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10 Dec, 2007

Las Nuevas Tamaleras

Posted by: Angela In: Art| Culture| Family| Food| Social

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 [...]

23 Oct, 2007

San Antonio’s very own Poker Superstar

Posted by: Angela In: Family| Random| Social

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 [...]

13 Oct, 2007

Chalk It Up

Posted by: Angela In: Art| Culture| Social

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 [...]

28 Sep, 2007

Adventures in Toronto

Posted by: Angela In: Art| Business| Culture| Environment| Social| Technology| Travel

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 [...]

04 Sep, 2007

WordPress in San Antonio

Posted by: Angela In: Business| Social| Technology

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 [...]