Adelita’s is the real thing! Fresh stone ground corn for masa, tortillas, tortilla chips, and pork tamales all made in Adelita’s factory and storefront in San Antonio, Texas. – Adelita’s has its own silo full of corn 🌽 where all of their offerings start. “The bag of chips I bought was still warm when they […]
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The Beautiful King William Neighborhood Near Downtown San Antonio, diagonally across from the Hemisfair site, is located the King William Historic District. A Victorian-inspired neighborhood filled with the history and charm of wonderful old gingerbread homes. In the mid-1800s, enterprising moneyed German immigrants began buying land and building grand and modest homes in the area. […]
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Hotel Options in San Antonio There are so many options for Hotels in San Antonio and more on the way. We stayed in one high-end hotel and one budget-minded hotel, but checked out many others which have a history directly attached to the city. ——————- LA MANSIÓN – ON THE RIVERWALK From 1934-1966 the […]
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The Chart House sits atop the Hemisfair’s Tower of the Americas, it is a spectacular revolving restaurant! The Chart House at Tower of the Americas is located 750 feet up in the sky over City of San Antonio. The restaurant has spectacular panoramic views of the Alamo City and the sprawling landscape. Located downtown, it […]
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The Briscoe Museum of Western Art in Downtown San Antonio has a magnificent collection focused on Western Art. The day ARTS&FOOD® spent in the museum was a relaxing and excellent learning experience – filled with both contemporary and traditional western art, plus the history of life in the frontier West and in the early […]
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I bought this Fruit Cup while roaming through the Mexican Mercado in San Antonio and was truly impressed. Spicy Mexican Citrus Fruit Cup What a wonderful healthy treat I discovered in San Antonio. I am certain this refreshment has been around for ages in the Latino community, but this was my first experience eating […]
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The Dale Chihuly ceiling in the connecting hall from SAMA’s main building to the Cowden Gallery is one of the favorite pleasures of the museum. (Look Up, when you are in the connecting hallway!) The San Antonio Museum of Art (SAMA) is an art museum in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, USA. With a collection spanning […]
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\Teddy Roosevelt – 26th President of the USA The Historic Menger Bar, in San Antonio, played a big role in American and Texas history. It was in the Menger Bar itself that Teddy Roosevelt, sitting at one of the two large round tables that still grace the space, recruited the men of […]
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The Mad Dogs Pub On the Riverwalk in San Antonio, TX The Mad Dogs Pub is one of the dozens of restaurants to choose from along the very busy riverwalk sidewalk. At first glance, it seems so themed, that it would fit right into Disney World, very British with a red phone booth and Union […]
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The Alamo today, is awash with tourists and is consistently the number one tourist attraction in all of Texas. “Remember the Alamo!” • In the 1700s, the Alamo was built as a home to Spanish missionaries. • In the 1820s, American settlers arrived, Texas was a part of Mexico. • In 1821, Mexico won […]