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February 16, 2012

Austin: Silent Cedar

In a town with a glut of live music, creativity can be hard to come by. But this is the first time I’ve ever heard of silent disco, where everyone wears headsets that host 3 different channels with 3 DJs playing simultaneously throughout the night … but if you take your headphones off, it’s totally silent.
Silent Cedar Austin
  • With three channels of different genres of EDM going on simultaneously, spun by some of Austin’s best DJs, you’ll be able to find something you like and dance in your own world but surrounded by friends.  You simply find the station you like or find the music that best matches the rhythms to which your friends are dancing (and set your own volume)
  • If you want to take a break and chat or order a drink, just take off the headphones and realize the deafening… silence around you
  • With visual projections, lasers, and performers, Silent Cedar will wow the eyes as much as the ears.
Totally innovative and different. Do it: facebook.com/events/349089368448310

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October 12, 2011

Austin: Put the Rumors to Rest on 219West

We’ve all seen the marquee outside the former Union Park (RIP BoomBoomRoom) announcing that 219West will be moving there sometime, but up until now details have been scarce. Until now. The Warehouse District location closes its doors for good after regular Saturday night service from 5p to 2a October 15.

219West’s new home at 612 W. Sixth St.—despite rumor, it is NOT the same address—will open mid-November.

219West’s new 8,600-square-foot location (2x the 4th Street location!) has been entirely gutted and refurbished. A new patio has been erected along the front side of the building, the massive rooftop deck is still there, and the inside will feature more private party dining rooms. 219West is perhaps most known for its six award-winning menus of tapas and fresh entrees with booze pairings of cocktails, beer, and wine, and these will remain staples at the new location. The new 219West location will feature a new signature 219Tini cocktail: a combination of cucumber vodka, fresh lime juice, a splash each of sour mix and 7UP or soda, and a dash of simple syrup.

More info: 219West.com

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July 19, 2011

Austin: Day ‘o the Week Breakdown

I love nothing more than a theme party, so you can imagine how excited I was to hear that two Austin standbys, old and new, are hosting themed events every day of the work week throughout the summer! Check out the Day ‘o the Week Breakdown for West Sixth’s Star Bar and South Lamar’s Gibson—almost everything includes FREE food!!

Monday

Gibson: Mustache Mondays—$3 Maker’s special all night for everyone with a mustache. All guests receive a free mustache and prizes are awarded to the most impressive ‘stache.

Star Bar: Crock-Pot Creations—complimentary homemade soups or queso bar, all night happy hour and $4 Makers Mark.

Tuesday

Gibson: Trivia Tuesdays—free pub quiz starting at 8p complete with special prizes and bragging rights.

Star Bar: Texas Tuesdays—complimentary Frito pie, $3 local drafts (Live Oak, Independence and 512 brewing),  $3 Deep Eddy regular and sweet tea vodka served in mason jars.

Wednesday

Gibson: Wine Wednesday & Steak Night— complimentary cheese plate from Antonelli’s Cheese Shop (so hot right now!) with each purchase of a half or full bottle of wine beginning at 4p until the plates run out. Half bottle pricing starts at $10 and full bottles start at $15. Luke’s Inside Out also offers a grilled steak paired with two sides for $12 on Wednesdays.

Star Bar: Wine and Cheese Wednesdays–complimentary cheese plate from Antonelli’s Cheese Shop with each purchase of a half or full bottle of wine. Plate includes a variety of cheeses, Italian meats, grapes and flatbread. Half bottle pricing starts at $7 and full bottles start at $19.

Thursday

Gibson: Bubbles n Bitches (and Bingo)—Gibson has added Bingo to their popular Bubbles n Bitches night … In addition to complimentary variety plate of chocolates and strawberries with every order of bubbles, free Bingo begins at 8p with host Trevin from 101x and a chance to win great prizes.

Star Bar: Star Barrio(haha!)—happy hour complete with complimentary homemade salsas and an enchilada bar featuring Ranch 616 enchiladas, rice and beans. Drink specials include Palomas and buckets of iced Mini Sols.

Sunday

Gibson: Sinner Sunday– service industry happy hour all night.

