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STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN STATUE When the rock icon died in a helicopter crash in 1990 at age 35, Austinites rallied to erect this statue at Auditorium Shores.

MOUNT BONNELL One of the highest peaks in Austin at 775 feet above sea level, Mount Bonnell offers sweeping views of Lake Austin and the city’s skyline.

BARTON SPRINGS POOL Perhaps the most beloved summertime destination of Austinites young and old, this spring-fed pool remains a chilly 68 degrees year-round.

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Made of sunset-red granite, the capitol is both stunning and registered as a National Historic Landmark.

AUSTIN MURAL This 10-by-20-foot mural on the side of South First Street’s Roadside Relics looks like a retro postcard.

"HI, HOW ARE YOU?" ART Jeremiah the Innocent, as the bug-eyed frog in the mural on The Drag is affectionately known, has been decorating the city since 1993.

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Whatever you’re into, Austin has a festival that will give you a heaping portion of it For 10 days each March, people converge on Austin for this film, music and interactive festival. Started in 1987 by Louis Black and Nick Barbaro of The Austin Chronicle, the fest has exploded over the past 25 years. Austinites are obligated to complain about the traffic problems it causes, but you can still don your neon sunglasses and join in on the fun.

The city that’s home to Richard Linklater and Robert Rodriguez has been hosting a stellar film festival since 1994.

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Let’s be honest: For most people, the MetroRail line is not very useful. This 32-mile rail line links downtown with the city of Leander. Service is currently limited to morning and evening rush hours, but plans for expansion are in the works.

This car-sharing company owns the fleet of blue-and-white two-seater Smart Cars you’ll see around town. Once you’re a member, find current vehicle locations online, then reserve a car in advance or just walk up and hop in. Bonus: The company has dedicated parking spots downtown.

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Covering three days and eight separate stages in Zilker Park, the Austin City Limits Music Festival hosts more than 130 of the biggest and best bands from around the world each year. The festival, which was named after PBS’s live music series, has been going strong since 2002 and now draws more than 70,000 attendees each fall.

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Started in 1995 by then-First Lady of Texas Laura Bush, a former librarian, this festival now boasts around 40,000 attendees, and consists of author readings, panel discussions, book signings and more. Big name author attendees have included Susan Orlean, Buzz Aldrin and Barack Obama—before he was president.

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Road Warriors Cycling is a huge thing in Austin—a resident named Lance Armstrong may have something to do with it

JKFI<J >Armstrong’s bike shop, Mellow Johnny’s, is housed in a bright and airy historic warehouse downtown. Complete with a cafe, $1 showers and regular rides and events, the shop seeks to “introduce people to a bike life.� >With three locations in town, including a huge store on South Lamar, Bicycle Sport Shop is a well-rounded store that caters to the entire cycling community, from commuters and pro racers to families. >Adjacent to the hike-and-bike-trail, Jack and Adam’s is Austin’s go-to spot for all things triathlon, including gear, bikes and training. >Eastside Pedal Pushers, a no-frills shop in East Austin, offers reasonably priced repairs and a selection of new and used bikes. Prior to opening his shop, owner Lee Gresham was involved in Yellow Bike Project, a nonprofit that offers repair and maintenance education and provides bikes to those in need.

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As this issue goes to press, the Senate will be voting on the “Complete Streets� bill. If passed, it would require the Texas Department of Transportation to incorporate more pedestrian lanes and bike lanes in new or refurbished roads. Austin is already doing a good job of that. A Downtown Bicycle Boulevard on Rio Grande and Nueces streets is slated for completion in parts between now and the end of 2012. Also, the Pfluger Bridge Extension is now open, providing an overpass at Cesar Chavez that connects to the Lance Armstrong Bikeway. Planning your next ride? The City of Austin's website has a mapping feature that shows you the safest, most direct routes.

