Senior University Georgetown

Travel Program Destinations

January 2001 through December 2008

 

* indicates Texas Society of Architects selection as one of “Texas’ 25 Best Places”

Albuquerque, NM

            Old Town

            Sandia Peak Tram

            Lunch at High Finance at the Peak

 Alpine (2)

            Lunch at Reata

            Sul Ross State University Museum

Ashville, NC

            Grove Park Inn

            Historic Biltmore Village

            Legacy of the Land Tour

            Winery/Horse Barn Tour

            Deerpark Restaurant

            Candlelight Tour of the Biltmore

            Folk Art Center

            Thomas Wolfe Memorial

            Basilica of St. Lawrence

            Grove Arcade Public Market

            Windows on the Park dinner

Athens, TX

            Best Western Inn on the Hill

            Mimi’s Cakes and Catering

            East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society

            Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center

            Old West Steakhouse

Austin (26)

            AMS Production Group

            Andiamo Ristorante

Amy’s Ice Cream

            Archaic

            Architerra

            Armstrong Community Music School of Austin Lyric Opera

            Art in Austin Program Awareness and observation

            Austin American Statesman

            Austin City Hall, new

            Austin History Center

            Austin Playhouse Backstage Tour w/Don Toner

            Austin Playhouse

                        1.  “Private Lives” by Noel Coward

                        2.  “The Dead President’s Club” (3)

                        3.  “The Underpants”

                        4.  “Cat On A Hot Tin Roof”

                        5.  “Enchanted April”

                        6.  “Rumors”

                        7.  “Mystery of Edwin Drood”

                        8.  “A Man for All Seasons”

                        9   “House”

                        10. “Garden”

                        11. “Odd Couple”

                        12. “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”

                        13. “The Night Hank Williams Died”

                        14. “Ideal Husband”

                        15.  “Steel Magnolias”

                        16. “Inherit The Wind”

                        17. “Three Penny Opera”

                        18. “Le Liaison Dangereuses”

                        19. “Blithe Spirit”

                        20. “Amadeus”

                        21. “Sylvia”

                        22. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum”

            Austin Venture Studio Theater (lecture & Demo)

Barton Springs Pool (2)

            Barton Springs Pool (geology study)

            Bass Performing Arts Center

                        Fine Arts Library

                        Recital Hall

                        Opera Hall

                        Theater Stage

                        Workshop

            Bureau of Economic Geology

Big Red Sun

Blanton Museum of Art: 2005 Preliminary to new building.

Blanton Museum of Art: New Building 2006

            Blue Geni Art Industries

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum

Boggy Creek Farm

            Bremond Block

            Brick Oven Restaurant

Bucknell, Malcom – fanciful paintings and ink drawings

Camp Mabry Military Museum

Carmelo’s Restaurant

            Capitol Visitors’ Center

            Charles Moore Center for the Study of Place

            Chez Zee Restaurant (2)

            Clear Channel Radio – Studio Tour

* Congress Avenue & The State Capital

Design Center of Austin (2)

DK Royal Memorial Stadium

                        UT Training Facilities

                        University Club for Luncheon Buffet

                        Mack Brown’s Office

            Dougherty Arts Center, Theater and Arts School

            Don McKlusky’s Restaurant

            Driskill Hotel – Historic tour

            Driskill Hotel – New Victorian Room

            Driskill Hotel – Lunch (Private)

            Driskill Hotel – Lunch (1886 Bakery)

            East Austin Studio Tour 2008

                        Ginko Studios

                        Iona Handcrafted Books

                        Pump House

                        Panzanilla Primizie (lunch)

                        Smith Road Studios

            Elizabeth Ney Museum

            Domain          

Falconer, Pat – artist, film animator and Byzantine iconography

            Film Studios at Mueller Airport

            555 Condos atop Hilton Hotel

            Fonda San Miguel

            French Legation Museum (2)

            Glen Rose fault line   

Governor’s Mansion

            Graphic Glass

            Green Pastures (2)

            GSD&M (Advertising Agency)

            Gumbo’s Restaurant (2)

            Hill’s Café (3)

