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| TEXAS BEADS OF JOY |
Links to interesting Austin information
Austin history and sites, lakes, etc.
South by Southwest Music Festival
Austin City Connection - official Austin website
Austin entertainment
Zilker Park
Barton Springs
Austin restaurants
Austin hotels and shopping
Austin City Limits (live music)
Hike and Bike Trail
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin history and sites, lakes, etc.
South by Southwest Music Festival
Austin City Connection - official Austin website
Austin entertainment
Zilker Park
Barton Springs
Austin restaurants
Austin hotels and shopping
Austin City Limits (live music)
Hike and Bike Trail
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
MORE INTERESTING SITES AROUND TOWN
Live Music--You can find live performances, all over town, every night of the week. To know what's happening, pick up a free copy of
the Austin Chronicle on Thursdays at the Magnolia Cafe. South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival -- happens in March every year.
www.sxsw.com
ACL Music Festival -- happens in Sept. every year. www.aclfestival.com
Barton Springs--Zilker Park A huge spring-fed natural pool, located in Zilker Park, provides swimmers with water that stays a constant
68 degrees Fahrenheit. A charming sub-culture of young adults and seniors can be found here at 7 a.m. year-round. A small admission
charge is required after 9 am. Zilker park has a giant playground and various gardens (Xeriscape, Rose, Japanese, Native). Swim free in
summer every evening from 9-10 pm, and enjoy the party that happens on the nights of the full moon.
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/bartonsprings.htm
SoCo and First Thursday--Let's give you the real scoop on South Congress development. Fine restaurants, clothing stores and gift
stores . On the First Thursday of every month there is live music and late store hours. www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/bartonsprings.htm
The University of Texas--About 50,000 students attend UT, Austin. The famous/infamous Tower is illuminated with orange when the
football team has won the game. UT now has a great art museum (The Henry Ransom Center, and Blanton Museum), and an interesting
Natural History Museum (with dinosaur footprints found in Texas). www.utexas.edu
The LBJ Presidential Library is located on campus, next to the Law School. www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
The Texas State Capitol Building is made of lovely pink granite. Free tours are available daily, just drop buy. A new visitor's center is
located in a separate building on the grounds. www.tspb.state.tx.us/CVC/home/home.html
Central Market (2 locations)--Local low-priced grocer (HEB) has given us this high-end alternative. Great food in a FUN atmosphere.
Check their calendar for special events and live music. www.centralmarket.com
Home of Whole Foods Market--An Austin business that we all wish we had bought stock in.. www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lamar/
The Hike & Bike Trail Around Town Lake--Question: What creates the Austin feeling of community? Answer: Places to congregate!
The Hike & Bike Trail is a great place to meet and hang out with friends. Good parking place: under the MoPac bridge in Zilker Park. The
"lake" is really the dammed-up Colorado River--all the lakes in Texas are man-made. Canoes can be rented at Zilker Park.
www.zilkerboats.com Check out the boating club on the north side of the hike & bike trail:
www.austincityguide.com/content/austin-rowing-dock.asp
O. Henry worked in Austin as a writer and draftsman; to find an expert, visit the O. Henry Museum on East 5th Street.
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ohenry.htm
James Michener lived in Austin not long ago. He has endowed various art collections and programs at U.T., including a stipend
program to give young writers the support they need to concentrate on their writing. www.utexas.edu/academic/mcw/
East 6th Street (East-West from Congress Ave to IH35) It's our version of New Orleans' Bourbon Street. Generally a loud youth crowd.
Colorado Street (North-South from 5th St. to about 2nd St.) Here are the trendiest of the new restaurants and brew pubs. You'll see
limousines next to horse drawn carriages. A nice place to look great and hang out.
Alamo Drafthouse serves beer and food while it shows movies. www.drafthouse.com
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center - Live Oaks, Pecans, Wildflowers. About 15 miles southwest of town in the central
Texas Hill Country. www.wildflower.org
The Bats! They come out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge at dusk every night. People congregate on either bank of the river or
on the Congress Ave. Bridge sidewalk. It's fun to hang out with all the other people; it's fun to see the river of black bats stream out as
they search for bugs. http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp
Deep Eddy Pool--Another spring-fed pool, Deep Eddy is a public pool with cold water, grassy slopes and huge trees. Low end great for
kids; deep end for adult lap swimmers. Lake Austin Blvd. www.deepeddy.org
Moon Towers--Beginning in 1895, more than 30 Moon Towers were erected; 17 remain. Austin is the only city in the nation with a tower
system still intact. They are 165 feet tall and each originally had 6 carbon lamps that illuminate a 3000 foot radius. The towers now use
6,400-watt mercury vapor bulbs and the illumination is automated. Keep your eyes up when you drive around at night to see one (Zilker
Park, Main Library, Travis Heights, etc.). www.austinpostcard.com/moontower.html
Austin Chronical (Local alternative weekly) covers politics, arts, music, theater, local interest, and more. http://www.auschron.com/
Monthly magazine with stories about the people, places and things that make Austin special.
