08-23-2013, 08:35 PM | #1 |
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Things around the Launch Party site
I thought I'd start a thread to help out-of-towners (and locals from other parts of the city) find the good things near the party site. I lived across the highway from the party location for six years, so I know the area very well. :)
Other than that, the usual fast food and chain restaurants are all over the place.
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08-23-2013, 11:04 PM | #2 |
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Re: Things around the Launch Party site
Alamo isn't there anymore. Moved up to Lakeline.
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08-23-2013, 11:12 PM | #3 |
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Re: Things around the Launch Party site
Thanks. I moved to the north central part of town, so I haven't been to that Alamo in about four years.
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08-26-2013, 11:38 AM | #4 |
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Re: Things around the Launch Party site
Thanks for starting this. Some more questions for the locals / organizers:
Is there something like a package store nearby (UPS / FedEx / etc.)? What's particularly interesting in the general area? It's looking like I may be getting in Thur. night or Fri. morning, and if all goes well having much of Fri. free. Will there be a "hotel block" / convention discount with any of the nearby hotels? Any comments on them? At the moment I'm thinking the Hampton Inn, but open to suggestions. It looks like it's well outside the Car2Go zone, so that's probably not helpful. |
08-26-2013, 11:56 AM | #5 |
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Yup. Too far north of the city center for that.
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08-27-2013, 02:02 AM | #7 |
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I'm thinking that we'll be staying closer in town. Any suggestions for a good area of town with a variety of stuff in walking distance? My girlfriend and I will be arriving late Thurs. night and will have Friday to explore together and on Saturday I can head up to the launch party while she continues in town.
I hear that Austin has got some great food trucks - any ones that we should definitely check out? Or a spot where we can find several to pick from? |
08-27-2013, 08:41 AM | #8 |
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Re: Things around the Launch Party site
There are several shipping stores nearby. The closest is Fedex (13729 N Hwy 183, Suite 820, Austin - 512-331-0800). Two others that are pretty close are UPS Store (13492 Research Blvd, Austin - 512-335-5558) and Pak Mail (13359 US 183, Suite 406, Austin - 512-249-7447). I haven't used any of them as I have ones located closer to where I live in the Austin area.
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I don't know where the food trucks congregate. If I were looking for them, though, I'd start here.
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