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No one likes going to the DMV, but SWITCHING YOUR OUT-OF-STATE DRIVER’S LICENSE TO A TEXAS ONE MUST HAPPEN WITHIN 90 DAYS. Here’s what you need to know: You must have an up-to-date vehicle inspection before you can get a Texas driver’s license, and if you move apartments or houses, you have only 30 days to update your license. If you have a valid out-of-state driver’s license, bring it with you to the DMV to avoid taking the written and driving exams. You’ll still have to pass a vision test, though. Visit txdps.state.tx.us/ driverlicense/moving totexas.htm for more information. the trail’s unwritten speed limit is 10 mph. More of a mountain biker? The 809-acre Barton Creek Greenbelt is a must-ride. The Veloway, a 3.1-mile paved loop for bike and rollerblading traffic only, is perhaps the most stressfree place in town to ride. In North Austin, head to Walnut Creek Metro Park, a tangled web of intermediate mountain bike trails that are easy to get lost in. Shoal Creek Greenbelt runs all the way from 38th Street to the hike-and-bike trail, while the bike path along Waller Creek offers a nice northsouth route that winds through UT.

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Queso All Around Seven must-try Mexican and Tex-Mex joints in town

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PARKSIDE This French-inspired restaurant has received mentions in Bon Appetit and Esquire.

LA CONDESA Nominated for a James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant in the Country.

PERLA’S Named one of the best new restaurants in the country by Esquire in 2009.

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Little Spaces, Big Flavors

This upscale joint puts a gourmet spin on barbecue with offerings such as beef brisket with a brownsugar-and-coffee rub.

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Austinites are super friendly, but everyone could use a little extra help making friends. Since the city has a huge tech industry, MEETING NEW PEOPLE through the Internet is a nobrainer. Meetup.com helps you find or start a meetup based on interests, couchsurfing.org can be a good way to find individuals with shared interests, especially travelers and the monthly Big Ass Twitter Happy Hour is also a great way to connect, and you don’t have to be on Twitter to attend.

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NEWCOMERS’ Art & Outdoors

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THE MODERNIST The Austin Museum of Art recently announced it would be vacating its downtown location this fall and focusing on The Laguna Gloria location, housed in Clara Driscoll’s 1916 villa overlooking Lake Austin. It features nature-inspired paintings, drawings and photographs.

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Art and Soul Our city’s art scene is getting bigger each year

THE HISTORIAN

SHOW TIME

At the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, visitors can hear the “Story of Texas� and check out three floors of interactive exhibits, a special effects show and the city’s only IMAX theater.

Residents are a bit spoiled when it comes to live theater. We have ZACH Theatre, the oldest continuously operating theater in Texas, which features more than 500 shows each year. In the summer, Zilker Park Productions presents free plays and musicals at the Hillside Theater. And Austin Playhouse brings classic and new shows to its South Congress stage.

THE INTELLECTUAL With more than 17,000 works of art, the Blanton Museum of Art could take you days to explore. The museum’s focus, Western European art from the 14th through the 20th centuries, provides a stark contrast with its substantial collection of modern and contemporary pieces.

THE CULTURIST Texas’ strong Mexican influence is on full display at the Mexic-Arte Museum, where exhibitions focus on contemporary Mexican, Latino and Latin art. About 75,000 visitors tour the museum each year.

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The Harry Ransom Center is part humanities research library and part museum, and it showcases truly original artifacts. For an in-depth look at the center, see “Living History� on page 108.

THAT’S CLASSIC Austinites march to their own eclectic beat, but they also appreciate the fine arts. The 100-year-old Austin Symphony puts on concerts from September to May. Meanwhile, the Austin Lyric Opera projects English translations on a screen so audience members can understand foreign productions. Looking for some jazz? Head to the Elephant Room for smooth jazz tunes in an intimate venue.

IN THE GROOVE Named “one of the nation’s best kept ballet secrets� by The Washington Post, Ballet Austin is the real deal. Each year, the company puts on five productions at The Long Center.

