Cooking 101: Happy Hour Fare

So my time at The River is slowly becoming: The Domestication of Roxanne Wilson. Susie has vowed to get me married off and has a timeframe, I did my own hair (see the Maxiglide blog below), and I have been dabbling in the cooking arena. Yowzah!
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So on Friday I had my girlfriends Carrie and Liz over for happy hour. We initially were going to go out, but it morphed into my place.

I guess all this talk about the River recipes has been rubbing off on me, because I decided I was going to cook! Or as some call it, 'prepare'.

I headed to the grocery store after the show on Friday got a few little nibbles:
Meatballs
Artichoke and Cheese pastries
Cream Cheese wontons

All were frozen.

Check out what happened when I cooked the Meatballs with my secret ingredients...





Oops technical difficulties. What can I say, I am a one-woman operation here...


Meatballs cooking! Check. Now onto the spinach & cheese bits





All done and happy hour is about to start...



Whoo hoo! I did it!

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As Seen On TV

So in the days of cutting back I am conscious of some things that could go. My hair appointments. I typically like to go to get my hair done once a week...before you raise an eyebrow, let me tell you that I am HORRIBLE with hair. To the point that my hair breaks off and falls out or just looks bad, if I don't get professional help.

But I am all for cutting back and honestly if I could take care of my hair on my own, that would be awesome.
So my mom told me about this "As Seen On TV;" product she found. The MaxiGlide (which i realized on air yesterday I called it the Maxiplus. oops!)

Apparently it is supposed to work on all hair types and get the hair straight like a professional.

Knowing that my mom has amazing hair and is good at taking care of it, I was skeptical, but when she told me there was a 30-day trial, I decided to try it. So I called and ordered it. It came four days later...not bad.









So I got the MaxiGlide and I was ready to try it...

Here's the before


Here's the during



Not bad, but I am not completely sold. I will definitely use the 30 days to think about it.

If you have used the MaxiGlide, let me know at Roxanne Wilson

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My desk is decorated!

So one of my coworkers took a picture of me at my desk and posted it on Twitter .
Since then I have gotten tweets (messages) on my Twitter account concerned for my lack of decoration.


For example:
Girl, get some pictures up in your office... do I need to come decorate your desk like I did my husband's?11:24 AM Mar 24th from TwitPic

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Thanks to all for your concern, but have no fear...it was just the angle at which the picture was shot. In the five months since I started at The River, I have indeed started decorating...

Join in on the Twitter fun. To see Roxanne's Twitter page click here.
To see The River's page click here.

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SXSW weekend on $15 or less...

So SXSW was last week, and after my birthday, I wanted to be a part of the the action. I am a single girl....SXSW is not in my budget. So my mission: To experience SXSW on a shoe string budget--aka No Badge & No Wristband. No expectations, just an open mind, and an empty wallet...

Jackson Walker? Are they related to Jerry Jeff?
Day 1: Wednesday March 18

A buddy of mine from my lawyer days works at Jackson Walker and invited me to their party. The food was awesome: 34th Street Cafe Catering (part of 34th Street Cafe). Spinach Artichoke dip, Asian salad served in little Chinese takeout boxes with chopsticks, and more!
Highlight: Meeting two River Listeners who were also enjoying the party.



Running Total:
One Band
34th Street Cafe Food
Drinks
Total: $0.00 So far so good...


Music and Mammograms
Day 2, Thursday March 19:
Free Music at the Pita Pit

So it turns out that some of the musicians from my church, Riverbend, landed a gig during SXSW playing at the Pita Pit on 6th street. So I cruised over there and met up with my buddy Aimee before the Mammo Gram Mixer, drank a smoothie and listened to them play. I actually found out they are playing regularly at Uncorked Wine Bar as well...
Check them out on MySpace
Miranda Dodson
Bob Barney
Chase Gassaway
Nathan Hubble

Self-taken pic of Aimee & me...she was my partner in crime for a lot of this experience.

Really bad pic...I know






Running Total:

Four Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks
Smoothie

Total: $3.49 Not bad...





Then I headed to the March Mammogram Mixer for my station 102.3 The River. There was a great group of ladies there and we had fun getting to know each other.

