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Henry Rayburn: Gone, Far Too Soonnew

The loss of Henry Rayburn — artist, architect, activist, volunteer, world traveler, and world-class charmer — is a shock to the art community, the LGBT community, as well as his many family members and friends.
San Antonio Current  |  Sarah Fisch  |  02-04-2009  |  Art

2008 Riesling Reduxnew

My editor hates lists -- or so she says. So this will be a list disguised as a resolution: I hereby resolve to learn more about German and Alsatian wines in 2009. Yes, I'm as daunted as you are.
San Antonio Current  |  Ron Bechtol  |  12-18-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Omniboire: Washington Merlotsnew

A long growing season with warm daytime and cool nighttime temperatures gives Washington merlots from both banks of the Columbia River a certain advantage over Bordeaux, with its notoriously fickle weather -- though the two regions are located at the same latitude.
San Antonio Current  |  Ron Bechtol  |  10-29-2008  |  Food+Drink

Value Vino: Fine Wines for Hard Timesnew

It's ironic, given the recent massive bailout of Wall Street in the guise of making nice to Main Street, that some of the best advice on inexpensive wines should come from The Wall Street Journal.
San Antonio Current  |  Ron Bechtol  |  10-22-2008  |  Food+Drink

Is Simplicity and Efficiency Behind the Rise of Texting?new

Why are text messages becoming more popular than voice communications? Being a scientist, the concept of parsimony -- in a general sense, following the path of least resistance -- came to mind.
San Antonio Current  |  Carlos Bergfeld  |  10-08-2008  |  Tech

Homemade Pozole is Time-Consuming, but Worth the Effortnew

Being a huge fan of grits, it came as no surprise to me that when I finally sat down in front of a bowl of pozole, I pigged out -- as if it and I had known each other our whole lives and were not meeting for the first time, but rather old friends catching up. With recipe.
San Antonio Current  |  Burgin Streetman  |  10-08-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Art and Propaganda of World War Inew

Together with Frank Faulkner, Allison Hays Lane has been assembling The Winds and Words of War for more than two years. The exhibition travels on to Chicago at the end of October, and will be memorialized in a book from Seattle's Marquand Press.
San Antonio Current  |  Sarah Fisch  |  10-01-2008  |  Art

Wines of the Southern Cotes du Rhonenew

Red wines of the Cotes du Rhone, especially those from the southern end of the valley, have long been personal favorites, but I didn't know why until I read the following recently: Wines of the Rhone "offer an animalistic sort of pleasure" and "put us in touch with our primitive selves."
San Antonio Current  |  Ron Bechtol  |  09-24-2008  |  Food+Drink

Spittin' Game: Too Human and Rock Band 2new

Too Human is friendly to role-playing newbies while Rock Band 2 adds a few tracks for everyone.
San Antonio Current  |  Jeremy Martin  |  09-24-2008  |  Video Games

Clothes-minded: Ryann Wayke Denimnew

The return of fall is the return of denim.
San Antonio Current  |  Leigh Baldwin  |  09-24-2008  |  Fashion

San Antonio's Best-loved Burgersnew

Soldiering through the city to profile 25 burgers.
San Antonio Current  |  Staff  |  09-17-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Science and Force of Ass-kickingnew

A title like Star Wars: The Force Unleashed treats power like the gaming equivalent of $57 million in pure Palin Alaskan pork barrel--an unexpectedly generous switch for a developer like LucasArts.
San Antonio Current  |  Aaron R. Conklin  |  09-17-2008  |  Video Games

Montezuma's Sweet Revengenew

Or, how I ate my way through San Miguel and only died once.
San Antonio Current  |  Burgin Streetman  |  09-10-2008  |  Food+Drink

The Traditional Vietnamese Noodle Soup is Easy to Fake at Homenew

Pho, a brothy soup of rice noodles and beef, was created about 100 years ago in northern Vietnam. It's pronounced like "fur" without the "r," though it's often mistakenly called "faux."
San Antonio Current  |  Ari LeVaux  |  08-06-2008  |  Food+Drink

Spittin' Game: Unreal Tournament 3 and Guitar Hero: Aerosmithnew

Exploring space marines and the white-trash version of the Rolling Stones.
San Antonio Current  |  Jeremy Martin  |  07-30-2008  |  Video Games

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