Best Place to Nuzzle in the Bosom of Austin

Roof of the Contemporary Austin Jones Center

It's not until we find ourselves atop the Contemporary's Jones Center – to enjoy an arcane movie, a band, some party or another – that we remember. The sun is setting; even at the end of the hottest day, a breeze is blowing, and the sky is turning deep blue (ringed with violet if you're lucky). You look up toward the Johnson (that Johnson) family penthouse; you glance back toward the Capitol; you gaze down Congress. It's not the widest city view, but it has a comfortable familiarity you feel in your bones, and it's the one that inevitably makes us appreciate being in Austin, right here, right now.

Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center
700 Congress, 512/453-5312
www.thecontemporaryaustin.org