10K. In Austin, our course is a tough one–lots of hills–but pretty, through downtown, campus, the capitol area.…

Bat Fest

This weekend is BATFEST! This year it will be on the 1st Street Bridge between Cesar Chavez and Riverside Drive. August 30th & 31st; Saturday from 2pm til midnight and Sunday from 2pm til 10pm Tickets just $5 available day of show at the gate. 10 and under Free with an adult. Saturday August 30th…

No more phonebooks, hooray!

I was just having this conversation with a friend yesterday: Him: “What’s up with phone books? They’re stupid, they go straight from my doorstep to my recycling bin. I wish they’d stop sending them to me.” Me: “I used mine to hold up my bed frame for awhile … but I agree. No one uses…

LOVIN’ LANAI!!

The new bar opened last night, and I LOVE it!! It’s pretty awesome–rooftop, open sides, retractable glass roof, stone and water decor everywhere … and of course, the best bartenders in Austin! (A good friend is the GM, and he brought the best of the best with him from stints at Brown Bar and Prague)…

Wed: ACVB Cocktail Throwdown!

Because the Austin Convention & Visitors Bureau is who it is, it can host events like the upcoming Cocktail Throwdown that will crown an “official Austin cocktail.” Last year, Lambert’s owned the rights, this year KGSR’s Bryan Beck will host the competition, presented by PRA Destination Management, to name a new restaurant-bartender-drink the cocktail of…

Training Run + Daily Mile

I’m sure you’re curious about things to do tonight, Tuesday. But Tuesdays are not for events. Except the Nike Human Race training run at Guero’s, which is an awesome event. Free tacos and drinks and friends and running routes, what more could you ask for?! Well, perhaps an online community of runners? Daily Mile is…

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…