Lifestyle

It’s very possible that you have your own bucket list. Go parachuting. Have an all-nighter in Vegas. Eat Belgian waffles in Belgium. Fly first class. You know, that list of stuff you want to accomplish before you kick the bucket.

But what about a list of things you absolutely must do right here in the Lake Travis area?

After having a conversation with a native Texan that had never been to a high school football game — unbelievable, right? — I started to put together the Lake Travis bucket list.

So if you’re just visiting or you’ve been here for a while, this is the list. Things you must do. Places to eat. Stuff to see.

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You may have already heard the news around Hudson Bend, but there are some big changes going on around these parts.

With so much expansion happening in the Lake Travis area, several neighborhoods are experiencing growing pains that come along with it. As more and more businesses seek to call the area home, people and families come with them from all parts of Texas and the country.

Everyone has their idea of what life in Lake Travis should be like, and how it should continue for years to come. It would be a mistake to let go of the unique and cherished Texas history that permeates the area — that is why it’s so important to protect the special essence that thrives out here on the lake.

So many passionate Texans live out on the Bend, as they call it around here, and it’s no wonder that discussions get heated when questions arise about the future of the coveted cove.

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Target is the best. And if it’s already the best, how could it possibly get better?

[Insert cocktails here.]

If you’ve stopped by Target for paper towels and walked out with a shopping cart full of strawberry-scented shaving cream, oodles of gummy fruit snacks, two decorative throw pillows, a lawn chair, a matching set of 12 Halloween plates you found in the dollar bin (score!), a ceramic coffee mug with an owl on it (but he has a mustache!) and a Sponge Bob pinata (for no particular reason), then you understand how bonkers it would be if Target served alcohol.

Can you image how insanely impulsive your purchases would be if you were sipping lemon sours during your stroll through the infinite sea of infinity scarves? As the millennials would say, “I literally can’t even.”

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