beerland.jpg Austin gets a pretty decent going to at the hands of the NYT's Seth Sherwood. It's got art; it's got sushi; it's got a MTV Real World there so you know it's gotta be hip. Whilst negotiating the Austin's nightlife, , a "Dantean vision of Jell-O shots and wobbly high-fives," Sherwood stumbles upon the perfectly named Beerland where hook'em horny coeds "drink Pabst Blue Ribbon while taking in local rock, punk and indie bands." Sherwood further describes the scene at another hotspot called Six (co-owned by Lance Armstrong) as having "plenty of spaghetti straps, low necklines and suspicious tans." This is as close as the Times ever gets to Gawker scorn and snark. The somewhat jaded attitude makes sense when one discovers Sherwood graduated UT (MA, English '96) before hightailing it to Paris to escape the meatheads. Even if you're not a beer-pong and date-rape jock, Austin does have a range of laid-back entertainment. We humbly suggest a visit to our friends at Austinist and/or a perusal of our own archive. You've also got your Viceland guide which provides guidance for morally-compromised hipsters with a trustfund. For a exhaustive and, quite honestly, amazingly well-written restaurant guide (I think, every single restaurant in Austin was reviewed) check out the Fearless Critic guide to Austin restaurants. (Photo: Been-Jammin'/Flickr) Going to Austin (NYT) Beerland Austinist Austin Archive (Gridskipper!) Viceland Fearless Critic Funny Photo of Seth Sherwood (Flickr) The 79 Photos You Get When You Search for Austin and hipster on Flickr Previously: The Masters of the Margarita, Mojo Kickball in Austin, The Frisco Shop, Katz's Texas Deli, Trudy's Restaurant, Blanton Museum of Art