A Tarrytown Summer: Cold Springs, Peacocks, And A Table At Casis Village

By early July the tourist version of Austin has already sorted itself. Zilker fills by ten. Barton Springs runs a line down the hill. Rainey Street bakes. The map most out-of-towners are working from does not include the six or seven blocks between Enfield and 35th where the neighborhood you already live in keeps its cooler, quieter version of the same summer.

That is the argument for staying home in July. Not that Tarrytown has a secret Austin nobody else knows about, but that most of what makes an Austin summer worth having is walkable from your front door, and the days it draws a crowd are predictable enough to plan around.

The Tuesday rule

Start with the pool.