> me and the missus seriously thinking about it. wouldn't mind Texas as
> fancy visiting there anyway. any tips on venues? I'd prefer standing only,
> not too large, with a nice town/scenery nearby so i can do touristy things
> aswell.
never having been to el paso or Houston, I think that Austin is much more touristy, even if it's not really that touristy to begin with. i've never seen throngs of tourists around the capitol. your option would be the D/FW area and outside of a couple of museums, there is nothing there besides a business district. basically, it's a giant place where people live and work and that's about it.
For Halloween, every year Austin has a large Halloween party on 6th street. It's basically people wandering around in costumes, and it gets pretty crowded...and i'm sure that saturday night will be the big night despite it only being the 30th.
San Antonio is about 1.5 hours south of Austin and they have the alamo sans a basement, but they also have the riverwalk mall.