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Tribeza Nightlife Issue Launch at Dogwood beats the heat
The heat finally hit me. Had planned on slamming four or five events Thursday night. Easily survived one: The Tribeza Nightlife Issue Launch at Dogwood.
Bobbie Ragsdale and Shawn Ewbank
Things were fine for a while. Cooled by misters, the new club’s patio is spacious and airy. Inside, an even darker, chillier vibe rules. Inspired by their native Atlanta, the Womack brothers have created a new magnet for nightlifers. The attention to detail is absolute.
Chase Alexander and Elizabeth Campbell
Dozens of Out & About 500 leaders gracefully personified their Food, Media, Style, Nightlife, Interactive and Business tribes. The best news: Laura Villagran and Kevin Smothers promise the new social-planning calendar will be ready by Labor Day. If party wranglers pay attention, then no more Blanton Museum and Dell Children’s galas on the same night, etc.
Stephanie Kuo and Kristin Green
So, lingering at Dogwood (who wouldn’t?) made me late for the Hispanic Scholarship Consortium Etiquette Dinner at the Hyatt Austin. Don’t like paying for parking, so pulled in across the street at the Statesman lot. That’s when the heat began to take its toll.
Then, a comedy of errors ensued while seeking the dining room on the 17th floor, despite directions from Hyatt staffers, until it was too late. Then I considered the other three invitations: Trail Foundation’s Midnight Margarita Run after-party at the American Legion Hall; Hedda Layne for LEAP at the Belmont; and a buzzy singer that Taylor Perkins brought in to the Key Bar.
All outdoors. Heading back my vehicle, my body just shut down. Last summer, we had already suffered more than 40 days of 100-degree weather by this date. So we got accustomed to it. Back then, 99 degrees felt cool. But yesterday tolled my heat defeat.
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