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Things To Do in Austin
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items Been living in Austin 10+ years! Love our green spaces and swimming holes, excellent food of so many kinds, and witchy, oddball events and attractions. Here are my favorite things to see, taste, and experience!
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Bars and Restaurants with Backyards, Patios, and Hang-Out-All-Day Vibes
Outdoor Activities
Popup Markets
Bars and Restaurants with Backyards, Patios, and Hang-Out-All-Day Vibes
One of the best things about Austin is an abundance of restaurants, bars, and cafes with spacious outdoor areas and great ambience--the kinds of places you can park all day with your laptop if you have to, or with a good drink and appetizer if you wa...
Bar Peached, nestled in the historic Clarksville neighborhood of central Austin, has a perfect casual-but-cute atmosphere that’s great for both a dressed up brunch or grabbing a taco or breakfast sandwich after an early morning run by Lady Bird Lake....
Bar Peached
Kinda Tropical, a relaxed and offbeat resurrection of an old gas station into a bar and restaurant, is the perfect summer chill-all-day spot: a generous, dog-friendly patio with umbrellas and fans. Fun, fantastic frozen drinks (sry for the alliterati...
Kinda Tropical
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Meanwhile Brewing Co. boasts a massive outdoor seating area with chairs and picnics tables, a rotating selection of craft beers and cocktails, and five food trucks including Besame Ice Cream, which I'm highlighting because the ice cream is that good....
Meanwhile Beer Brewing Co. + Besame Ice Cream
Saddle Up is such a gem of a chill hangout spot. Saddle Up's lil house was once both a salon (my favorite salon in Austin for *years,* but that's another story) and tattoo parlor before its current iteration as a cafe, bar, and wine store with a spra...
Saddle Up Bar, Cafe, and Beer Garden
Outdoor Activities
Austin's green spaces are still one of the best ways to enjoy the city! Parking at Zilker might be a pain, but there's plenty beyond the spaces people know from being here for music festivals.
I love Pease Park’s Kingsbury Commons because you can easily spend a full day of fun there and spend little to no money! Pease's Kingsbury Commons was renovated and reopened in 2021 with a playground made from wood and other natural materials, a spla...
Pease Park's Kingsbury Commons
For my bachelorette party, instead of a night out my matron of honor and I spent a day at Sculpture Falls and it was heavenly. The hike into Sculpture Falls is only a little over 1.5 miles and a very easy, pleasant walk in the woods. Once you get to ...
Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls Via Barton Creek Greenbelt Trail
Popup Markets
The Austin Witches Market held monthly by Yarrow & Sage is probably my favorite Austin popup market! There are tarot readings, tons of vendors with candles, art, crystals, apothecary items, and clothing, and the Witch Markets held at Yarrow &...
Austin Witches Market
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