Day 2: The plan was to go to Wimberley to their 1st Saturday Market Days thingy. So we were up and off pretty early for a Saturday when we got the text. Heather's nephew's wife works at the Facebook offices in Austin and would we like to have tour? Uhhh...YES! Please. This was a really cool experience and I was so glad we got the chance.
This was one of the art installations we saw. This is a very intricate design that is in one of the hallways.
They provide everything you could need which eliminates the necessity to leave during the day. I'm sure this encourages productivity and creativity, but I wonder if a person might sometimes just want to go run an errand to get away for a while.
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| They have a vending machine that sells keyboards, mouses (mice??), phone chargers, etc. |
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| Snacks available on every floor. They also have any kind of drink you could imagine. There is a cafeteria that offers (for FREE!) breakfast, lunch, and dinner. |
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| Lounge area on one of the terraces. |
The were lots of photo ops! This Instagram space was fun!
The girls and our host/tour guide, Amanda...We really did enjoy the morning!
Next stop: Wimberley & Lunch at the Cypress Creek Café. It was raining, but we still were able to dine outside under the patio cover with cool Christmas Lights/Wagon Wheel/CD chandeliers. The food was great and so was our waitress. Afterwards, we strolled around the downtown area and did a little shopping. It sprinkled most of the time. I found a cute little necklace with a cut out of Texas and a little pearl. The girls bought gourmet popcorn and we stopped in cute little coffee house. I am not a coffee drinker and I really thought Sip on the Square was going to be wine. HAHA!
We never made to the actual Market Days, but we decided we would definitely have to do that in the future. Next on the agenda: Bar B Que at the Salt Lick in Driftwood. Again, there was a pretty good wait, but they have picnic tables out under a tent and music. It is BYOB, which we didn't but many did. There were a lot of people and people watching can be fun! As the song says, "It takes all kinds of kinds..."
I had sausage and brisket (no beans, no coleslaw, no potato salad, no thank you!) Heather mentioned that you could ask for the burned edges on the brisket. The bark is my favorite part. Oh, one more thing, the BBQ Sauce at the Salt Lick is in it's own category!
We wanted to go to a movie and the only tickets we could get were for the 10:05 pm show. This actually worked out perfectly. We enjoyed desert (Kenda), root beer floats (Heather) and chocolate covered pretzels (Me) while we watched "CHiPs". Not the funniest movie I've ever seen, but it was entertaining and a nice way to end the day. We had a horrible waiter, but his struggles became almost comical. Especially, when he took forever to bring Kenda's coffee to go with her desert and then when he finally brought it, he scooped up her half-eaten plate and was off. "I, uh, wasn't done with that" I heard Kenda say, but it was too late; he was gone.
The next morning all of the cell phones alerts went off. We were under a Tornado Warning. The three of us west Texas girls were not concerned at all until we saw the neighbors outside filming the sky.
We tuned in to the local news then, but the storm passed quickly. We loaded the car in the rain and headed for home. It was a fabulous weekend. You can't buy friends like mine and I know how blessed I truly am!!!
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