{"id":819,"date":"2010-08-23T04:24:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-23T08:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kikis-list.com\/2010\/08\/23\/field-trip-austin\/"},"modified":"2010-08-23T04:24:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-23T08:24:00","slug":"field-trip-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/23\/field-trip-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Trip: Austin."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Before my current (daytime) job, I had never even been to Texas before. Now, once a quarter, I get to travel to Austin; a colorful city that is known as the Live Music Capital of the World<\/i>. Seriously, you can always find great live music playing somewhere. With miles of bike trails and more than 200 parks, Austin’s residents are able to take advantage of the 300 days of sunshine that warms this great city year round.<\/span><\/div>\n
I love the carefree, artsy vibe of Austin. The people are warm and friendly, and the shopping and eating is out of this world. Austin is filled with so many little <\/span>gems;<\/span> a bevy of boutiques, cafes and even A<\/span>irstreams<\/span> parked along South Congress <\/span>chock<\/span> full of goodies that are sure to please your palette.<\/span><\/div>\n
Today I am filling you in on my favorite places to dine in Austin. The rest of this week I will give you an inside view to my <\/span>favorite shops<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>boutiques.<\/span><\/a> It gets better. These gracious owners<\/a> will be offering all <\/span>Kiki’s<\/span> List followers discounts on their products this week.<\/span><\/div>\n
This one\u2019s for the foodies. Here\u2019s the Austin Eats that made it onto <\/span>Kiki<\/span>\u2019s List: <\/span><\/div>\n
1. <\/span>Lambert\u2019s Downtown <\/span>Barbecue<\/span><\/a>– Upscale <\/span>Barbecue<\/span> in downtown Austin. <\/span>Delish<\/span> cocktails and live music upstairs. It\u2019s so good your hair smells like BBQ when you leave this place.<\/span><\/div>\n
2. <\/span>Chuy<\/span>\u2019s<\/span><\/a>– -It may be a franchise, but I am addicted to their creamy <\/span>jalapeno<\/span> sauce!<\/span><\/div>\n
3. <\/span>Rudy\u2019s<\/span><\/a>– Another franchise, what\u2019s even more shocking, each restaurant is attached to a gas station. The creamed corn is AMAZING. Oh, and don’t expect any fancy china here. Your food is served to you on good old-fashioned wax paper. My lunch was modeled above by Jewel. Tell them that you are from out of town and you’ll get a free sampling of all of their meats… and tell them that <\/span>Kiki<\/span> sent you!<\/p>\n

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4. <\/span>Hey Cupcake! <\/span><\/a> What\u2019s being served out of this little Airstream will knock your socks off. I highly <\/span>recommend<\/span> the Vanilla Dream, but the <\/span>Michael<\/span> Jackson is their best seller. Thanks to Vince (above) who gave us our cupcake on the Airstream<\/i><\/span>. <\/p>\n

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5. <\/span>Bess Bistro<\/span><\/a>– Sandy\u2019s little bistro. I highly recommend the Bess <\/span>FGTS<\/span> and the grapefruit <\/span>mojitos<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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6.<\/span> Roaring For<\/a><\/span>k<\/a>– Part of the Eddie V’s Restaurant group. There are only four restaurants nationwide. I can\u2019t get enough of their fried avocado and the lamb and butternut squash <\/span>fondue<\/span> pot.<\/p>\n

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7.<\/span>Torchy<\/span>\u2019s Tacos<\/span><\/a>– Cheap and damn good!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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8.<\/span>South Congress <\/span>Caf\u00e9<\/span><\/a>– The food is great, but what I really love is their infused Bloody Marys. My mouth is just watering thinking about it!<\/p>\n

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9. <\/span>The Salt Lick<\/span><\/a>– This is always my last stop at the Austin Airport for a little taste of Texas. The best part, they sell their amazing BBQ sauce, so I can bring it home to share.<\/p>\n

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10. <\/span>Hula Hut<\/span><\/a>– Definitely one for the family. Great chips and salsa, and even better fish tacos!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Check out <\/span>Kiki<\/span>\u2019s List this week for my favorite Austin boutiques as well as discounts only for <\/span>Kiki<\/span>\u2019s List Followers!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Before my current (daytime) job, I had never even been to Texas before. Now, once a quarter, I get to travel to Austin; a colorful city that is known as the Live Music Capital of the World. Seriously, you can always find great live music playing somewhere. With miles of bike trails and more than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-field-trip","category-kikis-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kikis-list.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}