***Rachel Ray SXSW Party
*** Beauty Bar
*** 03.15.08

To our surprise, the Beauty Bar was crackin beyond all belief. The notion of the Rachel Ray was absolutely baffling to me. I thought the line was for Red 7, next door. This was the only party we waited in line. I admit, I brought my co-worker’s Rachel Ray Cook Book and I bought a Rachel Ray magazine at the HEB earlier. There is no shame in my game. I was turned away. Why? you ask? Well, she was nowhere to be found and when I went to the back to look for her, she was doing interviews in her tour bus. I asked a random passerbyer who was playing, his response was, “some shitty band.” I came to find out later that it was Cringe (the name of Rachel Ray’s husband’s band). Couple of items to note, the food was exquisite. Mojitos were fabulous. Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top saved Cringe’s performance. Lastly, Efrain Ramirez (Pedro from Napoleon Dynamite) was dropping some 80’s hits for the ladies.

ZZ TOP-Cheap Sunglasses [MP3] ZZ TOP-TUBE STEAK BOOGIE [MP3]