Tuesday Tea: What's your favorite stuff to do in the city or town where you live (or used to)?
There's no place like home
We lived in Austin, Texas, for better than a decade, and we spent most Saturday mornings drinking coffee and eating Tex-Mex breakfast at Habanero Mexican Cafe on South First Street. It was the perfect two-block walk from our house — just long enough to earn the reward of their smooth salsa (made from roasted tomatoes), breakfast ‘potatoes’ (French fries!), and refried beans that smelled lusciously like bacon, courtesy of the lard that made them so creamy.
Yes, we love living in Prague, but sometimes, on Saturday mornings, we torture ourselves by reliving our breakfasts-that-were and wishing we could teleport to Habanero for a big ol’ pile of Tex-Mex.
Other things we loved to do in Austin: walk and run on the trail around Lady Bird Lake, watch movies at the original Alamo Drafthouse, hear live music at the Continental Club, and indulge in the Caramel Salt Lick ice cream at Lick.
I live in Half Moon Bay, a town I first visited because I liked the name. It’s south of SF on the ocean. You can hike in the nearby redwoods in the morning and then in the afternoon walk with the dog on the Coastal Trail with amazing beach views. The Half Moon Bay Bakery has delicious apple fritters for a sweet treat, and for good food and ambiance I like to get an outdoor table at the Miramar to watch the sunset.
I live on the coast of Maine. I am not a summer person, but I do love eating lobster and drinking a dry cava on my deck in the summer. And we have some lovely state parks right on the ocean that are best visited after peak summer tourist season.
BUT…we are only 1 hour from the White Mountains, and this summer my husband and good friend went to Nostalgia Night at Storyland - an amazingly well maintained amusement park in Bartlett, NH. On 4 nights during the summer, they have 21+ nights where adults can ride all the rides, eat all the foods, and enjoy a beverage. It was the most silly fun. Everyone had a smile on their face as they rode everything from the teacups to the rather tame roller coaster. That is a new fun tradition-just a bit away from the town I live in.