After the mixer, I headed home to take a taxi and head back out to the Parish to listen to Hotel Cafe Tour featuring Meiko, Sara Barielles. Need I say more? But I didn't want to deal with parking. Hence the taxi. Forty-Five minutes later...still waiting on that taxi.

I decided that it wasn't meant to be and went to sleep instead.



SXSW or Bust!
Day 3 March 20, Friday

Well at this point, I was determined to make sure that I made the most of my Friday...SXSW would be over before I knew it...after Family Friendly Mornings, I headed home. My brother (not by blood) Daniel, met up with me and we walked to Sixth Street from my place. We were down there by 11am...And that is when the night got interesting...more to follow. ;-)

As we were walking, we stopped by the Convention Center to find out if they had tickets to any free shows. That's when we found out that Ben Harper was performing later. Exciting! So we got tickets and then headed to Sixth Street.

We stopped by Maggie Mae's who by the way gave away a recycled bag with a cd, guitar pick and more inside. We listened to a few of those bands and ate complimentary queso before we left.

Running Total:
Six Bands
34th Street Cafe Food
Queso

Drinks

Smoothie

Total: $3.49...Staying Strong



What band are you in?

As we were walking around Sixth Street, taking in the music, we saw a sign for SPIN Magazine on the door of Old Pecan Street Cafe. Daniel suggested we go over there and we did. Apparently you had to have a gray wristband to get into the party. Well Daniel did so they shooed him in and assumed that since I was with him, I needed a wristband. So they gave me one. When we walked up the stairs, we were in another world.
The world of musicians. It was an artist party complete with free drinks, free food (catered by Wahoo's tacos), and free swag! Allow me to describe: there were white draped partitions, like when you go to a trade show. One had sunglasses in it, the other Airwalk shoes,
and the final one had Tommy Hilfiger clothes. This was in addition to the free samples of Calvin Klein cologne, as well as all sorts of other goodies around the room.

And get this, all of the swag was there for the taking. A rep assisted you in trying it on and you could have what you wanted. I got two pairs of shoes: flip flops and tennies. I didn't have the guts to take any of the Tommy Hilfiger stuff...although they made a point of telling me I could have anything I wanted, but I was an imposter, so I couldn't. I passed on a beautiful leather purse and an lovely leather jacket. Sigh.

Running Total:
Six Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks
Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case
Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Total: $3.49...


Who is Gomez anyway?
Anyway after the party, we met up with my friends David (he is also one of my pastors at Riverbend) and Aimee, and headed to the free concert at La Zona Rosa - Gomez was performing.
I recognized one of their songs, and the rest were unknown to me, but they were good. They are a British band. With a name like Gomez, I thought for sure they would be anything but British.



After the concert we walked from La Zona Rosa (which is near Whole Foods) all the way back to the Convention Center to see Ben Harper. We stood in line for about an 40 minutes (the line was extremely long)...to ensure that we got in. Naturally they passed out more tickets then there was availability...not to worry. We were early...

Running Total:
Seven Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket
Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Total: $3.49...


Ben Harper at the Bat Bar...aka room in the Convention Center

Ben Harper was awesome! He sang songs off his upcoming CD, so I didn't know any of them, but I liked them. I mean it's Ben!
Here is some poor quality video I took on my phone...But maybe you can feel like you were there...




Short people have....reason to live

Okay but let's get serious for a moment, something was bugging me enough to facebook about it right there...

Roxanne Wilson
Being 5'3 & some change is not advantageous when you are standing @
Ben Harper's concert...tall peeps have no concept of their size. Like
small dogs.

March 20 at 5:46pm

Jill likes this.

at 6:06pm March 20

Not cool man...not cool. What would you like us to do? I'm open to suggestions. PS I love Ben Harper!! xoxox

Roxanne Wilson at 6:08pm March 20 via Facebook Mobile

Ben Harper love you too. I would like you to stand in the back. you can still see... hee hee

at 6:22pm March 20 via Facebook Mobile

Um yeah try being even SHORTER like me. Oh well, rock the cute factor.

at 7:31pm March 20

Yeah, pretty much be cuter than the tall ones. That's MO.

at 7:45pm March 20

You're all cute! :)

at 10:54pm March 20

yea! ben harper!






