On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Doug wrote:
> Say Julia (and other knowledgable Texans), I'm in Austin for a
> conference next week. I probably won't have much time during the day,
> what's to see/do after 5 or so? Good places to eat?
Let's see, you're coming in during prime bat-viewing season; call
512-416-5700 and then punch in category 3636 when prompted to do so, and
the message will tell you when the bats will likely be emerging from under
the Congress Avenue Bridge. There's good viewing by the Statesman
building, just south of the river on the east side of Congress Avenue. If
you're staying nearby, I'd just walk there.
As far as restaurants go, what sort of cuisine were you interested in?
There are 2 Tex-Mex places on Barton Springs Rd. very close to each other,
there's a Chinese restaurant right by them (that one has the virtue of
being cheap and having vegetarian hot & sour soup) and a "healthy"
restaurant (Austin Java) on the same short strip, as well as an Italian
restaurant. There's an Ethiopian place that opened up recently right by
UT, and I can get recommendations for Greek places, if you're after that.
I can probably assemble a *long* list of Tex-Mex places if you ask. :)
What days will you be in Austin?
Julia
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