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Ike Parties, Part 3
While joining in the mass revelry, several locals expressed annoyance that so many events were canceled or postponed.
“Everyone was in a mass panic today,” marketing consultant Amy Layton said at the jam-packed Tribeza Fashion Show for Candlelight Ranch at the Austin Music Hall on Friday. “Schools are out; games are off. Yet after a few glasses of wine, people will be ready to party.”
Christian Moore, Kristin Colby
Before the evening’s parties, some evacuees opted for retail therapy. “I’ve had a lot of people from Houston come into the stores,” said Kristi Pruett, owner of Wee and Finch in the Second Street District. “Everything considered, they seemed in pretty high spirits. They’re just trying to make the best of it.”
Others had already worn themselves out during the pre-storm excitement on the coast. Benjamin Serrato had just returned from Padre Island and Port Aransas, where the surf was “a little too much,” he said with eyes stretched open. “It was 80 percent surfers on the beach.”
Angela Palma, Joanna Linden
While Central Texas weather remained comparatively calm Saturday, folks were already arranging for a second round of hurricane parties.
The owners of Pangaea were among the first to announce an official hurricane party for Saturday night, set to the tunes of DJ Kurupt.
“Somebody’s got to have one,” said co-owner Steven Seymour, whose Florida version of the club had thrown several hurricane parties. “We’ve candles and lots of alcohol and hopefully we won’t lose power.”
Anni Kuo, Jordan Nova
Event planner Jette Momant turned her birthday party at her Northwest Hills home into an Ike party, with decadent build-your-own-pizza ingredients such as lemongrass chicken sausage and ponzu butter served with lemongrass martinis.
“The idea is that everyone is battening down the hatches,” said Momant’s caterer, Jesse Bloom of Ecstatic Cuisine. “You make sure you have enough food and drink to keep everybody happy for a long time.”
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