Star Bar: Doublewide Sundays—complimentary chicken and waffles, Pop-Tarts and a variety of cereals. All day happy hour and drink specials include vodka Capri Suns, SunnyD Mimosas, Strawberry Quik White Russians, and $2 Lone Stars.

BONUS! Free Smoothie Fridays from McDonald’s: Try the new Mango Pineapple Real Fruit Smoothie at local participating McDonalds with free samples every Friday in July from 7am – 7pm.

I’m not endorsing your Mickey D’s stops, just letting you know about free stuff. The new Mango Pineapple Real Fruit Smoothie combines mango and pineapple with low-fat yogurt. It’s all about choices—visit this site for McDonald’s nutritional info.

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January 27, 2011

Aspen: Honeybee Juice Bar

Just what Aspen needs! Honeybee Organic Juice Bar is a (duh) juice bar that also serves raw treats.

Honeybee green juice

This is Chartreuse Juice. It has cucumber, apples, kale, celery, wheatgrass, and lemon. It is awesome!! ($8 for 16 ounce, $6 for 12 ounce)

Even more awesome, I went in to Honeybee Organic Juice Bar [which is in the atrium of the Ute City Bank Building, kind of between Little Annie's and Burberry], ordered a drink, and quickly realized they don’t accept credit cards. I told the woman to stop making my drink because I didn’t have any cash and she said, “oh, it’s okay, you can just come back sometime. You’re local, right?”

I was floored. I’ve never had someone do that! Gotta love Aspen.

So I went back about a week later and told her I’d like another Chartreuse Juice and to pay her back, and expressed my excitement that she was kind and trusting enough to let me come back to pay her. She said she does it all the time because so many people don’t carry cash.

Seriously. Gotta love Aspen.

And gotta love Honeybee, which actually has a functioning website (so rare here) and is stocked with delicious raw desserts (coconut chia seed balls and mango tongues with honey and nuts!) as well as heartier smoothie options with raw almond milk and “hot & steamy” drinks.

Seriously, go. It’s worth stopping at the ATM.

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January 4, 2011

Aspen: Pacifica Happy Hour

Pacifica Seafood & Raw Bar has been a want-to-try Aspen restaurant that I haven’t had the chance to sample until I had friends come into town recently. We stopped by for their fantastic if short happy hour (it only runs 4-5:30p!) and got a chance to share and sample some seriously delicious apps. The food was outstanding and the portion sizes beyond generous. Make Pacifica a must-try on your Aspen list.

tuna tartare at Pacifica Aspen

This is quite possibly the largest tuna tartare I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying. Delicious raw fish, fabulous accoutrements (what was that jelly thing?), crisp chips. $10.

Dark and Stormy at Pacifica AspenShrimp Bloody Mary Pacifica Aspen

24 ounce “Boat Drinks” are only $10. We shared the Dark & Stormy (rum & ginger beer) while the Vermonster enjoyed a Shrimp Bloody Mary, with a ginormous shrimp garnish and Old Bay Seasoning around the rim. An excellent drink, he said. A drink I failed to photograph was the Mojito, which the drinker said was possibly the best he’d ever had.

Mussels, elk sausage, and truffle fries at Pacifica Aspen

The giant portion of mussels and elk sausage, which was rich without being heavy, spicy without being overwhelming … pretty much just perfect. I think it was around $12? In the background you can also see the truffle fries, which were equally perfect–crisp with a taste of truffle and cheese! $8ish?

Pacifica now has my vote as one of the top happy hours in Aspen!

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December 30, 2010

Austin: New Year’s Eve Start to Finish

Ah, the start of a new year. If you don’t have plans already, don’t fret, Austin is totally a cool town to be plan-less in. Aspen, not so much. Where did my Caribou Club membership card run off to? Anyway, here are my suggestions:

Pre-Party: From 4-7pm, let Lovely Austin Boutique help you get ready for your big night out … $10 airbrush makeovers and eyelash application from award winning makeup artist Lecia Harkins with Beauty on the Go, plus release the stress of the holidays with $10 chair massages and complimentary cocktails.

