Views of the Neighborhood – Lakeway Heritage Tour

~ John W. Howell

Today we are going on the heritage tour of Lakeway. There are 22 stops, and we will be chauffeured in a brand-new bus. Of course, we will have to take our bus to get there. We are catered by Odd Duck of Austin, and our entertainment is The Who.

Menu

Starters

Gulf seafood ceviche, carrot leche de tigre, strawberry, radish, potato chips

Grilled kale salad, fennel, citrus, sunchoke dukkah, shiitake ranch

Charred broccoli, chèvre, mole spice, apple gastrique, sesame

Cast iron cheddar cornbread, green garlic butter

Mushroom tamal, kohlrabi cheese, field greens, cilantro

Smoked oyster chowder, turnip, pork belly, brassica greens, pork rinds

Main

Capellini pasta, sunchoke cacio e pepe, TX cheddar, carrot salsa macha

Blackened redfish, sourdough sauce, wilted romaine, pecan, lemon

Grilled quail, XO fried rice, braised greens, beet BBQ, fried chicken skin

Dry-aged wagyu burger, blue beer cheese, tostada, pork birria jam, cabbage slaw

Aged pork loin, tzatziki, caramelized fennel, beets, pepitas

Chile beer glazed short rib, radish kimchi, Japanese sweet potato, peanut

Dessert

Lime mousse, strawberry sorbet, puffed rice, butter mochi

Sunchoke blondie, caramelized white chocolate, sherry vinegar caramel, cocoa nib ice cream

Salted peanut butter budino, chocolate cake, marshmallow creme, dark chocolate-covered peanut butter cookie

Picture of an old time school bus

All aboard.

Here is the map of the tour and a list of the stops.

After the tour, we each get a hardcover book about Lakeway.

That bus makes ours look a little shabby. Not as lovely inside, I’ll bet.

There are the registration tents. Yes, we had to have reservations.

We can also meet the mayor, who is here somewhere, and Gwen Wunneberger, who as a girl, lived in the cabin in the background.

Gotta have a sweet and cup of coffee but don’t spoil your brunch.

Always terrific to be welcomed.

The old Liebelt cabin was moved to this spot.

Kay Andrews, dressed in a period costume, gives us a tour of the cabin.

A horse-drawn hay cutter sits in the cabin yard.

Behind the cabin sits a replica of August Liebelt’s headstone in honor of him.

It is time to get on the other bus for the tour. If you really want to see what the tour is like. you can visit a previous post on the subject HERE

I hope you enjoyed the tour. Now, let’s sit back and enjoy the food and entertainment. I hope you have a terrific week.

 

67 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Lakeway Heritage Tour”

  2. I’m glad to see the cabin made the trip safe and sound and I love the culture being saved in your area.
    I’m afraid I filled up on donuts, despite my A1C number being too high last check-up. (When I go, I want a smile on my face!!)

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  11. There is so much to love about this post, John. I love historic preservation sites. The history is always revealing. The menu and the music video top the day. Thanks for taking us along.

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  14. What a spread, John. The food sounds amazing. I’ll pass on the doughnut so I have more room for this. Lovely tour and I love that they have preserved the past this way.
    Excellent tune to accompany…

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  15. Nice that your area is keeping history alive, John. I find it fascinating to contemplate how determined our forebears were, living in such tiny cabins and braving the elements … without benefit of indoor plumbing and HVAC!

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  17. Thanks, John. It was a great ride on The Magic Bus. 🙂

    The history of places always fascinates me, and Lakeway has done an excellent job of preserving and presenting it. I had to get off the Magic Bus when I got sidetracked, looking up stuff on the cabin and the Indian mounds. Got back on to finish up at the cabin’s original site.

    Got myself a couple of doughnuts and cup of coffee, then went to your post on the tour from 2019. Nice, John, including that wind mobile. 🙂

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  18. The Heritage Tour looks like it was a fun day, John, I love that cabin. It was hard to pass up that grilled kale salad, but I’ll go with the cast iron cheddar cornbread, the pork loin and the Lime mousse.

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