Archive for the 'Everyday' Category
Neighborhood Wars
Drummond and I have decided to move. We’re trying to reduce our rent. I guess you could say our priorities have shifted in the last year. Over the last couple of days, we’ve been combing ads on Craigslist and driving around neighborhoods we’d like to live in, preying on “For Lease” signs. We’re okay with [...]
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Event Alert: Summer Bash TONIGHT
Software Advice is a company that is new on the Austin scene and tonight they’re hosting a get together for the blogging and tech community. I think it’s cool that they’re actually making the effort to get to know us Austinites. Details are on the poster below.
Learn more here. You can follow their twitter here.
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ROTD
Look! I had the Review of the Day on Yelp. It’s for Sarah’s Mediterranean Grill & Market on Burnet.
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they play the likes of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Spoon over the intercom.
[FYI for non-Texans, H-E-B is our local grocery chain.]
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A new, fun project
My post on becoming a better, more engaged eater from last week got quite a few hits and responses from friends. Thank you to everyone who joined the conversation!
So, what better way to start really paying attention to what I’m eating and to become more appreciative of my meals than to write for a food [...]
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Review of the Day PSA
Not one to brag, but I received the Review of the Day award on Yelp today. Pretty cool.
I love Yelp.
In light of this award, I want to take this opportunity to mention Austin Wildlife Rescue again. That’s the place I reviewed. When we had the Quaker Parrot land on our back deck with a [...]
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I mentioned on Twitter this weekend that I had made seven layer cookies for a cookout. A couple people asked for the recipe. Caution: they’re very rich.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of butter
1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 cup of semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
1 cup of chopped walnuts
1 14 oz. can of Eagle Brand sweetened condensed [...]
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Literary Tattoos
I’ve always thought quotes and song lyrics make the most interesting tattoos. Apparently I’m not the only one.
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Have ya’ll heard of this girl?
Her name is Eleanor Hardwick, also known as Lenaah on Flickr, and she’s a super talented photographer. She’s only 15. Yes, folks. 15 years old. Look at some of her shots:
Her Flickr site is just mesmerizing. I could look at the sets on there for hours. She’s gotten lots of [...]
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On SXSW
I am currently writing my own little SXSW post.
In the meantime, you must read this.
The link above goes to rap lyrics for a song called “South By Girls” that was penned by a former Facebook designer named Eston Bond. And it is hilarious. I found it via this SXSW article on Gawker.
And here’s the coolest [...]
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