Austin Metblogs » aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 en James Blunt Concert was Brilliant! http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/05/07/james-blunt-concert-was-brilliant/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/05/07/james-blunt-concert-was-brilliant/#comments Mon, 08 May 2006 04:57:38 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/05/07/james-blunt-concert-was-brilliant/ Just got back from the James Blunt concert at the Backyard and it was great!
I was a little worried because it was a sold out show that it would be just completely jammed packed
but it was manageable.

His singing was great - he even sounded better that the CD - with more passion in his voice.
While he was playing no bravery they showed slides of what I assume was Kosovo.

He saved you’re beautiful as his last song and it was hillarious how many cell phones popped up during that song.

He also mentioned that he had played SxSW 3 years ago and signed his first record deal here. Who knew?

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/05/07/james-blunt-concert-was-brilliant/feed/ What the Hail ! http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/04/20/what-the-hail/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/04/20/what-the-hail/#comments Fri, 21 Apr 2006 03:52:17 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/04/20/what-the-hail/ I have never experienced the kind of weather I saw today at the San Marcos Outlet Mall.
The sky turned completely white and we had golf-ball to baseball size hail coming down in buckets.
When the sky finally cleared most cars had their windows crashed out - including mine :(

I am meeting my insurance appraiser on Tuesday. I have never had to deal with anything like this so any advice that you can offer is definintely welcome. The car is pretty much totalled.

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Tonight my husband and I went to see the premier of the second season of KLRU’s emmy award winning series:
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For those of you who haven’t seen it - It really is worth watching.
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]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/04/11/downtown/feed/ Austin Police - Cleared Again http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/03/31/austin-police-cleared-again/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/03/31/austin-police-cleared-again/#comments Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:02:57 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/03/31/austin-police-cleared-again/ So the two police accused of being over zealous - punching a man several time after he was on the ground - have been cleared of all charges:

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Look I am a big fan of the police - they have a job that I could not dream of doing.

However it seems to me that there is an increase in police brutality in Austin that should really be examined more closely.
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]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/03/31/austin-police-cleared-again/feed/ Ricin at UT? …. No just white powder http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/26/ricin-at-ut-no-just-white-powder/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/26/ricin-at-ut-no-just-white-powder/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2006 22:33:55 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/26/ricin-at-ut-no-just-white-powder/ Is it me or are people just a little too jumpy?

400 students were evacuated from a dorm at UT when someone found a roll of quarters with white powder on it.
The national news started declaring that the white powder was likely ricin.

Well it turns out that ricin was just white powder. How did this become national news?

read more here

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/26/ricin-at-ut-no-just-white-powder/feed/ Austin - Condo City?? http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/01/austin-condo-city/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/01/austin-condo-city/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:29:32 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/01/austin-condo-city/ Is it just me or is there a crazy amount of development going on in Austin right now?

Here are a few of the latest I have heard of:
http://www.springaustin.com
http://www.satsuma53.com
http://www.milagocondos.com
http://www.triangleaustin.com
http://www.721congress.com
http://www.guerrero-mcdonald.com
http://www.doucetandassociates.com/ProjectArchives/PiazzaNavona
http://www.waterstreetlofts.com
http://www.thebelair.com

Can Austin really support all this growth?
How many 200K+ Condos can Austin fill?

Do you think that developers are overestimating what Austin needs/wants?

Let me know your thoughts.

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/02/01/austin-condo-city/feed/ Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/01/13/let-it-rain-let-it-rain-let-it-rain/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/01/13/let-it-rain-let-it-rain-let-it-rain/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2006 21:18:05 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/01/13/let-it-rain-let-it-rain-let-it-rain/ Austin is look pretty dry these days - There is a burn ban in effect, a red flag warning (due to windy conditions) and Gov. Perry has even issued a disaster declaration.

So hopefully we will get the rain the weather channel is predicting for Austin on Monday.
Weather Channel 10-day

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2006/01/13/let-it-rain-let-it-rain-let-it-rain/feed/ Support local businesses in your post Thanksgiving shopping frenzy http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/23/support-local-businesses-in-your-post-thanksgiving-shopping-frenzy/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/23/support-local-businesses-in-your-post-thanksgiving-shopping-frenzy/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2005 03:22:21 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/23/support-local-businesses-in-your-post-thanksgiving-shopping-frenzy/

The Workshop is hosting some holiday sales where local vendors are going to be selling their handmade goods.
They are selling everything from soaps to jewelry to cloth baby diapers. So go ahead and get your shopping done -and support small local businesses:

Sunday November 27
12-6 p.m. 		Tuesday December 6
6-10 p.m.		 Thursday December 15
6-10 p.m.

Click here for more information.

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/23/support-local-businesses-in-your-post-thanksgiving-shopping-frenzy/feed/ Don’t Listen to 590 AM? http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/10/dont-listen-to-590-am/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/10/dont-listen-to-590-am/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:26:20 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/10/dont-listen-to-590-am/ I was driving back from Houston tonight when I see this white billboard with black stencil letters that says don’t listen to 590 am. Then as I pass lamar (on 2222) I see the same sign again.

Does anyone know what these signs are about? Just wondering.

]]> http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/11/10/dont-listen-to-590-am/feed/ Habitat for Humanity House burnt down as a result of Firecrackers http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/habitat-for-humanity-house-burnt-down-as-a-result-of-firecrackers/ http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/habitat-for-humanity-house-burnt-down-as-a-result-of-firecrackers/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2005 04:06:42 +0000 aus_veronica http://austin.metblogs.com/2005/07/06/habitat-for-humanity-house-burnt-down-as-a-result-of-firecrackers/ The family was out at fireworks display -

It was a secondary fire but the house was a total loss.

If you are interested in helping out you can read more about it here:

Habitat for Humanity

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