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These Hot Chefs


These ten chefs, specifically: Read More | Comment »

Graphic 12:37PM Sun. Feb. 19, Wayne Alan Brenner

Got Soap in Your Eyes? Not Anymore.

As a child, my great-uncle Doyle's hair amazed me. Kids need something to stare at, so I amused myself by studying his hair. It was like a plastic Devo headpiece, dark and shiny, always in exactly the same shape. Read More | Comment »

Miscellany 4:25PM Sun. Feb. 5, Anne Harris

Modern Home Tour 2012: February 4, 2012

If you love Austin's modern architecture, then you know that every February we locals get to take what is essentially a residential panty raid on a variety of neighborhoods on the annual, self-guided, Modern Home Tour. Read More | Comment »

Events/Listings 5:17PM Thu. Feb. 2, Anne Harris

The Fabric of Reality (TV)?


Okay, you know that
one strip mall on Airport Boulevard,
the one that looks like it was designed to evoke
the Art Deco brilliance of the Jazz Age? Read More | Comment »

Fashion 10:57AM Thu. Jan. 26, Wayne Alan Brenner

How's Your Self of Steam?


"You feel steamy, punk?"
is how we titled last week's blogpost
about the steampunk improv show
currently at Salvage Vanguard Theater. Read More | Comment »

Retro(per)spective 1:42PM Wed. Jan. 18, Wayne Alan Brenner

All I Got for Christmas Is the Blues

I wasn't going to decorate for the holidays this year. In fact, I've been free from any urge to dig around in the decades of Christmas archived in the attic for a long time. So, for reasons I'll never understand completely, I found myself in said attic, ferreting out lights, and then I might as well get out the angels, right? Here are the fifteen-year Read More | Comment »

Obsessive Compulsive Design 5:48PM Wed. Nov. 30, 2011, Anne Harris

Create a Holiday Memory, Learn Something New

Things are heating up at the East Side Glass Studio.

In fact, they're 2100 degrees hot:
That's the temperature of the glass furnace
at this recently opened public-access venue.

Read More | Comment »

9:04AM Wed. Nov. 30, 2011, R.U. Steinberg

Bleak, er, Black Friday Morning for Some Retailers

What's worse than leaving the warm embrace of your bed after a family holiday Feast and Football Day to return to work? Perhaps leaving that crib to shop, at any hour. Read More | Comment »

Commerce 3:05AM Fri. Nov. 25, 2011, Anne Harris

In Defense of the Forever Lazy

When I started writing this blog entry, my intent was to mock the Forever Lazy. After all, it’s essentially an adult-sized, fleecy onesie with “zippered hatches in front and back for great escapes when duty calls” – Read More | Comment »

That's Messed Up 7:18PM Tue. Nov. 22, 2011, Laura Walters

Sketch Your Way Down the Aisle

Heads up fashion hounds, soon-to-be brides and wannabe designers! Jovani Designs, home of the whoa! prom dress, as well as crazy, glittery, pageant-wear goodness is having a contest for the best wedding dress sketch to be included in the upcoming 2012 bridal collection. Read More | Comment »

Events/Listings 4:16PM Wed. Nov. 16, 2011, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Why We Cosplay

Admit it: When you were a kid, you really wanted the Imperial Stormtrooper armor or a Ghosbusters' proton pack. And when you grew up and got a real job, your first thought was, "Wow, I can afford that armor and proton pack now." Costuming groups like the 501st Legion, the Lone Star Jedi and the crew of the Airship Isabella go one better: They make their own. Read More | Comment »

DIY 7:29PM Tue. Nov. 15, 2011, Richard Whittaker

Nude, or Crude: The Pantyhose Debate Rages On

[Ed. Note: considering our reporter was apparently craning over a tray as she snapped these shots, we hope she still has her job. The Austin Chronicle takes no responsibility for her professional behavior] Read More | 5 Comments »

That's Messed Up 4:59PM Thu. Nov. 10, 2011, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Look of the Day: November 9, 2011

Chronicle intern Rob Cohen looks pretty fly today. He is wearing: hoodie, Fallas Paredes; flannel shirt, Old Navy; jeans, Old Navy; boots, Doc Martens, of course; T-shirt, Radiohead tour merch. Read More | Comment »

Fashion 6:25PM Wed. Nov. 9, 2011, Anne Harris

From Hooves to Claws: The Nail Dilemma

I am torn when it comes to how I like to wear my nails. Most days I think acrylics look hella trashy: The next day, I’m craving a fresh pair of French tips. Yes, they’re terrible for your nails. But, pain is beauty…as well as stinky, plastic, fake-ass goodness. Read More | Comment »

Fashion 5:10PM Fri. Nov. 4, 2011, Meghan Ruth Speakerman

Product Review: Kiss Silicone Protexion Flat Iron

Week to week, we receive a number of review items here at Chronique; they're mostly books, some skin care products, and the occasional wearable object, such as last week's Fliptogs. Small appliances, not so much. So a few weeks ago, I was surprised to open a large box containing a Kiss Silicone Protexion flat iron. Read More | Comment »

Miscellany 4:29PM Mon. Oct. 17, 2011, Anne Harris

Coffee, Tea, or Fliptogs? Vending Machine Flip Flops Have Arrived

In the last six months, could any of these scenarios have applied to you?: ➽ You forgot your flip flops and have to limp home in some kind of thin, disposable foam from a pedicure? ➽ You thought breaking your heel after that last shot of Cuervo would get his attention (fail). Limping again. Read More | Comment »

The C-List 1:28PM Tue. Oct. 11, 2011, Anne Harris

Get Your Frock On

Dust off your finery and get ready for a major bash on October 15th, from 11am to 7pm as Frock On Vintage, the latest to redefine the term "drag" as it opens at 3016 Guadalupe, sets off its opening salvo. Antics from sponsors Slacker Magazine and KVRX, Read More | Comment »

Events/Listings 4:26PM Fri. Oct. 7, 2011, Anne Harris

Pow, Right in the Face!


Laura Spector and Chadwick Gray
go around the world, scouting for forgotten
19th-century artworks in the basements
and back rooms of galleries & museums. Read More | Comment »

Events/Listings 4:55PM Fri. Sep. 30, 2011, Wayne Alan Brenner

Off the Stack: Ring a Day by Marthe Le Van

It starts like this. Grinding around in the car, the friend says he needs to stop at a bead store. Uuuuuuuungh. He promises that it won't take long, and refuses to let me wait in the hush of the running car. We go in, and I can barely keep my eyes open, until I spy something promising, "Wow!!" Read More | Comment »

Obsessive Compulsive Design 2:58PM Tue. Sep. 20, 2011, Anne Harris

Cutting Up Old Clothes No. 147: Shop Your Closet!

I must be crazy for admitting this here, but the reader should know that in years past, your local inquiring eye stooped to keeping a separate set of clothing for grandmother visits. Those who know her would not be surprised, so I suppose shamelessness is the new black. (Her own wedding dress was black velvet.) Read More | Comment »

DIY 2:04AM Wed. Sep. 7, 2011, Anne Harris

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