Running Total:
Eight Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in
Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall

Total: $3.49...



Feed me Seymour

Next stop? Slight detour for a Surprise Birthday Party @ 219 West.

The great thing about this detour is that it was more like an EATour.

Being on my feet for eight hours called for sitting and eating. If you haven't tried their shallot fries and mini burgers and corndogs at 219, you are missing out. No lie!






Running Total:
Eight Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall
Shallot Fries
Mini Corndogs
Mini Burgers
Total: $13.32 Dinner did me in...




If at first you don't succeed...

So I mentioned earlier that the Hotel Café Tour was going on but I missed it on Thursday because I couldn’t get a taxi and didn’t really want to walk in the dark. Well we found out that the group of musicians from Hotel Café were doing another performance @ the Ale House---a club located in the alley behind sixth street. So David, Aimee, Thom (our newest community pastor at Riverbend) decided to go check that out.
When we walk over to the Ale House, the SXSW volunteer at the door enlightens us that this performance is Badges/Wristbands only aka people who paid money. Sigh. We weren’t giving up so easily.
Well known fact about the Ale house…it is connected to Shakespeare’s pub on sixth street. The only thing that stands between it is a gate. I will credit David with what happened next. We walked over to Shakespeare’s to see if we could get in.

David & Me @ my birthday...David gets credit for what happens next

We walk up and all go in, or so I thought. Sweet Thom left his ID in his car…’rookie mistake’! * Sidebar: Thom and his wife Anita just moved from S. Dakota. Bless his heart, he hasn’t been carded in years, so naturally he had no idea that he needed to walk around with it in ATX (Austin, Texas). So Thom headed back to 4 ½ blocks to his car to get his ID. Thinking that his free spot by the post office was too far, Thom decided to drive closer…on a Friday night, during SXSW, in ATX. Needless to say he drove around for forever and then gave up and headed home. Poor Thom! Lesson: If you find a free spot in downtown Austin on a weekend, keep it!

Back at Shakespeare’s I am somehow elected to take the
lead and sneak through the unlocked gate. I head toward the gate as a
waitress is walking through. She stops me and I ask her if the ______’s
(insert name of owner) is in there…(I know a lot of people in Austin).
She says yes and that the Ale House is SXSW. I shake my head knowingly,
and she lets me through. David and Aimee scurry in behind me.
Eureeka!

Running Total:
Eight Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall
Shallot Fries

Mini Corndogs

Mini Burgers
One Rejection
Risk of being kicked out
Adrenaline Rush
Total: $13.32


You never know who you will run into in Austin, Texas


As we are standing there enjoying the music of Tyrone Wells (who was awesome, and by the way is the son and grandson of pastors…tres cool), I glance at the door and see what I think is a mirage. It’s a man with sunglasses, a full head of hair and a familiar face. Could it be? No, yes! As I look to Aimee to tell her, her mouth is mouthing the words that are in my head.

I will let my Facebook post tell the rest of the story....

Roxanne Wilson Matthew Mcconaughey just joined me @ hotel cafe tour sxsw. Baby momma is here too. They are standing right next to me. In my almost 6yrs in ATX I've never seen him. I turn 30 & bam.

March 20 at 11:19pm ·

at 11:24pm March 20 via Facebook Mobile

Love it!

at 11:25pm March 20

is he wearing a shirt?

at 11:30pm March 20

Does he stink?!?

at 11:37pm March 20

OMG I AM SOOOO JEALOUS! I've wanted to meet him sooo bad.

at 12:50am March 21

WHO??

at 12:51am March 21

OHHHH... M.Mc. and his woman... I get you now. AWESOME! Tell him to find a beach and do some push-ups. :)

Roxanne Wilson at 2:46am March 21

They stood right next to us, bumping into us the whole time. Oh and they made out like crazy. I also talked to Sara Barielles!

Roxanne Wilson at 2:47am March 21

I didn't smell him. He was clothed and wore sunglasses.

at 7:48am March 21 via Facebook Mobile

Why was I not with you last night???uggg!!! Glad your having fun!

