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Merry Christmas to the most stylish person you know: Inglenook Decor
Something I have always admired about Austinites, and stylish people in general, is how thoughtfully they put together their homes. From the local blogging duo over at Design Crisis to quirky Austin shops like Aviary and Room Service, originality is...
Vintage Christmas videos that make you go "hmm?"
This post was inspired by minxy local blogger Colours Marie, who Tweeted a link to Eartha Kitt's "Santa Baby" earlier. It inspired me to put together some other vintage Christmas faves.Hot.Next up....Bing Crosby's "White Christmas:"I like how around...
Warning: Centaurs ahead
Um. How funny is this?Manfest 2009. Gary took this picture on Saturday. The moment he did, he passed it around, and we all knew it was bound for the interwebs. Now, it's on D-Listed!...
Going rouge: Red lips in Austin, Texas
For the past few days Reader, I've been in an introspective sort of mood. As a result, I have been tempted to write something, like, deep and relevant on this blog. A treatise on single-payer health care systems. Our conflicted relationship with T...
Caleb Does the Bleet-Up, or: My Bleety Valentine
Just when you thought I had shut up, for real, about the Bleet-Up.Season 2 of Caleb Does is kicking off y'all, and the show's requisite brand of party-hopping is getting a little....twist. They stopped by our soirée for a while, but afterwards, a m...
Extra, extra! Austin Bleet-Up pics on the interwebs
Oh, Austin. Your inhabitants are too adorable for words.Cory Ryan's pictures from last week's Austin Bleet-Up at Mohawk are now up on Flickr. Go have a looksie, yes? If you crave a hard copy - and I think you will - just order here.Anyone who read...
No sleep for the weary! Combo Plate and...Fun Fun Fun, What What What
First of all.Thanks SO MUCH for everyone who came out to our little Bleet-Up last night at Mohawk! Many of you braved a line, many of you danced with me while the bands played, many of you introduced yourselves and were just so cute, genuine and won...
Vintage Bleet-Up poster
If you've seen this poster around town for tonight's Bleet-Up - except in brown, not in blue, why are you doing that Blogger? - you have the amazingly talented Jen Carnes to thank. She is a professional graphic designer, works at Anthropologie, and ...
Public Service Announcement from Jane Austen & Friends
One of Britain's finest novelists gets told what's what.Isn't this a stunning piece of cinema?...
RSVP for Bleet-Up, WIN Fun Fun Fun Fest tickets
SPOTTED: Fun Fun Fun Fest ticket giveaway to attendees of the Austin Bleet-Up!(Watching too much Gossip Girl = self)As a super special offer to our esteemed Bleet-Up attendees, from now until next Thursday, you are automatically entered to win a pair...
Here it comes! NOVEMBER 5: The Austin Bleet-Up
Oh my gosh...you guys!! Austin Bleet-Up Presents: Austin, Meet Your BloggersI was going to wait until tomorrow morning to post this, but here it is almost bedtime and I can't hold this news in any longer. So back in July, a group of us local blogge...
November 5: The Austin Bleet-Up
bleet-up \blEEt uh-p\ noun:1. Combination of terms "blog" and "meet-up" with etymological roots in similar but not identical event phrasing, "tweet-up."2. A gathering or party between bloggers and blog-readers, designed to foster physical interaction...
Zine throwback: Austin Makes A Book
So a few months ago at my day job, we heard about this cool thing that a handful of New Yorkers did called New York Makes a Book. It was, in fact, the world's first crowd-funded book, and being in the book industry ourselves, we thought this idea wa...
Interview: Erin Hanson of Recovering Lazyholic
Friends, I have recently discovered the joy that is Erin Hanson. A local photographer and graphic designer, this girl and her blog - Recovering Lazyholic - came to me by way of a work friend, who thought I'd like Erin's stuff. And she was RIGHT.As ...
Austin bloggers (y mas) on Caleb Does!
How fun is this! "Caleb Does" is this rad Do512-sponsored TV show on the interwebs. Caleb and his partner-in-crime Emmett, the man behind the camera, go to Austin parties around town and ask attendees what's what. About a week and a half ago, they...
