Austin Hastings

World Changing Ideas a Click Away. Thanks, TED!

What’s better then bringing together some of the worlds most creative, intelligent people, mixing them together, discussing forward-thinking ideas and watching these world changing concepts come to life?  The TED conference is an extraordinary mix of concepts and talent, and if you haven’t heard about it yet, here’s a quick summary from the official website: TED [...]

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Live Music & Visual Arts Camping Experience, 3EG Style

Third Eye Gathering, or 3EG, is a non-profit for arts and education that I took part in launching back in 2003.  Since then, we’ve had a couple of large multi-day festivals, then scaled down to night shows at a warehouse in downtown Los Angeles with our last show held last year at The Roxy in [...]

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Finding a Taste for Tea

Though tea hasn’t been my drink of choice in the past, I just had a fun and enlightening experience participating in a “tea flight” which has left me with a bit more of a taste for this ancient herbal drink and medicinal remedy.  Our tea sampling was held at a comfortable and friendly tea bar [...]

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