Roxanne Wilson at 8:08am March 21

Lady that is a good question...we need to remedy that.

at 8:46am March 21

I told you 30 was good!

Yes indeed, Matthew walked into the Ale House and then stood right next to me with his baby momma (aka mother of his child). He had an entourage of at least ten people hanging out around us. All of them were tall and dwarfed me. Matthew and baby momma kept bumping into me as they danced to Roco Deluca and I just stood their laughing to myself. How surreal. I loved him in "A Time to Kill" and "The Wedding Planner," not to mention many other movies. And there he was.



Running Total:
Thirteen Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall
Shallot Fries

Mini Corndogs

Mini Burgers

One Rejection

Risk of being kicked out
Matthew Mcconaughey sighting
Dilemma of whether to ever wash the right side of my body again (KIDDING)
Total: $13.32 Now this is a bargain





I'm not going to write you a love song..
By now the place is crowded, and as I am looking up at the stage (or trying to because I am so short), I see this woman that I recognize. River Artist, Sara Barielles! She sings "Love Song," and my personal favorite, '"Gravity." By know I am feeling fearless, what with Matthew and baby momma (who is a model) by my side. so I tap Sara on the shoulder and say, hello and tell her that I am excited about her performing on Tuesday (for our sister station) She was sweet as pie, and asked my name. After she walked away, I turned to Aimee and David and said, that was Sara Barielles. Both of them looked stunned and bummed.



We spent the rest of the night there and after 2am headed to Aimee's car (David left a good hour before...). We couldn't stop talking about what a great day it had been.
Off to bed...Tomorrow Racheal Ray's Party

Running Total:
Thirteen Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall
Shallot Fries

Mini Corndogs

Mini Burgers

One Rejection

Risk of being kicked out
Matthew Mcconaughey sighting
Dilemma of whether to ever wash the right side of my body again (KIDDING)

Sara Barielles meeting
Total: $13.32 I could be done now!



Yum-O
Susie and I had the pleasure of getting VIP passes to Rachael Ray's SXSW party. Racheal's husband is in a band called Cringe. And she throws the party with great food and performances by Cringe as well as others.

I have to tell you how tired I was. My body didn't want to move from walking all over downtown yesterday, but SXSW calls.

We tried to get an interview with Racheal, but it wasn't meant to be. We ate food though... ;-) We are working on getting a recipe however for the River Cookbook. Stay tuned...
Here is the skinny on the party:

The food:



The review:



After the party, I went home and laid on my couch with little interruption from 3pm until 2am! Exhaustion!!!


Running Total:
Thirteen Bands
34th Street Cafe Food

Drinks

Queso

Smoothie

Two Pairs of Shoes
Three Recycled Bags
Five Perfume Samples
One Ipod Case

Regret of not getting the leather jacket

Tired feet--La Zona Rosa is a tough place to stand in

Great Facebook dialogue: Short v. Tall
Shallot Fries

Mini Corndogs

Mini Burgers

One Rejection

Risk of being kicked out
Matthew Mcconaughey sighting
Dilemma of whether to ever wash the right side of my body again (KIDDING)

Sara Barielles meeting
Rachael Ray's food (see above)
Rachael Ray sighting and almost introduction/picture

Total: $13.32 Now this is a bargain

My conclusion:
SXSW CAN be done in THIS economy for next to nothing. I only paid for dinner Friday and a smoothie on Thursday! And I had good, clean fun...bonded with my buddies. It was priceless!

I highly recommend trying it out next year. We are gifted to have such a major even right here in town every year. Next year I want to add on the film part...Yeah Baby!

Bday Celebration

So my birthday was on Tuesday. Also St. Patrick's day. As a St. Patty's baby, I happily embrace the union of both holidays. It has always been great to see the world celebrate my birthday. Green is the theme.

I turned 30 this year. Wow how time flies. And I don't think that has totally hit me...
But I did decide to take the green theme to a new level for the 30th.

So I wore a leprechaun outfit. No lie...


It's the one day of the year that I traditionally dress up, so why not go the extra mile right? Too fun. Thanks for all of the birthday wishes...it's a new year and I am thankful for you, my family and my friends.

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I had Lasik!

So I did it. I got Lasik from Mann Eye Institute.




