Month: April 2009
-
Tasting Austin: Parkside Blogger Happy Hour
Okay, okay, so we all know how much I love Parkside. I mean, I’ve blogged about it twice before. So when I got an invitation to a blogger event there, I squealed with joy. I was excited to check out their upstairs patio, and thankfully the weather was perfect for a bit of patio chatting.…
-
Screaming Goat (it’s a good thing)
We just found out that there’s a taco shop just a few blocks from our home. Now, we do not live in a neighborhood where taquerias are plentiful (probably the only flaw of our neighborhood… I mean our corner store sells fresh samosas, for crying out loud), so finding this place made us very happy.…
-
Oh, hi.
Just me, checking in. I haven’t been eating anything fabulous lately, or cooking anything fabulous, for that matter. I’m in a slump. A turkey sandwich or bowl of cereal or box of brownies slump. How do you get past that? I looked through the latest issue of Gourmet and I was excited about the recipes,…
-
Tasting Austin: III Forks Happy Hour
We were lucky enough to be invited to another lovely blogger happy hour last week, this time at III Forks. We had never been there before; I think I’ve always been put off by the menu, which seems so serious and steak-placey. I was expecting a few steakhouse appetizers, but I was pleasantly surprised. The…
-
My casa de luz
So there’s this little food place in Austin called Casa de Luz (I hesitate to label it a “restaurant”…). All of the food is macrobiotic, organic, vegan, all natural. There are big communal tables and lots of natural light. At lunch, you serve yourself from the salad bar… greens already dressed with a delicous dressing,…