Sam & Ben

April 28, 2024 • Austin, TX, USA

Sam & Ben

April 28, 2024 • Austin, TX, USA

Things to Do

Zilker Metropolitan Park

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Austin, TX 78746, USA
(512) 974-6700

From a natural spring pool to a hike and bike trail, and from a botanical garden to paddle boarding, there's no shortage of things to do in Zilker Park!

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Bat Watching

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100 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78704

Austin is home to the word's largest urban bat colony. Go to the Ann W. Richard's Congress Avenue Bridge at night to check out the bats!

Bullock Texas State History Museum

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1800 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701, USA
(512) 936-8746

Learn the story of Texas at the Bullock museum, and catch an IMAX movie too!

Festivals

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While Austin City Limits and South by Southwest may draw in enormous crowds, Austin is great for a funky festival! During the wedding weekend, Austin Psych Fest and Eeyore's Annual Birthday Party will be going on.

UT Sports

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Relive Ben's glory years by attending a sporting event of his alma mater, The University of Texas!

Austin FC Match

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10414 Mc Kalla Pl, Austin, TX 78758, USA

Cheer on The Verde and possibly spot Matthew McConaughey!

Shopping

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Boutique shopping and yummy bites can be found nearby at South Congress. If you're willing to make the trek, we really like the Domain!

Food

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Austin is known as a foodie town, especially for barbecue and tex-mex! Below are some of the best eats near the wedding festivities:


-El Alma Cafe y Catina

-Fixe Southern House

-Juliet Italian Kitchen

-Loro Asian Smokehouse & Bar

-Matt's El Rancho

-Mozart's Coffee Roasters

-Polvo's Mexican Restaurant

-Ramen Tatsu-ya

-Trudy's Tex-Mex

-Wu Chow


If you're willing to make the trip to the north-side of town, below are our favorites:


-85C Bakery

-Culinary Dropout

-Sazan Ramen

-Soupleaf Hot Pot

-Valencia's Tex-Mex Garage

A Guide to Drinking in Austin

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It should shock no one that Austin is a big city for drinking. Where you should go completely depends on what experience you hope to have.


-For a Good Ole Fashion Brewery / Biergarten: Pinthouse, Easy Tiger, Live Oak, Zilker Brewing, Black Star, The Brewtorium, St. Elmo Brewing Company


-For Fancy Cocktails: Codependent, The Roosevelt Room, Ah Sing Den


-For 70s Nostalgia, Live Music, and Bungalows to Match (Well, If a Condo Hasn't Already Been Built on Top of It): Rainey Street


-For When You Want to Be a Tourist Without Being Overwhelmed by College Students: West 6th Street


-For a Sticky Floors, Shots on Fire, and a Guy Carrying a Snake in the Middle of the Road Kinda Night: Dirty 6th Street


-For the Novelty: Long Play (Vintage Record Bar), Vigilante (Board Game Bar and Pub), Lala's Little Nugget (All-Year Christmas Bar), Taquero Mucho (Pink Instagram Worthy Taqueria)


-For When You Are in the Mood for Wine and Willing to Spend Hours Day Drinking: Fredericksburg


-For Where Locals Actually Go for a Night of Drinking: East 6th Street