The Unique Ceramic Trail Markers in Brackenridge Park

by RoadRunner | Feb 25, 2020 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, nature, San Antonio insider

You may have noticed the unusual trail markers in Brackenridge Park. The eastern part of the park has four wooded trails, each about a mile long. The  markers at the trailheads are by Susan Budge, who at the time of the trail markers’ creation in 2006 was the...

Sunken Garden Theater: The Other Half of the Quarry

by RoadRunner | Feb 27, 2019 | history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, music, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Yesterday we wrote about the Japanese Tea Gardens, which were constructed in an abandoned quarry that bisected Brackenridge Park. Actually, the Gardens only took up half the quarry. The other half — the northern part — is now the Sunken Garden Theater.When...

The Faux Bois of San Antonio

by RoadRunner | Feb 25, 2019 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Throughout the city of San Antonio you will find the work of Dionicio Rodriguez, carried on by his great nephew, Carlos Cortés: Faux Bois, or, false wood. In Mexico it is often referred to as trabajero rustico (rustic work) but it all means the same thing: concrete...

Simply Beautiful: The Japanese Tea Garden

by RoadRunner | Feb 25, 2019 | food & drink, history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

It wasn’t always beautiful. In 1915, the new San Antonio Parks Commissioner, Ray Lambert, embraced the “modern” ideal of healthier urban environments for the wealthy and working class alike. His grand idea was to create a park near downtown by connecting a...

A Walk through Academia: Trinity University

by RoadRunner | Feb 14, 2019 | art, history, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Sunday’sTexas Trail Roundup 21k walk will take you through the campus of Trinity University, located between Brackenridge Park and the historic Monte Vista neighborhood. Presbyterians founded Trinity in 1869 in Tehuacana, Texas (about 40 miles NE of Waco) from...

The Not-A-Frog Bridge in Brackenridge Park

by RoadRunner | Jan 21, 2019 | art, Japanese Tea Garden Walk, nature, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

After the Texas Trail Roundup Sunday walk someone asked us about San Antonio’s “Frog Bridge.” Actually, it’s a TOAD bridge (although everyone calls it the frog bridge. Goes to show what we know.) The city commissioned ceramicist Diana Kersey to...