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Texas Beach (Corey Leopold CC 2.0)
Summer is just around the corner for most Austinites. Many of us can’t wait to put on our swimsuit, take off of work, and get ready for a fabulous vacation. Well this year some might not be able to afford a trip to a Florida beach or a Caribbean cruise. Very often Texans overlook the great number of things we have to do in our own lone star state. After all Texas is huge. Rhode Island would fit into Texas over 212 times, so we must have something worth seeing here!
I have created a list of some of my favorite sites to see around Texas. Find a good map and some good company and set out for a road trip across the state. The drive in itself can be fun.
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Ok, I know the previous post discusses something similar to disc golf, but the two are different! And they are both cheap ways to have fun while getting fit. Therefore, it is important to highlight them both!
So what exactly is disc golf?
“Disc golf is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a basket or at a target.”
And, according to the Professional Disc Golf Association:
“The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.”
The discs are super cheap (about $7) and if you just head over to Pease District Park (24th and Lamar area) you can play for free! That’s right! I could not believe it either! You get to play 18 holes of disc golf for absolutely nothing. What an excellent way to spend these beautiful spring days with friends!
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Step 1: Get a Frisbee. Step 2: Play with Frisbee.
So from watching the boys in the courtyard play Ultimate every week, it has kinda made me realize all the different aspects of it. It isn’t just throwing a Frisbee, hoping someone on your team will catch it. There is a lot skill involved. The best part about it, is that it is a cheap way to have a good time with friends. Besides the courtyard in the Honors residence halls, I have seen people play on Main Mall/South Mall. There is even Intramural Ultimate Frisbee.
Here is a look at what goes on in the courtyard, every Thursday night!
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Flip Happy Crepes is a great food stand near Barton Springs and Lamar. They have some of the best food I have ever eaten at a very affordable price. The feel of the eatery is great too. Crepes are served out of a vintage airstream tailor and you eat under a grove of trees. They have savory crepes and desert crepes in a variety of different flavors. My favorite is the chicken and mushroom crepe. You can check out their website here.
They are also well-known for winning against Iron Chef Bobby Flay in his show Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. Very few restaurants on the show can beat the experienced chef. Flip Happy proved their worth by making a better crepe than Bobby.
Before you make the journey to this airstream tailor make sure they are open first. They usually only open Wednesday through Sunday for lunch. It is amazing food at a great price!
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I know what you’re thinking. Austin Wine Festival. Sounds expensive. But wait! Don’t judge a post by its title!
This festival is actually very inexpensive for the deal you are getting!
“Imagine an entire grassy acre of music, food, fun and vino bliss.”
The 3rd annual Austin Wine Festival is a three day event May 23-25 held at The Domain in North Austin. The fesival features wine from over 30 local Texas Wineries only, as well as music, seminars and food! Also, this is the only festival in Texas where you are able to purchase whichever wine you like best right then and there! And to show you this festival is the real deal…over 6,500 were in attendance last year!
And it gets better. All event proceeds benefit the Austin Farmers’ Market. What better way to support locally while enjoying tons of local wine, music and food!
So now, on to prices. An adult 1-day pass is only $20 and will get you admission into the festival along with a “10-tab Wine Sampler wrist band for wine sampling.” You can use the 10 tabs for 10 wine tastings from any of the participating wineries or the tabs can be used for full glasses, which cost you 5 tabs. Additional tastes are just $1 and wine by the glass is just $5. Sounds like a good deal to me!
P.S. For an exclusive wine festival experience pay an extra $5 to become a member of the Vintner Club. Read more about what this means here!
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finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.”On Thursday, April, 30, 2009, on Main Mall, at 8-10:30 pm, UT’s young chapter of TWLOHA will host founder Jamie Tworkowski, and Aaron Moore, MA, a licensed mental health counselor. They will be motivating the community and pointing to local resources to help those in need. So come out and show your support for anyone you know or may not know yet who could use your help!
This event will begin with Zach Williams performing an acoustic set. photo courtesy of jtrandall’s flikr.
For more information about the cause, keep reading,
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Just for the sake of comparison, here is a little look at some very unhelpful ways to save money. Some are crude, some are rude, but all definitely help make our blog look better. So read on for a few laughs…
10 Retarded Money Saving Tips People are Actually Trying (Cracked.com)
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While South Congress has become the uber-trendy part of the street, drive north a few blocks you can’t help but miss the huge Renaissance Revival building otherwise known as the Texas State Capitol, a downtown Austin landmark since 1888. While everyone knows it is the seat of the Texas’ government, legislature and politics, few know about what the Capitol has to offer citizens. There are daily free tours of the largest capitol building in the country. The tours include information about the architecture, building history and some state history as well (for those of us who are little rusty from that junior high class). The tours run seven days a week, with a very open schedule. The tours will allow you to experience several informational exhibits with information about the secret places in the Capitol and the architectural details of its famous dome. If you are lucky, a visit to the Capitol might even get you a meal. People looking to wine and dine legislatures give free incentive food that the even the interns take part in. So if you can pass for an intern (or a senator) step in line!
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