freaken crazy texans...lol

Cliff diving is what the young, hip Austinites do.  Then they go to the hospital.  Keeps me in a job. 

ETA:  Welcome to the Austin area.  Where are you???  I am southeast of Austin.  Lived in the central Texas area all my life.  You are a lucky man to have gotten here.

yeah that's where I am...lol. You think it's safe? My son is dying to do it...he's 10..and I was like well maybe we can jump off a small cliff...lol. I saw parents letting their 6 and 7 year olds jump, it was actually funny to see these little kids with floaties jump from cliffs.

Scott

It depends on where you dive.  There are some places on Lake Travis that have large rocks on the bottom and if you take a header into one of those...

you know i love the fact that there are outside street fairs and BBQs and things like that all the time....yes I'm very lucky to have gotten here!!!!

Scott

Pecan Street Festival
Eyeore's Birthday Party
ACL Music Festival
SXSW

You are in store for some great outdoor fun.  Give Stubb's BBQ a try.  They have a great outdoor ampitheater and hold lots of live music entertainment.  If you like TexMex, go to the Oasis out on Lake Travis.  The food is so so, but the view is to die for, especially at sunset.

Ok we did go to the Pecan fest...it was fun. Stubbs BBQ has an ampitheather?

The Oasis is on my to do list so is schliterban (sp?)...but what i'm really excited about is that someone told me there is a SPAM fest every year!!!! OMG I LOVE SPAM!!! lol.

Have you been to an alamo draft house? Freaken awesome...nothing better then eating and watching a movie!!!! But get there early otherwise you have to sit all the way in the front..and that sucks.

Scott

I saw the Indigo Girls at Stubbs.  WOW.  Intimate venue.  I was probably 10 feet from the stage.

Schlitterbahn is fun.  My 10 year old daughter is going Tuesday with her Girl Scout troop.  I have to work.  Boo.

Spamalot is a hoot.  You will love it.

I have not been to the Alamo Draft House, but it is on my To Do list.

You should also go to McKinney Roughs.  It is a park near Bastrop.  They have a midnight canoe tour up the Colorada river that I want to do.  They also have lots of kid activities during the summer that are nature/science based.

OMG midnight canoe trips...indigo girls...i've died and gone to texas heaven...lol.

I'm going to check out mckinney roughs..that sounds cool!!!!

Yeah the alamo has become one of our favorite outings...freaken expensive for a movie though...i never get off for less then 100 bucks for the 4 of us (but that includes dinner). They have things like movie quote alongs and such..i really want to catch zoolander...or 90s sing along...lol. I love that stuff.

Have you been to the speak easy? (i think that's what it's called)....that was fun. Live music, 3 floors...roof top dancing and such. There is a iron cactus place i heard was good, it's suppose to have a great view of down town.

I think the best thing so far though is Chic filet (or however it's spelled). They don't have them in NY..and OMG the nuggets and sauce ROCKS!!!!

Scott

 at Chick Fillet.  Dude, that's fast food.  Austin has some good eats.  You need to try TruLucks down in the Warehouse District.  It's spendy, but a great date place. 

I haven't been to the Speak Easy.  I'm not into the club scene, but I hear about it a lot, so it must be a good place.  I haven't been to the Iron Cactus, either, but Maude's Cafe is a good TexMex place with great margaritas.

Do you know how long I wanted to go to a Sonics for? YEARS!!!! Their commercials are on NY TV stations day and night, taunting you with their delicious ice cream and yummy looking burgers. I've eaten there at least 3 times a week since I've gotten to texas.

Chic Fillet freaken ROCKS!!!! Plus the 8 piece nuggest has like 20 grams of protein and less then 10 carbs...and don't get me started on Taco Cabana!!! I haven't been to McD's in like 3 months!! (ok that's a slight exaggeration, I went there twice to get fries).PLUS here's the best part...you can get diet Dr. Pepper almost ANYPLACE!!!! THAT IS FREAKEN AWESOME!!!!

I haven't really been downtown a whole lot since we moved here, which is weird because it's so close, I guess I've become a true austinite...1/2 hour away means too far to go...lol.

Scott