I've always wanted to visit Austin, so my wife and I are driving down there from Omaha, NE next week. We'll arrive Friday the 30th and stay in Austin through Tuesday the 3rd, so 5 nights in Austin. On Wed, Sept 4th we're driving down to South Padre. My concession since she likes to hang out on the beach...
So Friday night we are seeing Buddy Guy at Austin City Limits and Tuesday night we are seeing the Cult at the same venue. The only other things we know we want to do are see the bridge with the bats, eat at G'Raj Mahal, and go to some simulated wind-tunnel / feels like your flying without skydiving thing.
I'm totally open to suggestions on where to eat/see live music. We're 34 and 31, child-free, NOT into college / meat market bars. We like chill bars (where you can actually talk) with good beer and interesting cocktails. We like good food that isn't too expensive (BBQ/Mexican/Indian/brewpubs/breakfast places, etc) and try to avoid national chains while on vacation. As far as music, rock 'n roll, anything catchy, not so much into sleepy acoustic singer-songwriter strumming. We're staying at the Omni downtown and planned on doing a lot of walking.
Stuff we like to do when we explore new cities: mostly eating/drinking - a good pub crawl/walking tour that isn't too expensive would be excellent. Live music. Museums. Brewery/distillery/winery tours. Art galleries that aren't too abstract. Any tourist attractions that won't empty my wallet are fine. I usually avoid all-day city tours and stuff like that because they are expensive and exhausting. But anything that involves walking and drinking is fine in my book
We also love to meet new people with similar interests so if any TBers want to hang out, cool! (bring your spouse/SO though or bass-talk will make my wife fall asleep.)
So Friday night we are seeing Buddy Guy at Austin City Limits and Tuesday night we are seeing the Cult at the same venue. The only other things we know we want to do are see the bridge with the bats, eat at G'Raj Mahal, and go to some simulated wind-tunnel / feels like your flying without skydiving thing.
I'm totally open to suggestions on where to eat/see live music. We're 34 and 31, child-free, NOT into college / meat market bars. We like chill bars (where you can actually talk) with good beer and interesting cocktails. We like good food that isn't too expensive (BBQ/Mexican/Indian/brewpubs/breakfast places, etc) and try to avoid national chains while on vacation. As far as music, rock 'n roll, anything catchy, not so much into sleepy acoustic singer-songwriter strumming. We're staying at the Omni downtown and planned on doing a lot of walking.
Stuff we like to do when we explore new cities: mostly eating/drinking - a good pub crawl/walking tour that isn't too expensive would be excellent. Live music. Museums. Brewery/distillery/winery tours. Art galleries that aren't too abstract. Any tourist attractions that won't empty my wallet are fine. I usually avoid all-day city tours and stuff like that because they are expensive and exhausting. But anything that involves walking and drinking is fine in my book
We also love to meet new people with similar interests so if any TBers want to hang out, cool! (bring your spouse/SO though or bass-talk will make my wife fall asleep.)
