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Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce Lunar New Year Gala

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Themed by the year of the rabbit, luckiest animal of the Chinese Zodiac, The Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce (TACC) celebrated the 15th Annual Lunar New Year Gala at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.  Contemporary oil paintings from world-renowned Chinese-American artist Xinsheng Wang back dropped the festivities and the spectacular evening commenced with featured honored guest, loud drumming and lion movements from Texas Dragon/ Lion Dance Team, and cuisine from locally owned Asian … [Read more...]

Lunar New Year Gala

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The Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce (TACC) is holding the 15th Annual Lunar New Year Gala on Saturday, February 5th from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the Bob Bullock Texas State history Museum with the theme of “Leap into Prosperity,” in conjunction with the Year of the Rabbit.  This fun-filled evening will feature a traditional Chinese Dragon Dance to ward off evil spirits, a Parade of Nations, emceed by award-winning actor Leng Wong, business awards recognition, and scholarship awards. Texans … [Read more...]

4th Annual Austin Modern Home Tour

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The fourth annual Austin Modern Home Tour will showcase sixteen architecturally progressive and contemporary homes throughout Austin and feature innovative local designers and architects who are pushing the boundaries within their respective fields on Saturday, February 5, 2011 from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The Modern Home Tour was created by The GoodLife Team, co-produced with Launch787, and presented by The Art Institute of Austin to foster progressive, yet responsible design in the Austin … [Read more...]

The Souvenir Menu – Nuremburg Brauhaus

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In a small strip center near the edge of Pflugerville is a small German restaurant that does something unusual. The chef makes nearly everything from scratch; the soups, the sausages, the schnitzels, fried potatoes, potato dumplings and even the desserts are made fresh by Chef Sonya Vogt, a native of Nuremburg. The menu is pretty straight forward; pork and potato heaven (plus beer).  While there is a “Nurem-burger” on the menu, the highlights for me are the traditional (Viennese) Wiener … [Read more...]

Teen Parent Mentor of Austin

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The Teen Parent Mentor Network of Austin (TPMN) will be hosting a Kickoff Party and Silent Auction with items from local Austin retailers as an introduction to the Austin area on January 30, 2011 from 6-8 PM at the Old Pecan Street Café (504B Trinity Street in Downtown Austin).  The event is open to the public and free with donations collected at the door, free appetizers, and a cash bar. Net proceeds for this event will go to help TPMN provide quality mentors and resources to the young parents … [Read more...]

The Souvenir Menu – Cool River Café

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For many years I worked in north Austin and the Cool River Café on Parmer Lane was always a popular choice for lunch with a Sales Rep or Client. The restaurant and bar complex looks a bit like a Colorado ski lodge inside and out; tall ceilings, oil paintings, wood paneling and a large stone fireplace in the restaurant. For a change, I recently had dinner at Cool River and was pleased on several fronts.  On a cold night, the restaurant was warm and comfortable, the food and wine were great, … [Read more...]

Tips on home files

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As you ponder your new year’s goals, are your files a hurdle to achieving your ambition?  Does the annual experience of boxing files, ongoing filing, or “what to dos” to the files, have you grinding your teeth?  With her many years of helping clients, Nancy Fierro, owner of BookKeeping Express, gives her insight on simplifying the procedure. Fierro recommends filing be a daily or weekly routine, and has some quick tips on keeping files organized for the future: 1.  Use color coding with … [Read more...]

The Souvenir Menu – Holiday Champagne

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As Christmas and New Year celebrations are upon us, I decided to do some research into Champagne. Though I really like the stuff, there are dozens and dozens of French Champagnes to choose from in anything from a reasonable thirty dollars to hundreds of dollars for the non-vintage brands alone. Styles vary from crisp light wines to complex yeasty “serious Champagne”.  (I prefer the former.) And then there is the issue of sugar; though Champagne has been the drink of celebration for … [Read more...]

The Souvenir Menu – Aquarelle

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Over the years, central Austin has had many restaurants situated in vintage houses; Green Pastures, Paggi House, Basil’s, East Side Café, Mars, and Starlight to name a few. Some are still going strong and others are just wonderful old memories.  I’ve always loved these kinds of restaurants. They are usually Chef owned, comfortable and romantic. For the last 10 years, Aquarelle on Rio Grande Street, just north of 6th has been serving classic gourmet French food in a beautiful restaurant that was … [Read more...]

The Souvenir Menu – F&D Foreign and Domestic Food and Drink

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Story has it that the Chefs from Lyon France considered themselves better than the rest because in their estimation, anyone could make great food from the greatest of ingredients while they could make even a pig’s ear taste great. Because of some of his uncommon menu items, and his training under some very great Chefs including Alain Ducasse, I asked F&D Chef Ned Elliott if that was in any way related to the way he approached his menu. To my very pleasant surprise the Lyonnais bias … [Read more...]

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