Austinist Labs: Elizabeth S.'s Profile: Comments

On April 24, 2008 8:32 AM in Extra Extra: Hot and Heavy, they said:

I read in the Statesman (I think) on Tuesday that there were free shuttles from the convention center parking garage, but only like 100-something people took advantage of them. Maybe the shuttles wer...

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On April 11, 2008 9:51 AM in Extra Extra: You Can Have 'Em, they said:

@LoudMouth - thanks for commenting on the photo. When I posted the article, there was no pic, so I hadn't seen it! I love this part of the note under the photo: "Mrs. Bush and students from Williams ...

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On April 7, 2008 11:44 AM in ACL 2008 Lineup Mashup: 29 Artists Revealed in Car Stereo (Wars) Mix, they said:

Also in the mix: Silversun Pickups The Raconteurs And that's my limited insight. More thoughts on the artists here. ...

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On March 25, 2008 3:31 PM in Truesday: Engine And Caboose, they said:

Portland is supposed to have some amazing mass transit . . . that is one of the reasons I'd like to visit someday. And Powell's, that's another....

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On February 12, 2008 4:07 PM in Clash of the Titans To Take Place At ~~LBJ Auditorium~~ Somewhere TBD on UT Campus, they said:

I know he's done much since then, but I will ALWAYS associate Anderson Cooper with (being forced into homeroom to watch) Channel One....

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On February 12, 2008 1:24 PM in Extra Extra: And the Winner Is. . ., they said:

kingkirby - I get the 80's vibe from the squiggles in the top left corner. Those added to the faint colors in the background make the license plate seem more like a Trapper Keeper I had in elementary...

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On February 11, 2008 11:48 AM in The Accidental Gentrifist: It Was a Close One, Kids. But it’s still ‘Better Dead than Red’, they said:

When you say "Howard Dean (and his wife, the Ketchup lady)" you're illustrating how mixed-up the media leaves us, right? (Because Kerry is the one married to the Heinz family.)...

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On February 5, 2008 10:17 PM in Extra Extra: No, We're Not Trying to Turn You Vegetarian, they said:

Urm, yes, that's what I meant....

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On January 28, 2008 1:34 PM in There is Hope - Infinite Hope. But Not For Us., they said:

I go to a church downtown and have to park my car a ways away and have never thought that my religious freedoms were in any way infringed. This story irks me. It says the church plans to grow to ove...

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On January 15, 2008 10:25 AM in Austin Energy's GreenChoice Program - It's Back!, they said:

And if you move within Austin, you still stay subscribed to the GreenChoice program! I was so happy after my move to get a postcard telling me that I was still in the program (this is while it was clo...

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On January 8, 2008 2:45 PM in Ask Austinist: Watching the Polls, they said:

Hmm, just got a note that management for the Brown Bar has changed, so they may not be as into politics as they used to be....

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On December 4, 2007 3:47 PM in Truesday: Fifth Of The Magi, they said:

Amen, Craig! Great post. My holiday pet peeve: the diamond commercials interspersed throughout my favorite shows. Do men really buy that "he bought it at Jared" crap?...

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On November 27, 2007 4:36 PM in The Accidental Gentrifist Announces the 2007 ~~'Genties'~~ (Award to be Named Later)-ies, they said:

LoudMouth - Generally I agree with you about the character of an area of town being lost to gentrification. And I hated having a Californian landlady when I lived in East Austin. So frustrating! ...

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On November 27, 2007 12:58 PM in The Accidental Gentrifist Announces the 2007 ~~'Genties'~~ (Award to be Named Later)-ies, they said:

Just for the record, this Austinist writer lived and went to high school on the East side, pre-2000. Does that mean I have permission to complain about gentrification? Whoop!...

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On November 19, 2007 12:48 PM in The Accidental Gentrifist: Maim that Tune - Living Next Door to Greatness, they said:

When I was in jr. high, my best friend lived across the street from Retarted Elf. That is all....

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On November 16, 2007 8:48 AM in Extra Extra: Sad Events and Shenanigans, they said:

kaffeeneko - That's great news....

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On November 12, 2007 2:13 PM in The Accidental Gentrifist: The Rape of Proserpina, they said:

A Bill Moyers special on "green evangelicals" showed last year on PBS, and you can view it online here: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/green/index.html If anyone's interested. ...

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On November 6, 2007 11:19 AM in AFS Essentials Presents Return to Gorée, they said:

He also sang "Seven Seconds" with Neneh Cherry. Ahh, the 90s. http://youtube.com/watch?v=UbBSDE-Dywo...

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On November 2, 2007 11:59 AM in Your Deluxe Guide to the Texas Book Festival: Part One, they said:

Nitpicky, but FunFunFun Fest isn't across town from the Book Festival. They are only a couple blocks from each other! =) I imagine the lots in the area will be full of people attending both events....

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On October 25, 2007 10:21 PM in Extra Extra, they said:

Alan - What I read was that he was a WalMart employee taking pictures of womens' behinds. A story I saw on KXAN(?) said that a woman heard him take a pic of her butt, turned around and took a pic of ...

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