It's certainly time for a more normal, pleasant sort of news.
I drove down to San Antonio Friday morning to get my hair done. Now, this might seem a bit much, even though S.A. is only about 70 minutes away, but you have to understand that Danny, who first did cut and color for me when I was still on the road and had no home to call my own, did such a fantastic job that I just had to return. Danny's brilliant and a very nice guy.
Of course, this is also where Sue and Ryan live, so it wasn't just for the hair... Ryan met me at Danny's place and we went to lunch at Teka Molina, one of my favorite Mex lunch places in San Antonio. We did some shopping downtown and then picked Sue up after work. We did some more shopping and walked the RiverWalk some, which I hadn't done for a while. All very nice. I got a belt in the Mercado and found some Mexican tin cutout things that I liked for the bathroom wall and some Day of the Dead skull necklaces to replace the one I lost in New Orleans. Then we ate at the Liberty Bar, which you can see in the pic above, (Ryan is on the corner). This place has a very eclectic menu, but all of it is very good. The building is amazing! As you can see, it leans to one side and inside there is not one wall that is parallel to another. The floor slopes to one side, each of the walls to another. It's been around for over twenty years, when a gay couple decided to go into the restaurant biznez and it's been consistantly loved by the locals ever since. This place is a treasure and I love it!
This afternoon, (Saturday) we went to the Mission San Jose, where they were having a folk art event with a lot of lovely stuff to see. The things that I liked were priced a bit above my budget, but the mission is quite beautiful.
This last pic is of my nephew Ryan, playing the harmonica...
After that, we went to the SouthTown arts district and walked around, visiting the shops and galleries there. The stuff was really good and interesting; lots of Day of the Dead stuff and you can't throw a dead cat without hitting some kind of Frida Kahlo artifact. Just a lot of really nice art and collectibles, all of it rather unique. This one artist, Oscar Garcia, I might buy something of his... it was a really fine afternoon. I really like San Antonio; the downtown area is kind of deserted looking, not a lot of people live there, but there are so many really amazing things to look at; there's a lot of culture there that's from there, the area is devoid of influences from outside.
I got back to Austin about 7:30 PM and spent some time checking up on my online biz. Happy Birthday today to Pebs! (We will have a belated birthday breakfast with luca on Tuesday sometime after arriving in Vegas. Pebs and I are on the same plane from Denver).
These last 48 hours were a welcome change to my recent state of mind and I am looking forward to next weeks road trip from Vegas to California and back.
I totally need this right now.
durlx
I drove down to San Antonio Friday morning to get my hair done. Now, this might seem a bit much, even though S.A. is only about 70 minutes away, but you have to understand that Danny, who first did cut and color for me when I was still on the road and had no home to call my own, did such a fantastic job that I just had to return. Danny's brilliant and a very nice guy.
Of course, this is also where Sue and Ryan live, so it wasn't just for the hair... Ryan met me at Danny's place and we went to lunch at Teka Molina, one of my favorite Mex lunch places in San Antonio. We did some shopping downtown and then picked Sue up after work. We did some more shopping and walked the RiverWalk some, which I hadn't done for a while. All very nice. I got a belt in the Mercado and found some Mexican tin cutout things that I liked for the bathroom wall and some Day of the Dead skull necklaces to replace the one I lost in New Orleans. Then we ate at the Liberty Bar, which you can see in the pic above, (Ryan is on the corner). This place has a very eclectic menu, but all of it is very good. The building is amazing! As you can see, it leans to one side and inside there is not one wall that is parallel to another. The floor slopes to one side, each of the walls to another. It's been around for over twenty years, when a gay couple decided to go into the restaurant biznez and it's been consistantly loved by the locals ever since. This place is a treasure and I love it!
This afternoon, (Saturday) we went to the Mission San Jose, where they were having a folk art event with a lot of lovely stuff to see. The things that I liked were priced a bit above my budget, but the mission is quite beautiful.
This last pic is of my nephew Ryan, playing the harmonica...
After that, we went to the SouthTown arts district and walked around, visiting the shops and galleries there. The stuff was really good and interesting; lots of Day of the Dead stuff and you can't throw a dead cat without hitting some kind of Frida Kahlo artifact. Just a lot of really nice art and collectibles, all of it rather unique. This one artist, Oscar Garcia, I might buy something of his... it was a really fine afternoon. I really like San Antonio; the downtown area is kind of deserted looking, not a lot of people live there, but there are so many really amazing things to look at; there's a lot of culture there that's from there, the area is devoid of influences from outside.
I got back to Austin about 7:30 PM and spent some time checking up on my online biz. Happy Birthday today to Pebs! (We will have a belated birthday breakfast with luca on Tuesday sometime after arriving in Vegas. Pebs and I are on the same plane from Denver).
These last 48 hours were a welcome change to my recent state of mind and I am looking forward to next weeks road trip from Vegas to California and back.
I totally need this right now.
durlx
posted by durlx at 11/12/2005 11:26:00 PM
5 Comments:
Love, love, loved the Liberty when we were there several years ago! Even though we'd had a big lunch on the River Walk and weren't really hungry, we ordered drinks and killed a couple of baskets of bread. I was jealous of the people around us who had appetites. And the restroom was an experience. Three sheets to the wind and sailing at a steep angle. *L*
Very glad you had a good time there. You surely deserve it.
Oops. That was me, the Regal Beagle
2 me the liberty loox like a st charles car whirring down the neutral ground at 11pm on a slightlee electric saturday night. but i've not seen very much of the world
The building is so warped, that it's a bit disorienting. I can't imagine getting drunk in there and maintaining balance.
This daytime picture shows the cant of the building. Compare the right side edge of the computer screen with the right side edge of the building. It's not just the photo angle. It's the real angle of the building!
http://www.relationalgovernance.com/gallery/0303sanant/030330_libertybar_1445_sg_rg.html
Balance? Who said anything about balance?! *L*
The Regal Beagle
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