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Introduction
Architecture & Lodging - Readers Poll
Architecture & Lodging - Critics Picks
Arts & Culture - Readers Poll
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Outdoors & Recreation - Critics Picks
Politics & Personalities - Readers Poll
Politics & Personalities - Critics Picks
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Services - Critics Picks
Shopping - Readers Poll
Shopping - Critics Picks
Best Chance to Howl at the Moon
Best Blue Pool Diving Board
Best Cheap Thrill
Best Country Club
Best Example of Pure Sport
Best Historical Cemetery Stroll
Best Initiative for the Elderly
Best Living Piece of Art
Best New Use of Public Land
Best Night to Catch the Express in Round Rock
Best Park for the Family That Does Everything
Best Pay-to-Play Mountain Biking
Best Place for a Keg Party at the Lake
Best Place If You Don't Know Your Amaryllis From Your Elbow ...
Best Place to Catch a Neighborhood Ball Game
Best Place to Chill on Lake Austin
Best Place to Find Your Dog a Date
Best Place to Get Lost
Best Place to Just Set and Meditate and Watch The Crosspaths of Ducks, Heart Patients, Food Connoisseurs and State Hospital Patients
Best Place to Meet People Outside of the Office
Best Place to Remember That We're in Texas
Best Revitalization of a Park
Best Scary Fish
Best Skatepark for Young and Old Alike
Best Social Event Masquerading as Sporting Event
Best Sporting Event
Best Strokes
Best Unusual Day Trip, Really
Best Use of a Lack of Resources
Best Use of Title IX Funds
Best Way to Get Around Austin
Best way to get punched out by a man with shaved legs
Best Way to Treat a River
Possibly stupidest NFL franchise name
Best Cheap Thrill
Flips for Tips Guys
on the Barton Creek Bridge
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More Outdoors & Recreation - Critics Picks
Best Chance to Howl at the Moon
Full Moon Yoga
Best Blue Pool Diving Board
Bartholomew Pool
Best Country Club
Barton Creek Country Club
Best Example of Pure Sport
UIL State Meets/Tournaments
Best Historical Cemetery Stroll
TIE: Texas State Cemetery; Oakwood Cemetery
Best Initiative for the Elderly
Skatepark
Best Living Piece of Art
Patricia Greene
Best New Use of Public Land
Colorado River Park and Austin Parks Foundation
Best Night to Catch the Express in Round Rock
Thirsty Thursdays at Dell Diamond
Best Park for the Family That Does Everything
Patterson Park
Best Pay-to-Play Mountain Biking
Rocky Hill Ranch Saloon
Best Place for a Keg Party at the Lake
Emma Long Park
Best Place If You Don't Know Your Amaryllis From Your Elbow ...
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Best Place to Catch a Neighborhood Ball Game
Givens Recreation Center
Best Place to Chill on Lake Austin
Ski Shores Cafe
Best Place to Find Your Dog a Date
Shoal Creek Greenbelt
Best Place to Get Lost
Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
Best Place to Just Set and Meditate and Watch The Crosspaths of Ducks, Heart Patients, Food Connoisseurs and State Hospital Patients
Central Market
Best Place to Meet People Outside of the Office
Hill Country Outdoors
Best Place to Remember That We're in Texas
TIE: Golden Vista Equestrian Center; Bear Creek Stables
Best Revitalization of a Park
Republic Square
Best Scary Fish
Zilker Botanical Gardens' Fish Pond
Best Skatepark for Young and Old Alike
M&M Skatepark
Best Social Event Masquerading as Sporting Event
Texas Relays
Best Sporting Event
UT Lady Longhorns Basketball
Best Strokes
Texas Rowing Center
Best Unusual Day Trip, Really
Fredericksburg
Best Use of a Lack of Resources
Concordia University Baseball Field
Best Use of Title IX Funds
Longhorn Soccer
Best Way to Get Around Austin
Your Bicycle
Best way to get punched out by a man with shaved legs
Utter the words "Lance does dope."
Best Way to Treat a River
San Marcos River Foundation
Possibly stupidest NFL franchise name
Houston Texans