Jana Birchum
What is it about bridges that makes them the perfect place to practice the art of doing nothing? Maybe it's the neither-here-nor-there feeling or the proximity to water. The James D. Pfluger Bicycle Pedestrian Bridge is Austin's answer to this European classic. If you go at dusk, it is flanked by the sunset on one side and the city skyline on the other, and it's populated by lingering hike-and-bikers, families, and a few sociable wanderers. If you stay on after dark, you just might catch a guerrilla rock show plugged in under the lamp light. As suggested by the graffiti visible to the east, go ahead and "focus one point and breathe."
