straps, straps, straps

1. Pour La Victoire - Pascale Heel $359
2. Giuseppe Zanotti for Balmain $1195
3. Daniblack - Rambo $185
4. Theory - Cameo $375
5. KORS by Michael Kors - Sage Banded Platform Heel $375
6. Bottega Veneta - Woven Leather Sandals $875
7. Pedro Garcia - Vero Molded Last Double Strap Sandal $375
8. Thomas Wylde - Riad Skull Sandals $950
9. Sigerson Morisson - Strappy Leather Sandals $575

donations?

Santogold - I'm A Lady

x,

Franny

YELP! at SXSW

Thanks to miss Michaela for showing me these yummy deals! I'm excited.

"During the ten days of SXSW, Yelp is working with a variety of local eateries to bring you Yelp Deals at SXSW Week, where each participating restaurant will choose one or more menu item to discount 50% during from 3/13-3/22. Bon Appetit! "


Uchi
Shag Roll
Tempura fried bond roll with salmon and
squid ink sumiso sauce
Regularly $14.00 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $7.00

Paggi House
Bigeye Tuna Tartare
Ponzu Aioli, Wasabi Tobiko and Sesame Crisps
Regularly $14.00 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $7.00

Sugar Mama's Bakeshop
The Black & Tan Cupcake
Rich, chocolaty Guinness Stout cupcake topped with scrumptious Irish cream cheese frosting
Regularly $2.50 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $1.25

Buenos Aires Cafe
Any flavor empanadas
Regular Price $2.49 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $1.25

House Wine
Two Cheese plate
Choose two cheeses, Tuscan olive three cheese spread, assorted crackers and pistachio nuts
Regularly $12.95 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $6.50

Cuba Libre
Lump Crab Toastadas
crab ceviche, mango, chipotle aioli
Regularly: $11.75 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $5.88

Andiamo Ristorante
A variety of desserts offered
Tiramisu: Regularly $8 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4
Zabaglione: Regularly $7.50 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $3.75
Cannolo: Regularly $8 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4
Chocolate Mousse: Regularly $8 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4
Bocconotti: Regularly $8 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4
Gelato: Regularly $6.5 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $3.25
White Chocolate Cheese Cake: Regularly $8 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4

Taste Select Wines
FOOD: Prime Beef Carpaccio with cheese puffs, horseradish cream & herb oil: Regular price, $8; During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4
WINE: White, Red, or Sparkling House Wine (glass): Regular price, $7; During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $3.50

La Cocina de Consuelo
Tostada Plate
Beef, chicken or avocado tostadas (crispy corn tortillas)
topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese
Regularly $6.99 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $3.49

Sao Paulo's Restaurante
Bife a Milanesa (Beef Milanesa)...South American pan-fried steak lightly breaded and topped w/mild ancho sauce. Served w/garlic potatoes and veggies.
reg price..10.95 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $5.48
Feijoada (black bean stew)....Brazilian soul food staple dish, w/combination of sausage, pork and beef, slow cooked with black beans and spices. Served w/traditional sides of white rice, collard greens, farofa and orange slices.
reg. price...10.95 During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $5.48

Taverna
Margherita Pizza
$9.00 regular for lunch / During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $4.50
$10.00 for dinner / During Yelp Deals @ SXSW: $5.00
Paciugo Gelato
Small Affogato al Caffe - 2 scoops of Velvety gelato melting in a shot of espresso. Sugar + caffeine in one tasty treat:
Small - regular price $5.29 / During Yelp Deals @ SXSW $2.65

Imperia
All large & small size infused sake and hot sake for 50% off.

Hot Sake
Lg reg $8 Yelp Deals @ SXSW $4
Sm reg $4 Yelp Deals @ SXSW $2

Japanese Mojito, Nirvana, Almond Joy
Lg reg $8 Yelp Deals $4
Sm reg $5 Yelp Deals $2.50

Green Dragon
Lg reg $9 Yelp Deals $4.50
Sm reg $6 Yelp Deals $3

Honeycomb
Lg reg $9 Yelp Deals $4.50
Sm reg $6 Yelp Deals $3

Lychee
Lg reg $9 Yelp Deals $4.50
Sm reg $6 Yelp Deals $3

Sake Hurricane
Lg reg $9 Yelp Deals $4.50
Sm reg $6 Yelp Deals $3

Fuzzy Sake
Lg reg $9 Yelp Deals $4.50
Sm reg $6 Yelp Deals $3

Uncorked
Truffled mushroom & spinach risotto
Reg $13 Yelp Deals $6.50

Cover 3
The Cover 3 House Frozen Margarita
Fresh lime juice & tequila blended with a subtle hint of orange
Reg $7 Yelp Deals $3.50

x,

Frances

SXSW Select.

With all the shows finally confirming, I've prioritized... and these are the shows I am super pumped for. I hope I'll get around to most of them... can you believe it's so soon?! (more to be added):

Vice Saves Texas
sad poster :(

RSVP

Levi's & Fader Fort
yes.

