With fall comes football, and with football comes tailgating!
Whether you’re going to an NFL game or watching ESPN and rooting for your college alma mater out of the weather and in the sumptuous comfort of your apartment home at Renaissance North Bend in Austin, Texas, you’ll want to make sure to have plenty of tasty treats on hand to satisfy family and friends.
And yourself, of course!
But before we get to dishing the goods on tailgate goodies, let’s talk about having some non-football fun. (It can be done, we promise! LOL)
LOOKING AHEAD TO SOMETHING LIVE & LOCAL
Can’t talk about live and local in Austin without mentioning the granddaddy of them all—the world-renowned Austin City Limits Music Festival—now can we? This fall’s event is coming up the weekends of October 4-6 and October 11-13 in Zilker Park.
And of course there’s Boo at the Zoo, you don’t want to miss taking the kiddos in your life to it! Not to mention your own inner kiddo—visitors of all ages are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes! You can get tickets in person or at Austin Zoo online.
Check out Visit Austin for more about upcoming events over the next few months, you’ll be glad you did.
NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT POPULAR GAMEDAY GOODIES
Google for gameday goodies and you’ll find that pickles are really hot this fall—especially when you serve them cold in this Duke’s Mayo Pickle Dip. The Renaissance North Bend Idea Specialists™ love the idea of putting this on burgers and hot dogs, using it for a different kind of chicken nugget sauce, and of course just eating it on some chips or crackers. Check out more sweet and sour food for thought in Delish’s 53 Pickle Recipes You Never Knew You Needed.
The Idea Specialists™ know that you can never go wrong with this particular Southern Living Fire Cracker recipe. But they want to up their cracker game this fall, so they’re going to give the Bacon Bow Tie Crackers recipe a go, too.
COOLER CONCOCTIONS
Beers, spritzers, soft drinks, and water are all cooler staples. Treat your guests to a little something extra with a special tailgate cocktail like the Lunchbox, which you can make ahead in a large lidded pitcher or non-glass beverage dispenser for easy transport. If the combo of orange juice, beer, Southern Comfort, and amaretto doesn’t sound like your cup of fun, Mix that Drink has several more fun recipes to choose from!
BBQ FOR YOU
No time to get in your well-appointed Renaissance at North Bend kitchen before the next get-together? No worries! The ATX is flat-out blessed with some barbecue joints; in our neck of the woods there’s everything from SLAB to Stiles Switch with Terry Black’s and so many more in between. Whether you’re craving ribs (beef or pork) or want a turkey sandwich and some extra-special slaw, you are covered. Don’t forget the Oreo pudding! Yummers!
GAMEDAY MUST-HAVE
The Renaissance North Bend Idea Specialists™ know from experience that while it’s all fun and games on the field, collegiate and pro stadiums don’t play around when it comes to fan do’s and don’ts. One of the biggies is making sure that any bag you take in with you meets guidelines.
These days you can go to Amazon and spend about as much or as little as you’d like on a bag. The ET website has the skinny; the Specialists are going with the imminently practical LOXOMU crossbody bag. (But this acrylic WJCD bag that comes in SO many colors and has a removable chain looks like so much fun! Maybe both?)
Go Team!
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