Sam Armstrong

Austin Restaurant Week Austin Restaurant WeekMarch 1-4 and 8-11Participating Restaurants and Markets ()Three courses, $25-$35[info] Austin Restaurant Week returns for a second helping Sunday, March 8 through Wednesday, March 11. This year, a piece of the event's proceeds will benefit the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas, and the event... continue reading on Austinist

Zimbabwe's Mugabe parties like it's 1999. Robert Gates says Obama more analytical than George W. Bush. A foot of something called snow predicted for NYC. CNN's D.L. Hughley in favor of legalizin' it. Iran may have the right stuff to make a bomb of the nuclear variety. Allegedly talented... continue reading on Austinist

Austin Restaurant Week Austin Restaurant WeekMarch 1-4 and 8-11Participating Restaurants and Markets ()Three courses, $25-$35[info] Austin Restaurant Week kicks off this Sunday, March 1 through Wednesday, March 4 and then comes back for a second helping Sunday, March 8 through Wednesday, March 11. New this year, a piece of the... continue reading on Austinist

Slum Dog cleans up. Bush employees also having unemployment issues. Obama looking to hack the deficit. Some GOP governors not feeling all that stimulated. Pennsylvania kid kills dad's pregnant girlfriend. Clinton goes to China. Montana man fights for his right to worship Satan in the pokey.... continue reading on Austinist

Fireball! Sonic Boom! Texas sky an interesting place this weekend. Obama says Air Force One is a spiffy ride. C-SPAN says George Bush a better president than Millard Fillmore. Term limits, shmerm limits. Chávez is in, baby. There may be billions of earth-like planets. Years later, Ken Starr continues... continue reading on Austinist