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Austin: Gilda Grace Opens Friday

As if my neighborhood wasn’t cool enough already (Snap Kitchen? El Arbol?), a new boutique graces the Brykerwoods area. Gilda Grace Collections opens Friday, November 19th at 10am. Gilda Grace is assembled like a woman’s closet, albeit one curated by Austin-based entrepreneur and designer Nere Emiko. The multi-level boutique features Emiko’s Beth Elis line, a high-end…

Austin: Spice Shop Grand Opening (by the numbers)

For the longest time, I didn’t really get the spice thing. I’m slow to the cooking game, and I never understood why people went nuts for Penzey’s in Dallas … I didn’t even know Central Market had bulk spices (awesome!) until this year. But people, spices are awesome. They make boring things amazing and amazing…

Wow, more shopping/deal sites!

Yo, did you guys know about SteepandCheap.com? Because I sure didn’t, but apparently everyone else within 1,000 vertical feet of snow did. It flashes a new item every 30 minutes or until it sells out, whichever comes first, and its got tons of mountain-y gear like skis, accessories, clothes, hiking gear, shoes, packs, camping stuff,…

Austin: New Local Daily Deal Site GivShop

Only in Austin, where deal sites populate the city like musicians, would we have a new daily deal site that gives back–as in, 50% of your purchase price goes back to a non-profit of your choice. How ridiculously cool is that? Hello GivShop. Joining Groupon, LivingSocial, aDealio, Localiter, and Eversave, GivShop offers similar fare to…

Aspen: Shop and Eat in New Places!

New places to shop (I still love Susie’s): WeSC, which stands for “WeAretheSuperlativeConspiracy”, opened its Aspen concept store this August. The Swedish born street-fashion brand is designed “For intellectual slackers,” it means for hipsters with cash to spend and attitude to spare (461 East Hopkins). Courage. B boutique will open “soon” and specialize in fashionable women’s…

Aspen: Garage Sale-ing and Thrifting

Y’all know that I’ve been spending more time in Aspen, Colorado than … well, anyone had ever imagined from this Austin native. Blame it on the Vermonster. Or blame it on the big-city-feel in a small mountain town, the allure of something new, or the adventurer in me, but I’m now splitting time between Austin…

Because Gratitude Makes You 25% Healthier

At least that’s what my mom told me she read in a study … Things I’m Thankful For: My amazing, wonderful, big-word-using, quick-witted family Denali, the lovably quirky mutt who sleeps with her paws in the air My amazing, wonderful, GRE-word-using, quick-witted, silly Vermonster My ridiculous, athletic, big-word-using, sarcastic, witty friends Hey! That’s Not My…