Just noticed the link to the Austin Monthly article is only a link to buy the issue. It's a good one so I recommend getting it if you can, but for the sake of my adventure, I will list the things I will be attempting to do this summer here.
Ground rules (which are of course subject to change as I am a woman): I have decided that if a section offers several choices of an activity, I do not have to do all of them to satisfy that section (although I might on occasion if it really floats my boat) (which, as luck would have it, is one of the sections...). I also will not be doing them in the order listed as some have specific dates and times that would render it impossible to complete on time. As it is, I have 94 days (now 90... tick tock, tick tock) to complete 110 things. I will bold them as I check them off the list!
Now you can think I'm as crazy as my family does.
- McKinney Roughs Nature Park or Hyatt Lost Pines Resort
- Miller Creek Lavender Farm, Hummingbird Farm or Sweet Dreams Lavender Farm
- Gillespie County Fair
- Walnut Creek Metropolitan Park
- The Highball (twist my arm...)
- Auditorium Shores
- Walburg German Restaurant (cue college memories...)
- Little Lounge Lizards Dance Party
- Baking cookies on my dashboard
- Inflatable Wonderland
- The University of Texas Research Laboratory
- Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve
- Snow cones!
- Historic Walking Tours
- Southeast Metropolitan Park
- The Old Oaks Ranch Fiber Art Center
- Frio River or Lost Maples State Natural Area
- Lake Bastrop South Shore Park
- Hartman Foundation Concerts in the Park
- Cibolo Nature Center
- Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site or Barrington Living History Farm
- Naegelin's Bakery
- Airport Diner
- Float House Austin
- Fountains/water play areas around town
- El Mercado
- The Backyard at Bee Cave (Willie Nelson's famed Fourth of July Picnic to be exact!)
- Reel Independents Film Series
- Stand-Up Paddle-Boarding (Lord, help me...)
- Painting With A Twist
- Longhorn Cavern State Park
- Texas Memorial Museum
- Brushy Creek Lake Park
- Cabela's
- Cafe Monet
- The Dolph Briscoe Center
- Austin Steam Train
- Moonlight Prowl
- Sunset Valley Free Concert Series
- Congress Avenue Bridge for bat watching
- Toobing!
- Frozen yogurt
- Round Rock Express
- Butler Park Pitch and Putt
- Johnson's Backyard Garden
- Austin Hash House Harriers (I'm tired just thinking about it...)
- Cosmic Cowboy Tour
- Capital of Texas Zoo
- Schulenburg Painted Churches
- Children's Day Art Park
- Wildseed Farms
- Paramount Summer Film Series
- Pedernales Falls State Park
- Elisabet Ney Museum
- Texas Lonestar Rollergirls
- Jourdan-Bachman Pioneer Farm
- Festivals!
- The Benini Studio and Sculpture Ranch
- Hornsby Bend Bird Observatory
- Westcave Preserve
- Dr Pepper Museum
- Bright Leaf State Natural Area
- Pace Bend Park
- East End's Fourth Friday
- Outdoor Yoga on a full moon
- Sweet Berry Farm
- Lonestar Riverboat or Capital Cruises
- Second Sunday Sock Hop at Shangri-La
- Drag Queen Bingo
- The Liberty
- Pete's Dueling Piano Bar
- Rounders Pizzeria
- Burnet County Fair & Rodeo or Marble Falls Rodeo
- Breweries (I'll force myself...)
- Austin Nature and Science Center
- Dry Creek Cafe and Boat Dock
- Black Rock Park on Lake Buchanan, Emma Long Metropolitan Park on Lake Austin or Yacht Club Pool and Beach at Horseshoe bay Resort
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Krause Springs
- The New Movement
- Schlitterbahn
- Hill's Cafe for gospel brunch
- Gruene
- Blue Bonnet Cafe
- Thunderhill Raceway
- Deep Eddy Pool
- The Lance Armstrong Bikeway
- Inks Lake
- Pooch Paddle
- Barsana Dham
- Union Underground Bowling
- WonderCraft
- Campbell's Hole
- Shakespeare At Winedale
- Drink wine (this will almost be as hard as the breweries...)
- Isamu Taniguchi Japanese Garden
- Vanishing Texas River Cruise
- Sauer-Beckman Living History Farm
- Manor Downs
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema South Lamar
- Zilker Park Boat Rentals
- Sculpture Falls
- Hamilton Pool Preserve
- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch
- Star Parties
- Austin Duck Adventure
- Flatbed Press
- Elysium
- Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park
- Natural Bridge Caverns or Inner Space Cavern
I'm gonna need more sunscreen.
Hey there!-
Can you put links to the various blog posts from this page? I've been checking the list out on the weekend to find some things to do and it would be great to link from this overall page!! Not sure if its possible, but you know how I love organization. Plus, then I can go back when I want to go to Walnut Creek Park and I can't quite remember the exact name of the park--but I remember the story from the blog post--I'll be able to find that blog post really easy.
Am i making life difficult? : )
Posted by: Rosemaryhoffman | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 05:54 PM
I just re-read your post! If I'd read it right the first time I could have answered it correctly because my solution was to your actual question! Duh!
Posted by: Dorothy G. Caldwell | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 07:11 PM
And you mean a link to the blog post from that page, right? Or a link to the place?
Posted by: Dorothy G. Caldwell | Wednesday, September 08, 2010 at 07:19 PM
A link to the blog post would be great! I think you already have the link to the place (at least the ones I've checked) to the place---the post makes me remember why I want to go so the link from this overall page would be great! Unless there is a better way to navigate the posts--other than going through one by one. i.e I might want to find that lounge lizards one again around Oct. 1. What's my easiest way to do that?
Posted by: Rosemaryhoffman | Thursday, September 09, 2010 at 06:32 PM
Until I can do an archive down the side that's permanent (requires a paid upgrade!), I will permalink to each blog post from the main list here (and referenced again at the bottom of each post).
Thanks for the idea, Ro!
Posted by: Dorothy G. Caldwell | Thursday, September 09, 2010 at 07:04 PM
Thanks! I just found another way....I just google...Real Housewife of Oakhill plus anything that I remember from the blog post....for example...I remembered the Greune Hall one--but I couldn't remember it exactly---but I did remember the onion rings. Funny. I love onion rings. Anyway...I googled all the words and there! That blog post popped up as the top one on google! Isn't google great? : )
Posted by: Rosemaryhoffman | Friday, September 10, 2010 at 07:34 PM
You're so smart!
I will still do the links. I just need time!!
Posted by: Dorothy G. Caldwell | Friday, September 10, 2010 at 09:10 PM
Soooooo... it only took me seven months to get all the links onto the main list of events.
Sorry.
Posted by: Dorothy G. Caldwell | Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 08:33 PM