Click here to RSVP.

Eat: The Carillon features Chef Josh Watkins’ New Years Champagne Paired Dinners: Nine Courses, $90; Seven Courses, $75; Five Courses, $65. Seating available 6-10pm. Some of the best food around at totally reasonable prices for food and booze.

For more NYE restaurants, click here for the Statesman’s list (with an egregious example of apostrophe abuse)

Go Out (Never Pay Cover!): Now get this. This is life in Austin & Aspen synchronicities NEVER END! Skip silly sixth and hit up Gibson on South Lamar, which is turning into a winter wonderland with 30 tons of real snow! [Sidenote: I will BE IN 30 tons of real snow. In the real mountains.] This Ski Lodge party includes complimentary commemorative ski caps, appetizers from Out There Catering, festive cocktails, music, dancing, and a champagne toast to ring in 2011.

No fancy cocktail dresses or tuxedos for this party … don your comfy and fabulous ski attire–let me tell you, bibs are sexy. Ski bibs. Not food bibs.

All for a good cause, the bash benefits The Trail Foundation. Parking available. Tickets at frontgatetickets.com

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November 19, 2010

Austin: Red’s Porch First Birthday (free stuff)

Head to Red’s Porch on S. Lamar for a birthday party on Sunday, Nov. 21 starting at noon.

There’ll be drink specials, free food, music, and a washers tournament. The washer tournament will kick off the party at noon sponsored by Graham Barnes Distilling with drink specials from Treaty Oak Rum and Grahams Texas Tea Vodka (my FAVE ever).

Beer specials include a special cask of Lagunitas Brown Shugga, two types of special release Sierra Nevada 30-year Anniversary, Stone Russian Imperial Stout and (512) Brewing beer specials. The special cask of Lagunitas Brown Shugga will be tapped at 2 p.m. and the first 40 to be ordered will receive a free Lagunitas logo glass.

Pit barbecue including pork ribs, smoked chicken, beef sausage, shrimp boil, pulled pork and boudin balls, will be served until it runs out.

Live music artists including The Merles, Medicine Park and Jeremy Stedding will be playing from 1 – 5 p.m.

Also, the birthday party kicks off the new FREE Red’s Porch shuttle, a “veggie” bus which runs on french fry oil straight from the fryers. TIf you live in the 04 (or a three mile radius of Red’s) and have eight or more people, you can schedule in advance and the veggie bus will come pick you up, take you to Red’s for lunch or dinner and take you back to a location in your neighborhood. Red’s requires at least 24 hours notice to schedule the free customer shuttle.

Additionally, Red’s is introducing monthly pub crawls and brewery tours. $35 gets you transportation, brewery tours and beer tastings at the breweries and brew pubs, and an appetizer at Red’s when you return.

Red’s Porch, 3508 South Lamar Blvd. / 512.440.REDS / www.redsporch.com / @redsporch

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October 4, 2010

Aspen: Well hello Matsuhisa, nice to meet you

The holy grail of Aspen food is UNarguably Matsuhisa. As in celeb-heavyweight Nobu’s little pet sister restaurant, the one Chef Nobu only opened for fun. You wait for someone’s rich parents or tourists to invite you to dinner there, and then you feel awkward the entire time because it’s so expensive and extravagant that you can’t possibly let them pay but they have to because you can’t possibly pay. Unfortunately for hoity-toities, I am here to dispell this uber-exclusive reputation.

The people at Matsuhisa are NICE. And accomodating. And helpful. They move tables so you can see Monday Night Football. They smile when you order three orders of $5 fried shrimp (I mean, tempura rock shrimp, natch … pictured above). They love to bring you more $10 sake, brewed EXCLUSIVELY for Matsuhisa in Japan and quite possibly the only sake I ever want to drink again. Seriously delish sake.

We went for the Monday Night Football specials … but here’s the secret: the Matushisa bar menu is reasonable. Like, Austin reasonable. Think Piranha Sushi prices. Amazingly reasonable for Aspen.

For instance, this is from Matsuhisa’s bar menu, not their MNF menu. It’s $18 for a Chef’s Choice sushi special – 5 pieces of sushi and a spicy tuna roll.

