Playing Tennis in Austin

Okay, the tennis court pictured above isn't actually in Austin.

We've been trying to be more active lately, especially since most of what we do during the week consists of sitting on our asses. Winter in Texas is the best time to get really active- when it's in the 50s or 60s during the day you can run around all you want and not get totally drenched in sweat. We picked up some cheap racquets and balls at Target and scoped out the awesome tennis court map on the Capital Area Tennis Association website. Write down the addresses of at least 2 or 3 open public courts in your neighborhood, cause the first one we tried was locked on the weekend.

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Highland Lanes

We've been meaning to go bowling here for a long time, since it's not far from where we live. It's a basic, nice bowling alley with lots of lanes... perfect for the amateur bowler. For the best deal, come on Sunday night between 8 PM and midnight: bowling is $9 per person for unlimited bowling, and that includes shoe rental and a free bowl of popcorn.

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Dell Diamond

Dell Diamond is home of the Round Rock Express team; see website for details about various events (fireworks night, half-price beer night, etc). We went for half-price beer night, and also got half-price tickets because it was simultaneously "law and order night" which meant anyone working in some kind of law-related field got half price tickets. (Subsidizing lawyers? I wonder if Dell Diamond is just trying to build up brownie points for the day they get sued after someone gets hit in the face with a ball.) Anyway, our tickets were $3 for great seats and I think we paid $2 for beer. It was a good night.

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