http://goingtosanantonio.info Current diversions, history stories, stuff that catches my interest in San Antonio Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:52:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mentioning Broadway in San Antonio will almost always get the same response. You'll immediately be told stories of prostitutes. *One* time I was told about how Broadway was the place to cruise as a teenager, but most of the time it's all about the prostitutes. In classic San ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2008/04/28/broadway-is-dirty/ Coming from Arkansas, I never got to see graffiti much until I moved to San Antonio and now I'm kind of fascinated by it. I understand that graffiti is illegal, a problem, and an eyesore, but that doesn't change my opinion that some of it is just plain fun. Driving ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2008/04/21/graffiti-on-main/ The weather here is Great! Heheh are you fascinated yet? San Antonio is bizarre. I moved here from central Arkansas so the idea of 80 degree weather a week out from Thanksgiving isn't terribly unusual but the consistency of it is! With the warm temperatures, Chris and I are ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/11/19/summer-lovin/ It was surprisingly terrifying! The zombies walked in a shambling horde, quivering and drooling through the largest tourist area of the city. What do you call zombie balls? The beginning of the Horde was relatively small:   But they just kept coming!   There were baby zombies:   And rock god zombies (no, he's not ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/10/29/broken-news-zombies-attack-the-alamo/ I admit, Paesano's never really registered on my radar until earlier this week. Coworkers have raved about it, but nothing they said really caught my interest. Chris and I went there as part of a group, and the only preparation I had was the reviews of coworkers and ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/10/26/paesanos-lincoln-heights/ This is old news, but I've been wanting to share it. Apparently the local news sources have had Thunderbirds on the brain. No, not the car, not the cheap wine, I'm talking about the giant critter of Native American legend. Guys, I'm talking a big, damn, scary, bird. The ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/08/07/thunderbird-sightings-in-san-antonio/ I know, for the last two months about all I've been doing with this blog is looking at the bookmark and thinking "ooh I really need to go write something!" but instead I've been out making friends and having a party! Hopefully my readers will come back to me and bring ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/08/06/whats-been-keeping-me-busy/ Oh yeah!   Tickets go on sale August 6, and the show is October 11. Plenty of time to buy your tickets and make your plans. Tickets are available online at this link. I know we're planning to go with all of our friends and I've sweet talked my ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/08/05/willie-nelson-is-playing-in-october-at-floores-country-store-in-helotes/ In this edition of the Blog Carnival, it was a party. A large party with attendees from all over the world! Los Angeles-Lydia of CovertEffect 'took' us to Saints and Sinners lounge to start our evening. Her post gave a fantastic description of a neat bar so it became the ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/07/02/a-blog-party-courtesy-of-carnivalities/ What are you in love with about your city? What's going on in your large to semi large town? What do you want the world to know about the city you love? Submit your post to this link by 2pm Eastern time on Sunday, July 1st so that I ... http://goingtosanantonio.info/2007/06/25/hooray-carnival-of-cities-is-coming-to-this-blog/