Árbol de la Vida: Did You See it Saturday?

by RoadRunner | Feb 23, 2020 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

The Texas Trail Roundup Saturday walks took you through the mission trails. Did you see the Árbol de la Vida? It has a story to tell. In the Spring of 2017, San Antonians from all walks of life gathered to share their stories and, over the course of two years, their...

Our Very Cultured Pearl: the Hippest Place in Town

by RoadRunner | Feb 23, 2020 | food & drink, history, San Antonio insider, shopping, Sightseeing

Sunday’s walks will took you through The Pearl, one of the trendiest spots in San Antonio. We’ve scheduled the start times so that you will hit it about the time the farmer’s market opens: 10AM-2PM, rain or shine. This is a producers-only...

Spanish Governor’s Palace

by RoadRunner | Jan 15, 2020 | art, history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Built in the 1740s, the Spanish Governor’s Palace (105 Plaza de Armas, across the parking lot form City Hall)  was a military fortification and a home for the Spanish Captain of the Presidio San Antonio de Béjar. In 1804 the last captain, José Menchaca, sold the...

The Alamo: John Wayne Has a Lot to Answer For

by RoadRunner | Aug 26, 2019 | history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

Here in San Antonio we get a kick out of visitors who ask, “where is the Alamo?” — and they are standing right in front of it! In the iconic 1960 John Wayne movie of that name his first view of the Alamo is across the dry Texas plains. Even in 1836,...

Time to Walk! The Hertzberg Clock

by RoadRunner | Apr 27, 2019 | history, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing, technology

This entry was updated for 2019 On  Friday’s Friendship Walks you stroll by the Hertzberg Clock. Cast in iron by E. Howard Clock Company of Boston, it was first installed in front of Eli Hertzberg Jewelry Company on Commerce Street in 1878. In 1910, when...

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...