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 Originally from South Carolina, Leslie Silver earned her Journalism degree at Indiana University (Go Hoosiers!) and moved to the Big Apple right after school. After six years in the city she was ready for a change of lifestyle and weather and made the move to Austin. Leslie works in hospitality public relations and loves to take her experience of trying top-notch clients around the world and using those experiences to critique spas and restaurants all over central Texas. Leslie is a Huge dog lover, outdoorswoman, avid reader and has a healthy obsession with the show Parks and Recreation. Though living in Austin for less than a year, she’s already experience quite a lot and can’t wait to learn, explore and write about everything she discovers in the next year. |
 
Bre Pettis, Makerbot co-founder and CEO, gave the Opening Remarks at SXSW Interactive 2013, the 20th anniversary of the interactive, music and film festival. Pettis gave an in-depth discussion of Makerbot and how the design has transformed the 3D printing revolution. Pettis, who was featured as the cover story of the September issue of [...] 
Saturday’s SXSW Interactive session on David over Goliath: Power of the Sharing Economy was about the new sharing economy we have developed that started when tech and social collided into the commerce of home swapping, car sharing and craft buying and everything in between in online marketplaces. This panel was lead by experts in [...] 
The first interactive lounge I visited on the official first day of SXSW was the Warner Brothers Television Group’s space, titled Warner Bros. Tell-A-Vision. Located at the Mexic-Art Museum, their first debut at SXSW featured Revolution and Chuck Lorre on Friday and Saturday and will feature The CW on Sunday and Monday. Screen-printed [...] 
Looking for a new job? To hire new employees? New clients? New partners? Maybe even a new romantic interest… No matter what your potential search is, South by Southwest (SXSW) is the perfect place to network and meet like-minded folks in your field, no matter what that field might be! It’s hard for me [...] 
Slow Food Austin (SFA) is participating in a really fantastic event during South by Southwest (SXSW) with a partnership with the Brooklyn Brewery Mash. Brooklyn Brewery is kicking off an 11-city tour in Austin with concerts, comedy shows, farmers’ market workshops, a variety of parties and more. For more information on specific events and [...] 
One of the most nationally recognized Austin restaurants just got a new Chef De Cuisine, Uchi. Jeramie Robison was just promoted from his year-long post as sous chef earlier this month. We wanted to see if we noticed a difference in the kitchen, and not sure if it’s Jeramie or just the amazing all-star [...] 
Planning your trip to South by Southwest and thinking about what to pack? Or just a local and not sure what to head out with you every morning since each day will be so unique and different? We have a few suggestions: Keynote Speakers Ray Kurzweil & Lev Grossman at 2012 SXSW (Photo [...] 
A Ride with Bob at Zach Theatre was a really great show about a type of music/era I wasn’t familiar with, but apparently my friend and I were the only ones as it seemed like the entire audience were the biggest Ray Benson and Bob Wills fans! The evening was just a blast and [...] 
PhoNatic, the family-owned Vietnamese restaurant in Central Austin, is opening a new location in South Austin next month. I realized I hadn’t had Vietnamese food in quite some time, so I wanted to check out the current menu to see what we can expect at the new location and it certainly didn’t disappoint!
My absolute favorite time of the year is coming up; no, not the holiday season, not my birthday and not even my favorite official holiday, July 4. It’s South by Southwest(SXSW)! Last year was my inaugural event and I couldn’t have planned more in advance for it or had a better time. And, now [...] |
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March 11th, 2013 