            Hilton Hotel kitchen tour by Chef Mark Dayanandam

Historic West Austin

            Hotel San Jose

            Hyde Park District

            Hyde Park Grill South (lunch)

            Jaspers (dinner)

            Joe Dimaggio’s Italian Chophouse

            KLRU & “Austin City Limits” Studio (2)

            Killeen Airport

            Laguna Gloria 1:  Interior

            Laguna Gloria 2:  Gardens

            Liberty Tavern (Hilton Hotel) lunch

LBJ Library (2)

                        Lewis & Clark Exhibit

                        Signs of the Times:  “Life in the Swingin’ Sixties”

                        “Bills, Bills, Bills” w/Michael Stewart as LBJ

            Jim-Jim’s (snowcone surprise)

            Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

            Long Center Tour (upon new opening ’08)   

Lucy’s Boat Yard, dinner

            Malaga, wine and dine

            Malaga’s Tapas and Wine Bar

            Mansion at Judges Hill

                        The Hotel

                        The Restaurant

            McCormick & Schmidt’s Restaurant

            Mexican American Cultural Center Tour

            Mirabelle Restaurant (3)

            Moonshine Restaurant

            Mt. Bonnell City Park: Balcones Fault

            Mural at 11^th & Waller

            Nakonah Condominiums (downtown living)

            New 1886 Café and Bakery (Driskill Hotel)

            Paramount Theater facilities Tour

            Penn Field      

Ransom Humanities Resource Center

                        “In a New Light”

                        “The Watergate Papers”

Serrano’s – Fajita Buffet       

Shoreline Grill

Stanley Architects & Artisans

            State Archives and Library

            State Theater facilities tour

·         State Capitol & Congress Ave.

Swede Hill Row

Symphony Square

Teo (gelato surprise)

            Texas Capitol Legislature

            Texas State Cemetery (2)

            * Town Lake Park      

The Bats and Town Lake Boat Trip

            38½ Street Christmas Lights

            The Splinter Group – fine wood crafting, sculpture, blacksmithing

            The Tavern (lunch)

Threadgill’s on Barton Springs Road (lunch)

Thistle Café

Trio at Four Seasons (dinner)

Truluck’s (dinner)

University Club lunch (2)

University of Texas Alumni Center

University of Texas Board of Regents

University of Texas Research Center

            Texas Advanced Computing Center (Super Computer: Ranger)

            Center for Electromechanics

            Microelectronics Research Center

            Institute for Geophysics

            University of Texas School of Architecture

University of Texas original forty acres

Umlauf Gardens (2)

Whole Foods Market (new facility @ Lamar & 6^th – tour and lunch)

Zachary Scott Theater:

 “2005 Rocking Christmas” 

“Jerry Conn – Live” (Z-Cabaret)

Zilker Park

                        Botanical Garden

                        Christmas Lights’ Walk

                        Geology Study

            Zita Design

Banff, Canada

            Park Pass

            Turner Valley at Coyote Moon

            Buffalo Mountain Lodge

Bartlett

            Iris Farm of Rita and Cliff Snyder

Bastrop

            Bastrop State Park & Lost Pines

            Tour Hyatt Resort

            Museum

            Deep in the Heart Art Foundry

            Baxter’s on Main (lunch)

            Radio Play at Bastrop Opera House

            Elzner Home tour

            Leo Zeiten-Morris Home tour

            Drug Store (ice cream surprise)

Berkshires, Massachusetts

            Candlelight Inn

            Chesterwood

            Clark Institute

            Frelinghusen Morris Art Museum

            Gateway Inn

            Glendale River Grill

            Hancock River Grill

            Hancock Shaker Village

            Norman Rockwall Museum

            Silk Bridge

            Tanglewood

            The Mount

            Village Inn, Lennox

Boerne

            Bear Moon Bakery

            Ye Kendall Inn/Limestone Grill

Big Bend of Texas

Big Bend National Park (2)

            Chihuahuan Desert

            Chisos Lodge

            Chisos Basin w/ Jim Wright

            Del Rio & Ciudad Acuna, Mexico

            * Fort Davis 1: Historical Tour

            * Fort Davis 2: Sesquicentennial Ceremonies

            Indian Lodge (2)

            McDonald’s Observatory:  Private Star Party

            McDonald’s Observatory:  Public Star Party

            Lajitas

            Langtry

            Persidio: Fort Leaton

            Terlingua

Black Hills, Devils Tower, Badlands

            Black Forest Inn, Hill City, S.D.

