Funny thing, a basketball fan’s psyche. Had the Spurs gotten blown out by 30 instead of having a championship snatched out from under Ray Allen’s feet in the final five seconds of Game 6, it’s safe to say San Antonio would be a far more cheerful pace in the hours leading up to the...
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Some things take forever and a day to get done. In 1865, two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, African Americans in Texas were finally informed that the days of slavery were over. The news was delivered by Major General Gordon Granger when his regiment arrived in Galveston to enforce Federal...
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On Friday, June 21 the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center will unveil San Antonio’s first Little Free Library. Located at 816 South Colorado, the Little Free Library will allow book lovers to share, swap, and borrow books for free. Part of a worldwide movement initiated by Todd Bol, Little Free Libraries offer communities free...
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Damien Velasco, founder of Sharpen Up Graphics, got the idea from novelty shirts. But he never saw it done for a sports team before. “I wanted something that was going to be unique and get the fans as close as possible to the Spurs,” Velasco said. And that’s exactly what happened during a fateful...
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People are “genuinely afraid” of how the Texas Legislature treats women, said state Sen. Kirk Watson (D-Austin) in an impassioned speech just before the Republican-dominated Senate, in a 20-10 vote, sailed through a measure that would shut down all but five abortion clinics in the state. Watson requested his colleagues remember the day they...
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Over 100 games into this NBA season, who knew that the Miami Heat’s least valuable player was LeBron James’ headband? Utterly stymied for a full three quarters of Game 6 of the NBA Finals by the Spurs’ peculiar defensive tag team of Boris Diaw and Kawhi Leonard, James chucked his headband, flexed his receding...
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Via Kix and the City and the Miami New Times, a leak of the sock-liner of the proposed — “proposed” being the operative word — new Nike LeBron X Low, which very clearly states that we should just call off tonight’s game, as well as Game 7, because LeBron and the Heat have already won...
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Jordan Mackey has been named executive chef at Las Ramblas in Hotel Contessa. Prior to joining the River Walk restaurant, Mackay was executive chef and food and beverage director for the River Terrace Inn and Restaurant Cuvee in Napa, California. A graduate of New England Culinary Institute, Mackey has held similar positions at Seattle, Miami, Naples,...
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Girl in a Coma Singer Nina Díaz' Spiritual Makeover Music: “What’s up with Nina?” I asked Faith Radle, Girl in a Coma’s manager, looking at the band’s lead singer, Nina Díaz. It was pouring rain... By Enrique Lopetegui 6/19/2013
SB5: Dead Anti-Abortion Bills See New Life In Special Session News: Just when we thought we evaded a round of draconian abortion bills proposed during the surprisingly quiet 83rd Texas Legislative regular session, Gov. Rick Perry... By Mary Tuma 6/19/2013
2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List Best of 2012: 2012 Best of San Antonio Food Winners List 4/25/2012
Kanye West's 'Yeezus': Batty Narcissism or Legitimate Art? Aural Pleasure Review: “When you get something that has the name Kanye West on it, it’s supposed to be pushing the furthest possibilities,” West recently told... By M. R. Brown 6/18/2013
Best Beer Selection Best of SA 2012: There are times at the Flying Saucer that frequent flyers need to be told to fasten their seat belts because they're in for a taste explosion. Even those who have... 4/25/2012
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