I was totally nervous, but from going in for the consultation and beyond, the Mann Eye team has been AMAZING (and patient).

If you want to learn more about Mann Eye, click here

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Book Tour: Tampa/CTN

Last week I headed to Tampa, Florida for the first time. My purpose for Tampa was to appear on The Herman and Sharron Show, and The Good Life with CTN's founder and president, Bob D'Andrea.

I started my trip the night before around my appearances. I arrived at the airport for my 6:30pm only to find out that my American Airlines flights had been canceled because of the bad weather in Dallas (I was flying from Austin to Dallas to Tampa). So I hopped on a Continental airline that was flying through Houston to Tampa. When we boarded, they announced that the flight was delayed...this would be fine except that my connection was tight. When I got to Houston, I rushed off the plane hoping that my new flight to Tampa hadn't left without me. It turns out that the crew for that flight was stuck in JFK, so the flight was delayed. Thank the good Lord. We left at 9:40pm...I got to Tampa after 1:00am. After picking up my rental car and driving around lost, I arrived at the hotel and got to bed by 3:00am. Did I mention that it is humid in Tampa? Humid but beautiful. Even driving at night I could see how the water glistening.

My call at the CTN studio was 10:30am. Eek!

Fortunately I got up and to the studio in time plenty time. I started with The Herman & Sharron Show. Herman and Sharron have been on CTN for twenty-eight years and married for much longer. Herman, who reminds me of Regis in every way, was a riot...he wore a Donald Trump shirt to commemorate the interview. We talked about Footprints in the Boardroom and how my faith influenced my experience on "The Apprentice."

After we completed the show, I met Bob D'Andrea, CTN's founder and the host of The Good Life. As we sat down to do the interview, Bob mixed things up and asked me about my "boyfriends". Ha ha. I have been asked a lot of questions during interviews but I can tell you that the question I would never have expected from Bob D'Andrea was about my "boyfriends." Those of you who visit my blog know that the part of my life I have figured out the least is the "boyfriends." Ha ha...Bob didn't let up either. He wanted to know what I looked for in a boyfriend. You will have to watch to find out how I responded.

All kidding aside, I had the opportunity to share with The Good Life viewers about the importance of faith and prayer in their daily life.

After the tapings were over, I headed back to the airport and left fair Tampa without any flight delays, cancellations, or weather issues...

Happy Fourth of July!!

-RXW

What Rox: Watch The Herman and Sharron Show on 7/12/07 check your local listings (The Herman and Sharron Show airs on CTN, SkyAngel, and INSP digital). Check back for information on The Good Life's air date!

5 Tips To A Healthy Lifestyle

As you know last week I spoke at The 50 Million Pound Challenge kickoff in Austin. I had a great time meeting the State Farm employees and sharing with them in their commitment to Give up the pounds. Not the Fight!

I applauded the participants for their dedication to a healthy lifestyle and shared with them my tips to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Here they are:

1) Food is all about moderation! It is okay to eat the food you love but eat it in moderation.
When you go out to restaurants, split your meal in half. Ask the server for a to go box and immediately put half of your meal away for later.

2) Exercise is meant to be fun! Find something you love.
Don't put any extra obstacles in your way. If you don't enjoy it, if the location is too far way, intimidating, etc. don't do it. Keep it fresh. Mix it up from time to time.

3) Have an accountability partner!
If you don't feel like working out on a certain day your partner can be there to push you. It can be a local or cyber partner. Be creative.

4) Journal! How will you know how far you have gotten if you don't know where you started?
I blog (obviously) but you can journal or write about your struggles, accomplishments etc. Take pictures as you get smaller and smaller.

5) Reward yourself for the little things!
Don't wait until you meet the big goal, delight in the small moments i.e. fitting into your skinny jeans, walking up the stairs without getting exhausted.

Special thanks to Arcillia Smith and her committee for their dedication to The 50 Million Pound Challenge.

Click here to listen to the speech.
-RXW
What Rox: The 50 Million Pound Challenge has already reached 287,010 pounds and counting. To join The Challenge or to see when the kickoff is coming to your area, go to http://www.50millionpounds.com/
Keep those pounds coming!

