This weekend while friends were in town, we were able to scratch Peter Pan Mini Golf off of our Ultimate Austin List. It was great! A nice + shady spot for an early morning activity great for both kids and grownups. I loved spotting the iconic Austin sculptures like the Pennybacker Bridge. It gets a thumbs up from us!

A few weeks ago, we checked off Haymaker from our Ultimate Austin List when we stopped in for their happy  hour. The highlight was their Fluffernutty Cristo. Amazing. Even better with chocolate sauce [which we asked for].

This past weekend, we checked Uchiko off our Ultimate Austin List. We went for happy hour and it was amazing! The brussels sprouts were so incredible that I’m still thinking about them. I pinned a few supposedly similar recipes. And, I’m thinking of trying them out for Thanksgiving.

This weekend, some special friends came to Austin to celebrate friendships + have fun.

Some things we did? Well, G’Raj Mahal Cafe + Rainey Street, Iron Cactus, Esther’s Follies, 6th Street, Phil’s Icehouse, Central Market, Pinthouse Pizza and The Oasis. There was also Shady Grove, hiking Mount Bonnell, a Pubcrawler, Austin Water Bikes + Bats, shopping on SoCo, Amy’s Ice Cream, Torchy’s Tacos and Stubb’s Bar-B-Q.

Needless to say, I was able to cross a few things off our Austin list.

Thanks for the ton-o-fun, girls!

Photo taken by Allie at Everyday Adventures.

Afterwards, we had a little more time to pass otherwise we would have been caught in the heading-home-traffic that’s brutal in Austin. So, we went to Kung Fu Saloon.

Kung fu saloon? Fourteen vintage arcade games + a full bar.

My favorite are the vintage skee ball machines. And they are free!

How was your weekend?

First, we picked La Condesa to celebrate my cousin’s birthday. So very yummy.

Plus, P. Terry’s. Before moving to Austin, we actually went to their Barton Springs + South Lamar location. They recently opened a P. Terry’s in North Austin so we went to check it out. Good, cheap + quite possibly my favorite fries!

We live in Austin. Quirky, fun, beautiful Austin. There’s so much here that I finally decided to put together a list + keep track of things we want to eat, see and do. We’ve accomplished quite a few things as denoted by the double arrows. However, there’s lots more for us to cross off. This list is loosely categorized to meets our needs, and I expect this list to grow as we learn of new [to us] places.  I’ll come back to this post to edit + cross items off as we go.

So tell me. Do you have any suggestions for places we should add to our ultimate Austin list?

EAT
Amy’s Ice Cream »
Backspace Pizza
Bacon »
Banger’s »
Chez Nous
Coolhaus »
East Side King
East Side Showroom
Frank
Franklin Barbecue
G’Raj Mahal Cafe »
Green Pastures Restaurant
Gourdough’s Doughnuts
Güero’s Taco Bar »
Halcyon
Hey Cupcake! »
Hillside Farmacy
Home Slice Pizza »
Hopdoddy
Hudson’s On the Bend
Hyde Park Cafe
Iron Works BBQ »
Jack Allen’s Kitchen »
Joe’s Coffee
Juan In A Million
Kerbey Lane Cafe »
La Condesa »
Magnolia Cafe
Moonshine »
The Oasis »
Olive & June
Polvos »
P. Terry’s »
Red’s Porch »
Rudy’s Bar-B-Q »
The Salt Lick »
Shady Grove
Sno Beach
South Congress Cafe »
Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Tacodeli
Torchy’s Tacos »
Trudy’s »
Uchi »
Uchiko »
Z’Tejas »

SEE + DO // DAY
360 Overlook »
Austin City Limits
Austin Visitor Center
Austin Water Bikes
Barton Springs
Deep Eddy Pool
Farmer’s Market Downtown
Hamilton Pool
Laguna Gloria Art Museum
Mount Bonnell
South by Southwest
State Capitol Tour
Waterloo Records
Whole Foods Flagship »

SEE + DO // NIGHT
Alamo Drafthouse »
Austin360 Amphitheater »
Bats Under Congress Avenue Bridge
Blue Starlite Drive-in
The Broken Spoke
The Continental Club
Dart Bowl
Donn’s Depot
Easy Tiger »
The Elephant Room
Esther’s Follies »
The Ginger Man »
Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon
The Goodnight
The Highball
Firehouse »
Kung Fu Saloon »
Lustre Pearl
Moviehouse & Eatery »
Nutty Brown Cafe
Opal Divines »
Paramount Theater
Péché »
Texas Rollergirls

SHOP
Mercury Design Studio »
Room Service Vintage »
Uncommon Objects »

KIDS
Austin Duck Adventures
Austin Steam Train
Big Top Candy Shop »
Ice Cream Festival
Inner Space Cavern »
Kiddie Acres »
Peter Pan Mini Golf »
Phil’s Ice House »
Scottish Rite Theater »
Shore Club Volente Beach
Terra Toys »
Zilker Park Kite Festival »