My friends and I are all second semester seniors with a very, very extensive bucket list. We have all watched the city of Austin grow and evolve since we were freshman, but we have yet to fully take advantage of everything Austin has to offer. It is a small (but expanding exponentially) city with so much to offer- from restaurants and bars to historical monuments and outdoor adventures. Let's just say that we have a lot of ground to cover, and thought it best to hit the ground running during our four (...five) day weekend.We started on Thursday night by going to 6th Street- not my favorite place in the world, but always an interesting experience. We all had fun going from bar to bar.... to bar to bar to bar! Needless to say, Friday morning we all woke up in the mood for a very good breakfast from Counter Cafe. Two crab cake egg benedicts later, we decided to spend the rest of the day relaxing and the spend the night eating popcorn and watching the movie 'Her.'
Saturday we woke up bright and early at 7 a.m. to get in line at Franklin Barbecue by 8:30 a.m. We thought we would be early enough to beat the crowd, but when we arrived we were told we were in the "danger zone" and should expect our food around 2:30 p.m. With such a large group (15+), we were just happy we "made the cut." For the next six hours we talked, threw frisbees, ate breakfast, drank beer and just enjoyed the beautiful day. For those of you who were wondering, the barbecue was amazing and definitely worth the ridiculous wait. And if you don't believe me, maybe you should have a word with all the people in line who flew into Austin from around the country JUST for this barbecue. Hm.
From here we went to Abel's to watch the rest of the UT basketball game. At this point, we were all still SO full and decided to rent a movie and get icees from 7-Eleven (all our stomachs could handle). On Sunday, Cara and I ventured to the Barton Creek Farmer's Market to get the famous lobster rolls from Garbo's Lobster Truck. They were absolutely phenomenal and I cannot wait to go back for more. After lunch eight of us met to pamper ourselves with manicures before we spent the afternoon at Zilker Park. Funny how everyone in Austin seemed to have the same idea as us. To top this beautiful Sunday off, we had happy hour at Shady Grove and then went out to 6th Street, yet again. How I managed to go downtown twice in one weekend... I will never know.
I know it has been a while since my last post, but being a second semester senior I now have the time to document my memories from my last semester in college. Wow, time flies.
So welcome back to Austin, and welcome back to Pretty Little Things.
