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Sep 27 2018

San Antonio south of Southtown – where to eat and drink

Discovering San Antonio, south of Southtown helped me fall back in love with the Alamo City. Or more accurately, it took determining where to eat and drink in San Antonio south of Southtown to reignite the passion!

Be honest. Hasn’t the idea of San Antonio started to look better on paper than in person? Especially once the kids were grown, and we were no longer proudly showing them where the heroes of the Alamo fell. Or watching them feed the ducks on the Riverwalk while us grownups huddled under an umbrella, enjoying frozen margaritas and a plate of nachos.

Losing the love for San Antonio Riverwalk

Once I quit seeing it all through my kids’ eyes, I couldn’t push aside being pissy over the traffic and the souvenir shops and the chain restaurants. The Hard Rock Café, Landry’s Seafood, Saltgrass Grill and Rainforest Café were as romantic and authentic as Disneyland.

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Jun 13 2017

Alamo City Eats

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Looking for unusual places to eat in San Antonio? This visit, go beyond Tex-Mex to sample some of her traditional and non- traditional Texas dishes. If you’re hungry right now, click here for summary.

That’s what we did on a recent mini-vacation in San Antonio. With only two days to experience this Texas showcase like a local, we didn’t want to spend time waiting in restaurant lines. Besides, we were starting the weekend off with a 10-12 mile bike ride along San Antonio River on the beautiful Mission Reach trail that took us to visit the other four Spanish Missions that settled San Antonio.

Expresso and Fiesta Bakery Goodies

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Jun 06 2017

San Antonio Beyond the Alamo

Summary: Discover fascinating and quirky things to do in San Antonio beyond the tourist traps around the Alamo

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There are actually things to do in San Antonio beyond eating at a crowded restaurant on the downtown River Walk, dodging the street vendors as you make your way to the Alamo or waiting in line for a table at Mi Tienda restaurant in the Mercado. All those things are great, but you don’t have to do the same things every time you are in the Alamo City. Since my daughter moved to San Antonio at the beginning of the year, I’m getting a chance to “live like a local” on the weekend visits.

Other Things to do in San Antonio

On this trip we would visit the other four Spanish missions, and appreciate an artfully revived industrial area. We would experience an ice cream and booze lover’s dream, rediscover a deep south treat at a farmers market and have a unique experience with reverse discrimination while we took a Comal river soak. I may never return to my old tourist stops after this.

We stayed in an older Hispanic area of small homes and fenced-in front yards. It sat just two houses from the San Antonio River. The gentrification that is slowing creeping in from Southtown and the Mission area has left this area between Probandt and Flores streets relatively unchanged. But you can tell it is on its way. With the proximity to downtown, the Blue Star area, and I-10, this is a perfect location to live in and experience San Antonio. If you don’t have family in San Antonio, find something similar to rent from great privately owned homes We’ve always had great luck renting in neighborhoods.

Update: If you don’t have a lot of time to search for a place to stay, check out AllTheRooms. I understand they’re the largest accommodations search engine and combine sites like Expedia, Airbnb, and hundreds of other sites. Sounds like a sensible way to maximize your choices. [Read more…]