On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, pencimen wrote:
> Julia wrote:
>
>> What days will you be in Austin?
>
> I'm arriving Monday evening and leaving Thursday evening.
>
> Where's that bookstore you mentioned earlier?
6th & Lamar, basically. It's a bit of a hike, but if you do it when it's
not too hot, it can be a reasonably pleasant walk. I'd go to 6th St. from
where you are and then head west until you get to Lamar. The only thing
I'd caution you about is that there's a little creek or something you
cross at some point, and there may be poison ivy crowding the sidewalk
near there. Once you get to Lamar, turn right, then right into the
parking lot, and you'll see it in all its multi-story glory. It is
absolutley wonderful for browsing. (Or you can just take a cab.)
The Whole Foods flagship store is just across 6th from that corner, and
Waterloo Records is just across Lamar from there. If you continue just a
bit further on 6th past Lamar, there's an Amy's Ice Cream, which if you
really like ice cream is something you ought to try while you're in town.
Whole Foods is open until 10PM, Book People is open until 11, Waterloo
Records I'm not sure about but I'm pretty sure is at least until 11, and
Amy's I'm not sure of, but the Friday night of the Harry Potter book
release, they kept it open past 1AM. (And I got slightly discounted
"Darth Chocolate" ice cream after I picked up my books.)
Oh, and there's a lot of ready-to-eat prepared foods at that Whole Foods,
with seating indoors AND outdoors (and up on a roof section, even, by a
playscape) for consuming it. I would not recommend the sushi there,
though -- if you want sushi, let me know, and I'll get locations of any
good places around downtown. Pretty much anything else is going to be
good, if it's something that would appeal to you anyway. You could have a
pretty sweet evening of it going to Whole Foods for your dinner, over to
Waterloo to look at music, Amy's for a bit of ice cream and Book People
for browsing for the rest of the evening.
(There's also an REI store by the Book People; they close at 9, and don't
have as big a selection as the other store in Austin, which is out
Northwest some.)
Julia
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