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A taste of Texas wineries, a sample of Austin’s top restaurants
An Austin festival unlike many others, La Dolce Vita is coming very soon to the Austin Museum of Art. La Dolce Vita, which translates to The Sweet Life, is certainly that. Get a sample of luxury and the upscale at a wine and food festival that will give you a real taste of Texas finery, which is what Gables Pressler apartments and its residents are all about.
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Sip wines from all over Texas and beyond, as well as specialty cocktails on October 14 on the Laguna Gloria grounds. Over 50 prestigious chefs in the Austin area will prepare delicious samples for guests to enjoy. For those looking for an additional taste, access to the Cigar and Scotch Lounge is available for an additional fee.
Discounted tickets are available to La Dolce Vita for AMOA members, or you can enter for a chance to win free passes to the event at either Alamo Drafthouse location in Austin. Winners will be selected September 30.
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8th Annual Austin Film & Food Gala
Living in Austin we’re often surrounded by enticing events like wine tastings and entire weeks of sampling food at reduced prices. Sometimes I wonder how we’re not all 400 lbs, but then I remember what an active community Gables Pressler apartments is and I understand why. October will not have a shortage of mouth-watering events in Austin to stretch our waistlines, but the 8th Annual Film & Food Gala is too good to miss.
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Join the festivities of the 8th Annual Film & Food Gala to sample over 20 of Austin’s most famous restaurants. The Gala is the predecessor to the Film & Food Festival, a week-long exploration of young filmmakers. Proceeds from ticket sales will be going to benefit AFF’s Young Filmmakers Program, encouraging children to “explore their creativity and improve their literacy skills through the arts of screenwriting and filmmaking.”
The Film & Food Gala will be held on October 20 at the Driskill Hotel with the Festival following from October 21-28.
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We know you’re fit, but can you run this race?
You stay active and fit, train with personal trainers at Gables Pressler apartments, workout in the Gables Pressler fitness center, and jog daily in the Texas heat. But can you sustain that energy and stamina for a 10 mile run through Austin?
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The 2010 Run for the Water from the Gazelle Foundation will be held this Halloween on a 10 mile course through Austin. The course begins and ends at the First Street Bridge, only a few miles from Gables Pressler apartments, and continues on a 10 mile track on roads closed for the day’s event. Also offered for the 2010 Run for the Water will be a 5K race and a kid’s 1K.
Proceeds raised by sponsors for the runners will benefit the Gazelle Foundation. The Gazelle Foundation has been providing clean drinking water for those in need and have brought a lifetime of clean water to over 3000 citizens of Burundi. Those who do not wish to run but still want to help this great cause can do so by volunteering or sponsoring a runner.
Are you running in the 2010 Run for the Water? Will you be doing the 10 mile race or the 5K? Tell us about it in the comments!
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SoCo Block Party Every Month
Make SoCo your monthly fellas or ladies night (or even Family night) out every first Thursday of the month.
On South Congress Avenue, stores stay open later, restaurants and bars offer drink specials and some offer free drinks. Don’t miss out on having a great time to wine and dine yourself with friends or family once a month at this block party event. With everyone coming out to have a good time, you are bound to share some laughs over some drinks with just about anybody.
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One of a kind boutiques and knick knack shops will be open their doors as late at 10pm, and some open even later. They also offer specials in the stores. You can get your shopping in as soon as you get off work and put some relaxing clothes on without missing a beat.
Enjoy the best kept secret in Texas and get a different experience every time you go. Fun for the whole family and if you want to leave the little rascals home with their dad, do it! You deserve a night out on the town.
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Lauryn Hill
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As a member of the hit 90s American hip-hop group, the Fugees, Lauryn Hill established a reputation that would quickly surpass her talents. She became hip-hop’s best friend and R&B’s sister. She rapped and sang what America needed to hear.
In 1998 Hill came out with a solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, and it slammed the hip-hop and R&B charts. The album earned her five Grammy awards.
Her single was heard in every car and on every radio station religiously and still is today. But it seemed as though Hill fell off the music map as quickly as she came onto the map.
She didn’t resurface until 2000 when she recorded live with MTV Unplugged No. 2.0. She sang very personal, deep songs with just her guitar, voice and the audience surrounding her.
Then Hill disappeared again soon after leaving us with great music to sing along to as we patiently waited for her return. And she came back, but this time it wasn’t because of a new album release. She was giving her fans what they had been waiting for and that was to experience her music live.
She is coming to Austin’s Stubb’s Bar-B-Q and Waller Creek Amphitheatre. She will be sharing her story that she told us long ago during her Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate Series on May 1st at 7 pm.
Share the Lauryn Hill experience and get your tickets now. They are sure to sell out.
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