These are a few of the things I did on my weekend in Austin (first time!):
Watched the world’s largest bat colony take flight on Halloween night from Congress Ave Bridge ~ Danced in a room crowded with zombies (east 6th street) ~ Tried the “best potato salad ever” from a food truck ~ Walked quickly along the dirty six (west 6th street) ~ Tailgated at a UT game ~ Rooted on UT at a game they lost against Baylor :( (Colt McCoy day!) ~ Consumed a beverage from Jo’s in SoCo ~ Ate mexican vanilla ice cream with pecans from Amy’s ~ Rode around in a Car2Go (beep beep!) ~ Shopped the quirky shops along SoCo (love this hood) ~ Drank a beverage while swatting mosquitoes at the Hotel San Jose ~ Ate guacamole tacos (on the menu!!) at Guero’s while cheering on the Giants (in hushed, reverent tones) in the World Series ~ Was tour guided along railroad tracks, through scrap yards and down abandoned roads in high heat (yay, heat!) ~ Drank my first Michelada at Bar 96 ~ Ate a delicious, hot, made-to-order doughnut from Gourdough’s (mmm) ~ Drove up Mount Bonnell for a view of Lake Austin and Downtown ~ Walked along Lake Austin ~ Danced at a bar in four-inch red heels on Halloween ~ Brunch outside at Garrido’s ~ Pie at The Woodland ~ Etc., Etc. :)
Weekend whirlwind complete. (Thanks to D for the tour, A & C for the hospitality, and R & J for the tips!)
You take the best photos. I love each and every one of these.
If I could imagine myself spending a weekend in Texas (which I have strangely always thought of as the definition of being American), I would do everything mentioned in this post. College football, baseball, truck food (delicious, too, I imagine). Geez, lady, now you’ve got me hankering for some guac.
When you visit up north, we can be total stereotypical Canadians, we’ll go dog sledding, lick a frozen pole, drink Canadian beer and watch a hockey or lacrosse game and eat moose meat (which I may or may not have had). Oh wait, you don’t eat meat…. umm, we’ll umm, EAT POUTINE.
Congrats on the Giants win!
I can’t wait to lick a frozen pole in cananda!! :)