"...it don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king..."
Well, I'm gonna be in Austin for three nights (W-F) next month.
Any suggestions?
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"...it don't matter who's in Austin, Bob Wills is still the king..."
Well, I'm gonna be in Austin for three nights (W-F) next month.
Any suggestions?
ACL I presume? edit: Oh, next month. Obviously not ACL.
Do you have access to a vehicle?
There might be some info in this thread...
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=58340
I'll try to add some suggestions later when I have more time.
Wear Shorts
absolutely cant go wrong here:
http://www.continentalclub.com/Austin.html
Salt lick BBQ
Trudy's for Miga's
Rosies Tamale house on airport for brekkie tacos
Korea House for Korean
Rent a bike at BSS, go for a BADASS ride on the greenbelt backtrails or City Park
(PM me if you need some local contacts to ride with)
The duck tour...fun as shit
watch the bats offf of congress at dusk
Chill in the Barton hot Springs
Carniceria Michuacan for takeout excellence
NY Deli for a Reuben
James McMurtry's free set at the Continental, midnite Wednesday...
Wish I were there!
Wish i were there...
Strap them kids in
Give 'em a little bit of vodka in a cherry coke
We're going to Oklahoma to the family reunion for the first time in years
It's up at uncle Slayton's cause he's getting on in years
You know he no longer travels but he's still pretty spry
He's not much on talking and he's just too mean to die
And they'll be comin' down from Kansas
and from west Arkansas
It'll be one great big old party like you never saw
Nuff said!
Listen to RideIt and go see James McMurtry
Gettin in on Wednesday...the McMurtry set is on the agenda.
I think you've been out West too long. Barton's cool (really cold) and gets closed on occasion 'cause of pollution, but it's not a hot spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Right. I got confused.
In 05' I used it to cool off in-between sets at ACL...but then it was 107, so...
Texas bbq and blues...shouldn't be hard to find.
If you are into the whole bar scene, go out on 6th street Thursday night. I don't really know what you're into, but there is something for everyone within walking distance. I like Maggie Mae's for $2 domestics and wells on Thursdays. Then you should head over to 311 (the bar not the band). They have a really good motown band every Thursday I believe.
Go to Taco Shack for breakfast tacos.
Sorry to hear you have to be in Texas.
Pick up a copy of the Austin Chronicle at just about any convenience store for that week's scene. It comes out every Thursday and is the best source for events and live acts playing in & around town, . (You can also view it online here: http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/ ) If you like live music, you should have no difficulty finding entertainment you will enjoy. Lots of good food, too. The weather should be great by then. Sixth Street before/after a UT game is something to do at least once.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
Oh, no offense to rideit, but I would pass on the NY Deli. The best "NY deli" in town is probably Katz's.
I might be heading to Austin for a conference at the beginning of November.
Posting in order to keep informed on possibilities. I haven't been to Austin before.
Katz's is what I was thinking of (downtown)...is N.Y. Deli that lame one out by the arboretum?Quote:
Originally Posted by rsknight1
katz's is the shiz.
Just do what rideit said, if you like to climb/ boulder ... Reimers is a cool place to go, something you won't ever see in texas anywhere else anyhow. Cliff diving at Pace bend is fun as well.
And you can Mt. Bike and swim in the river at reimers as well....good riding!
Austin is 100x better than DFW.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable
Austin, actually, is also 1000X's better than most other places in this country...(little known fact)
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Originally Posted by brice618
Austin is a pretty cool place. Definitely check out reimer's if possible; I'd come down to give you the tour if I didn't have class. The UT bar/music hangouts are also well worth checking out, especially on a thursday or friday. Enjoy....Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
You are correct.... Katz's is on 6th street on the western side of downtown. Not my thing, but if you want to visit a deli in Austin, this is the place to go.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Are you single and interested in college chicks with fake IDs? If so, go to Cain Abel's in West Campus. You will NOT be disappointed.Quote:
Originally Posted by irul&ublo
All awesome suggestions!Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
See my first reply above:biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by Vets
I got into Austin yesterday.
Last night I grabbed a few beers at the Posse (Posse East if you lookin' for directions). Sam Adams Oktoberfest on tap, $1.50 pints and it was 1am on a Wednesday. I almost questioned the Happy Hour prices at that hour but decided against it.
This morning I bought 8 breakfast tacos from the Tamale House on Airport (as mentioned.) 5 bacon egg and cheese tacos, 2 potato and bacon and 1 bean egg and cheese. Total cost: $9.20
Now I'm hanging out at my parent's house waiting for my buddy to arrive and tonight it'll probably be Mexican Martinis at Trudy's, the BEST drink in the land, in my opinion.
ACL looks to be pretty good this year and right now the temp is hovering in the low 90s so it is actually tolerable.
8 tacos seems like a lot for breakfast.
Six is about right at Rosies.
Eight? Prolly not riding that day!
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Originally Posted by iceman
LOL. I ate 3, girlfriend at 2, parents split the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
If you have a car, go to Hula Hut on Lake Austin. It gets pretty crowded on the weekends so don't be surprised if you have to wait, but it's worth it.
