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...

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...

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...

Texas Trail Roundup Medal Revealed

by RoadRunner | Oct 20, 2019 | art, events, news, San Antonio insider, tips

Isn’t it beautiful? Texas Trail Roundup President Susan Medlin revealed the our medal at the U.S. Freedom Walk Festival in Arlington, Virginia this weekend. Here’s how it works. If you sign up for any Saturday or Sunday walk you will be awarded one medal,...

More Than Water Under the Bridge

by RoadRunner | Feb 26, 2019 | art, San Antonio insider, Sightseeing

We walkers have all been spooked by a creepy underpass. What (or who?) lurks in the shadows? On the San Antonio Riverwalk, that ominous feeling of dread has been banished by art. The undercrofts of our bridges are beautiful and safe Let’s start with the FISH,...

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...