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SXSW, FOREST WHITAKER, OREO’S, MAC & CHEESE, GOD I LOVE OPEN BARS

Friday was an awesome day for my SXSW journey. I woke up at 7:00am to call Happy Hour Hero to see if he was going to head downtown for the first party. He said he was going to show up at 11:00, so I went back to sleep. He calls me at 9:00 to tell me he is 5 minutes away from my house. WTF. I jump out of bed, rush to take a shower and frantically throw on a pair of jeans when he calls again saying he is outside saying I need to hurry up. Grumbling I finish getting dressed, head to the car and we make our way downtown.

Our first SXSW event was kind of a bust. We just went for the coffee and to get out of the rain, and decided to head to the Hangar to hit up the Junto Box Films Greenlight Party which Forest Whitaker was hosting. Yes I wanted to get a photo with Forest, but OPEN BAR and FREE FOOD were the phrases that pulled me in. I met a lot of cool people, we chilled there for about 4 hours and then headed out, because they kicked us out to get ready for a different party.

Next we hit up the Conduit Corner. This party was amazing because not only did they have FREE BEER but they had FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE as well as FREE OREOS and SUNDAES. Absolutely heavenly. And I got a free shirt.

Afterwards we hit up Hickory Street and I was able to try GOOD POP (coffee flavored ice pop), a HABENERO flavored PRALINE, CHAMELION COLD BREW COFFEE (AMAZING) and GREENLINGS POPCORN (though I don’t really like popcorn…sorry…it gets stuck in my gaps).

Next we hit up the Madison for PEAR HAVEN party. Another OPEN BAR with all of the free cheese you would ever want in your life time. And I want a lot of cheese within my life time.

My night ended at Cedar Street for the BLIP by Blipwest party. Again though, OPEN BAR and tons of fun . In case you haven’t gotten the picture, the theme for my SXSW is : OPEN BAR.

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And my SXSW starts | The Voice comes to Austin | Dogwood, The Hangar, ACL Live and More

10 Mar

SXSW (south by southwest) is an incredible festival in Austin, Tx that features Music, Film, Interactive, Education, Fashion and more. And it is SPRING BREAK craziness for adults. My interest in SX (south by) is for the music and film, but also the hundreds of parties that feature cool people from all over the world, free food and drinks. This year I look forward to the possibility of seeing officially and unofficially: Jay-Z, Mos Def, 50 cent, Allen Stone, Neon Trees, Cris Cab, Talib Kwali, Mystikal and even a couple people from The Voice (Lee Koch, Brian Fuente, Tony Lucca, Nakia, Casey Desmond, Jonathas, Lex Land, myself of course, Sonia Rao, Rebecca Loebe, Whitney Meyer and more!)

My first party I attended (on 3/07) was at The Hangar for The Bay Are Edtech. When me and my road dawg arrived, it was apparent that this was a group of teachers and such. A lot of people were asking me what I taught, to which I replied “i don’t teach. i’m here for the open bar.” The truth will set you free. Free being the operative word. OPEN BAR is the theme of SXSW for me.

The second party was on 3/08 at Dogwood. Another dope party hosted by Bypass Lane, an app mainly for use while you are watching a sporting event in an arena. Say you are at the Frank Erwin Center, you are sitting with your friends and you wanna order drinks. Pull out your phone, log in to the app, choose your arena and order your beverages. They will send you a text and BAM! Your drinks are ready, no waiting in line, you go down and pick em up. DOPE. So at Dogwood, they allowed us to log in to the app through our phones, and order as many FREE drinks that we wanted. And believe me, we took full advantage.

On 3/09 the band I performed at The Hyatt Regency from 5 – 7pm but then had to rush to the George Washington Carver Library to perform for the Blacks In Technology Reception, which got such an amazing response from everyone in attendance.

After the BIT Reception, we headed over to the Old School Bar to see Jonathas (@iknowJonathas) perform.

During which we almost got the car towed (luckily we got to it in time)

While we were there, AG sent me a text that Ghostland Observatory was doing a secret show at ACL LIVE and they were letting the first 1000 people in. So Tom and I rushed over and enjoyed an amazing performance!