Event Menu
Feb. 22-28
By Virginia B. Wood, Fri., Feb. 20, 2009
• Learn about growing and cooking with herbs from longtime Chronicle contributor Mick Vann at a free seminar at It's About Thyme Garden Center (11726 Manchaca Rd., 280-1192, www.itsaboutthyme.com). Sunday, Feb. 22, 2-4pm.
• Cannoli Joe's (4715 Hwy. 290 W., 892-4444, www.cannolijoes.com) Tex-Italian Wine Celebrations proved so popular that they've been extended through 2009. They feature four Texas wineries or distilleries each evening, offering highly reduced prices on tastings of both full-bottle and by-the-glass purchases. Live local jazz each night, and 100% of the wine sales benefit Austin charities. Wednesday and Thursday evenings through March.
• Austin participants in the Saint Arnold Scavenger Hunt Pub Crawl (www.saintarnold.com/blog/index.html) have until Sunday, Feb. 22, to e-mail their pub-crawl photos to compete in the contest.