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How many of you were aware that there is a nudist park in Austin? I would bet not many. At least, I wasn't until recently. But there it is: Hippie Hollow, the only clothing-optional park in all of Texas. It is at Lake Travis, and it has both a walking and hiking trail. If you are over 18 and want to shed your inhibitions for ...

In many cities it's easy to forget about nature....about the great outdoors. Austin is one of the great cities where this isn't true, and Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve on the west side of the city is a prime example why.   http://www.wildbasin.org/index.lasso

With 3 miles of trails in the 227 acre preserve to explore you can find plenty of nature ...

For those of you who are interested, tonight and tomorrow night at 7 p.m. will be the UT performance of "The Vagina Monologues."  $8 tickets with all of the proceeds going to charities that deal with domestic violence.  Good cause, good time... try to check it out.

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The Alamo Drafthouse is probably one of the most fun places to visit in Austin. You can go for a regular movie or you can show up for a singalong or special event. They have everything here, even food.

Having only moved to Austin last year, I was surprised to find that you could order food and drinks at a movie theater. And yet, here it is, ...

Austin's East Side has become a hot spot of late. Some call it yuppification/gentrification, others call it progress/revitalization. Regardless of which side you might fall on in this debate, the East Side offers some of the best eats and culture in Austin. It will be my goal for the next few entries to offer some lovely East Side options. Here is one evening itinerary I took only two weeks ago.

Dinner: ...

Zilker Botanical Garden (http://www.zilkergarden.org/) is located just East of Mopac by Zilker, in fact you'll take the Zilker Park exit from Mopac.

 I like to visit during springtime when it's not too hot to be on foot. I always take a bottled water and snack for my son b/c his little legs get tired easily. If you have a back pack carrier for small children, I would ...

While many do know of this wonderful feature of our city, many do not. Yes, Austin has a wonderful Museum of Art, several in fact, but the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria is special in so many ways.  ( http://www.amoa.org/ )

When I was young, I simply knew it as Laguna Gloria, and it wasn't the beautiful art ...

If you are lolling around in Austin and need to find some way to pass the time, there are a couple of places that would be perfect for you. The first is Toy Joy on Guadalupe and the second is Tesoro's on Congress.

Toy Joy is the craziest toy store I have ever seen. It is jam-packed, filled with toys from ceiling to floor. Walking in there ...

A hidden gem, Big Kolache (2407 S Congress Ave, Austin, 78704 - (512) 383-9050) offers even the most discriminating palates options of delicious pastries known as the kolache. True to its name, the Big Kolache provides fresh-baked, scrumptiously large kolaches. 

According to Wikipedia: A kolache (also spelled kolace, kolach, or kolacky, from the Czech and Slovak plural koláče) is a type of pastry consisting of fillings ...

I don't know how many of you out there are nerds like myself, but Austin is filled with some very excellent places to go and stick your nose in a book, if you so desire.

The most obvious choice - and the origin of the pun in this post title - is BookPeople, a simply excellent bookstore on N. Lamar. BookPeople has Austin-y and Texas-y stuff, a cafe, and ...