High Ball – The best bar/event space/karaoke/restaurant/bowling alley/lounge in town!

AHHH the High Ball.  This place, just like me, always promises a good time.  The High Ball has all kinds of events and often involves costumes.  They have everything!  Well duh, just read the title!  The food menu is nice and the chef is really great.  Not your typical bar food! You never know what’s going to be going on in the event space.  One of my favorites is karaoke with a live band!  You can feel like the lead singer of an Austin cover band for 4 whole minutes.  Pick your song, the band begins and YOU are the star.  Well let’s face it, I’m always the star.  Also, Motown Mondays is pretty great too for all of you who like to boogie.   

 

The karaoke rooms are top notch with a large selection of songs and each of the rooms have a fun theme.  I personally like the Xanadu room and the Heavy Metal room.  Did you know that the bowling lanes were actually salvaged from an alley in New Orleans that was destroyed by Katrina?  I just love the retro feel of these bowling alleys. In grade school, the other little girls never invited me over to their slumber parties to play Pretty Pretty Princess or Mystery Date.  But NOW I can play them at the Highball, WITH BOOZE!  HA!  Take a look, grab your friends and head down to one of my favorite places in Austin.  http://www.thehighball.com/

Comic Con

It’s a bird!  It’s a plane!  No it’s The Austin Wizard-World Comic Convention!  Calling all nerds, geeks, dorks and dweebs.  Come one, come all to the Austin Convention Center.  Even though Austin is a small city, it has a strong nerd population. The Austin Wizard-World Comic Convention is a shining beacon which offers sanctuary from bullies and hipsters, where the outcasts can fully embrace their nerdness, nerdom and nerdosity.  Even if you can’t find a date, you can always get your picture with a hot cosplayer!  Wonderwoman, Princess Leia, Sailor Moon, or maybe even an Elvira look-a-like.

 

As we all know I’m a big fan of the sci-fi and horror genres and these conventions are the best place to check out some of the best crap – I mean best merchandise.  There are always special guests and this year is no exception.  Be sure to check out all the official information , event schedule and at their website http://www.wizardworld.com/home-tx.html  Even if you’re not the typical comic con goer, you will still have a good time.  Even if you’re not the typical comic con goer, you will still have a good time.