http://www.goodlifemag.com/
Austin Children's Museum www.austinkids.org
Austin City Limits www.pbs.org/klru/austin
Austin Lyric Opera http://www.austinlyricopera.org/2006-07/season-3.asp
Zachary Scott Dinner Theater www.zachscott.com/
Austin Tennis www.austintennis.org
Ballet Austin www.balletaustin.org
Austin Symphony Orchestra http://www.austinsymphony.org/
Lake Austin Spa Resort www.lakeaustin.com
Performing Arts Center www.utpac.org
Texas Hills Vineyard www.texashillsvineyard.com
The Wine Society of Texas www.winesocietyoftexas.org
Vanishing Texas River Cruises www.vtrc.com
Live Music--You can find live performances, all over town, every night of the week. To know what's happening, pick up a free copy of
the Austin Chronicle on Thursdays at the Magnolia Cafe. South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival -- happens in March every year.
www.sxsw.com
ACL Music Festival -- happens in Sept. every year. www.aclfestival.com
Barton Springs--Zilker Park A huge spring-fed natural pool, located in Zilker Park, provides swimmers with water that stays a constant
68 degrees Fahrenheit. A charming sub-culture of young adults and seniors can be found here at 7 a.m. year-round. A small admission
charge is required after 9 am. Zilker park has a giant playground and various gardens (Xeriscape, Rose, Japanese, Native). Swim free in
summer every evening from 9-10 pm, and enjoy the party that happens on the nights of the full moon.
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/bartonsprings.htm
SoCo and First Thursday--Let's give you the real scoop on South Congress development. Fine restaurants, clothing stores and gift
stores . On the First Thursday of every month there is live music and late store hours. www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/bartonsprings.htm
The University of Texas--About 50,000 students attend UT, Austin. The famous/infamous Tower is illuminated with orange when the
football team has won the game. UT now has a great art museum (The Henry Ransom Center, and Blanton Museum), and an interesting
Natural History Museum (with dinosaur footprints found in Texas). www.utexas.edu
The LBJ Presidential Library is located on campus, next to the Law School. www.lbjlib.utexas.edu
The Texas State Capitol Building is made of lovely pink granite. Free tours are available daily, just drop buy. A new visitor's center is
located in a separate building on the grounds. www.tspb.state.tx.us/CVC/home/home.html
Central Market (2 locations)--Local low-priced grocer (HEB) has given us this high-end alternative. Great food in a FUN atmosphere.
Check their calendar for special events and live music. www.centralmarket.com
Home of Whole Foods Market--An Austin business that we all wish we had bought stock in.. www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/lamar/
The Hike & Bike Trail Around Town Lake--Question: What creates the Austin feeling of community? Answer: Places to congregate!
The Hike & Bike Trail is a great place to meet and hang out with friends. Good parking place: under the MoPac bridge in Zilker Park. The
"lake" is really the dammed-up Colorado River--all the lakes in Texas are man-made. Canoes can be rented at Zilker Park.
www.zilkerboats.com Check out the boating club on the north side of the hike & bike trail:
www.austincityguide.com/content/austin-rowing-dock.asp
O. Henry worked in Austin as a writer and draftsman; to find an expert, visit the O. Henry Museum on East 5th Street.
www.ci.austin.tx.us/parks/ohenry.htm
James Michener lived in Austin not long ago. He has endowed various art collections and programs at U.T., including a stipend
program to give young writers the support they need to concentrate on their writing. www.utexas.edu/academic/mcw/
East 6th Street (East-West from Congress Ave to IH35) It's our version of New Orleans' Bourbon Street. Generally a loud youth crowd.
Colorado Street (North-South from 5th St. to about 2nd St.) Here are the trendiest of the new restaurants and brew pubs. You'll see
limousines next to horse drawn carriages. A nice place to look great and hang out.
Alamo Drafthouse serves beer and food while it shows movies. www.drafthouse.com
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Research Center - Live Oaks, Pecans, Wildflowers. About 15 miles southwest of town in the central
Texas Hill Country. www.wildflower.org
The Bats! They come out from under the Congress Ave. Bridge at dusk every night. People congregate on either bank of the river or
on the Congress Ave. Bridge sidewalk. It's fun to hang out with all the other people; it's fun to see the river of black bats stream out as
they search for bugs. http://www.batcon.org/home/default.asp
Deep Eddy Pool--Another spring-fed pool, Deep Eddy is a public pool with cold water, grassy slopes and huge trees. Low end great for
kids; deep end for adult lap swimmers. Lake Austin Blvd. www.deepeddy.org
Moon Towers--Beginning in 1895, more than 30 Moon Towers were erected; 17 remain. Austin is the only city in the nation with a tower
system still intact. They are 165 feet tall and each originally had 6 carbon lamps that illuminate a 3000 foot radius. The towers now use
6,400-watt mercury vapor bulbs and the illumination is automated. Keep your eyes up when you drive around at night to see one (Zilker
Park, Main Library, Travis Heights, etc.). www.austinpostcard.com/moontower.html
Austin Chronical (Local alternative weekly) covers politics, arts, music, theater, local interest, and more. http://www.auschron.com/
Monthly magazine with stories about the people, places and things that make Austin special.
http://www.goodlifemag.com/
Austin Children's Museum www.austinkids.org
Austin City Limits www.pbs.org/klru/austin
Austin Lyric Opera http://www.austinlyricopera.org/2006-07/season-3.asp
Zachary Scott Dinner Theater www.zachscott.com/
Austin Tennis www.austintennis.org
Ballet Austin www.balletaustin.org
Austin Symphony Orchestra http://www.austinsymphony.org/
Lake Austin Spa Resort www.lakeaustin.com
Performing Arts Center www.utpac.org
Texas Hills Vineyard www.texashillsvineyard.com
The Wine Society of Texas www.winesocietyoftexas.org
Vanishing Texas River Cruises www.vtrc.com
