Food. I fucking love it. But I have had plenty of weird food issues over the years and, as is so fun to do with one’s issues, I like to hang much of the blame on my childhood. I am not dissing my mother here. Considering she had nine kids to feed on my father’s trucker salary, she did an admirable job. But if I never see a deep freezer or drink powdered milk again in this lifetime, it’ll be far too soon. I’ve never had a steak in my life. More than one person has suggested that if I were to try one, I’d reintroduce land animals into my diet. I’m not interested. I quit beef when I was eighteen and looking back it was less about hurting the cows (though I love them enough to have two tattooed on my body) and more about what passed for meat when I was growing up. more ›

Brunch: the perfect weekend meal. You sleep in, roll out, and eat the best kinds of foods at a different and superior hour than the rest of the week. Anything that involves the illicit acts of consuming loads of carbohydrates and drinking firewater before noon while not at a sporting event has our votes. There are a number of places that one can find such a wondrous meal, ranging from holy-fuck-that's-expensive to the hey-sure-bring-your-dog. We've... more ›

Have you been wanting to eat out at a great restaurant lately but just needed a good reason? If so, then we've got just the reason to get you out of the house tonight. Dining for Life is Monday and Tuesday night and is a great, and very easy, way to help benefit Aids Services of Austin. More than 60 of Austin's best restaurants donate 15% of their dinner proceeds to AIDS Services of... more ›

Unless you frequent the Hike and Bike Trail or attend Austin High School, you may not have noticed the recent construction of a lime green wall and several over-sized pieces of fruit on the southwest corner of Veterans Drive and Lake Austin Boulevard. These new additions to a popular West Austin corner, already host to Magnolia Cafe, Thundercloud Subs and Deep Eddy Cabaret, are attributed to the good people at Daily Juice down on... more ›

Looking for a way to indulge your gluttony while supporting a great cause? Aids Services of Austin has the answer – the 14th Annual Dining For Life 2 day event. Today and tomorrow, go stuff your face at some of Austin’s best restaurants and 15% of your dinner proceeds go to HIV and AIDS prevention, education and support services such as ASA's Helping Hands Food Pantry, Jack Sansing Dental Clinic and Capital Area AIDS... more ›

We have been known to stumble around, fueled by booze, shady parts of town late at night, popping into local establishments, having hallucinations epiphanies about altruism and a perfect society where everyone is treated equally and fairly and people are rewarded for their hard work and good deeds. Then we usually fall off a barstool, bang our heads on the ground and wake up on a friend's couch hours later. Something similar happened to... more ›

This past July 4th at the heinous crack of dawn, Team Austinist showed up in full force to take on the first-ever Silicon Labs Marathon Relay. It was a hot and sweaty four hours (we truly, truly wish we were talking about our bedroom antics) and by the time we left the Austin High School staging grounds, we were physically beaten and emotionally distraught (that sounds more familiar). But, by George, we finished it!... more ›

Austinist was delighted to find a hidden treasure on South Congress the other day as we went looking for a birthday gift. Red Texture Studios has found a home at 2002 S. Congress right near Magnolia Cafe. Artists and founders Kathleen C. Grandfield and Russell W. Reid started off in Austin with a downtown location but soon found their niche in funky South Austin. In addition to Kathleen's jewelry designs and Russell's paintings, Red Texture... more ›