The sidewalk on the right leads to the Jane DeDecker sculpture of Santiago and his marlin from The Old Man and The Sea (by Ernest Hemingway,) where, if you turn left, you can proceed down the underground approach to the tower. The ramp leading upwards on the left takes you to the ground floor of the tower, the banquet hall. Speaking of banquets…

Just a few miles past Wizard Academy and Salt Lick Barbecue on the southern skirt of Austin, Texas, is Damian Mandola’s Trattoria Lisina. Worth the drive.