~Wine and BBQ~

What a fun weekend we had! My parents and my brother came in for a little"Austin" fun! On saturday we were all over this city, but here are some pics of our 2 favorite stops.

First stop, Stonehill Winery. This is about 15 minutes from our new house, so if you are coming to visit, this is definitely a must see! This winery is in Spicewood and its just so relaxing. You sip wine and look at Lake Travis. What can be better than this? The grapes hadn't started growing yet, they being harvesting in the summer, so we will have to make another trip out here.

Second stop, Salt Lick BBQ in Driftwood. If you ever watch Rachel Ray, she is in LOVE with this place. On her stop to Austin, she can't stop talking about how wonderful the food is. Well, we decided to go check it out. This restaurant is in the middle of nowhere, and as you getting close to it, all you see is rows and rows of cars! I have never seen a place more packed! They have live bands playing under trees, a wine cellar, and tons of picnic tables. We had to wait 1-1/2 hours (yikes) to eat.. was it worth it? Well, according to my husband, it was the BEST bbq he has ever had (and he is the bbq king for those of you know him). And, he wanted to "take a bath in the bbq sauce"(his exact words, ha!). If you ask me, they must put something in the sauce because the boys couldn't stop talking about how great the food was. They also had to buy tshirts before we left too, ha! I guess this is another authentic "Austiny" spot to take our visitors!

Stonehill Winery

Wine Tasting

Crew trying to taste some wine
(don't worry, the cup was empty!)

Salt Lick waiting area

Salt Lick Wine Cellar

BBQ Pit

All the meats cookin'!

The "Grub"

Crew even liked the dinner!=)