Archive for the 'Social' Category
Las Nuevas Tamaleras
The Susan G. Komen Foundation San Antonio Chapter held a fundraiser this holiday season by selling tickets to the play “Las Nuevas Tamaleras.” Since the play mostly attracted women, I decided to take my mom, my sister and my grandmothers. Although they all had been a few times in previous years, this was my first […]
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San Antonio’s very own Poker Superstar
The Jewish Community Center on the northwest side of San Antonio held their 3rd annual Texas Hold Em Tournament this past weekend. It was a big turn out with 90 participants all playing for the grand prize of a seat to the World Series of Poker MAIN EVENT, a value of $10,000. After 7 grueling […]
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Chalk It Up
Today was the 4th annual Chalk It Up festival, put on by Artpace, held on Houston street in downtown San Antonio. This was my first year attending and I really enjoyed it. Houston Street is closed off to allow various artists sketch and showcase their art. There are chosen professional artists to be part […]
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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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WordPress in San Antonio
So Automattic is a customer of ServerBeach/A PEER 1 Company (where I am currently employed). Automattic is more widely know for the development of WordPress. Barry Abrahamson, an Automattic employee and a native San Antonian, was visiting from San Francisco along with his colleague, Andy Skelton, also an Automattic employee, visiting from Austin, Texas. Andy’s […]
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Margaritas gone bad
We checked out the Margarita Pour Off this past weekend. Margarita Pour Off is an event held in Sunken Gardens where various vendors showcase their margaritas for taste testing. It is sponsored by a local radio station, 99.5 Kiss and this year was the 25th anniversary. This was my first time attending and it will […]
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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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National Night Out
Today was the 24th Annual National Night out. It was originated to help prevent drug and crime in neighborhoods. Our neighborhood took part in this event. Someone in the neighborhood volunteers to host the gathering in their front yard. We had ice cream and drinks and socialized with the neighbors.
I think it is so important […]
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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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