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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Remember the Alamo

I'm a notoriously bad photographer. I've been fortunate enough in my life to visit some unique places, but if not for my wife they would be just memories . Thankfully when I travel by myself she will send texts to remind me to document the trip. My recent trip to San Antonio is a little light on pictures because I had been there before and my free time was limited.

Here are the few that I have.

The funny thing about the River Walk is that their is no shortage of food choices, but well reviewed restaurants are hard to find. So after asking around and searching on Yelp and Trip Advisor, a consensus favorite was a place called Bella on the River. It was great! This was the view from that dinner.

Seafood paella was the main attraction at this place and it didn't disappoint. 

Nothing says San Antonio more than a drink with Jameson in it! I'm more of an IPA guy, but I felt something stronger was needed after long airport delays. This drink was called the Bloody Irish and had muddled jalapeno in it. Normally chain hotel bars are the worst, but this bar had a little bit of everything.

Sometimes the good restaurants are the ones that can take something so basic like chips and salsa and make them unique. These were awesome! I didn't like the white sauce, but the verde was fantastic.
The Alamo! I did a quick lap my last day just to snag a couple pictures. Some crazy guy was preaching that we were all going to hell and that we don't love God enough so I kept it quick.
Kind of cool shot with the Texas flag.

My biggest regret on the trip is not making time to visit a big card shop that is in the San Antonio area. I would have had to take a cab, but from the website this place would have been worth it. Terrible weather and work issues kept me past the stores closing time.

I'm heading to the Pirates/Cubs game tonight. Today is actually a doubleheader. A few weeks back I went to the game that got rained out so my tickets were good for the 1:35 start, but I exchanged them for the 7pm. This is a big series that will go a long way to determine who the home field team will be for the wild card and whether the Pirates or Cubs will make a final push for the division. Man, it would be nice to win the division. Wild Card games are nerve racking.

Thanks for reading!


14 comments:

  1. Mmmm... muddled jalapeno...

    One of my best friends from P-town went to the DH at PNC today. He's been texting all the fun he's been having. Being a working boy during times like these is not fun!

    I hope you enjoying the game tonight!

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    1. For what it's worth, I hope we split the 4 game set, and the Cubs sweep the Cardinals. I would love nothing for St. Louis to be in the play-in game.

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    2. It will be hard to catch up with the Cards because we have so many games left with the Cubs. Another thing that hurts is we have one more west coast swing left. I just feel like we are on a collision course in the wild card game.

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  2. Nice photograph/recap of your trip.

    BTW, I hate the Blackbears now lol ;).

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    1. Black Bears have been a streaky team this year. They got hot right at the end of the season. Nice to see them carry the momentum into the playoffs.

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  3. Love seeing vacation photos... especially the ones with food. It's only 8:20 here on the west coast... but that seafood paella looks so delicious, I'd be willing to eat it for breakfast.

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    1. It is breakfast worthy for sure. I want some more right now!

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  4. You made me hungry looking at your pics.
    = )
    Never been to a double header. Hope to do one one day.

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    1. I only made it to the last game. When a team is good they separate the games in a way that they force game 1 people out of the stadium before game 2. You have to have two tickets to go to both. Back when the Pirates were horrible you could go to both games for the price of 1.

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  5. I went to San Antonio when I was 19 and enjoyed it. I definitely remember that the bars did not ID me.

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    1. That is a good place to not be carded. Lots of bars!

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  6. Love the photos. As a history buff I would love to visit the Alamo

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    1. You would love it. Great town to walk around and enjoy the history.

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  7. Ha, it's funny to see "life" photos on a blog now without a wallet card poking into the frame!

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