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Austin: Win dinner at TRIO for a whole year!

My love for TRIO is well-documented here on this here blog … now you can visit as often as I do, by entering to win dinner for a year!! To celebrate the launch of its new standalone restaurant website, TRIO at Four Seasons Hotel Austin is offering the chance to win dinner for two for…

Kentucky Derby Hats & Horses Party!

The Kentucky Derby is probably my favorite excuse for a party the entire year. The Derby is a special mix of dressing up for a party but still getting to look pretty, day drinking, and delicious food. This year there’s no Derby Party at my house, but J. Black’s is filling in the void for…

Vertigo Burger Eat-Off at Elevation

Elevation Burger ends 2009 with a bang: the 10-patty Vertigo Burger Challenge The challenge: be the first to finish a 10-patty Vertigo Burger AND french fries. The person who does this the fastest will win free burgers for a year (up to two burgers a week). The famous Vertigo Burger, a ten-patty monster of organic,…

All About Film Friday

Jim from the Office Makes a Movie John Krasinki’s directorial debut is Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, a play he discovered while studying playwriting at Brown University. Not only did the experience spark Krasinski’s interest in the late David Foster Wallace’s caustic exploration of the nature of men, it was also the moment that made…

Austin Music Mixer

Austin Music Mixer at Threadgill’s Join the Austin Music Foundation for the first Austin Music Mixer of the year to reconnect with your old friends and meet new ones to enhance your career opportunities in 2009. I’ve had musician friends make tons of connections at these events, so get yourself out there! Tuesday, January 20,…

Drink Local

Sure, Edible Austin magazine is hosting its Eat Local Week this week in Austin, but while they have events every night, I’ve culled the best for you below. Ok, ok, so it’s the two free ones that involve alcohol. Drink Local. TUESDAY, 12/9: Drink Local Night at The Monarch, 6–9 pm A celebration of locally…

Carnival ‘O’ Pizza at Home Slice

I’m going to get my hair cut & colored (ack! my first time!) at Pink Salon Saturday morning, so it’s perfectly convenient that Home Slice is having their fall carnival right across the street! Home Slice Carnival O Pizza Noon – 7pm The 3rd annual Carnival O Pizza hosted by Home Slice is this Saturday!…

Weekend Calendar

There’s a lot going on this weekend! Here’s a calendar: Friday: Roger Creager at Midnight Rodeo Texas music classic, big dance floor, $10 cover, $2.75 Coors Light, $3.25 Crown Royal … what more could you really want from Friday night? SATURDAY 10am-1pm: As always, sand volleyball at Zilker starting at 10 am. atxvb.com for more…