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Saturday, January 28, 2012
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These new arrivals seem to be blooming earlier than usual: Chinese sacred lilies, one black-eyed Susan, and one red anemone. There are more and more Little Marvel pea blossoms and Montopolis narcissi. Nasturtiums have germinated nicely this time around. The calendula continues to be spectacular…
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Five Things We Love This Week
This week, we love the Internet. And movies. And everything wonderful about both of those things. (via Chicksters)
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Sculpting Got You Down? An Interview with Twin Sister's Andrea Estella
This interview was contributed by Ruth Griffin. It’s pretty easy to resent a band that puts out an EP before ever performing live together. However, Twin Sister has proven themselves to be worthy of nothing but adoration. Buzz from their first release Vampires with Dreaming Kids, and their…
Food + Drink: H-E-B Opens "Mi Tienda" Concept Grocery in North Austin
When H-E-B set out to renovate their North Lamar Boulevard and Rundberg Lane store, they assessed the demographics of the area and decided it was the perfect spot to bring their Hispanic-influenced Mi Tienda concept (“my store” in Spanish) to Austin. [ more › ]
Show Preview: The Beauty Ballroom Grand Opening Weekend With Theophilus London and This Ambitious Orchestra
Austin’s musical landscape never gets stagnant. There’s always evolution, constant change going on. One of the most recent developments is in the creation of what’s shaping up to resemble a mini-Red River on East Riverside. Emo’s East opened in the area last year, and now…
A Day-Long Celebration for Esme at Beerland [Show Preview]
Last night's news that the APD has identified the prime suspect in the New Year's Eve attacks - and, apparently, several earlier assaults - provides a bit of emotional respite in anticipation of perhaps the biggest benefit show yet staged for Esme Barrera. The Statesman reports James Loren Brown,…
Oh Snap! Festival at the Parish & Beale St. Tavern [Festival Preview]
Started in 2009 by fellow classmates to honor the memory of Sergio Machado, a Southwestern University graduate and musician who was killed by a drunk driver in his home country of Mozambique, the Oh Snap! Festival has quickly evolved into one of the biggest showcases for local talent the city has…
NPR's StoryCorps Rolling Time Capsule in Austin
Would you consider contributing to a national time capsule of sorts to preserve your family's priceless stories? StoryCorps, a nonprofit... (via Regent Property Group)
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The '90s, Austin Style: K-NACK Reunion With Sixteen Deluxe [Show Preview]
You’ve heard it all before: an Austin band puts out a stellar debut, garners a bunch of national press, signs a major label deal, then slowly fades from the spotlight. That first act story plays out a few times per decade, and as F. Scott Fitzgerald once said, “There are no second…
Get a Job, Then Celebrate at SXSWi This Year
Though getting a job at the interactive festival used to involve a little luck and more legwork than it was often worth (sort of like being a Private Eye at the circus), the grooming and handshakes can now be saved for the first ever Tech Career Expo at SXSW. The official expo will be held at…
Indie Picks: At The Movies This Weekend
This weekend's lone new release hits town with three Oscar nominations under its belt as Glenn Close stars as the title character in Albert Nobbs (Roadside Attractions). [ more › ]
The Kills and JEFF The Brotherhood @ Stubbs [Snapshots]
&n bsp; Like we mentioned to you, The Kills are on tour celebrating their tenth year as a band. Chad Wadsworth caught the band along with openers JEFF the Brotherhood during their performance at Stubb's. [ more ›…
Food + Drink: Hillside Farmacy to Open on East 11th this March
East Side Show Room Chef and Owner Sonya Cote’s hotly anticipated new specialty grocery and eatery Hillside Farmacy is expected to open its doors just in time for the annual invasion. For Cote, the farm to table movement is not just the latest culinary craze; it’s at the very core…
Thursday, January 26, 2012
"Date Night" in Central Austin
A date night in Central Austin can be car-free in light of the many wonderful restaurants and businesses that pepper... (via Regent Property Group)
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"Date Night" in North Austin
Austin offers so many options for going on dates that it can be overwhelming to narrow down the choices. Keeping... (via Regent Property Group)
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“Serial Predator” Linked To New Years Attacks, Barerra Murder is Dead
