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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Your A-List: Best Place to Buy Home Accessories
Long ago, Breed & Co. stood alone. Very few other locally owned businesses carried stylish, practical stuff for the home.
Newer Zinger Hardware Loft and Mercury Design Studio fared well enough with 16 percent, 13 percent and 8 percent of the tally.
Wildflower Organics and IF + D also did themselves proud with 7 percent and 6 percent.
Taking 5 percent or less were Feather Your Nest, Extraordinaire, Gardens and Finch.
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Your A-List: Best Vegetarian Cuisine
Almost every Austin restaurant of any reputation offers vegetarian options. Yet some eateries specialize in their meat-free menus. They were the main contenders in the A List competition for Best Vegetarian Cuisine.
Eastside Cafe, longtime anchor to the Manor Road dining district, came in second place with 12 percent.
Thai Passion edged out Casa de Luz, Mother’s and Mr. Natural, which tied at 7 percent.
Those three barely beat out the Clay Pit, leaving Bouldin Creek Coffee House, Wheatsville and Sarovar to complete the list with 4 percent or less.
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Your A-List: Best Pickup Bar
Funny, I had always thought of Six, the tri-level lounge at Colorado and West Fourth streets, as a cool place to relax. Maybe catch up with friends. Or to join a party in progress on the rooftop.
Rain, often the busiest gay bar in town, managed 5 percent. It’s near-neighbor on West Fourth Street, Oilcan Harry’s, took 3 percent. A few of the others — J. Black’s, The Ranch and The Belmont — stretch more toward the West Sixth Street district, which has been friendly to the pickup demographic.
Lucky Lounge nabbed 2 percent. Vicci, now christened Kiss & Fly, also eked out 2 percent. Upstairs/downstairs neighbors Cuba Libre and the Phoenix convinced only 1 percent.
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Your A-List: Best Addition to Austin’s Nightlife Scene
This vote boiled down to two-way contest. The A List readers poll on Best Addition to Austin’s Nightlife Scene pitted a Houston import against an Austin classic reclassified.
The renovated Star Bar, once and future gateway to West Sixth Street, twinkled with 30 percent.
Kiss & Fly, the giant gay dance club that’s morphed continuously since the 1980s, flew away with 4 percent.
All the rest — the Lustre Pearl, the Phoenix, renovated Cedar Door, East Side Show Room, Malverde, Peche and Clive — accomplished less than 1 percent each.
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Dart Music International’s Icon Awards at the Parish
Clearly, a need existed. When I first met Dave Dart, not that long ago, he was helping foreign acts navigate the logistics of the South by Southwest Music Festival. It was just Dave. No organization. No student interns. No board. No fundraisers.
Kevin Connor, Dave Dart and Derek Woodgate
Now Dart Music International arranges concerts for all manner of far-flung acts and connects regional artists with those from abroad. And the nonprofit group has evolved into a community force. One could tell from the industry professionals on hand for the Dart’s first Icon Awards on Tuesday. ME TV’s Kevin Connor emceed. Insiders Derek Woodgate, Cash Edwards, Roger Polson, Lynn Margolis, Kathy Cordova, Ihor Gowda and Randy Miller darted in and out. Lovebirds Paul Oveisi and Suzanna Choffel — off to Taos, N.M. for a getaway — made the rounds.
Cash Edwards, Lynn Margolis, Kathy Cordova
The Parish, looking and sounding better than ever, welcomed the elegance of Patricia Vonne, then wistful northern songs by Stanley Samuelsen, a leading musician from the Faroe Islands.
Lisa Wood and Sean Foster
Much later in the evening, Icon Awards went to City of Austin’s Jim Butler, local legend Roky Erickson, Austin City Limits’ Terry Lickona, and Austin Convention and Visitor’s Bureau’s Rose Reyes. The Black and White Years, currently finishing up a new record, wrapped the show.
Roman Gonzalez and Vicky Garza
It never ceases to amaze me how music types can network while an amplified band is playing. Sometimes, I just read the facial cues, nod and laugh. This strategy has backfired disasteriously before.
Rob Hinton and Eva Musoke
Another amazing thing about this industry: Their Zen patience. Guests for the awards were invited to arrive by 6:30 pm. By the time I left, almost 9:30 p.m., no awards had been conferred. I’m still learning this culture.
Paul Oveisi and Suzanna Choffel (off to Taos, N.M. for a romantic getaway)
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