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 Gunter Hotel, Robert Johnson & the Birth of Rock-and-Roll

by RoadRunner | Jan 11, 2019 | food & drink, history, music, San Antonio insider

On November 23, 1936 Robert Johnson created the template for electric blues, which became rock-and-roll, in Room 414 of the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio. You’ll pass the Gunter, which opened in 1909, on the Friday Friendship Walk: it’s on E. Houston St.,...

San Antonio: A City in Song

by RoadRunner | Mar 27, 2017 | music, San Antonio insider

If you are working on the American Volkssport Association (AVA) Cities in Song special program, you’ve hit the jackpot. San Antonio is probably the most sung about city in the USA. Most folks are familiar with “San Antonio Rose,” but here are five...

13 Fun Things To Do on Friday Night

by RoadRunner | Feb 22, 2017 | fitness, music, San Antonio insider

You’ve probably figured out on your own that it’s fun to hang out on the Riverwalk, sip margaritas and sing karaoke on a Friday night, but if you’ve been there, done that and already got the T-shirt, here are a few insider suggestions on where to...

El Mercado

by RoadRunner | Feb 6, 2017 | food & drink, history, music, San Antonio insider, shopping, Sightseeing

When you walk through Market Square on the Friday Friendship Walk you’ll find a colorful, fun and bustling commercial and civic space. You can buy an embroidered dress, pick out Talavera tiles for a kitchen back splash or buy a rough-woven Mexican blanket to use...

Golden Age of Movie Theaters: the Majestic & the Aztec

by RoadRunner | Feb 4, 2017 | history, music, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Friday’s Friendship Walks will take you by two fantastic old movie theaters, now re-purposed for stage productions. When it opened in 1929 the Majestic Theatre (224 E Houston, pictured above) was the second largest movie theater in the country and the first in...