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CA-SPONSORED OUTINGS
Purchase your tickets for CA Sponsored Outings at www.sctexas.org or at the Member Services Office.
Tickets for outings listed for the first time will be available Monday, Oct. 3 at 8 a.m.
Continued from the previous page Homestead Village Craft Fair – Waco
the resident artists, architects, ceramicists, jewelers, painters, Meals on your own
photographers, musicians, and sculptors who have opened their Saturday, Nov. 26, $28 pp
studios for this once a year event. Depart SCPL 8:30 a.m.; Return 5 p.m.
Our pre-tour lunch stop will be a new location called The Crisp autumn air, jingling draft horse
Downtown Diners. Your choices include P. F. Chang’s, Micheladas harnesses, the aroma of smoked meats and
Café y Cantina, Gus’s Famous Fried Chicken, Max’s Wine Dive, fresh-baked breads set the stage for the 29th
Uncle Julio’s, The Crepe Café, and Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill. annual Homestead Village Craft Fair. This
traditional crafts village showcases a community of craftsmen
As we make our way to the East Austin Studio tour following who have returned not to the past, but to the enduring values of
lunch, we will view some of Austin’s street art murals. hand-craftsmanship.
Ticket cost includes transportation, studio tour, and art catalog. The lineup of activities and demonstrations is extensive: sheep-
dog herding, barn raising, black smithing, cheese making, wood
Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather working, sustainable gardening techniques, fiber arts, firing
raku pottery and more. Take a horse-drawn hayride, try your
Maggiano’s Thanksgiving Luncheon hand at basket weaving or stroll the grounds sampling the fresh
Austin homemade assortment of tempting foods. Must-try goodies range
from apple cider donuts to grilled kabobs and don’t miss the
Thursday, Nov. 24, $55 pp homemade noodles or the jalapeno sweet potato soup! Afternoon
Depart SCPL 12:15 p.m.; Return 4 p.m. musical entertainment includes gospel, bluegrass, and toe-tapping
Ticket purchase deadline: Wednesday, Nov. 16 country favorites.
Our Thanksgiving holiday feast will Note: Dress for outdoor weather and walking on uneven
truly be a festive event at Maggiano’s Little grounds.
Italy Restaurant in The Domain. Our “family
style” meal will be served in our own private Ticket cost includes transportation and fair entrance.
dining room. Volunteer Trip Leader: Jerilee Prather
We begin with an assorted bruschetta plate followed by
Maggiano’s salad. Entrees include traditional roast turkey breast
with giblet and focaccia sausage stuffing and country-style baked
ham with mashed sweet potatoes. Tuscan creamed corn and
mashed potatoes accompany the entrees. Of course, pasta is
also included – four-cheese ravioli and their famous rigatoni ‘D’
pasta. Completing this dining feast, dessert is pumpkin praline
cheesecake and chocolate zuccotto cake with iced tea and coffee.
Ticket cost includes transportation and luncheon.
Volunteer Trip Leader: Ellen Mire
Outings continued on the next page ONLINE: SCTEXAS.ORG
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