Best Place in Austin
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 8/6/06
I am a native Austinite and this is by far my favorite part of town. Yeah yeah so we have great Tex Mex, out of this world music scene, and a large bar district. The best part is this eccentric, vintage, and wonderful side of town with excellent food (vespaio), clothing, furniture, and you name it randomness (Lucy in Disguise, Monkey Store). I completely disagree with a previous reviewer who claims false "keep austin weird" commercialization. Some of these shops have been here since the beginnging. These stores sell designed clothing from local artists and differ from the mainstream. Austin Motel is amazing in the fact that you can choose what feel you want for a room. First Thursday is the best for live music, local artists, and the most wonderful people. It is the epitome of Austin and let's keep it that way. Austin is a blue dot in a large sea of red.