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... things to do in Austin with kids. I know it's a day late, but it's a good one --for everything on this list, admission is $5.50 or less per person, excluding food. A lamo Drafthouse children’s movies – last Saturday of each month (free!). Watch the B ats at Congress Avenue bridge (free!). Tour the state C apitol (free!). Watch the water rush over the D am at Red Bud Isle (free!). Swim at E ilers Park , a.k.a. Deep Eddy (adults $3, kids $1). Find f ossils at the Dino Pit at Austin Nature and Science Center in Zilker Park (free!). Play Peter Pan Mini- G olf ($5 adults, $3 for kids 5 and under). Visit the Texas State H istory museum ($5.50/adult, $3/kid over 5). Eat I ce cream at Amy’s (easily <$5 per kid). Play with the J umbo games exhibit at Austin Children’s Museum ($5.50/person over age 2). Visit K iddie Acres (admission is free, but the rides will cost you a little) (Wednesday is discount day). Also, K erbey Lane -- kids eat f
I just started Mad Men myself this weekend and just love it! So retro and misogynistic, like Bond movies. Goes well with martinis too!
ReplyDeletethanks for reminding me about Vegetable Love -- I just requested it from the library. I remember hearing Barbara Kafka interviewed on NPR when this came out, and also loved the quote that gave the title: 'Our vegetable love may grow, vaster than empires and as slow.'
ReplyDeleteMmm. I think I'm going to make crab and cucumber curry for dinner tomorrow, since I got crab and cucumbers at costco yesterday. Wonder if my family who doesn't like cukes will eat it if it's cooked, curried, and covered with coconut milk?
ReplyDeleteSara -- good luck with the cukes. I would have thrown my hands up in despair over him many years ago.
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