Bollywood Nights, presented by Room to Read Austin and hosted by Clay Pit enjoyed a large turnout and had a fantastic energy!

Thanks to the great auction items and generous donors, the event raised enough to build a library in India, which will support almost 350 boys and girls with colorful picture books published in their local language, educational games, and a safe, fun place to learn!

Room to Read offers special thanks to the following people:

• Bali Singh and the Clay Pit staff for their generous donation of the venue, delicious food, and 75% of the bar tab
• Mansi and Sargam dance studio for their performance and Bollywood lessons
• Nisha for amazing henna artwork
• Lori Luza from As You Wish Photography
• And our silent auction donors

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The last event for the year, Beers for Books at Lavaca Street Bar is on October 29! Lavaca Street Bar will donate $1 for every beer purchased which buys 1 book for a child in need. More beer = more books! We’ll have a Mack Brown autographed football and prizes for best guy/girl costumers. It will be a fun night for a good cause, and a great way to kick off Halloween weekend!

For a special touch, we applied a “galvanized pastel” effect to these images.

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Thank you, ASMC, for allowing us to be part of your event!

for engaged couples

Sun, March 21, 2010

12noon-3pm

at Haute Cakes Design Studio
13200 Pond Springs Rd., Ste A107
Austin, TX 78729

hosted by As You Wish photography

Join us for a Wedding Open House hosted by Haute Cakes Couture Desserts and As You Wish photography. Sample popular cake flavors and browse wedding images.

And, I don’t know who was in charge of ordering the weather for the afternoon, but it could not have been more perfect!

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Thank you, Dream Dinners for inviting us to photograph your event.

The event is free and includes food, prizes, and offers some great drink specials.

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Attention Austinites

Are you thirstin’ for a happytime adult drink?  Do you need an excuse to shower and get out of the house?  Are you craving being around Austin’s largest indoor water wall?  Then get on your bike, bus, car or truck and get to Submerged on September 10th!

EVERYONE is welcome and EVERYONE should bring a friend! Cash bar, NO cover charge!  Catering & goodies.  Submerged has graciously offered to bring in catering from two local steakhouses, NadaMoo ice cream will bring samples to treat you AND there will be LOTS of door prizes like $50 gift certificates at J. Black’s.  Don’t leave early, flaky peeps, we’ll reward those who stick around!

RSVP here

Yes, parking is a pain in the ass like ANYWHERE downtown, but Submerged is offering WICKED drink specials AND they’re bringing in catering, so we’ll make the hike up to ya!

There will be awesome door prizes and @AsYouWish will be setting up shop to photograph you, so please wear clean clothes or maybe that trendy too-tight shirt you’ve needed an excuse to wear!

Questions? Email austinlabs@gmail.com or tweet any of the hosts directly.

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