Go to the Oasis on Lake Travis to watch the sunset. There's also a hole-in-the-wall burger joint in the hills along Lake Austin called Ski Shore cafe where you can watch all the water skiers and wakeboarders go by.
I just ate at ski shores yesterday. A waterski/wakeboard TR will be forthcoming, but here's a preview:Quote:
Originally Posted by jbach
http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/278...0883935_rs.jpg
Bump on this thread.
Arrived in Austin yesterday.
I'm staying at the Hyatt Regency on Town Lake.
Not much free time on the conference agenda.
Any recommendations for dinner ideas close by?
The bats might be gone to Mexico by now.
Since it's autumn...If you have a car you might want to head out to lost maples. There's a freaking maple grove in Texas. :D Mighty purty. And they grow apples in the area, so there's a lot of yummy pie. That whole region (hill country) is nice. A bike ride out there wouldn't suck at all. http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/f.../foliage.phtml
I don't know if you fish, but Texas offers a lot in that way. I guess bass is a southern thing, but it's a ton of fun. You can get yourself set up for cheap with a boat/guide/gear at just about any tackle shop. Your guide will probably have beer for breakfast.
Katz's used to have that sweet Jazz club in the building. I've spent a number of fine evenings drinking and dancing and then munching blintzes. Katz never closes.
When is SXSW? The ultimate pub crawl. :D
If you could get on Austin City Limits, that would be the coolest. http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/tvschedule/index.html
There are some interesting things on the UT campus, like the magna carta. And the people - just park yourself on a bench in front of the student union for an hour. What an eyeful. Riding a bike all around the university/downtown/town lake would be really fun. You need a lock and chain. Go see the old French Legation and and eat some random tacos on the east side.
Go to the old Driskill Hotel (downtown) and look at the Remington style bronze statue called the Widowmaker. Powerful.
If you like to climb at all, I always loved Enchanted Rock. Pink granite dome - one of the biggest in the country. http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr/E-rock/ERgeneral.html
Don't be shy there. It's so easy to make friends with a little good looks and charm. Be outgoing and meet people. Talk to everyone! The people are really the coolest thing there.
Well, thanks for taking me down memory lane anyway. :)
SheRa,
Thanks for the suggestions.
It sounds like I should spend at least an extra week here.
I am motivated to get out of the hotel tonight for sure.
Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Antone's tomorrow night.
Everything rideit and others said + Stubbs BBQ. FKNA awesome town.
I checked out the Capitol Building last night. Very impressive!
I'm a little late here, but...
Yes, the capitol is quite large. If you like that kind of stuff, you might consider checking out the UT campus if you have any time during the day (top of the tower, new Blanton museum, LBJ museum, etc...). There is some kind of moonlight tour too.
Be sure to pick up an Austin Chronicle (the free weekly). It has good info on concerts and such. Also be sure to strike up conversations with locals at bars to get some good info.
If you go out in the evenings, it really should be to a concert, but if you want to stop someplace just for a beer, check out The Gingerman on 4th. Huge selection on tap.
Lots of little bars and dives throughout the city, but there are concentrations on 6th and 4th (probably obvious), further west on 6th, and on South Congress (SoCo).
As mentioned, the bats are possibly gone to Mexico. They usually leave late October. They are walking distance from you hotel though (Congress bridge). There is actually a hotline you can call for emergence times. I don't know if it sounds interesting, but millions of bats taking off in the middle of a city is an interesting site.
Stick with tex-mex or bbq for food. Some of the best bbq is outside of town though. A few quintessential tex-mex places: Marias Taco Express, Trudys, Curras Grill... way too many to name actually.
Wish you had time during the day. Austin is all about the outdoors. Lake Travis, "Lake" Austin, the Hill Country, The Green Belt, Barton Creek... If you have any time during the day, check out Barton Springs Pool. There are tons of little Austin-y things that I could name, but the pool really is the soul of the city.
Have fun.
I don't necessarily agree...Austin has become a major culinary hotspot for all kind of cuisine. From Continental French to Korean, Indian, Sushi, Moroccan, Italian, Vietnamese, South American, Thai, you name it...there is a great restaurant available. Even Kosher Deli.Quote:
Originally Posted by dbp
Pick up the Austin Chronicle, that's where the latest beta is revealed.
Just picked up an Austin Chronicle.
144 pages. I'll have to rely on my speed reading skills to acquire the beta.
The 'best of' vote winners should be on their homepage. What are you in the mood for?
Austin certainly isn't the culinary backwater it once was. I'll agree that you can get all kinds of good food. I was thinking more about trying something Austin is known for.Quote:
Originally Posted by rideit
Chronicle music listings
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob.../MusicListings
and best of Austin poll
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrob...tOfAustin/home
edit: and the Statesman's restaurant section with top lists
http://www.austin360.com/food_drink/...ink/index.html
I road the trails at Reimers this weekend, they were t3h fun. Good climbing / riding weather right now!