Sippin on Shiner at the Oasis

Post lunch we headed northwest of Austin about 30 miles to get an afternoon drink at a place called the Oasis. I clearly did not read the description in the book, yet again, bec. I was picturing some low key shack type bar with a pretty view of the lake. This was more of a gigantic 3..4?? story restaurant/store on a cliff overlooking the lake. The view really was great and I'm sure at sunset it's pretty amazing. We grabbed a beer, Shiner Bock since my Dad and cousin were highly recommending it, and sat at the bar for a bit. Turns out the bartender went to high school about 15 minutes from me so that was an amusing coincidence. The Oasis itself is not somewhere I'd recommend dining (very touristy and cheestastic) but it's not a bad place to grab a drink and sit outside looking down on the lake. Plus when you drive out there are some amazing houses, or castles as we called them, on the hills overlooking the lake.
We still had some time before the big final dinner, Texas bbq, so we headed into the Warehouse district in south Austin to find a boutique the book had recommended. Turns out the most amusing thing to me was that the boutique was in an area called the 2nd st. district: 2 blocks long by about 3 blocks wide. haha It amused me that it got it's own district. The boutique was nothing special but it was cool to see that part of Austin. It's being developed by a Chicago architect so the area looks different than the rest of Austin.
Finally, it was time for bbq.