San Antonio is in the heart

Yes, I know it’s the tourism board’s sentimental slogan, and I am now nowhere near the River Walk, 700 miles to the south in Mexico City. But nostalgia dies hard, especially when it comes to San Antonio, and so I was pleased to be asked to write a story about my former hometown for the Houston Chronicle. The story appears in today’s travel section. San Antonio Express-News travel readers will get a treat from my former Houston Chronicle colleague, Harry Shattuck, detailing some of the finer points of the Bayou City.

Here’s a little taste of my San Antonio story, together with a slide show and a link to the full story, for those who don’t have access to today’s Chronicle. If you’d like to see more of my San Antonio ramblings, click here for a beyond-the-Alamo tour guide.

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More to love in the Alamo City

If you liked San Antonio before, get ready.

The Alamo City is just about to give you a whole lot more to love.

From the revitalized Main Plaza at the heart of the city to the restored Mission Concepción in the south, from the newly polished gem of a Japanese Garden in Brackenridge Park to the hip and happening Pearl Brewery complex, there’s already more to see in San Antonio than you may have suspected.

The city’s crown jewel — the famed River Walk — is undergoing a $384.5 million expansion that will increase its reach by several orders of magnitude. This 13-mile linear parkway is unfolding in stages until late 2013, transforming a neglected, weed-choked drainage ditch into a word-class attraction. In the process, the project is transforming the city itself.


Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.


Comments

2 responses to “San Antonio is in the heart”

  1. Loved your article in the chronicle. Is there a way I can share your flickr photos if I credit them to you? I tried to click on share this but the authorization kep timing out.
    I also have a travel blog for my RV park in San Antonio and haven’t had chance to get downtown to take my own. Yours are beautiful. I DID link to your article on my travel fan page on Facebook, Hidden Valley RV Park. Really makes me want to get downtown quick and see it all…if I can ever get away from business. I guess that’s a good sign.

    1. Thanks so much for asking, Teri. You’re welcome to use the photos, and many thanks for offering to give me credit – not everyone does!
      At the same time, I would like to invite you to check out the site that details my latest adventure, The Esperanza Project. It’s a multilngual, multinational, multimedia project that is completely funded by myself and individual contributions. If you find it worthwhile, it would be great if you could make a tax-deductible contribution here to help offset our costs.
      Mil gracias!

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