GIVEAWAY at Dalena Vintage
Hello, beautiful.The interwebs really have done wonders in making vintage clothing available to the masses. Dalena Vintage is one such retailer, and lo and behold, it is Austin-based.The owner Leslie Torbett just launched the shop recently, and I ca...
Bloggers, Twitterers, socializing. And possibly dancing.
Man, we Austin social media types can't get enough of each other in person, eh? As it turns out, we are JUST as socially capable in-person as we are online!First, I want to talk about this event happening tonight, which has an exceedingly well-desig...
Austin Eavesdropper live chat with the Statesman TODAY!
Hey everybody! Austin Eavesdropper is going to be interviewed by Michael Barnes at the Austin American-Statesman today at 3:00pm, and you can watch it live!The interwebs are so amazing. I remember being a dorky high-schooler logging into AOL's chat...
Blogger grievances.
I'm not sure how to contact....Google? Who "owns" Blogger? But this blog has had some technical difficulties lately, and I want to see if any readers are experiencing this. So I'm going to air my grievances Rhonda Byrne-style and put it out into th...
Miso crafty: Austin Handmade Bash + Cupcake Smackdown
Seeing as how this starts in, oh, an hour (!), I'm a little late in posting this. No matter.My girl Candace of Electric Promotions has organized the out-of-control (in a good way) All Austin All Handmade Bash, and it looks SO FUN. Music...a fashio...
Le Maiden Voyage: The Austin Bleet-Up!
Oh hai, it's me!So confession. I have been walking around all day long with a dopey cartoon grin on my face, because I was SO thrilled about how last night turned out. I got to meet the most interesting people at the Austin Bleet-Up! Music gurus, f...
Thank you, Austin American-Statesman and Daily Texan!
I forgot to talk about this, but Daily Texan ran a story on Austin bloggers this month, and they were so kind as to mention Austin Eavesdropper! The lovely Leigh Patterson wrote this piece, and the girl bloggers featured in the story grabbed a snaps...
Where the blogger party at? TRIO this Wednesday
YEE-HAW!We are booked to capacity with this event, but for our esteemed attendees I thought I'd give you a reason to show up early (besides breaking open the champagne bottle with yours truly).The first 50 arrivals at The Austin Bleet-Up will receive...
Announcing: THE AUSTIN BLEET-UP!
We asked, you answered.It's happening!!This is the first of TWO events we are planning for Austin bloggers this year, and we are so excited!TRIO at Four Seasons was kind enough to reach out to us and offer to host this shindig, to which we said "yes ...
Weekend vacancy.
Hello, interwebs!Austin Eavesdropper is out of town this weekend, eavesdropping instead on Hillsboro, Texas. Oh it's rowdy y'all.I feel guilty when I just up and abandon my blog for a few days - clearly a troubling sign of emotional attachment to te...
BLOGGER MEET-UP
Or maybe like Twitter and "tweet-ups," I should say "bleat-up"....which sounds like sheep.Anyway. I'm going to keep this post short and sweet, but here's the deal. I'm thinking of organizing a happy hour or something where ALL local Austin bloggers...
Austinites are brilliant: Better Than The Van
I heard about this on Twitter last week: Better Than The Van. I bet this thing in crazy popular during SXSW.How apropos that two Austinites started this. It's a social networking site for touring musicians looking for free places to stay on the roa...
What are you wearing, Austin?
So I ran into James and Sarah of East Austinite last Friday at The Peacock, and was reminded of their cool Eastside Home Contest running this week. Have you all heard about it? Basically, eastside residents upload pictures of their impossibly hip, ...
Ratatat celebrates my birthday!
Aw, thanks guys! A whole show for moi? Truly, this is too much.ratatatStubbsTues, April 7Doors 7pmSold out (but you can still find tickets on Craigslist).While we're at it, let's discuss this local brilliance:Don't you love it? I can hear you as...
R.I.P., The Famousish
Whoa. As of yesterday, the The Famousish is finito, y'all!I never got to meet Fernando (one half of The Famousish) in person, but in this weird virtual space called "the blogosphere" you often feel like you have met people. By which I mean Twitterin...