Intimacy

I am a creature of habit...especially on Sundays.

A typical routine on Sunday includes going to Untitled at 9:45, service at 11:15, and lunch with friends right after. This Sunday my typical "routine" was modified. I was asked to speak to the Singles (over 40) ministry. I have to admit that I was a bit nervous. For some reason I can speak all over the country, but speaking to a group at my own church, Riverbend, can be a bit intimidating. Their topic for July is prayer and I was entrusted in kicking it off. Pressure! Additionally, my Sunday routine was officially out of whack...how could I possibly have a meaningful Sunday experience?

So rather than going to Untitled at 9:45, I went to service. I wanted a little inspiration before I spoke...the part of the message that hit me was intimacy...intimacy in your faith. After service was over, I rushed over to the Singles ministry.

As I was speaking to the Singles ministry about prayer and how prayer is simply a conversation with your maker, I realized that the topic of intimacy was in my message as well. I spoke on prayer and read some prayers I wrote in Footprints in the Boardroom and we talked in depth. And established that we all have certain routines when we pray. We pray at certain times of the day in certain ways.

But the one thing that I hope reached that group was this:

We spend so much time in life giving our relationships a shot of energy: married couples go to counseling or take vacations to rekindle the relationship; friends go out to the newest place or take dancing lessons.
We change up the way we communicate in relationships: phones, letters, texts...it keeps it interesting, current. And by changing up the routine those relationships become a bit more meaningful...intimate.

So why don't we do that in our faith relationship?
Why do we always go for the routine i.e. my Sunday routine?
And why do we always have the same conversation with God?

There is no reason to be afraid of changing our routine. We may find that praying at a different times of the day, in a different way leads us to a deeper understanding...intimacy.
Interestingly enough, my Sunday routine was totally our of whack this week, but the meaning was deeper...more intimate.

-RXW

Supper Underground Shhhh!

Have you ever been a part of an underground club? Let me guess, you would tell me but then you would have to kill me right?

Well fine, but I am going to break the silence and tell you about underground club I was fortunate to experience this weekend. It is called Supper Underground and it is exactly what it sounds like. Supper...Underground...well not underground, but on the hush hush. As it says on their vague website, "Supper Underground is a fusion of the intimacy of a dinner party with the ease of a restaurant. It’s the opportunity to experience delectable cuisine and meet new people in a unique and constantly changing setting. Supper Underground is a monthly dinner party that takes place in a different Austin location with different participants each month. Supper Underground guests enjoy a brief “cocktail hour” followed by a four-course meal with wine provided."

My friend Daniel stumbled upon Supper Underground last year and has been lucky enough to go to three of them now. So I was Daniel's guest at this month's Supper. When Daniel picked me up, the first thing he said was, "Okay Roxanne, there are rules to Supper Underground. Rule one: Don't talk about Supper Underground." I thought he was serious a la fight club, but considering the fact that in the year and a half that Supper Underground, which was started by a lovely woman named Hannah, has been in Austin the mailing list had grown to 700 people, I think I can talk about it.


We arrived at Progress Coffee whose owners Joshua and Sarah were kind enough close their coffee shop so that it could be transformed for the event. Each Supper consists of no more than 25 people, so the feel is quite intimate. We dined on food prepared by the resident Supper Underground chef, Tasso and his longtime buddy. Our four course meal consisted of:

• Chilled Roasted Corn and Avocado Soup
• Asparagus Salad with Shaved Parmesan and Lemon Vinaigrette
• Crab Cakes atop Purple Potato Puree with Wilted Greens and a Saffron Cream Sauce
• Espresso Creme Brulee

Okay now I want to leave the experience to your imagination so that you will be compelled to find an underground supper club in your area (and yes they are everywhere...Google underground supper clubs and you will be amazed by the amount of results). But I will say that I don't even eat crab but I absolutely loved the crab cakes. It was definitely a meal to remember or the food and more importantly the community. I want to tell you more, but you know, then I would have to kill you...

Bottom line, Supper Underground is the greatest event in your city that everyone is not talking about. Experience it for yourself.

-RXW

What Rox: Don't have an underground supper club in your area? Then start one.