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Mini-Manis Birthday Party

Embellish’s First Birthday features $15 Mini-Manis, Cupcakes & Cocktails, plus 25% off all boutique purchases. Tonight from 7 to 9pm, the Triangle hotspot will be full of lovely ladies scoring cheap manis while sippin’. They’ve outlined the steps below: -Show up with your best gals and put your name on the list -Sip a cocktail…

Friday Urban Cowboy

What’s better than a free happy hour downtown? Um, nothing. urbanspace announces the opening of their new downtown office at the Monarch. Celebrate with food from Whole Foods, spirits from Paula’s Texas Orange, and other goodies. 6:30-9:30pm, rsvp: reception@urbanspacerealtors.com 801 w. 5th street

Charity Bash at Molotov

They say it better than me: They say: CharityBash is the perfect mix: entertainment, a good time, and philanthropy. It’s based on two simple ideas. First, we all deserve to relax and have fun. Second, for Austin to remain the city we love, we all need to support its nonprofits organizations. Spend time at a…

Last minute: SXSW pre-party tonight 7-9

Keep Austin Wired: SXSW Interactive Meetup at Shangri-La Interested in meeting fellow geeks in the ATX? Hit up Shangri-La on Monday, February 23rd from 7pm-9pm. Free drinks, music, old skool video games, and a FREE SXSW INTERACTIVE registration to one lucky winner. Be there or be L7 square! RSVP to interpress@sxsw.com and use the subject…

Friday Night Bikes (& Guinness)

Ride your bike to Mellow Johnny’s, pay $10, and be rewarded with apps, wine, and watching Lance peddle in Cali. I didn’t like the shop the one time I went, but now that I know the Juan Pelota joke, I can’t help but promote anything to do with it. Ends just in time to peddle…

Magazines host wedding days

Gone are the days when you hear radio commercials touting the Bridal Extravaganza at Palmer Events Center, and the clueless bride thought that was her only resource for everything wedding. Last week, Finch hosted an in-store, this week mags are getting in on the action with RARE and Tribeza both sponsoring events. Invites and deets…

Thursday Pre-V-Day = tons of events

There are an exorbitant number of happy hours and events tonight, some because it’s Thursday and some because Valentine’s Day is a great excuse for free drinks and snacks, and to sell some stuff in some stores. No matter your leaning, take advantage of a plethora of Thursday-night ideas–and end up at Twestival! Loosely arranged…

Tuesday: Fun, Sexy, Strappy

It’s almost like the commercials for My Bloody Valentine (The Perfect date movie: fun, sex, terror), minus any terror. Collectic Home is hosting an art unveiling tomorrow night, so check it out if you’re into that sort of thing (details after I marvel over Aces Lounge’s new offerings below) … So who knew Aces Lounge…

BFFs love free stuff!

I can’t decide what to be excited about the most: a) Boy Band Karaoke (Quit Playing Games with My Heart was the first single I ever bought. Walmart, $1.99) b) Goodie bags!!!! c) $5 blowouts (gawd I love salon hair … Pink Salon!) d) Embellish Nails! (why am I so obsessed with them?) e) Girly…

The good thing about weddings is …

The good thing about weddings? Champagne and cake. Even better? As wedding season rolls around, there are a ton of events centered around weddings where you get to sample the aforementioned champagne and cake. YUM! Tonight, hit Second Street decor store Finch from 5-8pm for a mini-bridal extravaganza. Even if there’s no wedding in your…