The Cost of Going Out
Take a look at my current assets and glance at my Spending Account.Balance: $.86 (That's 86 CENTS)
So it looks like I will be living very frugally this weekend! I will stay away from 4th Street (Where I have been very often recently because of the Alamo Apprentice) and I will not spend on any frivolous expenses. I need to be careful of making it to Downtown this weekend:
The Downtown area of Austin has a few primary attractions:
- 6th Street - Cheap drinks, lots of live music and tons of college students. Austin is the Live Music Capitol of the US. On weekdays regular drinks are generally in the $1 range, very cheap. Weekends the price goes up to at least $2.00 specials and an average of $3.50-$6.00 for anything else. 6th Street is blocked off at nights due to the mass amount of people that walk through (It's like a mini Bourbon Street). Lots of small food vendors on 6th also. I DO NOT leave 6th without getting pizza first (and maybe a Bratwurst). It's a strict rule.
- 5th Street - A mixture of clubs, restaurants and nicer bars. Priced between 4th and 6th Streets, but leans more towards 4th Street prices.
- 4th Street - Mainly the more affluent, 25+ crowd. The bars and clubs here are swankier and appropriate dress is required. Expect to pay $6.50 - $12.00 for a relatively common drink (Mohito, Martini etc). There are lots of very nice restaurants in this area. My record is a $150 bill for 2 people at a Hawaain Fusion restaurant. I tend to have a drooling problem on 4th because of the amazing cars.
I wish I was a non-drinking, anorexic vegetarian. Life would be so much cheaper :-)
Labels: Financial
posted by Neville @ 1:02 AM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Austin sounds pretty hip.
All types of people live here, creating a very diverse city full of culture, activities and lots of fun.
Have a good weekend!
Personal Finance for the New Age
Didn't know you were an Austinite!
Anonymous,
I love your comment, primarily because I am a huge carnivore. I don't think I could EVER become a vegetarian.
I formally retract my vegetarian statement. Now, I only wish I was a non-drinking anorexic :-)
Why is having fun so expensive?
Especially once you get strippers involved...
You should find a hotel with a free happy hour and go to town! Or just dress up and have a sugar mama buy you a drink or ten.
Budgeting Babe
www.conceptsinsuccess.com
and everything else you do? I am keeping you on my radar as I barely had enough time to make a few bucks and be misquoted in a recent interview regarding the Wendys finger in the chili drama.
A classic case of rebranding that will lead to a more profitable bottom line and perhaps a new secret ingedient
Keep up the good work superman
But Joshua, it seems I'm not the one who has a lot of stuff going on. From talking to you, it seems like you've got a plate overflowing with activity!
I did a "Joshua Estrin Wendy's" Google search and found the misquoting article. I got a laugh out of the name, "Menu for Recovery" HA!
At least they got your name right!
-Nev
Try to be in the bathroom when the bill comes. It takes a little practice to get the timing down, but eventually you'll find it to be a valueable cost-saving strategy.
I have read your blog for several times and I like what you write.
By the way,I am from Shanghai,China,a place maybe a little bit mysterious to you.
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