Uniquely 512

103 Things to Do in Austin, TX

1.  Use Matthew C. Layman’s Real Estate services to buy, sell, or lease real estate.  2.  Learn the story of Texas at the Bob Bullock Museum 3. Take a cool, refreshing dip in Barton Springs pool 4. Tour the Capital building 5. Go windsurfing or wakeboarding on Lake Travis 6. Glide through Town lake on a rented canoe 7. Savor a bowl of Amy’s ice cream 8. Tour the city’s art galleries 9. See the entire city from the University of Texas clock tower 10. Sift through 10,000 bizarre trinkets and gadgets at Toy Joy 11 Ridicule bad movies along with live comedians at the Alamo Drafthouse’s Master Pancake Theater 12. Wolf down a stack of delicious pancakes at Kerby Lane Cafe 13.  Pick your favorite suite at the historic Hotel San Jose 14. Dance to live music and meet local artists while you shop on South Congress on the first Thursday of every month 15. Run (or walk) the Keep Austin Weird 5k 16. Watch the sun go down over the lake on the deck at the Oasis 17. Catch a live comedy show at Cap City Comedy Club 18. Try on a crazy costume at Lucy in Disguise with Diamonds 19. Visit the giant statue of Stevie Ray Vaughan 20. Cheer with a crowd at a UT Longhorns football game 21. Join 75,000 of your closest friends at the 3-day Austin  City Limits Music Festival every fall 22. Get a picture with Leslie Cochran 23. Argue over where to find the cheapest breakfast taco 24.Dip your chip in a bowl of Mag Mud at Magnolia Cafe 25. Picnic on Sunday at Waterloo Park 26. Walk, jog, or ride your bike over more than ten miles of trails at Town Lake 27. Run wild and free with your puppy off the leash at one of Austin’s many dog parks 28. Bicycle on scenic Loop 360 29. Splash around while you watch a movie in the water at Deep Eddy Pool’s Splash Party movie nights all summer long 30. Watch a million bats stream out from under the Congress Ave. bridge, the largest urban bat colony in North America 31. Count the steps to the top of Mt. Bonnell and enjoy the panoramic views of Austin 32. Catch a cool breeze from Lake Austin on the wide deck of Mozart’s Coffee 33. Find a shadowy corner and listen to jazz at the Elephant Room 34. Pick out a new CD at Waterloo Records 35. Laugh until you cry at Esther’s Follies, a variety show with music parodies, hilarious sketches, political satire, and magic 36. Take a free tour of the elegant governor’s mansion 37. Shake your feathers with roaming peacocks at Mayfield Park 38. Get up early on Saturday morning to buy locally grown goodies at the Austin Farmer’s Market downtown 39. Sip an iced coffee on a warm night at the Spiderhouse Cafe’s twinkling outdoor patio 40. Find the moonlight towers 41. Spend a day touring the LBJ Library and Museum, the largest presidential library in the nation 42. Eat popcorn to all your favorite old movies during the historic Paramount Theater’s Summer Film Classics Series 43. Treat the kids to a fun afternoon at the Austin Children’s Museum 44. Order a cocktail at the luxurious Driskill Hotel 45. Relax, rest your tired feet and ride in comfort for free on the downtown ‘Dillo trolley cars 46. Discover a Hill Country winery 47. Find a funky shop along “The Drag” (Guadalupe St. running beside the UT campus) 48. Go all natural at the expansive Whole Foods World Headquarters 49. Two-step the night away at the Broken Spoke 50. Feed the body and the soul at a Sunday gospel brunch, either at Stubb’s Barbeque or Threadgill’s Home Cookin’ 51. Cozy up in an armchair and read at BookPeople 52. Join the crowd for a big concert at the Frank Erwin Center 53. Pay your respects to many legendary Texas politicians and heroes at the beautiful and serene Texas State Cemetery 54. Hike, bike, climb, swim, picnic, walk, run, disc-golf, and ride the kiddie train, all on sprawling Zilker Park’s 351 acres 55. Marvel at the unique architecture of the Frost Bank Tower downtown 56. Sing the blues at the legendary Antone’s 57. Head a little south of town to New Braunfels and brave the giant tubes and slides at Schlitterbahn Water Park 58. Take a scenic hike at Emma Long Metropolitan Park 59. Revel in the sweet sounds of the Austin Lyric Opera 60. Embarass your out-of-town visitors and sing along at Pete’s Dueling Piano bar on Sixth Street 61. Dance Salsa! 62. Have your martini shaken, not stirred at a swanky bar in the trendy Warehouse District downtown 63. Shiver your way through an Austin Ghost Tour 64. Reserve a front-row seat for a play at the Zachary Scott Theater 65. Find your favorite local microbrewery 66. Tiptoe into a Ballet Austin Show 67.  See the 600-year-old Treaty Oak tree 68. Meet a sweet senior citizen at the Old Bakery and Emporium 69. Get lost in the enormous Blanton Museum of Art 70. Throw a long shot at Pease Park’s disc golf course 71. Choose from 80 different draft beers at the Ginger Man Pub 72. Explore the trails and beautiful art at the Umlauf Sculpture Garden 73. Grab a tasty sandwhich at the the Little Deli but first ask for Tony, tell him Matt sent you, and you want the special 74. Adopt a pet from the Town Lake Animal Center 75. Give in to a decadent dessert at Chez Zee American Bistro 76. Make your own independent film or just pick your favorite at one of Austin’s many annual film festivals 77. Rock out at SXSW Music festival every March 78. Befriend a lion at the Austin Zoo 79. Go back in time at the Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farms 80. Say bonjour to the French Legation, the oldest building in Austin 81. Cheer for your favorite Texas roller derby girl 82. Grab a pint at Scholz Garten, the oldest business in Austin 83. Build a bike from scraps at the Yellow Bike Project 84. Celebrate Eeyore’s birthday party 85. Rollerblade down the Veloway 86. Line up your best shot at Buffalo Billards 87. Rent an interesting film at I Love Video or Vulcan Video 88. Take a load off on the beach at Hippie Hollow 89. Sip on a bottle of locally-made Sweet Leaf Tea 90. Catch a fly ball in the stands at a Round Rock Express game 91. Order a big plate of enchiladas while you dine in the hubcap room at Chuy’s 92. Shop ’til you drop at the Domain 93. Frolick with your kids in the fountains at Southpark Meadows 94. Lick barbeque sauce off your fingers at the Salt Lick 95. Discover the underworld at Inner Space Caverns 96. Play bingo with live chickens at Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon 97. Spend the whole weekend at the Old Pecan Street Festival 98. Visit the Elisabet Ney Museum in Hyde Park 99. Bring your dog and enjoy delicious food or drink at Freddie’s Place 100. Test your wits at the annual O. Henry Pun-Off 101. Sip a cup of Christmas cocoa at the Tree Lighting before you stroll down Zilker Park’s Trail of Lights 102. enjoy a tasty taco at Torchy’s Tacos at the Trailer Park South 1st location 103. Enjoy a fish bowl at Hula-Hut on Lake Austin

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Keep Rockin’ Austin!

-Matthew