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Old 07-07-2008, 09:50 AM
 
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I will be in Austin Texas till the 13th. I am in the west lake area. I already have been on the river for swimming, saw sandra bullock's gate, Matt Maconheys house by Chuys, ate at Chuys (awesome). Tommorrow I plan to go downtown, but I am planning my places to see right now. What are the TEN things I have to see while in Austin?

1. Chuys (Check)
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Old 07-07-2008, 10:42 AM
 
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1. Take a picture with Leslie.
2. Chicken ***** bingo
3. Finger painting at Ego's
4. First Thursday on South Congress
5. Statue of Austin's favorite Dallasite, Steve Ray Vaughn.
6. Alamo Drafthouse downtown
7. If you like bare boobs and cocaine, Devil's Cove on the lake
8. grab a burger, if you are deemed worthy, at Casino El Camino
9. play some washers at Freddie's Place
10. Get a bowl of XXX at the Chili Parlor and hope Lee Harvey Oswald's daughter is your waitress.
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:39 AM
 
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I have heard about devils cove (some guy died two days ago drowning).

I will try to do some of those things, leslie sounds nice
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Old 07-07-2008, 12:01 PM
 
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come on. the heart/soul of austin is barton springs. no dip in the springs/no saying ya been to austin
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Old 07-07-2008, 02:13 PM
 
Location: Hutto, Tx
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Last year a kid drowned in Devil's Cove going down a slide from a party barge. I don't think they ever found the body. And as for the guy who drowned a few days ago, what he did was not smart. If your anchor gets caught, just drive the boat around a little and try and drag the anchor off what it's caught on. If it won't come undone, cut it loose. The only exception I would guess is if your not in water thats over your head. It's only an anchor and they aren't that expensive anyway. I'd rather lose that than a human life. We were out the day before that happened and got our anchor caught and it never even crossed our minds to try and dive in and follow the line to untangle it (it was over 100 ft. down anyway, since we had to use 2 100 ft. lines to get it to touch bottom.

Chickenfry, guess I better let my husband take me to Barton Springs then because I still haven't been even though I've been here 4 yrs. now.

I love achtungs list. It's got lots of great things on it. I've done 4 things on it so far.
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Old 07-07-2008, 02:55 PM
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Location: Jollyville, TX
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Climb Mount Bonnell - especially after having a plate of beef ribs at County Line!!
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Old 07-07-2008, 04:09 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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It's cliche but see the bats. Stand on the Congress Bridge looking down at the river. Pretty cool.
Welcome to Bat Conservation International (http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=122 - broken link)

Go hiking somewhere in or around the city. Here's a good place to get started. Go to the "find a hike" link:
Austin Hiking

Go to Blues on the Green this Wednesday. Even if you don't know or care who's playing(this week is Los Lonely Boys). It's fun.

107.1 KGSR Blues On The Green (http://www.kgsr.com/blues/index.html - broken link)

Go to Shady Grove on Thursdays for free shows. Good time.
Shady Grove Restaurant - Austin, Texas

Definitely go to the Drafthouse. The one downtown is more historic in nature, but I prefer the one on S Lamar.
The Original Alamo Drafthouse Cinema (http://www.originalalamo.com/default.aspx?l=2 - broken link)

The Paramount Theater downtown is showing classic movies all summer. Gorgeous old theater:
The Paramount & State Theatres - Austin, TX: 2008 Summer Film Series (http://www.austintheatre.org/site/PageServer/2043655909?pagename=Film&JServSessionIdr009=bwib5s t5z3.app1b - broken link)
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Old 07-07-2008, 04:27 PM
 
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10. Get a bowl of XXX at the Chili Parlor and hope Lee Harvey Oswald's daughter is your waitress.
Interesting. Is that his daughter June?
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Old 07-09-2008, 12:06 AM
 
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I agree with twange... I've lived in Austin for six years and have just now seen the bats depart at sunset... incredible!
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Old 07-09-2008, 08:21 AM
 
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One thing you have to try is the Migas at TacoExpress on S. Lamar. YUMMY
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