Discovering New Parts of Austin

This week we got to see some parts of Austin that have been here all along but that we hadn't visited yet.

Our first new place was the Alamo Drafthouse, which was pretty fun. Basically it's a movie theater where they serve food to you instead of you having to go get stuff at the concessions stand during your movie. We thought it was fun but probably not worth the price (especially for the food) to do that on a regular basis. The movie was . . . I forget, but it was a decent movie but nothing too memorable. It was about two CIA agents who end up trying to date the same girl and sabotage each other.

Later during the weekend we visited the Lakeshore mall where we got free pretzels (they just didn't compete with PretzelTime). Then we discovered a farmer's market in the parking lot. It was pretty fun to look around, they had all sorts of locally grown fruits, veggies, honey, and then all sorts of crafts. They even had live music and "Locavore" t-shirts (which I thought were pretty ridiculous). We might actually head over there to get honey sometime when we need more.

The other place we found this week was a little bit disappointing -- not because it wasn't nice, but because it was a park that had no parking and by the time we walked to it we were too tired to want to do anything there. Anyway here's a picture:

As you can see, it's made for people to be walking or running around the lake.

Anyway, we had a fun week and got to explore a little more about Austin