So in the process of exploring Phil Hardberger Park a little bit at a time over the last three or four Sundays - being that we have taken the dog to the dog-park there for a vigorous romp, followed by a brisk walk along one of …
by Julia Hayden
The Texas war for independence from Mexico kicked off 175 years ago - but that it barely lasted six months, and crammed the most spectacular events into a period of about seven weeks means that the commemorative events are similarly crammed. The first weekend …
I'm not alone in this mad love of history, in being so besotted by events and eras to the point of studying certain aspects down to the sub-atomic level. I only write about it, which is the traditional venue for those like Miniver …
Blue Star and South TownSo, after we scoped out the elaborate series of reenactor events on Alamo Plaza last weekend - uniforms and long rifles and cannon -oh-my! - we decided to venture into South Town and check out anything interesting going on at the Blue Star Arts Complex . . . which since …
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And that's what it was - a hundred and seventy-five years ago this spring - when the Alamo achieved fame immortal, just before sunrise in the spring of 1836. Visitors are usually taken back to discover that it is so small. I …
My daughter's dog, better known as the Lesser Weevil, lives for walkies every day . . . and for a special treat, a trip to the McAlister Park Dog Park. She's a social creature, and rather outgoing; every human she has ever met has been instantly and utterly her …
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Having a weekend day free - and feeling a touch of cabin fever after four days of ice-cold-oh-my-heck-I-think-I'm-gonna-freeze-winter-weather (San Antonio style), the Daughter Unit and I felt a deep need to get up and get out …
Well, it's not the wilderness, actually - but it would certainly look so to someone more used to living in the city. No streetlights, and the houses are set back from the roads - which are unpaved - and so a possessing good stock of flashlights …
In a town near my parent's house there is a museum specializing in industrial and mechanical items, all housed in a range of barns and sheds. They have a huge collection of steam and gas-powered tractors and engines made to power threshers and harvesters ... all …
We do sales, but we don't do sale-sales . . . that is, our enthusiasm for getting up at the crack of midnight on Black Friday and waiting in the parking lot of a big-box store with a mob of sleepy and cranky other cheapskates to purchase some …