Luke Connally | Experience Host

I’m one of the rare type folks around here call a unicorn: a born and (mostly) raised Austinite. I moved around a lot as a kid, but ended up back in Austin as an adult in 2010. I spend my free time with family, staying active, enjoying museums and art, and eating my way through the city as fuel for my endless search through the many vintage and thrift stores for the sacred idol that will break my curse.

Luke’s Austin Recommendations

  1. The parks – whether it’s hiking, biking, paddling, picnicking, or walking, you’re never more than 10 minutes from a beautiful green space to enjoy
  2. The food – almost goes  without saying, but aside from all the best BBQ and Tex-Mex you can find, there are very strong Lebanese, Indo-Chinese, and soul food influences throughout the city
  3. The people – Austin wouldn’t be the city it is today without the spirit of embracing and encouraging all types, and seeing people for who they really are. Take a stroll from the Congress bridge up to the Capitol, and I bet you not only will you see some folks you probably wouldn’t see anywhere else, you might just make a few new life-long friends on the way. This spirit permeates throughout, from the friendly food truck owner to the new group of drinking buddies you just met
  4. The natural beauty – the aforementioned parks certainly take advantage of this, but all around us at any given moment is some of the most beautiful land in all of Texas. Austin’s ancestors settled here for a reason. From the novel mix of arid and subtropical climates gives us a truly unique flora and fauna, to the rolling hills spreading out to the west, to the hidden waterholes and creeks, to the natural phenomenon like the Violet Crown, and so much more, the Hill Country always captivates
  5. The source of power – I am told there is an ancient ley line here that will lift my curse if I can break the idol containing the spirit of the djinn who cursed me

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