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All About Austin

So here is where we can all gather and share. Are you in Austin? Near Austin? Want to move to Austin? :) Want to visit Austin?

Jump on in!

I've never been to Austin! What's it like?

*hugs*

cara

Hey Cara! It's a great town. There's literally ALWAYS something to do (not that I do that much.) The BF crowd here is really tight. There are parties and game nights etc. We go out for dinner every now and again.

Climate is ...well...Texan. Blistering hot in the summer but gorgeous fall and spring. Winter can get chilly but never down in the really nasty cold.

And it's situated in a great spot. 1.5 hours to San Antonio. 3 hours to Dallas. 7 hours to New Orleans. You can get to the beach at Galveston in a few hours as well.

Museums, great food, parks, people and of course the music. If you are a music fan, Austin really is the live music capital of the world. :)

Well, I must admit, I've been to Austin more times than I can count, I hella heart Austin and am so glad that it's only 3 1/2 from Houston!

Austin ~ great food, fabulous people, and always a rockin' time... and the cheap drink specials on 6th Street don't hurt at all :D

We must not ever forget BEVO and the University of Texas ~ where burnt orange runs through veins!

Not to mention, Austin is 30 minutes away from San Marcos.... which has the BEST outlet mall I've ever been too!

**my personal service announcement for Austin, and I don't even live there**

wow! sounds great. i would not do well with the heat, but it sounds like a really cool place with a fab b-f community. :)

Hello from this Austin, Texas native....I got to The Planet as soon as I could! ;)

~Diva

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Originally Posted by PinkieLee (Post 66)

Girl, I would so love to hit the outlet malls with you! I need a shopping guru and I LOVE your sense of style!

Austin SUCKS? Really surprised to see Austin in the top FIVE toxic cities.

I wasn't born on the BF Planet, but I got here as fast as I could.

Okay, we need to get a certain other few Austin folk over here. :)

I've only visited, buuuuutttttt

Austin is a fabulous place with FABULOUS people! I haven't seen much of the city, but the Butch-Femme community there includes some of my favorite peeps on the planet (butchfemme and Earth) :D

Some of my favorite people live in and have visited Austin. :)

Live music, BBQ, the Hill Country, Tex-Mex...I don't think I'll ever leave!

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Originally Posted by shariberry (Post 1240)

... the Hill Country...

That probably isn't supposed to make me think about my favorite femmes and their.....umm....glorious peaks, but it does :o

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Originally Posted by Mel (aka BlistexLez) (Post 1246)

That probably isn't supposed to make me think about my favorite femmes and their.....umm....glorious peaks, but it does :o

I think of beautiful country-side, you think of cleavage.
All is right with the world ;)

A list of things I want to do in Austin :

1. See the bats.
2. Go to the LBJ Memorial Library
3. Go to the Oltorff (?) Statue Garden
4. Go to the Botanical Gardens
5. Listen to a live music show anywhere
6. Walk down 6th street and just absorb
7. Go antiquing in the Hill country
8. Go to Marble Falls

And that's just a start!

i wanna go visit austin and eat and drink my way through it : ) wonder if my baby would be up for an eating,drinking and socializing tour sometime soon : )

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Originally Posted by PinkieLee (Post 66)

Not to mention, Austin is 30 minutes away from San Marcos.... which has the BEST outlet mall I've ever been too!

There's a new-ish outlet mall right here in Round Rock(kinda close to the Ikea). It's not as big as the San Marcos one, but the shops are good.

One of my favorite things in Austin...

moonlight towers

I have wanted to do this for years now:

http://www.austinsteamtrain.org/

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