San Antonio, TX

I never would have thought that San Antonio is as great as it is, unless I was on tour. I can't think of any reason I would go there otherwise- you don't think of it as a "vacation spot", and I don't know anyone who lives around there.

I LOVED IT!!! First off, our theatre was amazing. Sometimes we luck out and perform in really old, restored theatres that have so much character. This was no exception. The only strange part about it was that I had to set up merchandise for the show IN the actual theatre. There was no lobby. We were super busy there, and it was hard to work in the dark once the show started. Our props girl gave me a super cool headlamp that I wore to count money. I felt like I was going down into the mines or something.

San Antonio is best known for two things: the Alamo, and the Riverwalk. I had this whole Riverwalk pictured in my head before we got there. It would be a large river with barges on it and stores up and down a sidewalk. I could not have been more wrong! It was this quaint three mile beautifully landscaped shallow river that flows through the city. Darrel, myself and our friend Jayson took a Riverwalk Cruise on Sunday morning. I won't bore you with the history of the river, but we learned so much, and then enjoyed a nice brunch at one of the many restaurants that line the river.

The Alamo was a disappointment. It is super small, and doesn't seem to be run very well. The area around it has turned "Niagara"- Ripley's Believe it or Not, Guinness Book of Records Museum, and a bunch of other junk. I'm not really into the Westerns, but everyone said that it looks about five times bigger on the silver screen than it does in real life. My closest relationship with the Alamo is Pee-Wee Herman, so I was not too disturbed by this.


The last night, a few of us went to this Mexican place I read about in my trustworthy 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. It's been open 24/7 since 1941! Their prices were great (the Riverwalk is a tourist trap and expensive), their decorations were over the top, and it was in an area of town we had not seen yet. I forgot my camera, but here is the website: Mi Tierra.

If I ever have the chance to go back, I will be there in a heartbeat!