This was 4 pieces of raw fish for $5, which is pretty cheap but does not satisfy a tall Vermonster man.

We ended up ordering several rounds of sushi and sake, so we barely kept the tab under $100 with tip for two people. BUT for Matsuhisa, and fresh, delicious sushi in Aspen, we were happy. A packaged grocery store sushi roll at Clark’s will set you back $10, it’s worth it to get the freshness from Matsuhisa.

Matsuhisa: the secret is the bar menu.

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September 3, 2010

Austin: Four Seasons Dive in Movie [updated]

The Blind Side is ONLY my favorite movie ever. It has surpassed Top Gun, and nothing had surpassed Top Gun since I saw it in 1995. Or somewhere around then. Anyway, this fall the Four Seasons is hosting Dive in Movies (like Deep Eddy’s, only better, because it’s the FOUR SEASONS) where you can lounge by the pool. With a cocktail.

THIS Friday, September 3rd, at 8:30pm. Kick off college and pro football season with the best football movie ever. Poolside screen, complimentary popcorn, themed cocktails, and a candy bar. Sign me up.

GAH, Kerri is so on the ball she commented on this post almost as soon as I pressed “Publish.” Here are the rest of the Dive-In Movie Dates. For the record, K, it ALREADY said “this fall” which implies there are more. Anyway, without further ado, the rest of the schedule:

Sunday, September 5: Transformers 2

Friday, September 24: Night at the Museum 2

Friday, October 8: Iron Man 2

Friday, October 22: Clash of the Titans

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August 30, 2010

Aspen: Fine Line Bar & Grill

Fine Line Bar & Grill is a new bar, restaurant, grill, hangout in El Jebel/Basalt that’s reasonably-priced, has GREAT happy hour food and drink specials from 3-6pm daily ($2 Bud & Bud Light Drafts , $3 New Belgium Drafts, $10 Bucket Of 6 Coronitas, $5 Tuaca & Soco Lime Shots), plus special deals for each day and even serving up karaoke Tuesday nights!

Totally Tuesdays: Half Price On All Appetizers
Wine Wednesdays: Buy One Glass Of House Wine Get One Free / Free Chips & Salsa
Tequila Thursdays: Gingeritas & Margaritas $5 / All Nacho Plates Half Price
Fired Up Fridays: Free Chips And Salsa / Tuaca & Soco Lime Shots $3
Smokin’ Saturdays: Rib Platter $10 / Fat Tire Drafts $3
Sunday Bloody Sundays: Absolut Peppar Bloody Marys $5

This is the Gingerita: A Simple Margarita With A Twist. Equal Parts Fresh Lime Juice, Grand Marnier, & Ginger-Infused Corzo Tequila. At $8, a good price for a great, creative margarita. The drink menu is top-notch–all of the drinks are creative and delish!

The food is mostly outstanding. The salad was not good–but the menu calls their salad menu “Rabbit Food,” so maybe I should have known they aren’t really salad fans. Get into the heavier dishes and you’re golden. The Lobster Ravioli was as good as you’d find anywhere, and reasonably-priced at $15.95. Menu reads: Ravioli Stuffed With Fresh Maine Lobster And Served With Vodka Marinara Sauce And A Side Of Garlic Bread.

The best thing Fine Line serves is probably its pizza. This stuff was GOOOOOOD. Menu says: Veggie Garbage Pizza: Spinach, Black Olives, Red And Yellow Onions, Artichoke Hearts, Mushrooms, Fresh And Sun Dried Tomatoes, Roasted Garlic, And Feta Cheese. $14.95/$18.95 (this is the $14.95 size and was HUGE)

Overall, all four of the people in my party loved the For Locals By Locals experience of Fine Line Bar & Grill. I only wish such a reasonably-priced, laid-back place was in Aspen! Also check out their 50″ flat screens for football this season!

Also, in more it’s-a-small-world-after-all news, the owner’s fiancee works with the Vermonster, and the owner went to school with the Vermonster in Vermont, where the Vermonster was the MAILMAN for the owner’s dorm. Awesome.

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