            Badlands

            Mt. Rushmore

            Devils Tower, Wyoming

            Hot Springs

            Cascade Springs & Falls

            Badger Hole

            Eye of Needle

            Crazy Horse Memorial

Bryce National Park

            Canyon Lands Tour

Buda

            Buda reef outcrop

            Cabelas – tour of facility

            Little Texas Bistro

            Texas Disposal Systems

Burnet

            Noah’s flood High Gravels

            Burnet asphalt deposit

            City of Burnet geology

            Commemorative Air Force Museum

            Burnet Historic Airplanes

Camp Springs

            McLaughlin Ranch

Canyon

Canada(Rocky Mountaineer Gold Service)

            Vancouver

            Kamloops

            Jasper

            Banff

            Canadian Rockies National Park

            Lake Louise

            Calgary

*Castroville

            Steinbeck House

            The Alsatian for lunch

            Arcadius Steinle House

            Nicholas Tondre House

Central Texas

            Painted Churches

Chicago, Illinois

Escorted highlights tour w/lunch in Chinatown

            Fairfield Suites (3 nights)

            Dinner at Joey Buona’s

            Walking tour including Marshall Fields behind the scenes & magic windows                      Mini-coach tour “More of Chicago”

            Navy Pier including Stained Glass Warehouse

            Architectural River Tour

            Tour Lincoln Park

            Frank Lloyd Wright Home

            Tour of Unity Temple

            Dinner and show at Tommy Guns Garage

            Walking tour to Millennium Park and Art Institute

            (Free time: Science & Industry Museum.)

College Station

            A&M Student Center

            A&M Veterinary School (2 trips)

            George Bush Presidential Library

            Kyle Field & Press Box

            Sanders Corp. Center

Columbia Ice Field, Canada

            Tour Glacier

Corpus Christi

            * Bayfront

            Art Museum

            Omni Bayfront Hotel

            USS Lexington          

Coupland

            Huntington Sculpture Exhibit and Studio

            Coupland Dance Hall

Dallas

            Antares Restaurant

            Dallas Arboretum

            Dallas Museum of Art (2)

            Dealy Plaza

            Fairmont Hotel (2)

            * Fair Park

* Greenway Parks

            * Highland Park Village

            Hotel Palomar

Lake Highlands Presbyterian Church: stained glass. (2)

Meadows Art Museum

            Meyerson Symphony Hall

                        Rogers & Hammerstein & Andrew Lloyd Weber

                        Tour of facilities

                        Opus Dining

                        Symphony

            MADI Museum and Gallery

            Nasher Sculpture Center

            Old Red Courthouse

            Thanksgiving Square

            The Trail-drive sculpture

            Trammel Crow Asian Jade Collection

            Turtle Creek

            West End District

            Women’s Museum

Driftwood

Salt Lick BBQ

Edom (twice)

            Quaint Shops (self-serve cash register!)

            The Shed for lunch

Elgin    Acme Brick Company

Flagstaff, AZ (Canyon Lands Trip)

            Little America Hotel

            Oak Creek Canyon

            Red Rock Country w/tour

            Sedona

            Tiaquepaque

            Grand Canyon

Fort Davis

            Courthouse Square

            Drug Store (lunch)

Fort Hood

            Museum

            Memorial Sculpture

            Talk with “Iraqi Freedom” servicemen

            Bus-tour grounds and Helicopter Facility

Fort Worth

            Amon Carter Museum

            Angeluna Restaurant

            Ashton Hotel

            Bass Hall architectural/behind the scenes tour

            Bass Hall Vienna Choir Boys Concert

            Bureau of Engraving and Printing

            Cowgirl Hall of Fame

            * Cultural District

            Downtown tour

            Dowtown (free time)

Fat Stock Show

            Kimbell Art Museum (2)

