Our second day, we started off by visiting the first Whole Foods in the country. Okay, doesn't sound that cool, but let me tell you... this is also the best Whole Foods in the country. I mean, the one in Baltimore doesn't even sell (a) homemade tortilla chips, which is pretty much the reason to go to Whole Foods, or (b) pizza dough. Pizza dough! Even our local grocery store sells pizza dough. Whole Foods fail.
But, at this Whole Foods, they had everything I've ever seen at a Whole Foods, and more. Like free healthy snacks for the kids, and a "make your own trail mix" bar.
photo by Michelle
Then they had the usual beautiful arrangements of chocolate (which I was eyeing) and cheese, and then... an entire "tapenade" bar. Just for tapenades. If I lived in Austin I think I would be eating happy! Not to mention they had an entire part of the store devoted to wine and beer...
photos by Michelle
The Texas State Capitol wasn't open yet, so we enjoyed the sculptures and sights outside. It was pretty hot, so we decided to head on to the Texas History Museum.
The Texas Capitol Building (they were doing some work on the dome):
The Texas History Museum was better than I expected. It seems pretty new, and all the exhibits are really well-done. Everything is organized in a chronological pattern. I feel like I learned something! The best part though: we went to see a little movie there called Wild Texas Weather (being the weather nerds we are). It was pretty funny, because they actually had strobe lights for lighting, vibrations in the seats, and mist started coming out during one of the thunderstorms on the screen! Very interactive. We were laughing a lot. It was fun!
We were getting really hungry by the time we left, so we walked north past the University of Texas campus to Ruby's BBQ:
I got the ribs, and I was very happy with them:
After enjoying our breakfast and coffees at Whole Foods, we started a fairly long walk up to the Texas State Capitol building and the Texas History Museum.
The Texas State Capitol wasn't open yet, so we enjoyed the sculptures and sights outside. It was pretty hot, so we decided to head on to the Texas History Museum.
The Texas Capitol Building (they were doing some work on the dome):
The Texas History Museum was better than I expected. It seems pretty new, and all the exhibits are really well-done. Everything is organized in a chronological pattern. I feel like I learned something! The best part though: we went to see a little movie there called Wild Texas Weather (being the weather nerds we are). It was pretty funny, because they actually had strobe lights for lighting, vibrations in the seats, and mist started coming out during one of the thunderstorms on the screen! Very interactive. We were laughing a lot. It was fun!
We were getting really hungry by the time we left, so we walked north past the University of Texas campus to Ruby's BBQ:
I got the ribs, and I was very happy with them:
photo by Michelle
Up next: the last part of our girls' weekend in Austin!
Up next: the last part of our girls' weekend in Austin!
I can't believe the first Whole Foods is from Austin. I would have bet on Portland or Seattle or something, but never TEXAS!
ReplyDeleteYou know, I didn't know it was such a big deal at the time, but we used to go to Whole Foods every time we'd go to the solo vocal competition in Austin every year in High School. That was the place we'd always stop on the way in and out of town. :D
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun trip- lots of yummy eating time! - Erin
ReplyDeleteWow! I never knew the first WF was in Austin! Seriously...it looks like a magical place!
ReplyDeleteI've been to that Whole Foods-- and I'm not a bit surprised it started in Tx-- Tx is like a 'whole other country'! ;o)
ReplyDelete@ Reading- I know, right? I guess Austin is pretty different than the rest of Texas though.
ReplyDelete@Laura- Cool! Isn't it the best one?
@Erin- and I had planned even more eating- but we were too full.
@Tameka- it *was* magical.
@Lesa- It does kind of make sense, now that I think about it....