If it’s almost Christmas in the 512, it must be time for the Trail of Lights at Zilker Park, open until Dec. 23, 7-10pm every night.
There’s many old favorites, like the Where the Wild Things Are installation and Dilloville, plus a few new additions (Gary the Snail finally slithered into town). Don’t forget, there’s plenty of shuttle buses from Waterloo Park ($1 return, free for under fives) and a toy drop-off point for donations to Operation Blue Santa.
Not to throw too much of a damper on proceedings, ’cause of the look of wonderment on the faces of small children and, of course, the faces here at Newsdesk as well is irreplaceable. But since it was about 20 degrees above the normal seasonal temperature for the media and sponsor night on Friday, any chance the City of Austin might invest in compact fluorescents next year?
This article appears in December 7 • 2007.
