As CrossFit blows up and takes Austin–and me–by storm, I thought I’d sit down with the fellas that got me hooked and let them talk about the sport they’ve built their life around. I say life because roommates Wes Kimball and Boone Putney share a lot—they met through a shared best friend, were co-Best-Man in…
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lululemon offers Free Fitness
Weird Wednesdays are back at lululemon, starting this afternoon with Brooke’s Bootcamp on top of Whole Foods from 6:30-7:30pm. Don’t know what Brooke’s Bootcamp entails, but sounds fun, and who wouldn’t want to hit the WF salad bar afterward? Today also marks the first day you can shop lululemon online, so all you online-shopping-addicts (erm,…
Free Pre-St. Patty’s Day CrossFit Workout!
Rain or shine, Hell or high water, three local CrossFits are getting together to host a pre-St. Pat’s workout under the South First Street bridge tomorrow morning. DO IT! [this includes you, boozy SXSWers! Pre-work-off-your-binge-drinking at a perfectly reasonable 10:30am!] You will LOVE it. Even if it’s 43 degrees and raining.
Your Lucky Day: SXSW
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p2_e5Pa9NwdSkKQEQs3v1MA This, my friends, is all you need for SXSW. It is a spreadsheet of the best parties. The criteria: -Free -Free booze / food / cool stuff There are a million and a half lists out there with free parties. Most focus on music. This is not what I care about. I care about…
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…
Restaurant Week
Restaurant Week=Trying new restaurants on the cheap! Sunday-Wed for two weekends in March, you can try some of Austin’s finest restaurants with prix-fixe menus … start making reservations now! There are links for ones that have online reservations, or call the others to make reservations stat–I’ve waited and been totally denied because many restaurants will…
Sweatin’ With Your Sweetheart
Need I say more? Just do it. It’s at a perfectly reasonable hour on a perfectly sunny day. See you at Town Lake!
Dai Due & Hotel Saint Cecilia
Dai Due is this Supper Club type deal that has this crazy cult following. Their Dinners book up way in advance, and it’s basically just two people cooking a dinner where you don’t necessarily know what you’re getting at a location you don’t necessarily know before you book. They range from $45 and up. The…
Cissi’s RSS: Free Desserts & Wine Specials
When networking isn’t really your thing (or after you’ve gotten your fill of business cards), check out The Cissi’s RSS (Really Sweet Syn) Feed Event Cissi’s Wine Bar (1400 South Congress) invites the Foodie Blogosphere, Twitters, Facebook subscribers and Yelp yelpers to enjoy some RSS (Really Sweet Syn) in its warm, roomy, Wi-Fi ready wine…
Jo’s Chili Cold Blood Chili Cook-Off
Name? Don’t get it. Related to the band that plays? Whatevs, because Chili Cook Offs in general, I get. And love. [Well, used to, before I only ate free-range meat, which I doubt most chili-makers are employing these days. And I already missed the vegetarian chili cook-off…] Highlights: Local musicians featuring Chili Cold Blood, HoneyBread,…