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.
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 line “Austin party” or find on Facebook.
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 be booked solid, so get on it!
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 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 one coming up this Sunday is at uber-hip Hotel Saint Cecilia. The Saint Cecilia has been covered as a beacon of style by lots of local media, who tout its historic 1880 Victorian estate and seamless combination of antiques, pop modern furniture, and original artwork as its selling points. With 14 rooms scattered between the Victorian and modern bungalows, the hotel is private but right off South Congress.
Point being, the dinner is SOLD OUT. But book a room that night at Hotel Saint Cecilia at a 25% discount and receive a seat at the table.
The dinner focuses on wild resources available in Central Texas. Wild boar, rabbit, venison, antelope and fish, all harvested by Broken Arrow Ranch, will be paired with peak season winter vegetables, local grains, and fruit from Boggy Creek Farm. Local cheeses will follow in front of the fireplace in the beautiful hotel bar. BYOB, 7pm, indoors, live music, $75 per person.
This is one of those things I say I’ll do when I’m “rich.”
Details: HSC website, or to book a room with the discount, contact Michael at (512) 852-2424.
As usual, Thursday night is busy this time of year! A smattering of the offerings:
‘Tis the season for holiday festivities, and Do512 is lighting up the campfire to roast marshmallows and enjoy private performances by The Lemurs and Via Audio. There will be s’mores, eggnog, and plenty of adult beverages. It’s an invite-only kinda shindig, so email me at thisislifeinaustin@gmail.com if you want the hookup.
Twitter is all the rage, kids, and the Statesman is hosting a tweetup at Opal Divine’s at Penn Field. Starts at 6:00pm, anyone’s invited!
Receive 25% off featured items, including Austin native Laura Elizabeth Stuart‘s eco-friendly jewelry collection. Her mostly sub-$100 line includes baubles made of semi-precious stones and real leaves dipped in recycled silver and gold.
While I don’t personally care for Hey! Cupcake’s cupcakes (I MUCH prefer Sugarmama’s), in the interest of keeping up with the cupcake trend I feel obliged to point this out.
Hey, Cupcake! opened a second location on Saturday, and this location is in an actual store rather than a silver Airstream on South Congress. But don’t worry, owner Wes Hurt took apart and reassembled his signature silver airstream trailer, so as not to lose the Hey! Cupcake signature feel. This location also features cupcake-inspired clothing by Austin designer Chelsea Fullerton, which I’m not so sure about myself.
5530 Burnet Road.: 9am-10 pm Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-10pm Saturdays and 1-9pm Sundays.
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