In a town with a glut of live music, creativity can be hard to come by. But this is the first time I’ve ever heard of silent disco, where everyone wears headsets that host 3 different channels with 3 DJs playing simultaneously throughout the night … but if you take your headphones off, it’s totally silent. With…
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Austin: Love Austin Week + Fit Valentine’s Day
Snoball.com is sponsoring the first annual Love Austin Week February 13-17, encouraging Austinites to show love for our city by supporting key local charities that work to lift up our community on a daily basis. Monday, February 13: Austin Pets Alive Doggie biscuits will be sold at local coffee shops, cafes and restaurants such as Progress Coffee and Jo’s for $2…
Austin: Must Go! Studio Sale Raven + Lily
Austin-based Raven + Lily is a lifestyle brand featuring jewelry, paper goods and bath products that are produced by women in developing world communities. Raven + Lily recognizes that 70% of the world’s poorest people are women and have dedicated themselves to empowering women through design partnerships and sustainable economic opportunities. Today and tomorrow, you can shop…
Austin: Grounded in Music with Jack Ingram and Hayes Carll
Austin organization Grounded in Music’s annual benefit concert (past coverage here) is Wednesday, February 15th at the Gibson Guitar Showroom. Longtime Grounded in Music supporter Jack Ingram (I got to meet him when he helped open a recording studio at the Boys & Girls Club) and Hayes Carll are co-headlining the event. Tickets are $35 and…
Austin: CB&TL Supports Wonders & Worries with Wristband
The everybody-wins Wristband program is back at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. This time, they’re supporting Wonders & Worries, an Austin based non-profit which provides family services in coping, to children who have a parent with a chronic or life-threatening illness. Check out this video for more. This is an intelligent and caring group of people who are filling an…
Get Happy with Me at DailyHap!
I teased you guys here, here, here, and here, and it’s finally HERE! DailyHap.com is a website designed to create a community of happy people and encourage people to openly, genuinely pursue happiness. It will guide people to Achieving Happiness 1 Day at a Time through a daily action item. It is also my labor of love, my grand adventure, and now that it’s…
Austin: Name-Dropping … Vince Young Steakhouse at James Beard House
Most famous for handing out prestigious awards, the mission of the James Beard Foundation is “to celebrate, preserve, and nurture America’s culinary heritage and diversity in order to elevate the appreciation of our culinary excellence.” So, chefs are invited to “perform” at the Beard House by presenting lunches, brunches, workshops, and dinners to Foundation members…
Feel Good Friday 012712 [updated]
Feel Good Friday is a roundup of the things that made me feel good or that I’m grateful for all week. Join me and leave your Feel Goods in the comments! Epic ski weekend last weekend. Lessons, pow, hot tubs, friends, double-blacks … oh yeah. This paleo-ish cookie recipe. It’s amazingly delicious, memorized, and so…
Easy Tiger! Bake Shop & Beer Garden Opens Today
Someone go try it for me please? Bread and beer. Things I shouldn’t eat but happen to love. [Sidenote: there’s a new bakery in Aspen on the mall under the Psychic called Annette’s and the bread there is TO DIE FOR, so to speak, as I ate almost half a loaf and spent the rest…
Austin & Aspen: Blind Cafe Dinners
That’s right, a Boulder-based company is hosting two visiting events in the two cities I call home. The parallels! The Blind Cafe comes to Austin January 26-28 and Aspen February 14. The Blind Cafe is a completely dark dinner, live music, and speaking experience. For more on the individual events in each of the cities, read…