Austin City Limits

Jimmy and the folks at Do512 have posted their “Updated ACL Pre-, Post-, and Everything In Between Festival List” so check it out.

Also, most of you know I’ll be bartending one of the booths at the festival. Send me a text and I’ll let you know where I’ll be. Apparently, I’ll be working open to close every single day, so if you’re going, definitely give me a shout and find me!

Brunch

Can one really have brunch whenever they feel like it? Or is it a defined period of time (say… 10am to 2pm) before or after which you are definitely either having “breakfast” or “lunch”?

This question consumed a good several hours of my day yesterday as I fought for my right to have brunch whenever the hell I please. As long as I’m eating/drinking brunch food – mimosas, bloody marys, eggs benedict, etc. – I feel like it’s most definitely brunch, regardless of what time of day it is.

Speaking of which, I’m headed to Brunch right now at Cantina Laredo. $15 endless buffet and $1 Mimosas and Bloodys. No brainer…

Discuss.

Weekend Lineup

OK after last night’s “Hump Night”, complete with dinner at Moonshine, Loa’s new big-girl job, karaoke at Annie’s West and an impromptu make-out session with Johanna (Happy Birthday, kiddo!) it’s time to post the weekend lineup:

1. Tonight at the Parish your’s truly will be bartending the Burning Man show. Wino Vino is playing along with That Damned Band and Barebones Orchestra. I’ll be there after 9:30p, so swing by and say hello.

2. Friday it’s Amy R’s birthday BBQ for a few hours and then I’ll be at the Parish again for Eliot Lipp, Alex B and Mux Mool after 10:30p.

3. Saturday is Reggae Day! I’ll be on Lake Travis for Ray Swank’s JamRock. It’s the Reggae party of the year and $30 gets you all the food and drink you can consume. A real no-brainer! Later that night at Lucky Lounge, Tana and Sharon will be celebrating their birthdays. I’ll probably be swinging by there around 10 or so and then hitting up Ring the Alarm at the Parish after 1am.

4. Sunday, Salt Lake City diva Beca D is getting a birthday bash thrown at DanJan’s summer villa in the Hill Country. I sense an overload of Volleyball and Tecate. Later that evening the finals of the Miss Swimsuit USA are being held at Belmont. I love it when the decisions are easy .

Drop me a text and come find me….

I don’t always drink beer…

After bartending for the past few years and accumulating some of the best Miller Time stories, I’ve decided to blog about my time behind the counter .

Austin is my favorite town. I’ve had the good fortune to live in a lot of fascinating places, but Austin has a vibe that just “fits me to a T” as they say down here. Not that I know what that means, but that’s the way it is with a lot of things you here down here.

I’ve been bartending at the Parish on 6th Street down here since February of 2008. For those of you who live in DC (where I moved from last year), 6th Street is our version of Adams Morgan; a bustling hub of nightlife that most civilized people never get to see. Live music pouring out of most of the doors give a “rattle and hum” to the asphalt and scandalously-clad women between 18-26 try to pick up what men they can scrounge up. Or is it the other way around? My perspective sometimes aligns with reality, and sometimes it doesn’t. Either way, it’s a scene everyone should experience .

While I love bartending on 6th Street, I also work the bar on the patio at Abel’s on Lake Austin. If you haven’t had a chance to visit this bar yet, you are totally doing yourself a disservice. Open just eight weeks at this writing, this place is going to be the sports-night place to be this fall if I have anything to do with it. HDTVs on the deck and over 60 draft beers make it a MUST for any serious sports watcher. Add in two brunches on the weekends and you’ve got a winner. Especially when you consider the quality of bartender they’re hiring .

I hope you’ll subscribe to this blog! I love the Austin scene and will be posting the events I’m hitting accompanied by some witty banter from time to time. Every now and then you might even be greeted with a soliloquy on one of my always-entertaining life observations.

Everyone needs a friend behind the bar. You just found one.