AltWeeklies Wire
Musical Gifts you Can’t go Wrong Withnew
If you want my opinion on what single musical gift you can give for Christmas, the answer is easy: the complete works by the Beatles (either the physical $200 box set or the iTunes $149 version).
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-08-2011 |
Culture
The New Hendrix App for your iPhone, iPad, and iPodnew
Every year fans from all over the world travel to Greenwood Memorial Park to celebrate Jimi Hendrix's birthday November 27.
San Antonio Current |
DeAnne Cuellar |
12-08-2011 |
Tech
Enough with the Woodland Creatures, It’s Time for Criterion and TV Bestsnew
Somebody has to say it, so I will: nobody cares about sweaters with deers and shit, OK? Mom, auntie, whoever you are: if you’re reading this, there’s a reason all the neighborhood windows glow blue at night (and it’s not the Christmas lights) — they’re getting off on someone else’s drama!
San Antonio Current |
Enrique Lopetegui |
12-08-2011 |
Culture
San Antonio Families Returning to Traditional Food Practices with ‘One Bite at a Time’new
Industrial pizza interests passed under Congress’s rod with flying colors last month and corporations like Del Monte Foods and ConAgra must be celebrating the decision to allow pizza to be considered a vegetable in the government’s school-lunch program.
San Antonio Current |
Liz Schau |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Dinner Can be a Special Projectnew
Pop-up restaurants are popular in Los Angeles and New York City. Chefs create makeshift restaurants with limited or fixed menus and open and close whenever they want.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren W. Madrid |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Fast Foodie: Café Green Teanew
Green tea has become synonymous with health in the United States. It conjures up images of meditative silences and well-worn handless teacups.
San Antonio Current |
Lauren W. Madrid |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
‘Threads for Hope’ Raises Funds for the San Antonio AIDS Foundationnew
River Walk trees danced along the water outside in reflections of their blue, red, green, and white Christmas lights. Inside, a spectacular 22-foot Christmas tree stood at the edge of the runway, but even it was eclipsed by the electrified models strutting down the catwalk.
San Antonio Current |
Desiree Prieto |
12-08-2011 |
Fashion
Blended Dispassion at Bharmacynew
So, fine, I didn't try the beer milkshake with Guinness — but think you should.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Taste this: Lemongrass Bun with Tofu and Broccoli, $6.95new
A warm bowl of bun, when the air is chilly and sky dim, is a friend indeed.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-08-2011 |
Food+Drink
Sushi, Pigtails, and Hopsnew
Who puts wasabi in beer? Brewers who are trying to pair their creations with those of a top San Antonio sushi chef.
San Antonio Current |
Travis E. Poling |
12-07-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Wasabi Beer
Best of Flash Fiction, November 2011new
Raising children, I can imagine, is always a task. But being a child is no better (or worse). Clarence Darrow’s penetrating (and obfuscating) quote wraps it up nicely: “The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children.”
San Antonio Current |
Lyle Rosdahl |
12-02-2011 |
Art
Family-Friendly Stocking Stuffersnew
Be nice to children, or it’s coal in your stocking and stones in your shoes. At your wit’s end and don’t know what to do?
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
12-02-2011 |
Art
The Best Games to Gift in Decembernew
Ask any gamer out there what the biggest problem with the holiday season is and most of them will say, "There's too many games to choose from!"
San Antonio Current |
Grayson Hamilton |
11-30-2011 |
Video Games
Baby-Bucks Bordeauxnew
If fine wine prices are an indicator of economic health, then here’s the correlation: after reaching a peak of $3,500 per bottle in mid 2008, the price of a bottle of Bordeaux’s 1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild dipped to a mere $3,300 or so in June of 2009.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
11-30-2011 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, value wine
Debora Kuetzpalin Vasquez Takes on Domestic Violencenew
The inside of the Bihl Haus gallery has been transformed into a house filled with color. Everywhere you look, bright, happy paintings cover the walls. Most are portraits of women, often paired with photographs. Between them is furniture, sometimes painted, too.
San Antonio Current |
Scott Andrews |
11-30-2011 |
Art
