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Outer Limits

Having a Sip…
Cafe Bleu
Café Mundi
Draught Horse
Flightpath
Flipnotics
Gingerman
Hotel San Jose
Iguana Grill
La Dolce Vita
Malaga
Mozart’s
Oasis
Opal Divine’s
Pacha
Ruta Maya
Shoal Creek Saloon
Siena
Spider House
Starlite
Wink Winebar

Local Music/Bands
1001 Nights Orchestra (middle eastern/world)
American Analog Set
Jake Andrews (rock/blues)
…And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Doyle Bramhall II (rock/blues)

Flyjack (funk)

Michael Fracasso (folk singer/songwriter)
Glover Gil (piano)
Eric Johnson
Jeff Klein (singer/songwriter)
Lucky Strikes (jazz/swing)
Malford Milligan (former singer of Storyville, Funky London)
Oliver Rajamani
Resentments (blues/folk/rock/good time-early show at Saxon Sundays)
Ted Roddy (funfunfun-former singer of Naughty Ones)
Bob Schneider (former singer of Ugly Americans)
Dave Sebree (jazz/rock/producer)
Spoon (rock)
Tosca (original modern tango)
Vallejo (pop/rock)
Jimmie Vaughan (blues)
Wan Santo Condo (loud, dark rock)
Dale Watson (country/rockabilly)

Eye Popcorn
Lake Travis
State Capitol
Parks and Wildlife (Look below at biking and hiking)
6th Street
Warehouse District
South Congress
37th Street Christmas Lights (Christmas time)
South by Southwest Film Festival (March)
South by Southwest Music Festival (March)
Capital 10,000 (race)
Motorola Race (race)
Mt. Bonnell (highest point in Austin)

Frugal Events
Various festivals year round
Zilker Park (358 acre park-many events year round)
Free music shows around town (Central Market, Arboretum, Zilker Park, etc.)
Theatre in the Park
Pecan Street Festival
Halloween downtown

Day Trips
Alamosa Wine Cellars (Bend Winery)
Fredericksburg (Nimitz Museum, restaurants, wineries, bed & breakfasts)
Lincoln Street Wine Market (Fredericksburg Winebar/Wineshop)
Mountain Bike Trails/Ranches (various)
New Braunfels (tubing, rafting, swimming)
San Antonio (Alamo, Fiesta Texas, Liberty Bar, River Walk, Spurs)

Biking & Hiking
Barton Creek Greenbelt
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Town Lake Hike & Bike
Veloway
Walnut Creek Greenbelt

Swimming
Barton Springs (Zilker Park)
Deep Eddy
Hamilton Pool
Krause Springs (Spicewood)
Paleface Park (Lake Travis)
Twin Falls (Barton Creek Greenbelt)
Windy Point (Lake Travis)