Best Gifts for Someone From Austin
Gift ideas for people from Austin or who love it: homesick Austinites, UT alumni, recent transplants and festival regulars. From barbecue rubs to an Austin skyline with the Capitol dome.
Best Gifts for Someone From Austin
Quick answer: For someone from Austin, the best gifts are the pieces of home they can't get anywhere else: their city's skyline on a shelf, barbecue rub from a pitmaster they know, Austin-made snacks, and a record from a local band. For UT alumni, anything burnt orange. For people who just love visiting, an Austin skyline sculpture is the year-round reminder.
Three kinds of Austin people
Native Austinites remember the city before the towers. They're proud of it and a little wary of what it's become.
Transplants moved for a job and fell for it. Austin is now their city, and they like being reminded.
Festival regulars come every March or October and count down to the next one.
Gift ideas
1. The Austin skyline
The Texas State Capitol dome in front, the Frost Bank Tower and downtown behind. For an Austinite who moved away, it's the view from home. Austin skyline, 6, 7.5 or 9 inches wide.
2. Barbecue rub and sauce
From the pitmasters whose lines they used to wait in.
3. Austin-made snacks
Tiff's Treats, Siete, Waterloo. Familiar and easy to ship.
4. Something burnt orange
For University of Texas alumni, anything Longhorns.
5. A record or gig poster
From the band they always went to see.
6. A YETI
Made by an Austin company and useful in any climate.
FAQ
What do you get someone who moved from Austin?
Something that reminds them of home: an Austin skyline sculpture, barbecue rub, Austin-made snacks or a gig poster from a local venue.
What's a good Austin gift under $75?
The Austin skyline sculpture comes in Small, Medium and Large, all under $75, and the Large ships free.
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