For starters, every day I try to start it off by patronizing an independent coffee shop. I've hit four different ones so far, and the best one I've been to so far in San Antonio was Olmos Perk, near Olmos Park. Great design for a shop, good coffee, and the internet was fast and unfiltered. In comparison, Grace Cafe, attached to a Seminary YMCA, had merely OK coffee, bland design, and an internet connection with a prudish filter.
Didn't get a shot of the Olmos Perk, but here's another cafe I visited during the SA storm last week.
After that, I start hunting for interesting things to see and do. So far, I've hit nearly every museum in San Antonio and a few of the parks besides. The Witte museum is more of a children's educational thing than an actual museum, but SAMA, the art museum, was wonderful.
I still like new art better than classic art.
I also had the chance yesterday to go out to a shooting range. It's been a few months since I've handled a firearm, but I can still shoot six inch groups at five yards with an unfamiliar weapon after I've put half a box though it. The rangemaster was also a former shooting instructor, and he ran us through some entertaining drills just for fun.
.40 S&W Sig Sauer. Plenty of kick, makes me wish I could bring a gun along for my trip if only for the chance to go plinking.
My current tentative schedule has me hanging about in SA for another two days, then heading for Austin on Thursday morning. I'll be staying with Roy, a friend from my college gaming group. And if you think of anything in SA or Austin you think I should see, let me know!
There is a cool market you could look at - text Thomas for the name of it... maybe we could go tonight.
ReplyDeleteThe gun is a Sig Sauer P239. I am not sure he was the range master, I think he is just an independent firearms instructor that recruits students for his CHL class by helping people out on the range - He is a very nice guy though.