RSVP

Gorilla vs. Booze III
The flyer is enough to make me want to go.

Japan Preview Show
that's what's up.

Paste Magazine
both days look amazing. be sure to RSVP.

RSVP

Mess With Texas 3
this was my favorite event last year, so what does that tell you?


Knuckle Rumbler
The lineup is already amazing, I can't imagine who the Special Guest is... plus free Sweet Leaf! lol.

RSVP

Quack Media & Found Magazine

RSVP

Imeem.com
Sat. 3/21 11:30pm-5am, partyyy
Special Guest: Starts with a MS ends with a FT & DJ Klever
RSVP

Under the Radar
I just want to see this band that is trying to be me...

x,

Frances

The Incredible Moses Leroy - Fuzzy

And you are
soft and cuddly
and you are
warm and fuzzy

Lonely blue eyed
nazi prom queen
Bruised knuckle boy
tired of crawling

Lets paint the town red
like Carrie
because I am your I am your toy
foxy lady

And you are
bright and starry
I'm not that bad
just got lucky

and heaven and heaven can wait
I'm standing
You on my shoulder
demanding

And you are
soft and fuzzy
and you are
truly lovely

You are
my itchy sweater
you are
my lovely love get-ter

yeah


x,

franny

True Texas Fashion

In the words of my boss, I got up "stupid early" this morning to work an event called the Cowboy Breakfast to kick off the Austin Rodeo. And by "stupid early" I mean before 5 am. It was pretty much a huge free breakfast at Auditorium Shores which was awesome! The crowd was a mix of cowboys and homeless people. There were some random Asians. I was like what are you doing here? And then I looked at myself. But anyway, there was some noticeably trend-setting fashion, ladies and gentlemen.

Here we have the true outlaws. I can't see the detail closely enough, but if the guy on the left isn't wearing a bolo tie I'm sure he owns one. Button up vests? And the patterns on their dress shirts! So stylish. Plus, beards automatically make you cooler in anybody's book.

Scary farmer-wife cow-woman! I don't know if this is a cute picture or a scary picture. You tell me. Would you want that cow standing outside your window?

What a great shirt. And then after I took this picture, his wife came up wearing the same shirt and a high-waisted denim long skirt. Wow.

This lady is by far the winner. Do I even need to explain myself? She seems so happy, what could possibly be wrong with her outfit?

Where is Charlie's head!!!!

The end.

And for those of you who are too dense, most of this was sarcasm. I just really hope you don't walk away from this entry taking me seriously. That would just be ... bad.

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I think I'm getting sick.

x,

Frances

The Woodland - Austin Restaurant Week

Rachel, Karinne, and I decided to go to the Woodland located on S. Congress instead because it was cheaper and I just feel like Louie's 106 may have just been too stuffy of an environment for us. Anyway, it was really yummy. And excuse these shitty pictures, I don't know how to use my new point-and-shoot. It's retarded ... or maybe I am. I'm a lot better with complicated cameras, haha.

Pork Empanadas
I actually think these were my favorite. It seemed like we all liked our appetizers the best... to the point of where we didn't want to share. Haha! It reminded me of those curry-stuffed dumplings, but with really soft pork instead. Yum.

Meatloaf w/ mashed potatoes & green beans
Ordering this made me feel super American... haha. But since I'm Asian too, I never eat this shit. Anyway, it was pretty good. It was a little dry I thought. I wish there had been more of a sauce. It wasn't gourmet by any means and I don't think it was supposed to be...I think it's more of just a comfort dish. How can you make gourmet meatloaf? Is there such a thing?

Chocolate Cream Pie

As you can see, this restaurant is all kinds of unhealthy. It's interesting... now that I think of Louie 106's menu which consisted of like... tuna tartare, racks of lamb, and some fancy fish dishes... and stuff haha. But this fit more into my neighborhood of eating... and it was good. I like fruity pies better, but this was still really good. I think they specialize in pies to some degree or something, because they had a ton to choose from. I want to be a pie maker.

Anyway, there you have it. My first Austin Restaurant Week experience. It was a nice way to end a somewhat hectic day of finding out someone had drilled a hole into my car window and shattered it, then stolen my ipod, then ran to class frazzled to turn in a marketing paper, and then having to take an essay test explaining why I want to be a woman in Salem during the witch trials... yeah.

John Lennon - Oh Yoko

Until next time!

x,

Frances

Austin Kite Festival

Just wanted to get some of these on here before I have something else to post about, haha... which is going to be my Restaurant Week experience #1 tomorrow at Louie's 106. Stay tuned.



Might I add, I tried Kebabilicious for the first time at this amazing event. And it was AMAZING. Awesome. I intend to get it more often when I'm downtown... woohoo.

Also, an exciting headliner for Forty Acres Fest has been confirmed. I will tell you when I'm allowed to. EEK!

Animal Collective - Bluish

x,

Frances