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Travel Blogs from Austin

At Ollivander's

A travel blog entry by pkumar01

No. I didn't get a letter from Hogwarts although that would have been cool. However, I did go to buy my first pair of cowboy boots and another for Shilpa. I walked into Allens Boots and my first reaction was Oh **** ! There were rows after rows with thousands of boots and I had no clue how to find a pair. I asked one of the guys about how to fit a shoe and he explained. And then he said very slowly in a very Texan ...

MesaVerde to Austin, & everything in between

A travel blog entry by lukeandrebecca

... more "effortless" in a way. Just very low key and fun, loved it!! Wednesday 10/24 we slept in, made breakfast, and then rented bikes and rode on the Zilker Park Hike and Bike trail that ran around Barton Springs. A natural spring in the heart of the city that was made into a public watering hole that usually maintains a natural and pleasant 68 degrees year round. After this we were right back to where we started......exhausted!! So we spent the afternoon taking it ...

Austin, TX: The Unusual Nature of Austin

A travel blog entry by thirsty-boots

... like Stubbs and Chuy's.

As Dresden took his nap at the Sheraton in downtown Austin, Alex and I headed to the Lyndon B. Johnson Library; we didn't see much as it was still under renovation. Nothing about LBJ is small. By being here at this time in my life, I've finished one of two must visit places since they're directly linked to my current work position. LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which gave my agency its ...

Austin

A travel blog entry by peppis

... to see it, so I will be eating, and drinking local brews during the movie. Rocking. I think I first heard of the Alamo drafthouse from one of my former movie crazed students, so it'll be sweet to actually go there. I think it's prolly a lot like McMenimans (never learned how to spell it..) in Portland though.

Oh. So this turned out to be a long one, but to be short. I already like Austin a lot and haven't even seen it yet really.
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Keep Austin Weird

A travel blog entry by cafe_travel

... we see big groups of bats take off from the Botanic Gardens every day and it didn’t seem like that big a deal to us. Besides by sunset it was still in the mid 30s and we just plain didn’t feel like it.

Shane Smith and the Six Gun Saints that we were so enjoying finished at 6pm and another band started up. We lasted about half an hour listening to them but didn’t enjoy them anywhere near as much so decided we’d go to ...