Things to do in or around Austin

Lookin' for something to do this weekend? Below are lists of restaurants, activities, sites and day trips in and around the Austin area. All of these are recommended by people in the community group.

To Do

Places to Eat/Hang Out

Hang out at coffee shops Running around Town Lake Broken Spoke First Thursday/walking around S. Congress The Green Belt Mt. Bonnell Hang out at the Capitol Lawn Listen to music at Hill's Cafe, Stubb's, the Backyard and going to SXSW & ACL Splashing at Krause Springs Drink a glass of wine and listen to jazz at The Elephant Room Studying at an Austiny coffee shop View from the rooftop of Speakeasy's or one of the bars downtonw Alamo Drafthouse Mountain biking @ Barton Creek Green Belt, Walnut Creek, Muleshoe, Rocky Hill Ranch (Smithville), Cameron Park (Waco) Cliff jumping at Pale Face - Lake Travis Camping @ Mule Shoe Bend or Colorado Bend Tubing down the Guadeloupe Hiking out @ Enchanted Rock or Pedernales Falls Surfing @ the pier in Port Aransas Kayaking @ Reimer's Ranch Going to the movies

Chuy’s Kerbey Lane The Water Tank – it’s this random burger place – but it’s good! Cafe Josie Vespaio Coffee at Seattle’s Best The Golden Wok Breakfast @ Taco Shack Austin Java Co. Frank & Angie's Pizza Maudies Sno Beach Snow cones and then taking them to Barton Springs The Kitchen Door Sam's BBQ Whole Foods (downtown) Eat queso at Magnolia Cafe Waterloo Icehouse El Arroyo Romeo's Gueros Suzi's Shady Grove Fran’s Burgers Hyde Park Bar and Grill P-Terry's John Mueller's BBQ Zen Threadgill's Hut’s Hamburgers Z-Tejas

Austin Links

The Austin Chronicle - A great source for current movies, music, food, and culture. Austin 360 - Another good source for current Austin culture. Radio Stations - Links to all of Austin's radio stations Austin Show List - A good source for live music. Outside Guide - A ton of links to outdoor activities to do in and around Austin.

“The noise in my head was deafening, and drinking was in my thoughts all the time. It shocked me to realize that here I was in a treatment center, a supposedly safe environment, and I was in serious danger. I was absolutely terrified, in complete despair. At that moment, almost of their own accord, my legs gave way and I fell to my knees. In the privacy of my room, I begged for help. I had no notion who I thought I was talking to, I just knew that I had come to the end of my tether, I had nothing left to fight with. Then I remembered what I had heard about surrender, something I thought I could never do, my pride just wouldn’t allow it, but I knew that on my own I wasn’t going to make it, so I asked for help, and, getting down on my knees, I surrendered. Within a few days I realized that something had happened for me. An atheist would probably say it was just a change of attitude, and to a certain extent that’s true, but there was much more to it than that. I had found a place to turn to, a place I’d always known was there but never really wanted, or needed, to believe in. From that day until this, I have never failed to pray in the morning, on my knees, asking for help, and at night, to express gratitude for my life and, most of all, for my sobriety. I choose to kneel because I feel I need to humble myself when I pray, and with my ego, this is the most I can do. If you are asking why I do all this, I will tell you…because it works, as simple as that. In all this time that I’ve been sober, I have never once seriously thought of taking a drink or a drug. I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.” - Eric Clapton on his 20 year sobriety in Clapton: The Autobiography (Quote provided by Steve Beard of Thunderstruck)

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