A Weekend In San Antonio.



This was the original entrance to the first Pig Stand in San Antonio, which was the first car hop/drive through in the United States!



San Antonio-based Pig Stands have been a landmark since 1921, and the original Pig Stand is considered America's first drive-through. The restaurant, owned by Richard Hailey, was one of the first eateries to use neon lighting and to have air-conditioning. The chain had about 100 stores in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Now it's down to one — the original restaurant on Broadway.

So I think this is the one we ate at Friday night after the WEBB Party, a huge AIDS services fund raiser that we went to earlier.

My nephew, (Bill's nephew, but mine by adoption..) and I went back to pose at the old site... well we just had to

Bill's sister, Ryan's mom was the head of one of the historical parades for Fiesta, so I got to attend a special class for people who would ride Segways in the parade.


YIKES! It was harder than I thought it would be, but very interesting and I could see how it would get easier by the minute. Another thirty minutes and I could have done it in fabulous drag!



Ryan liked this wall painting that was on the wall by the old Pig Stand.

Why is there a flying policeman? Nobody knows. It's one of those San Antonio things.

I really like San Antonio. Lots of space, (the city almost fills Bexar County, which is a little bigger than Isreal!) andlots of culture. Some very good theater, (like that local production of Cabaret that we went to!) and lots of great restaurants and bars. It's pretty good place to live if you love food; lots of ethnic places that are great and of course, an amazing amount of Tex-Mex and true Mexican food.

I had a fabulous time!

Cabaret

Saturday night we saw a local production of Cabaret and it was extremely good. The stage version is much darker and intense than the film version and there are some good songs that didn't make it into the movie. The cast was very good and the guy who played the M C was amazing!

This all happened in a one hundred seat theater with a $20 ticket price, but then, I've always been delighted with the theater experiences that I've had in San Antonio.
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The Pig Stand!

OMG! We are at a place czlled The Pig Stand! And it's car night! The parking lot is full of lowriders!
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The Webb Party

I'm at the Webb party in San Antonio, it's a huge AIDS services fund raiser, lot's of fun! i'm with Sue and Ryan and we're headed for the Bonhome after party next.
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Alec Baldwin

While in line to board the plane just now, they played the Alec Baldwin phone tape where he is scolding daughter. Everyone thought it was very funny and sympathy seemed to be on his side.

it is a shame that he and his ex are having such a nasty time, but should this be a major news story?
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Now I am waiting a very long time for I tunes to update.
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Well. Now see here, there is a way for me to blog from my phone.

Still not sure why....
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Calling All Angels.

Back when Bill was dying, I used to listen to this song by Jane Siberry and K.D Lang a lot; it was important to me then, it was a balm to my heart. I listened to it over and over and over...

So, why am I thinking of this song again now? There are several reasons.

First, I think, is that I have just come out of a terrible fog; my allergies, always to tree pollen and usually in control in 2 or 3 or so weeks went on for two months and got worse every week. I kept thinking, "Well, this is it, next week I'll be better."

But it didn't get better, it got worse, and then worser. In fact, it got to the point that I didn't understand how bad it was. I was living in a total fog. I did fine at work, in fact very well, but the rest of my life was a blurr. I finally saw a doctor, got a shot and some medicine and suddenly, I was back on earth! Looking back on the time before the doctors appointment, well, I can't really imagine how I got through that time; I was soooo far out of reality, deprived of sleep and just plain sick, like all of the time.

How did it get so wierd? Well, just day by day; after a while you just don't notice how bad it's gotten. I decided to get a Kenalog shot, which is a steroid. Someone said, "OMG! That's a steroid!" And I thought, in my intense misery that I would gladly purchase this drug in a parking lot if necessary.

I went to an allergist, got that shot and an antihistamine that seems to be working O.K. and a wildly expensive nasal spray. I also had a very serious sinus infection; I had no real idea how bad. The antibiotic that I took knocked me out for 12 hours.

So, now it's all much better. Not all gone, but very much better. I am going back to the allergist to do the immunotherapy shots; once a week I get an injection of what I am allergic to, each week in slightly higher dose I can tolerate the local air. This takes months of weekly injections, but it worked very well for me 15 years ago, so I am going to do it. There's no way I can go through another season like this one. (The funny thing is that the dessert is supposed to be an allergy clear zone, but so many trees were planted here that are not supposed to be here that it is much worse).

So, during my foggy time, I woke up every ninety minutes or so, and there was Bill, in my dreams, no surprise really there.

Now here's another thing. Next Friday, I am going to San Antonio for a weekend and Of course, I will be seeing Sue, Bill's sister. It's Fiesta time in San Antonio, and Danny, my hair guy in S.A. and a friend of Sue's is a sponsor of a big AIDS Services fund raiser at the Museum of Modern Art. So, I am going to be there and there's no way that the past won't come floating in. The theme is A night in Oz and you would think that I could easily find a black t-shirt with the letters O Z on it, but no! I will try to make one tonight and see if CafePress can get it to me by Thursday.

So the good news is.... I am loving my job again and doing very well at it again, not that it ever got noticeably bad. I am going to start teaching cheese classes; I realized that I can talk without notes or rehearsal for about an hour non stop, so why not just do it? I'll do TV again, if it's offered.

Late June, I'll be spending a week with my family on Cape Cod, not too near Province Town, but not that far away either. We will probably do a trip to Martha's Vineyard to see the oldest carrousel in the U.S., which will make me totally wet. It will be a full week and I am so ready for it! I love the time I get to spend with my family, and especially the time I get to spend with my Dad because there is little enough left ot that.

In the meantime, things are fine. Luca and I didn't make to the pig races at the Clark County Fair; the weather was nasty, a rare occurance, and that was enough to cancel the trip.

Cheers, and happy times!