Two margs were just not enough so we headed over to the San Jose, a secret garden of a hotel that's an ingenious hybrid of Mexican vernacular and Japanese minimalist architecture. We curled up with wine and mirin-soaked edamame, savoring the cool concrete, the rustle of bamboo and the chirps of intoxicated debutantes.

Adam Greenfield was giddy about holding his hot-off-the-presses book Everyware for the first time that day. About to become as ubiquitous as the technology he discusses, Greenfield's already generating a bunch of buzz. He'll be sharing his wisdom as a published author on Sunday. Local Andrew Otwell, heyblogger, gave us the low down on Austin, including an invitation to the greatest breakfast we've ever wrapped our tortilla around.