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...

San Antonio’s Chili Queens (and Frito Pie!)

by RoadRunner | Sep 4, 2019 | food & drink, history, San Antonio insider

From the 1860s until the late 1930s, both visitors and locals enjoyed the food and entertainment offered in the plazas of San Antonio by the Chili Queens. These women served chili con carne and other Mexican American foods from dusk until dawn at the San Antonio...

May 17: King William / MaiFest Walk

by RoadRunner | Apr 14, 2019 | events, fitness, food & drink, news, San Antonio insider, Uncategorized

Come walk with the Randolph RoadRunners through the Southtown and the Riverwalk in the King William Area. An afternoon walk starting at the Beethoven Männerchor Halle und Garten. Your $3 walk fee includes admission to the MaiFest, a $5 value. STARTING POINT: Beethoven...

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...

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.,...

Beginner’s Guide to Salsa (the eating kind, not the dancing kind)

by RoadRunner | Dec 21, 2018 | food & drink, San Antonio insider

At every Tex-Mex restaurant in San Antonio you’ll be greeted with a basket of tortilla chips (pronounce it: tour-TEE-ah) and a bowl of salsa. Salsa just means “sauce” in Spanish. Every country has their own: piri-piri in Peru, chimichurri in...