As the former thisislifeinaustin, I still get a fair amount of Austin news, and I often wish I was in town for the fun. Despite the fact that my 10-year high school reunion is next week (what?! and does that warrant its own post??), I won’t be coming home til December. However, were I in…
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Colorado Resident
After just 2.5 years, it’s really official. I’ve never had another state’s ID before (and they definitely take worse pics than Texas). I think I’m excited, but it’s bittersweet. Texas will always be home.
Austin: Fall Restaurant Week
It’s officially fall everywhere. I thought I could fight it by wearing sundresses with cardis and boots, embracing the afternoon sun and ignoring the evening chill in Aspen, and generally pretending like it wasn’t happening (denial is what we call that), but this week I’ve slowly come around. I mean, even Austin is admitting it…
Rent a Moving Box: BungoBox
I can’t remember the last time I used cardboard boxes to move—I have enough duffles, storage bins, and assorted containers to move my small amount of stuff from Austin to Aspen to place to place. Moving into my house for the first time, however, was a different story. I wish BungoBox had existed then! Founded in…
Austin: Fun Fun Fun Fest Aqua Olympics
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012’s Aqua Olympics is Sunday, August 19th at Fiesta Gardens and includes competitions in Stand Up Paddle Jousting, a “Revenge of the Nerds”-style belching contest, and much more. Register at funfunfunfest.com/2012_water_olympics. The festivities will also include pro riders soaring into the drink on the BMX Lagoon Launch and pro skaters ripping it up…
The Friends-As-Family Generation
Subhead: Making Friends in Anywhere. I’m constantly amazed at the number of thoughtful comments a post I wrote three years ago still receives. The topic: Making Friends in Austin. Turns out, while it can vary by location and number of young professionals, young singles, so on, making friends anywhere is a challenge. I’ve written in countless…
Austin: Breaking News, H&M is coming!!
But not ’til this fall so you don’t actually get to purchase the teeny bikini shown here. Hennes & Mauritz, or H&M, or “achay y emmeh” as it will always be known to me as my first H&M visit was in Madrid where I was living, will open its 24,000-square-foot outpost in the Domain in the fall, offering women’s, men’s,…
Summer Fashion Updates
I just updated the sidebar (yes, I realize we’re already halfway into summer) with summer fashion nays and yays. Fashion Sticky Notes … actual hideous things I see people wearing, and how to remedy the problems they present + Why are people STILL doing this?! Despite my warnings, people are still slapping skinny belts onto…
Austin: My Ambitious Austin Weekend
Waaaaaay back in 2009, I wrote a post called Top Ten Things to Do in Austin … the list still stands as an excellent guide, but as I spend a wedding long weekend in town with locals and not, I thought I’d make a list of things I want to do this weekend. To be clear, this…
New Summer Drink Coco Breve
You know how when you’re floating the river, nothing tastes better than Keystone? But if you’re anywhere else, nothing tastes worse? Coco Brevé will likely taste better than Keystone on the river—although I did not test this assertion. This is no small feat. Because literally nothing tastes better. But the coconut water bevvie’s bubbles and alcohol…