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Thursday, July 30, 2009

Out & About iCal for 7/30/09

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Avant Le Weekend Live Chat with Laura Kelso

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Austin Monthly Bachelor Party at Rio Grande

Would it be an eye-scratching Cougar Central? Or would hordes of giggling girls flock to Rio Grande Mexican restaurant?

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Volma Robert (Bobby) Overton III, Ericka Holmes

Those were two cynical ways of anticipating the Austin Monthly Bachelor Party on Wednesday.

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Pat McGaughran, Anne Burgot

Neither was the case, early on, as the incredibly gentlemanly 2009 bachelors greeted the press and various feminine admirers, who fit into no easy social category.

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Tony Manuel, Marc English

Austin Monthly has turned its bachelor issue into an annual affair, which is not easy to do. Congrats.

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Steven Derek Johnson, Joe Dowdle

Rio Grande — in the former “The Real World: Austin” crib — has slimmed and reconfigured around its bar section. Still radiates a fun vibe, as it is joined by neighbors like Max’s and new sushi bar (not yet open) on San Jacinto Street. Just waiting for those residential and hotel towers to fill …

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Brooke Grisebaum, Yazmin Herrera, Theresa Hunt

A last note on the building’s former tenant: Did you know MTV now produces 52 reality shows? No wonder we can’t keep up, even with “The Soup.”

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Bleet-Up at Trio

A Bleet-Up is a Tweet-Up for bloggers.

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Jason Silverberg, Tolly Moseley, Tyler Groover

Meaning, it’s a chance for digital socializers to socialize in person.

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Laura Dobberstein, Rose Reyes, Amanda Garcia

Tolly Moseley, the effervescent spirit behind Austin Eavesdropper, organized the Bleet-Up at Trio, fast becoming the Happy Hour Capital of the Capitol City.

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Rusty Phenix, Kelly Stonebock

At a Bleet-Up, the most common phrase overheard tends to be: “I read you!”

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Hans Rosemond, Tasha Duckering

Bloggers seem surprised that their longtime colleagues come in corporeal form. (Mosely plans a public-meets-blogger event at Mohawk for the fall.)

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Marissa Alemany, Diana Flynn

For a glimpse of the partial guest list, check out the Statesman’s helpful Austin blog link page.

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