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Saturday and Sunday, October 6th and 7th Hey you, big-spender: If you missed FactoryPeople's last pop-up store, take a look-sy at the rockin' jewelry by Austinite Brian Crumley (now based in New York). The Crumley trunk show is from noon to 6 p.m. Guests can chat up Brian and sip Crumley Cosmos—a raspberry champagne cocktail—while browsing through sample on the new fall lines. Enter to win Crumley's handsome Banquet Amulet, a large hand blown glass...

Mars Restaurant & Bar (Asian Fusion) Location: 1400 South Congress Avenue (map) Phone: (512) 472-3901 Cost: Brunch plates $4-6 dollars Atmosphere: Sleek, modern décor; airy and sunlit; nice people-watching from the spacious deck; attentive waitstaff Food: This just in: if you wake up on the weekend with a craving for a la carte Chinese hors d’ouevres, you no longer have to travel north of the river to get them! Mars, South Congress’ newest culinary addition,...

Finding hot button issues in Austin is not unlike finding a needle in a needlestack and no issue is as passionately debated as real estate. When Liz Lambert left her law practice with the Attorney General’s office and purchased the run down San Jose Motel, she had designs to create an oasis of hip on South Congress Avenue before the condo-boom had even begun, and little did she know that what she was building would...

Just minutes ago, South Congress Cafe was again cited by Austin's city code enforcement office, after repeated negotiations with Bouldin Creek residents and businesses went unresolved. As you might recall, the chic SoCo eatery (yeah, we said it) built an enormous deck where their back parking lot used to be, despite several stop-work orders from the city. Given the scarcity of nearby lots, this enraged nearby residents, as diners took to parking on the small...

Gallery Lombardi, having bid farewell to its warehouse on West 3rd, will present its inaugural show at the new gallery space on West 7th in a matter of weeks, but in the meantime they're hard at work on a new project with local creative "enablers" from We Manage Stuff. The endeavor is called Mobile Art Place, and it seeks to enhance our city's access to new art (and artforms) by taking them out of...

We like pizza. We also like carnivals. We hate clowns, but that is entirely our issue. Anyway, Home Slice Pizza will celebrate their one-year anniversary this Saturday with a big honkin' carnival from 12-5pm and will donate the proceeds to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas.

Most girls would rather go commando than be caught with their pants down wearing the type of lingerie that comes packed tight in the glossy pages of Victoria’s Secret or its cheap sister, Fredericks of Hollywood. Underwire bends, peepholes in thongs stretch, and after four washes, the piece is usually in a sad, fraying condition. Luckily, we have a solution that is close to perfection.

In case you slept on our Sunday heads-up, head to Opal Divine's (South Congress location) tonight if you are an Austin newbie or are just looking for some new drinking buddies. The inaugural edition of Austin Newcomers is going down, and $2 domestic pints will abound. We know it's flooding outside, but the cars will have probably all floated away by 6pm, leaving you with an easy drive to the bar. To recap: This...

Are you new to Austin? Are you missing your bar in New York/Boston/Seattle or wherever you came from? Pining for a happy hour with your drinking buddies? If you're nodding with a wistful sort of look, we may be able to help. Austin Newcomers is beginning a monthly happy hour designed to help connect people 25-35 who are new to Austin. There's not a formal organization, it's just an excuse to drink good beer...

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