            Sid Richardson Gallery

            Stockyards

            Sundance Square

            Texas Motor Speedway

            The Modern Museum of Art

Fredrericksburg

            Butterfly Center

            Enchanted Rock Overlook (2)

            Flower Garden/Nursery

            Granite quarry

            Hanger Hotel (lunch)

Herb Garden

            Hoover Point

            Museum of the Pacific War

            Admiral Nimitz Museum

            Painted Church

Georgetown

            Balcones escarpment

            Blue Hole

            Blue Hole (2) review storm damage

            City Lights Theater w/mgr Bobby Miller

            Cowan Creek Spring

            Georgetown City Hall: Briefing by mayor

            Lake Georgetown Dam & Spillway

            Lake Geogetown Dam Spilling Basin w/history

            Lake Georgetown w/lecture on construction of dam

            RTI Quarry

            Teravista Balcones escarpment

            TX Carved Stone

            TX Quarries

Giddings

            Exploring for Crude Oil & Natural Gas

            Monzi’s Fine Cuisine

Glacier/Waterton/Banff National Parks/Columbia Icefield

            Pine Lodge

            McDonald Lodge

            Red Jammer Buses - Glacier Park

            Black Feet Museum

            National Museum

            Coyote Moon

            Buffalo Mountain Lodge

            Fort Steele

            BarW Guest Ranch    

Glenrose

            Dinosaur Park tracks

            Fossil Rim Wildlife Preserve

            Two Granny’s

Grandbury

            * Hood County Courthouse Square

            “Granbury Live” performance

Grapevine

            Gaylord Texas Resort

Gruene

            Gristmill (2)

Hayes County

            Daryl Howard Artist

Highway 195

            Carvers (stone carvers)

Hoover Point

            Geology trip (550 million year old sandstones & shale

Houston

            Bayou Bend

            Byzantine Fresco Chapel

            Houston Museum of Fine Arts

                        MOMA Masterpieces

                        Impressionists

                        Vatican Exhibit

                        Titanic Exhibit

Jones Hall

Houston Sympathy Patriotic Concert

NASA Space Center

            Natural History Museum

            * Rice University

            Rothko Chapel

            * University of St. Thomas/Menil Collection

Warwick Hotel

Hunt

            Elaine’s Table

            Stonehenge

Ink’s Lake

            Overlook

Jefferson

            Barge Crossing

            Bed & Breakfast Lodging

            Caddo Lake

            Candlelight Tour

            Diamond Bessies

            Historic Homes

            Jefferson Museum

            Old Fashion Hamburger Store

Kalispell, Montana

            Pine Lodge

            Shakers

            Mc Donald’s Lodge (Red Jammer buses)

            Glacier Park

            Rising Sun Reservation

            Blackfeet Museum

            Waterton Lakes National Park

Kerrville

            Cowboy Artists of America Museum

            Private Art Collection

            Y.O. Ranch (2)

Kilgore

            East Texas Oil Museum

            Kilgore Junior College

King Ranch

            Ranch Tour

Krause Springs Park

            Quachita Mountains geology trip

Lake Buchanan

Lake Placid Placid & Fall Foliage

            Mirror Lake Inn

            Charlies Restaurant

            Wild Center

            Crowne Plaza Resort and Golf Course

            Lake Plaicid Marine (lunch)

            Interlaken Inn

            Spirit of Ethan Allen III (boat trip)

Llano

            Metamorphic rocks

            Badu House for lunch

Longhorn Cavern

            Sink hole and cavern

Los Angelas

            Historic Hollywood

            Luxe Hotel, Bel Air

            The Getty Center

            The Getty Villa

            Napa Valley Grill

            Tour: “Inside Historic Downtown LA”

            Walt Disney Concert Hall (lunch, tour & concert)

            Tour: “Inside Contemporary Downtown LA”

            Tour: “Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels”

            Clifton’s Cafeteria for dinner

Lost Maples State Park

            Visitors Center

            Hiking Trail

Luckenbach

            The “town”

Jardine

Jardines Seasonings

Page, AZ (Canyon Lands Trip)