On January 12th, the APD investigated a deceased persons call at the 3000 block of Guadalupe. James Loren Brown was found dead by his roommate after coming back from the holidays, and APD linked the composite sketch of the Barerra suspect with Brown while also taking into account the proximity…
UT Math Professor Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize For Something That Has To Be Explained To Us
The Buenos Aires-born Luis Caffarelli, a math professor at UT, will share this year's Wolf Prize in mathematics with Michael Aschbacher. Caffarelli's work includes "nonlinear analysis, partial differential equations and their applications, calculus of variations and optimization." [ more › ] …
Black Eyed Vermillion, Whiskey Dick, Zero Skills [Show Preview]
If you like punk in your twang and getting into shows for free, Lovejoy’s is serving up a mean cocktail tonight as Black Eyed Vermillion growls their way through the taproom. WhiskeyDick sets the stage with more straightforward southern rock that steadies its drunken swagger on the…
Is The Fleshlight an Austin Entrepreneurial Success Story? [NSFW, OBVS]
Understandably, the majority of press releases from the Austin-based "number one selling male sex toy company" Fleshlight end up in our spam filter, but the recent creation of a "Flight" model, paired with the fact that the locals swept the "AVN Awards for Best Sex Toy Company" - subcategory…
Austin's Modern Home Tour: Visually Stunning And Remarkably Clever
Saturday, February 4th, the Austin Modern Home Tour is celebrating its fifth anniversary in style. Join the tour to peep an impressive variety of sustainable solutions Austin architects have incorporated into their spaces that “foster progressive, yet responsible design.” Meet homes…
Rick Perry is #1! (at killing people...)
Just one week after suspending his campaign, Perry is about to oversee his 239th execution, making him the number one governor for executions ever. Well, at least he's number one at something. [ more › ]
Arts & Drafts: Champion + Circle Brewing Company
Art and draft will meet tonight at Champion for the exhibition opening of Daniel Heidkamp’s Glow Drops At The Chill Spot and Jacques Louis Vidal’s Free Range Sculpture. In addition, Circle Brewing Company will be releasing their latest seasonal beer, a winter amber called Nameless,…
That Radiohead ACL TV Taping is On March 6th
Image From Nasty Little Man PBS has announced that the Radiohead show we've all been waiting for (aside from this one) will take place on March 6th at ACL Live. Want to win tickets? They're giving away a pair for one lucky so and so who signs up for their newsletter, plus they're promising more…
Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival Announced For April 25th - 28th
Austin is finally hosting its first all-comedy festival with the just-announced Moontower. Taking place on April 25th, the event has 24 featured comedians announced so far, including headliners Seth Meyers, Aziz Ansari and Steven Wright. The event will be spread out at multiple venues, including…
Trip the Mexican Fantastic—Tonight at Book People, 7 p.m.
Tonight the Mexican writers Bernardo Fernandez (aka Bef) of Mexico City and Pepe Rojo of Tijuana will be reading at Book People to celebrate the publication of Three Messages and a Warning: Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic, a new anthology of Mexican fiction in translation…
Zach Anner + Alexis Ohanian + Zach Weiner = Zach Sandwich [Show Preview]
What these two Zachs will chat about is anyone's guess, but Anner has promised free wheelchair rides; the scuttlebut on Twitter is that the two will battle. Our bets are on Anner. He has high technology and the home team advantage! [ more › ]
Bucking and blooming and sprouting
There's no bucksaw in this household, but a crosscut pruning saw with champion-style teeth worked just as well for preparing fallen limbs to be placed at the curb in a week for the City's "large brush collection." Not having a sawbuck or even a sawhorse, I used two plastic stacking chairs as a…
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Sarkozy-Merkel and plastic stacking chairs
I was entertained by the very first photographs of Sarkozy and Merkel together, and I still am. Lately, I find that other people enjoy them just as much. Some publication (I forget which) even predicted in a joking way that they'd run away together in 2012. I'm also fascinated by the way that…
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Monopoly favorites, in order of preference
Flatiron, opera hat, cannon, racing car, Scottish terrier, high-top shoe, and battleship. The first three listed are much greater favorites than those following. Those are the favorites from the current set. Where available, the thimble and the wheelbarrow are favorites, also--one and two.
