Free Fun and Pizza!

Yay, free fun this weekend.

This Saturday is the Seaholm District Music & Arts Fair at 3rd and Nueces. This is a free, earth and kid friendly event with live music, food, local austin shops, and art installations. Since we are in Austin, they will be broadcasting The Longhorns game on a 40' screen. It starts at noon and you can party on until 10pm.

Once you recover, take advantage of Free Museum Day on Sunday. There are over 30 museums to choose from, and if you attend at least 7, you can get a free pizza from Austin Pizza. (I like the Pesto A Go-Goat). I'm an Art major, so yeah, I'm excited. And hungry.

Mark your calendars for October 12th, for The Dysfunction, a two-hour smörgåsbord fiesta safari of Austin independent theatre at The United States Art Authority. It starts at 7:30, and well, it's going to be a fiesta safari of dysfunction, what else do you need to know?

If you need something to do tonight, here are your options, should you choose to accept them:

Free: Drag Show & Karaoke Revue at Ego's Bar. 8pm.

Cheap: The World Premiere of Baxter & Bernard at The Hideout Theatre at 8pm. $3. (This is where I will be)

Frankenstein: Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show at Salvage Vanguard Theater. 8pm, $10-15. Playing through October 3rd.

Have fun kiddos!

Austin is still weird, and....sexy?

Even with awesome Austin places closing left and right, Austin is still a little weird.

For instance, Tim and Eric are stopping at The Paramount for their tour this year. If those guys aren't weird, I don't know what is. Tickets go on sale this Friday, they're $30, and the show is November 13th at 8pm. Great Job!

Did you know that there is a Unicycle Football League? Our team, Hell on Wheel, is the only team based in Austin and is currently recruiting. Currently, the games are played in San Marcos, but maybe as Austin gets more teams, we'll have a couple games here. I plan on making a day out of it sometime soon. There are two games this Sunday, one at 3pm and one at 5pm. Admission to all the games is free, BYOB is encouraged, and there's a half-time show with a clown. That's what life should be like.

To balance out your weirdness, but still stay a little quirky, check out the YOGASM 2010: Show Us Your Om Face, October 7th, 4pm, at Republic Square Park. Besides doing yoga outdoors for 90 minutes with a thousand of your closest friends, there will be live music, local art and food, free Kombucha, drum circles and hula hoops. After your yoga class at 6:30pm, stick around for MC Yogi's first ever Austin show, at 8:30pm. These yogis know how to party.

According to the latest issue of Men's Health, we are number one on the list of America's Hotbeds of Sex. Nothing like being the drunkest, weirdest, and sexiest people in the US! Good job city.

Well, I'm off to Terror Tuesday, one of my favorite local weirdfests.

Feast your eyes on Free

Last night I was busy becoming the Mayor of Hyde Park Theatre and seeing a preview of Vigil. Opening night is tonight. And let me tell you, you want to see this. Ken Webster and Lana Dieterich are quite the dynamic duo, and their performances blew me away. This play is touching, hilarious, lonely, quirky, fun, and undeniably human. Still don't believe me? Well, I happened to bring my camera just for you.







Vigil is playing at 8pm Thursday, Friday, and Saturday through October 9th. Pay what you can Thursday Nights! Otherwise, tickets are $17-$19. You're going tonight, right?

Ah, I love Austin theater. Seeing a show, milling around outside after, seeing the stars of the show ride off on their bicycles.

So, my pocketbook loves me lately. Free theater last night, free movie screening tonight. Alamo Drafthouse South is hosting a free screening of Catfish tonight at 7:30pm. And well, besides the fact that I love movies, especially free ones, this one is about social media, and Facebook in particular. And you guys know how I love that topic, right? Well, if you want to stuff your face with sweet buttery popcorn and watch the world wide webs unravel, there are still a few spaces left, and you can RSVP here.

Enjoy your adventures in Austin!

Free Day of Yoga Opening Festival

I started off my morning with a Pretty in Pink Smoothie from Whole Foods Market and then headed upstairs for the Free Day of Yoga Opening Festival.



At around 10:30, a variety of instructors led us through a meditation and mantra, breathing exercises, warm-ups, stretches, poses and a cool down and closing meditation. It was a great way to try out some new styles and poses and relax outdoors with my fellow yogis.



Don't forget, Free Day of Yoga kicks off tomorrow! There is a schedule on this website if you still need some ideas on where to go. I plan on taking a Bikram Yoga class, and trying out Ashtanga, because my yoga mom is excited about it!

Namaste!

90 minutes in Heaven

Been on your feet all day? Probably not like this:



Yesterday, I let Courtney at Massage Harmony walk all over me. I had been stoked to get this type of massage since I bought a Groupon for a 90 minute massage at Massage Harmony. I went to the South location, but they also have a location off of Bee Caves. This massage blew my mind. I had no idea one person could do so much with their feet! The first hour was all feet to back, skin to skin contact. Yeah, you have to get completely undressed, but your glutes will thank you later. She used a deep pressure with me, and if you can handle it, I would recommend it. I still feel light as Jello today. For the last thirty minutes, I rolled over and got a pretty standard leg, arm, shoulder, and scalp massage. She found knots I didn't even know existed! Needless to say, I highly recommend Courtney at Massage Harmony and an Ashiatsu massage. If it's your first time at Massage Harmony, they have an introductory special for a 60 minute massage for $34. After that, hour long massages are only $44. On Labor Day they are offering $5 off your massage as well. And lucky you, Yoga Yoga is right next door, and they will be hosting their free day of yoga on Labor Day. Little yoga, little massage, little half-off shopping at Saver's.....yep, sounds like the perfect Monday. What would you do without me??

P.S. - I hope you all are enjoying the Out of Bounds festivities. I saw some fun sketch shows last night at Salvage Vanguard Theater, and tonight, I'm counting down the minutes until Confidence Men and Drum Machine at The Hideout, 7pm!

Why I Love This City

Witnessed on the patio of an Austin coffee shop, early one rainy morning:

Two girls eating and talking, with a bird cage full of paper origami birds at their table

A girl with two small dogs in her purse

A girl with a Yoda backpack, making it look like he's hanging on her shoulders

A woman breastfeeding and talking to her friend

Two girls praying over their food and sharing an omelet