Austin Weekend!

Steve and I had an amazing weekend in Austin. The weather could not have been more perfect - 75 degrees and sunny the entire time. We walked everywhere, had amazing food, sat outside on every patio we could find and enjoyed every moment.

We arrived on Friday afternoon, checked in at The Four Seasons on the lake and had a cocktail in the lobby bar. Then we walked down Congress Avenue for dinner at Perlas,  an amazing seafood place. Chargrilled octopus, wood plank grilled scallops, cheddar grits and a great bottle of white wine were fantastic. Everything was delish. A few more drinks at The Cedar Door bar downtown and we called it a night.

Cocktail at the Four Seasons

Dinner at Perlas - Steve is not sleeping, I have bad timing

The next day started off with a light room service breakfast of coffee and granola.  After that we went to the spa for massages. I also used their eucalyptus steam room.  We cleaned up and headed out for South Congress Avenue and lunch.  We sat on the patio at Doc's on Congress and had some great chips and guacamole...and a margarita.

Chips and Guac at Docs

We walked and shopped for a few hours before heading back to the hotel to freshen up.  We decided to cancel our dinner reservations for Fonda San Miguel and stay downtown instead.  We ended up having tapas at Malaga on 2nd Street, which were great and then had a few beers and watched some live music at Fado's on Fourth Street.

On the patio at Malaga

The next day we slept in, went for a nice run on the lake and then had brunch at our hotel with Steve's mom.  We shopped a little more in the 2nd Street area before catching our 5pm flight back home.  The weather was so amazing that it was really hard to leave!

View of downtown from Congress Ave bridge

View of the Colorado River (Lady Bird Lake)

The Austin Motel on Congress Ave - an Austin landmark!

The weekend went by way too fast!