The Return of Veggie Heaven
Beloved Austin veggie institution Veggie Heaven is back, this time on West 5th Street. The space is fancier, the plates are fancier, there are “Star Wars” soy sauce dispensers, but it’s great to have...
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Easter Is Coming…and Easter Candy!
This Easter holiday has something for everyone! There’s vegan Easter candy… The #vegan #Easterbunny came! A post shared by anna hanks (@annainaustin) on Apr 10, 2017 at 5:28pm PDT And cute chicks… A great...
Rachael Ray Feedback Party 2016
The Rachael Ray Feedback Party is one of the landmark parties of SXSW. Every year it seems like a kazillion people line up wanting to get in…and why wouldn’t they? This year the food...
Oh, Canada! On Canadian Nationalism
In light of last week’s spike in Google searches for “How to move to Canada” following the wins of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the recent Super Tuesday primary, here is a guest...
“What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and Historical (Re)Construction in Beyoncé’s “Formation” videos
I am proud to present an unusual take on Beyonce’s “Formation” video: an academic close-reading of the video by independent scholar and guest blogger Byron King: “What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and...
I Went to Portland, Oregon Last Week!
I went to Portland, Oregon last week for the first time ever. I Storifed my experience, and you can read it here!
Gilded Cherry In My Drink
Portland, I think I love you. Eating a gold-flecked cherry out of my fancy Manhattan #Portland
Happy Labor Day
In America, we tend to forget that Labor Day is a celebration of the improvement in the standard work day, and we tend to think of it as the end of summer, a great...
Retail Therapy: It’s What’s For Dinner!
The last few months of my life have been stressful, and to cope with it, I’ve been doing a lot of retail therapy. Unlike a lot of people, I usually do it at the grocery store.
In years past, my cabinets were bare with hints of tumbleweed. The shelves were empty. I never went to the grocery store. I joked with my college roommates that I ought to buy some plastic play food so that the kitchen shelves didn’t look so empty!
