Category: Austin
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Chez Nous
Today I went to a training on Outlook and Excel. I was really hoping to learn all the ins and outs, things that would make my work life easier, details on how to get things done quicker. It turned out to be just okay… there were a few tips and shortcuts, but mostly the trainer…
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El Naranjo
We went to the theater to see The Girl Who Played with Fire. These films have been such great adaptations of the books… and the casting is so perfect! The faces I see on screen are so perfectly Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist, Jan Bublanski. I hear they’re going to make an American film adaptation of…
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Matt’s El Rancho
First of all, thank you all SO MUCH for your awesome comments and messages about the book! It’s such a scary process… it helps so much to know I have all of you rooting for me. 🙂 Also, though I’ll probably be posting lots of restaurant photos in the upcoming months, I won’t be able…
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Spilling the beans.
Okay, it’s time to tell you all the source of my stress/anxiety/excitement. I’m writing a book! Specifically, I’m writing The Food Lovers’ Guide to Austin. Can you believe it?! A friend told me of an editor who was looking for Austin food writers for a project. I contacted the editor to see what kind of…
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Lamberts Downtown Barbecue
I’m not sure why it has taken us so long to have dinner at Lamberts. We’ve been there for drinks and appetizers at the bar, but never for a full-on dinner. What were we thinking? It’s billed as “fancy barbecue,” and I fancy it quite a bit. 🙂 We sat upstairs in a cushy black…