Archive for the 'Culture' Category
Adventures in Toronto
I am visiting Toronto, Canada this week. PEER 1 was hosting a leadership meeting and a customer event here. I arrived Monday and will stay until Sunday. PEER 1 activities for the week have ended and what a memorable time it was. The other half of the trip is for personal vacationing. I will note […]
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Viewing of the 48 hour films at the Alamo Drafthouse
So I went to check out the final films of the San Antonio 48 hour film project at the Alamo Drafthouse. The Alamo Drafthouse is a cool place to watch movies because it has a bar and you can order food and drinks during the movie. They also show old school movies such as the […]
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San Antonio’s 1st annual 48 hour Film Project
Travis Thomsen, co-worker of mine and who I have mentioned before in my blog, is a free lance film director. He will be part of the 1st annual 48 hour film project in San Antonio. The 48 hour film project is an international event that started back in 2001. The kick off is […]
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1 down, 6 more to go
I realize this comes a little late but I wanted to mention that Chichen Itza is one of the new 7 wonders of the world. There was the first ever global election of the new 7 wonders of the world and they were announced on 7/7/2007. Pretty cool, huh? So once you visit one, it’s […]
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We didn’t want your heart in San Antonio anyways
So this Austin Intern, Steven Stein, decides he wants to bash San Antonio on his blog. After only one weekend visit and viewing less than 1% of the city, he thinks he knows San Antonio. Let me just counter some of his comments:
1) His comment: San Antonio’s much-ballyhooed River Walk reminded […]
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Only in San Antonio
Here is a sign hanging in San Antonio, Texas. “Go es-Spurs Go” If you are from here, you will understand, well most of you. Some of us San Antonians have this certain speech going on, it’s a mixture of Spanish and English, Spanglish. We put “es” at the beginning of every word or […]
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Botero in San Antonio
The San Antonio Museum of Art is exhibiting the work of Fernando Botero this summer. Botero is probably the most famous living Latin American artist. He is noted for his what I like to call “chubby” figures in his artwork. I really enjoy Botero’s artwork because of the color and culture each piece holds. I […]
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Telenovelas, not just for Latin Americans
If you are from San Antonio, you most likely know what novelas are. They are those Spanish soap operas that majority of Spanish-speaking individuals follow. Although, I never really watched them growing up, I just remember them being so popular and those that did watch them were attached. Novelas are the strongest selling point […]
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Hispanic Television: English vs. Spanish
I wanted to bring up a topic I found interesting regarding the largely growing Hispanic population in the United States and how this is affecting the television industry.
As you may know, Univision is a television network that owns and operates 18 full-power and 8 low-power stations all across the US and 2 in Puerto Rico. […]
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