REEL STAR Home to big-name directors including Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater

and Mike Judge, Austin’s film industry offers filmmakers an accessible, vibrant canvas. Recent films shot here include Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life and Linklater’s upcoming Bernie. Interested in becoming an extra? You’ll need a recent snapshot of yourself with your contact information and age clipped to the back. To find out about local productions, check the casting calls link at www.governor.state.tx.us/film.

>F$KF >8CC<I@<J Arthouse at the Jones Center This recently renovated nonprofit features commissioned and contemporary art.

Okay Mountain Patrons can tour a variety of media, including sound art and murals, at this collective of 10 artists.

Yard Dog Art Gallery Though it’s

founded on old-school folk art and deep Southern flavor, this gallery shows plenty of contemporary pieces.

Women and Their Work For more than 30 years, this visual and performing arts organization has celebrated women artists via exhibitions, performances, readings and workshops.

BOOMING AREAS: Travis Heights, Clarksville, Downtown, Lakeway and the East Side, to name a few. For more, look for our July issue, which will feature thriving neighborhoods and developments in the city.

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Feel like you’re melting? Head to these watering holes > If there’s a physical gateway to summer, Barton Springs Pool is it. Though it’s

open year-round, the 68-degree swimming hole is packed in the summer.

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Eddy Bathing Beach Resort, Deep Eddy Pool, built in 1915, is the oldest pool in Texas and attracts a steady stream of swimmers looking to escape the heat.

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As with many aspects of life in Austin, the ebb and flow of HOUSING AVAILABILITY has much to do with UT’s schedule. You’ll have an easier time finding a place in June, when school’s out and students are home for the summer, than you will in August, when it’s starting back up. But there’s good news even for late-summer searchers: Apartment locators don’t charge for their services like they do in many cities, so get all the help you can. Craigslist is also a good resource for housing. JUNE 2011 AUSTIN MONTHLY 95

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Pets & Kids

Pooch Paradise Dog parks to explore with your four-legged friend

EFINFF; <JK8K< This fenced-in dog park features small-dog and large-dog areas, as well as plenty of water bowls and seating for humans.

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Whether you’re headed out to dine, sip or toast, you don’t have to leave your favorite pooch at home. Check out these 10 dog-friendly eateries. AUSTIN JAVA MOZART’S PROGRESS GINGER MAN (DOGS ALLOWED UNTIL 9 P.M.) LUSTRE PEARL THE TINIEST BAR IN TEXAS MAX’S WINE DIVE JUSTINE’S FREDDIE’S PLACE MOONSHINE 96 AUSTIN MONTHLY JUNE 2011

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AUDITORIUM SHORES PHOTO BY CORY RIVADEMAR. DOG PHOTO FROM THINKSTOCKPHOTO.

A sprawling blanket of green Bermuda grass beckons visitors to play catch or Frisbee with their dogs.

Schlitterbahn’s Squirt ‘n’ Sliden area

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Depending on where you choose to live, YOU MAY NOT HAVE MUCH CHOICE IN YOUR INTERNET AND CABLE COMPANY. Austin is served by Time Warner Cable, AT&T, Grande Communications and CLEAR, but not every provider covers all parts of town. Call the companies to ask if you’re able to get service in your area.

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KOENIG This lane (also called 2222) is pronounced KAY-nig

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BUDA This town is pronounced BYU-da MANOR The road and nearby town sound like MAY-ner

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AISD Superintendent 4 Art Acevedo Police Chief 5 Rhoda Mae Kerr Fire Chief 6 Brad Womack Bar owner and ABC’s “Bachelor” 7 Willie Nelson Musician 8 Michael Dell PC guru 9 Lance

Director 14 Jimmie

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Cycling star, philanthropist 10 Susan Antone Antone’s owner 11 Terry Lickona Austin City Limits producer

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Musician 15 Richard

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21 Woody Woode Musician on the Lady Bird Lake hike-and-bike trail 22 Dick Clark Architect 23 Andy Langer KGSR radio personality, Esquire contributor 24 Dale Dudley KLBJ radio personality, Austin Monthly columnist 25, 26 Andy