            Goldings

            Monument Valley

            Lake Powell Resort

            Antelope Canyon

Marathon

            Gage Hotel

Marble Falls

            Bluebonnet Café

            Pattons on Main

            Quachita Mountains

Marfa

* Chinati Foundation

            Marfa Book Store

            Jeff’s Café (Paisano’s Hotel)

Marshall

            Christmas Lights

            Marshall Pottery

Max Sharp Dam

            Granite Quarry

McKinney Falls State Park

            Volcano erosion and falls

Mo-Ranch

            Flato & Wynn Lodges

Nacogdoches

            Guided City Tour

            Fredonia Hotel Café

New Braunfels

            Sophienburg Museum

            6^th Best Truck Stop in the World (Rip Griffin’s)

New Orleans, LA

            American Queen Riverboat Cruise

                        Baton Rouge, LA

                        Natchez, MS

            City & Cemetery Tour

            D-Day Museum

            Marriot New Orleans

            French Quarter

            Arnaud’s Restaurant

            New Orleans School of Cooking

Palestine

            Texas State Railroad from Rusk

Phoenix, AZ

            Begin Canyon Lands Trip

Mayer, AZ

            Bells of Arcosanti (Canyon Lands Trip)

Round Top (2)

            Brazos Belle in Burton

            International Festival – Institute at Round Top

Royers Restaurant

Rusk

            Texas State Railroad to Palestine

Salado

            The Range at Barton House (lunch)

            The Living Room Theater

            Raymon Carver (“Best & Worst Travels” at Civic Ctr)

San Antonio

            Alamo

Anton Wullf House

* King William District

Aqueduct & Espada Acequia

            Emily Morgan Hotel

McNay Museum

* Paseo del Rio River Walk

Mercado

Mi Tierra lunch (2)

Rio San Antonio barge tour

San Jose Mission

San Antonio Library (new architecture)

            SAS Shoe Factory     

Southwest School of Art and Craft (2)

            * Trinity University    

            Yturri-Edmunds House

            Zuni Grill

Sante Fe, NM

            Abiquiu

            Ghost Ranch

            Las Trampas Church

            Sandia Peak

            Inn on the Alameda

            Pink Adobe

            Historical Walking Tour

            Santa Fe Opera “Marriage of Figaro”

            Santa Fe Opera Backstage Tour

            Coach tour of Northern NM

            Bandelier National Park

            Bradbury Museum, Los Alamos

            Lunch at Rancho de Chimayo, Sandia

            Centinela Weavers in Chimayo

            Santuario ce Chimayo

            Vanessie for dinner

            Zia’s for lunch

            Tours of homes and gardens

Taos, NM

            Pueblo Village

            Art Galleries

Taylor  (FM619 SE of Taylor)

            Down Home Ranch

            Two Historic Homes

            Railroad Car Restaurant

Tetons and Yellowstone

            Mammoth Hot Springs

            Norris Geyser Basin

            Fountain Paint Pot

            Firehole Lake Drive

            Fishing Bridge

            Mud Volcano

            Artist Point

            Lewis Lake

            Jackson Hole Lake Lodge and overlook

            Snake River Overlook

            National Elk Refuge overview

            Lu Pine Inn, Red Lodge

            Lake Yellowstone Hotel

            Colter Bay Cabins

Texas Hill Country

            Glen Rose outcrop (base of Post Mountain)

Thorndale

            Tour of Alcoa plant and site

Tyler

            Potpourri House

Tyler CVB Guide on Azalea Trail     

Sobor a Pasion Country House & Bistro (lunch)

Waco

            Grand Masonic Lodge

            Texas Sports Hall of  Fame

            Ninfa’s for lunch

            Zoo (rained out)

Whitefish, Canada

            Sightseeing and drive to Kalispell airport

Williamson County

            Drinking-water wells & Processing Facilities

            Berry Spring Country Park & Historic Natural Spring

            Thrall Oil Field

            Chapman Abbott Producing Oil Field

            Three Oaks Lignite Mine

            Southside Market, Elgin

Wimberly

            Wimberly Glass Works

Winedale

            Restorations

Zion National Park(Canyon Lands Tour)