San Antonio weekend getaway
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
3w ago
When I tell folks that I live in San Antonio, they always reply, “Awwww. We love San Antonio.” There’s lots to love about the Alamo City. You’ll need more than a weekend to really do it justice, but two full days in San Antonio is better than no days in San Antonio. I put together […] San Antonio weekend getaway was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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San Antonio’s Tony G’s nourishes the soul
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
2M ago
Give SIRI the reins I’ve lived in San Antonio since 1979, so I know my way around town; however, I have not fully explored all of San Antonio. It is, after all, the seventh largest city in America. Sometimes I let Siri guide me along a route I’ve not taken before, and that’s when the […] San Antonio’s Tony G’s nourishes the soul was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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Mission San Juan and Stinson Field, mainstays of San Antonio’s South Side
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
5M ago
Leave no rock unturned One of the awesome things about being a certified professional guide with the Professional Tour Guide Association of San Antonio is that we are given many opportunities to familiarize ourselves with every nook and cranny in the Alamo City. Bill Simons, incoming president of PTGASA and owner of Cycling San Antonio, […] The post Mission San Juan and Stinson Field, mainstays of San Antonio’s South Side first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. Mission San Juan and Stinson Field, mainstays of San Antonio’s South Side was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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Treasure hunt your way across San Antonio
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
6M ago
I have been an avowed treasure hunter for as long as I can remember. I come by it naturally. Both of my parents never passed up an opportunity to sift through potential heirlooms. Thankfully, San Antonio has more than its fair share of vintage/thrift/antique shops to satisfy the thrill of the hunt. Nothing makes me […] The post Treasure hunt your way across San Antonio first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. Treasure hunt your way across San Antonio was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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Treat yo’self to San Antonio’s Biga on the Banks
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
7M ago
Forty years and going strong Chef Bruce Auden, a native of London, has been a San Antonio culinary mainstay since 1985. Long before the Culinary Institute of America opened its San Antonio location in 2006, Auden was nominated multiple times for the Best Chef in the Southwest by the prestigious James Beard Foundation. Few chefs […] The post Treat yo’self to San Antonio’s Biga on the Banks first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. Treat yo’self to San Antonio’s Biga on the Banks was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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Harken back to San Antonio’s hot wells
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
8M ago
In 1892, an artesian well was drilled on land near Mission San José that contained 104-degree sulphur water with medicinal benefits. In its heyday, Hot Wells Hotel, a 190-room resort built adjacent to the thermal springs, hosted the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino, Sarah Bernhardt, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Tom Mix and Will Rogers. Multiple […] The post Harken back to San Antonio’s hot wells first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. Harken back to San Antonio’s hot wells was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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San Antonio Tourist’s Lucky #13!
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
10M ago
Blog’s beginnings My first taste of blogging came when I did an oral history of my mother-in-law back in 2003. I followed that with Study Abroad blogs of Spain and France in 2004; Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2006 and 2007; and Spain in 2007. As a professor of journalism/mass communication, I spent an awful lot of […] The post San Antonio Tourist’s Lucky #13! first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. San Antonio Tourist’s Lucky #13! was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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Guest blogger Environment Explorer
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
11M ago
Liz Brownlee Godsey, the daughter of a former Palo Alto College colleague, is a college student who is majoring in Environmental Science. She is also a mom and a mini farmer (poultry, fruits and vegetables) who lives in San Antonio. Her goal is to inspire the readers of her blog to get out and enjoy […] The post Guest blogger Environment Explorer first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. Guest blogger Environment Explorer was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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The Boeing Center at Tech Port is San Antonio’s one-stop shop for innovation
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
1y ago
Thanks to my Godson, I know the teeny tiniest little bit about electronic sports, better known as esports (pronounced E-sports). So when I read that San Antonio was opening a Tech Port Center and Arena at Port San Antonio to be able to host esports tournaments, my antennae went up. Touring the Boeing Center at […] The post The Boeing Center at Tech Port is San Antonio’s one-stop shop for innovation first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. The Boeing Center at Tech Port is San Antonio’s one-stop shop for innovation was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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San Antonio’s green spaces celebrate nature
San Antonio Tourist
by Denise Richter
1y ago
San Antonio, the seventh largest city in the United States, gives visitors and residents ample opportunity to connect with nature and improve their health. Green Necklace In addition to all of the city’s and county’s parks, the Howard W. Peak Greenway trail system just announced that it has completed 100 miles of the “green necklace” […] The post San Antonio’s green spaces celebrate nature first appeared on San Antonio Tourist. San Antonio’s green spaces celebrate nature was originally featured on San Antonio Tourist ..read more
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