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29 Bridget Dunlap Bar owner (Lustre Pearl, Clive Bar) 30 Bob Schneider Musician 31 Juan Meza Owner of Juan in a Million, master hand-shaker 32 Louis Black Co-founder of The Austin Chronicle and South by Southwest 33 Evan Smith CEO of The Texas Tribune, former Texas Monthly editor 34 Mike Levy Texas Monthly founder 35, 36 Karrie &

Tennis star and model-actress 27 Liz Lambert Hotelier (Hotel San José, Hotel Saint Cecilia) 28 Ellen

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>?FJKCP <E:FLEK<IJ In a town with as much history as Austin, ghost folklore is inevitable. At the historic Driskill Hotel downtown, legend has it that a senator’s young daughter was chasing a ball when she fell to her death on the grand staircase. It's been reported that the ghost girl and her ball are still sometimes seen in the opulent lobby. The past also seems to live on at the The Tavern on West 12th Street. The rumor goes: In the 1940s, a prostitute named Emily was carrying her daughter when she was caught in the crossfire of two men arguing at the bar. Neither Emily nor her daughter sur-

vived, and now both have been spotted in the bar’s secondfloor window. Emily also shoulders the blame for channels mysteriously changing on the bar’s televisions and dishes crashing to the floor. Not even the State Capitol is immune to ghost stories. There, a woman wearing a long, flowing red dress has been spotted on more than one occasion floating through the halls near the legislative library. And at Central Market on 38th Street, which was the site of the Austin State Hospital in the 1850s, it's rumored that tortured souls still wander the store aisles.

PHOTOS BY: ARMSTRONG, ELIZABETH KREUTZ; BROWN, JIM SIGMON; CARSTARPHEN, DAVID OMER; JEFFERSON, SAVANNAH LIGHTFOOT; NELSON, PAT DOLAN; VAUGHAN, TODD WOLFSON. PHOTOS COURTESY: BARNES, UT ATHLETICS; DELL, DELL; LEFFINGWELL, MAYOR’S OFFICE; MEZA, JUAN IN A MILLION; OTT, CITY OF AUSTIN; SIMMONS, AMY’S ICE CREAMS.

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You can’t call yourself a true Austinite until you’ve had a Leslie sighting

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GET YOUR WEIRD FIX: Museum of the Weird, Ginny's Little Longhorn Saloon, Museum of Natural and Artificial Ephemerata

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PHOTO BY WHITEHOT PHOENIX.

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What’s Your Type? Retro Austinite

Hipster

Cowboy

Fashionista

SHOP

Parent

SHOP

SHOP

SHOP N/A (you’ve been wearing the same clothes since the '70s)

Tech Guy

SHOP

Buffalo Exchange, Domy Books, Urban Outfitters

The Domain, 2nd Street District or along South Congress

SHOP

EAT

Allens Boots, Heritage Boots

Seeandbe-seen places like Trace, Congress or Uchi

EAT Wheatsville Food Co-Op, Kerbey Lane Cafe

Izzy and Ash, Terra Toys

Apple, Bang & Olufsen, Banana Republic

EAT Amy’s Ice Creams, Shady Grove, Alamo Drafthouse

EAT Food trucks, such as East Side King, Torchy's Tacos and Lucky J’s

GO OUT

GO OUT

EAT

Waterloo Records, Hippie Hollow

Texas Land & Cattle, Driskill Grill, The Salt Lick

West Sixth (Union Park, Dogwood) or the Warehouse District (Seven, Hangar Lounge)

GO OUT GO OUT Anywhere on the East Side (The Liberty, Shangri-La, Longbranch Inn)

Broken Spoke, Donn’s Depot

EAT Anywhere in The Domain (North, Sushi Zushi)

GO OUT To a Spazmatics show, Kung Fu Saloon

GO OUT Inflatable Wonderland, the Central Market patio on North Lamar, Austin Children’s Museum, Playland Skating Center

JUNE 2011 AUSTIN MONTHLY 101

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