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Food and Film shindig at the Driskill Hotel
Some annual Austin shindigs have built reputations that elaborate with each incarnation, and the Food and Film party that kicks off the Austin Film Festival is a guaranteed guest magnet. Spreading out through the ballrooms and upper lobbies of the palatial Driskill Hotel, it offers samples of chefly artistry as well as drinkes from distributors eager to push the next Tito’s Handmade Vodka.
This year, the hands-down favorite was 360 Vodka — no relation to this Web site — a corn-based beverage from Atchison, Kan. with a green reputation, amplified by its promo coaster, made of biodegradable material and flower seeds, so you could toss them in your garden, and, lo, color!
I ran into scads of people, mostly members of the esteemed media, not filmmakers, but I expect to encounter more of the movie types the rest of the festival weekend.
Olga Campos and Grace Sharington
Alex Earle, Elissa Underwood and Blake Taylor
Carla Spears, Gigi Bryant (who I met at a wild Dave Steakley party), her husband Sam Bryant and Magik 95.5’s Mo Browne
Katy Gunn and Ben Colvard
Tammie Ward and (glad to be out of politics and looking great for it) Joanie Bentzin
Jennifer Wijangco (last seen with Scott Porter from “Friday Night Lights” at another party) and Max Redd (scion of the Long Center’s Cliff!)
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