Monday, October 11, 2010

A few new places we've been...


With hubby working such long hours with the game luaunch coming up, plus work & school on top of it all we haven't been up to too much around here lately. We are finally in the groove though & starting ot check some things out again.

This weekend we went to Urban at the Domain, got some cupcakes from Hey Cupcake, & tried every flavor at Amy's! So, I'll start with Urban, we got a certificate for here off of restaurant.com ($2 for a $25 certificate) it was good. Hubby had the Ribeye & I had the tiger shrimp. I didn't care too much for my dish because it had too much pasta but the shrimp was awesome in it! Hubby really enjoyed the ribeye, he said it was well worth the price. Then, friday before my daughter went out with her girlfriends we stopped by Amy's for the 2nd time, that place is amazing! We always go with the small so we have a lower calorie count but still get a mix in (with the tiny their mix in stuff just goes on top); but we tried several flavors this time, here's a run down of our faves: Mexican Vanilla, Dark Chocolate, Pumpkin, & Campfire Treat. Pumpkin & Mexican Vanilla I bought a pint of each, they are so amazing. Campfire treat is amazing as well but at 4.75 a pint I had to show some restraint. Campfire treat tastes like a freaking s'more. Its awesome. At Hey Cupcake, we go to the airstream at 290/71 in the SW area of Austin, it's near the William Cannon interchange they were almost sold out of everything but I was able to get two Pumpkinator's, a Strawberry Cream, and a Double Dose (which is chocolate). Beware, Pumpkinator & Strawberry frosting are made of cream cheese, so if you don't like cream chese go with another option. Pumpkinator was really really good, but very heavy. We will definitely get them again at some point, but of the three of us none of us cared for how heavy they felt on our tummies after we were done. So, this will be a very blue moon treat.

Another place we went to Saturday was Dick Nichols Park. We didn't even know this place existed! It has tons of play ground equipment, tons of places to picnic or have a gathering with family, it has a pool that a friend informs me is free when they are open during the season, & it has a walking trail that is a one mile loop & it is paved. Throughout the trail they have all sorts of activities to do like monkey bars, climing a latter, sit ups, etc. All the fun things you'd have to do for the presidential physical fitness award. We had a great time walking the trail, it is great for kids so they can get out & be active but not have to walk the three miles or so like at lady bird lake. Here are some photos & videos:





So, these are just a few of the things we have been up to. There will be more to come soon as there are a lot of fun things coming up around town. I will keep this updated more often!