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Grand Opening Party at the Highball

Now this is a feast for all the senses — and a trip in the way-back machine …

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Karrie and Tim League

The Highball is the latest virtuoso project from Tim and Karrie League from Alamo Drafthouse, along with designer to the stars, Joel Mozersky of One Eleven Design

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Henri Mazza and Sarah Pitre

You’ve probably read about it — bowling alley, cocktail lounge, music venue, private karaoke hideaway, game parlor — circa 1960 adult playground on South Lamar Boulevard in the same once-discarded shopping center as Alamo South …

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My-Cherie Haley and Mary Sledd

This is the kind of creativity and energy and whimsy that defines the new Austin as well as old …

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Jason Vines, Carrie McDonald and Amy Averett

Sunday’s grand party was really the third or fourth coming-out party for Highball, since it swung open during FantasticFest

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Robert Fernandez and Christie Coston

Luscious, inventive cocktails; savory nibbles; a room made for table hopping — you can bet that I’m returning often. After all, a city columnist whose inspiration is this whole postwar period …

[For those of you counting, this was Party No. 22 out of 25 on this Big October Weekend. I’ll probably summarize the rest in the next post. Too much of a good thing, you know.]

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