Recent Posts Tagged With 'movies'

• Admit it. You\'re excited!

  Posted on Saturday December 26th, 2009 at 23:11 in movies, TV

  This trailer leaves much to the imagination. Oh, the staples are all there: shot of Carrie's closet, shot of Big in limo, shot of Samantha exchanging looks with young chap in cougar-like fashion. And then - cut to camels and the desert?The girls ar...

• Tonight: MORTIFIED

  Posted on Wednesday December 16th, 2009 at 12:42 in movies, gary, austin nightlife

  A post from GARY! (Very apropos, G., considering my very Mortified-esque picture below).Now I do my best to scour the local interwebs for really cool and unusual events happening around Austin, but occasionally things sneak by. That’s why here at ...

• TONIGHT: Austin Film Festival\'s "Film & Food Party"

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 09:59 in movies, austin food

  As a counter to the post below on fried chicken doughnuts, may I present you with a food event of a different stripe? Tonight is the 7th Annual Film & Food Party, hosted by the Austin Film Festival, which runs October 22-29. It is happening at...

• Handmade Nation WEEKEND

  Posted on Saturday September 5th, 2009 at 11:24 in movies, crafty, austin food, austin artists

  True confession y'all.My very first foray into the world of social media was pre-blog. Sometime around 2002, I stumbled onto the message boards at Get Crafty. Message boards were still kind of a novelty back then, and I was totally fascinated by t...

• Food EEK

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 08:07 in movies, austin food

  Food, Inc. came to Austin this week! It's playing at two Alamo Drafthouse locations - tonight at The Ritz, and this weekend/next week at South Lamar.A few weeks ago, Kim Severson of The New York Times described Food, Inc. this way:“Food, Inc. is p...

• Don't Bring Me Down: A Hypothetical Band Event

  Posted on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 21:36 in music, movies, clothes, austin artists

  Austin is known for its music - sure. But fashion? Well, we're getting there. Especially when visual euphoria like Fashion Freakout comes along. For both of those reasons, I was immediately intrigued when I heard about "Don't Bring Me Down," an a...

• The Rock-afire Explosion & Second Sunday Sock Hop

  Posted on Sunday February 8th, 2009 at 15:29 in movies, austin nightlife, austin hotspots

  The purpose of this post is not to inform, but rather to whine. You see, The Rock-afire Explosion will be having its nationwide premiere tonight - in Austin! - and I was so excited that I went and wrote a story about it.But alas, I won't be seeing i...

• OmyBAMA! Hedwig and the Angry Inch!!

  Posted on Monday January 19th, 2009 at 20:19 in movies

  Ahh!!! Conflict!Tomorrow night - same night as "Obama Dance Party" - bar none tranny movie classic, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is playing at the downtown Alamo. It's being put on by Hey Homo! whose cross-dressing Southern socialiate, Rebecca Havemey...

• Ideas for Date Night

  Posted on Sunday January 11th, 2009 at 22:08 in music, movies, austin nightlife, austin hotspots, austin food

  Not to make you guys barf or anything, but R. and I do Date Night every Friday. I'm a big fan. Do you do Date Night?I can't remember when we instilled it, but while our professional lives don't involve any crazy commuter-type situations or lengthy ...