I'm in Austin, though nobody of importance.
Check out Zookeeper pet store at the Burnet/183. Its small, and generally doesn't have all that much stock, but its not too bad. Theres also another store called Herpeton on the other side of Burnet at the same intersection, but last time I was in there it smelled so badly of rotting dead animals masked by Mr. Clean that I was dry heaving my way back out the door. Not to mention the number of times I have personally witnessed mites on animals in there. I try to avoid places that require delousing before I come back to my own collection.
As for people, theres a decent sized (and growing)
herp society here... you could join our mailing list and drop a note there.
Adam Dawson