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We've been waiting
And now they're here. At last, there are flowers on the Pride of Barbados plants, all of which froze back to the ground and were very slow in returning this year. This morning, we saw our first hummingbirds of the season. This evening, they're still here. Their favorite flowers are Turk's caps.…
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Modern material culture: espadrilles
My old black espadrilles with optional laces have seen better days, and they're no longer available from the original source. The Soludos site came to the rescue. The price is the most reasonable found (although I do believe that it's gone up a tiny bit since they were featured in some brief…
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Back to the big screen
The schedule has been deliberately and aggressively cleared to make room for movies. This was accomplished too late to catch Circo at the new Violet Crown, but these are the movies seen since the resolution was put into action: Jane Eyre, True Legend, The Lincoln Lawyer, Your Highness, and Jumping…
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Difficult-to-find broccoli found
We always used to find Green Comet broccoli at the South Austin Farmers Market of fond memory. Those who grew it always said that it was difficult to find the seed. It's happy news to find the broccoli at the HOPE Farmers Market, courtesy of Johnson's Backyard Garden, and it's just as delicious as…
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Springtime lingerers and returnees
We still have a few anemones: white, red-and-white fringed and striated, and blue. Thalia and iphieon were among the last to remain in bloom. All leaves from springtime bulbs are dying back. We do still have an amazing display of various sweet peas, some smelling too soapy and others good and…
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They're b-a-a-a-c-k!
heritage irisesThese irises don't appear every year. They are the most beautiful, subtle color. They smell of licorice or anise. They came to us in a gift sack of narcissus bulbs, but we can't remember whether they came from Bastrop or from next door. White irises are the most common ones to…
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Mid-century modern material culture
Farewell, Lux Minute Minder; hello, Lux Minute Minder. The old one's done for. The spring may have broken, or just become detached, but I couldn't open the rusty back of the case to find out which. Here's a link to an image of a light-blue timer of the same vintage; my old timer is the standard…
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Bearing up under the heat
It's unseasonably warm, but the spring flowers continue to appear. There are many colors of ranunculus today. Joining all the other irises, are some that are entirely yellow. We have our first spiderwort and our first bachelor button. A second kind of ornamental allium is beginning to bloom. It's…
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Book People, the Number One Independent Bookstore in Texas
Book People, on first glance, may appear to be a local version of a Barnes & Noble. On closer inspection,... (via Regent Property Group)
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Zilker Park - Cheap Fun
Who says you have to spend a bunch of money for entertainment? Zilker Park has loads of free events! (via Austin Concerts)
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Checkin? in and Tunin? up with the Self
Self-discovery. Lunch at Cipollinas. Massage at Austin Viva Day Spa. (via In Between)
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Can you Recommend a Good Realtor in Austin?
Austin Realtor Recommendations. (via Austin Real Estate Secrets)
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Netflix Instant Pick of the Week: Cold Weater
The lovely rainy day we have had here in Austin today provides the perfect backdrop for checking out an underrated... (via Chicksters)
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AISD Tackles Bullying with School Events
With approximately 1 in 7 students either a bully or the victim of a bully (according to bullyingstatistics.org), AISD is... (via Travis Country West)
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Aerial Classes at Sky Candy
Austin?s Sky Candy offers aerial classes that allow you to test your skills on everything from trapeze to lyra to... (via Chicksters)
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LBJ Wildflower Center's Tree Talk, Winter Walk
January may not seem like an ideal month to take a lovely stroll around the neighborhood - but this is... (via Village at Western Oaks)
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Free Composting Classes
I've been composting and have had the smallest city garbage can for years. Now I can get a fancy new... (via Bad Art World)
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Austin Real Estate Inventory is LOW LOW LOW. Time To Sell !
With inventory levels so incredibly low, and buyers coming out of the wood-work in Austin right now, if you are... (via Austin Real Estate Secrets)
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Ingebrigt Haker Flåten & The Young Mothers / Tektite Records Launch Party [show preview]
Though it might not be expected given the general climate of Austin music - which is to say jazz and improvisation gets less notice - one of the city's busiest players is a Norwegian-born contrabassist. Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (b. 1971, Oppdal) moved to Austin in 2010 and has consistently made…
Interview: Chef David Bull On Year One At Congress + Second (Part One)
2011 was a banner year for David Bull and his Congress Austin concept. Less than three months after opening, the restaurant vaulted from hot newcomer to king of the mountain status after receiving the Austin American-Stateman's first five-star review in several years. The crowds arrived, and more…