Rock Painting & Remodeling

Stop and smell the wildflowers at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The Center's outdoor gardens display the native plants of the Central Texas Hill Country, South and West Texas.

The Cathedral of Junk stands quietly in the backyard of a small house on a suburban street on the south side of Austin that blends with its neighborhood, from the street, it's invisible. Vince Hannemann, built the Cathedral with a hollow framework of improvised trusses, around and within which he has wired and packed with lawnmower wheels, car bumpers, kitchen utensils, ladders, cables, bottles, circuit boards, bicycle parts, brick-a-brack, and a lot of stuff that is unidentifiable.

Indulge in a romantic afternoon of pick-your-own strawberries and more on a date at Sweet Berry Farm in nearby Marble Falls. Worth the trip, the farm also sells homemade ice cream, jams, jellies, fresh tomatoes and other homemade and homegrown goodies.

Rock the catwalk at Austin Fashion Week in August, where the fashionably weird meet the stunningly hip in this parade of style setting look. Whether you're into makeup, hair, clothing or accessories, you'll find your muse before it's all over.