San Antonio Museum of Art Dance March 13 2018

Food & Drink

**Start the day with donuts and breakfast tacos**

An institution in the Deco District since the 1950s, the Original Donut Shop knows the malaise of deciding between sweet and savory and makes breakfast easy by excelling in both. Arrive with a companion so 1 of you can get in line for tacos (we recommend the chorizo and egg or keeping it unproblematic with a bean and cheese) while the other heads to the second counter for donuts (you can't get wrong with apparently sugar or glazed). 3307 Fredericksburg Road, 210-734-5661

Cool Off With a Root Beer at Schilo'south

The original Schilo's opened 101 years ago, and its famous housemade root beer was born shortly afterwards when, in 1920, Prohibition forced Mrs. Schilo to convert beer kegs into root beer kegs to keep the brews coming, sans booze. It'southward still made with pure cane sugar. 424 E. Commerce St., schilos.com

Say 'Thanks' from 750 Feet Up

You'll take to wade through tourists to make information technology to the Tower of the America's Chart Business firm Eatery in time for happy hour—4:30-7 p.m., Mondays through Fridays—but it's worth the hassle. With $vii mojitos and margaritas plus $v ahi nachos and lettuce wraps, y'all tin take in a view of the city here for less than the price of a ticket to the viewing deck. 739 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., toweroftheamericas.com

Order a Fruit Cup at Los Valles

Generous portions of fresh fruit topped with lime juice and chili pulverisation from an accurate walk-upward fruit standa. Need we say more than? 3915 Nogalitos St., 210-927-9595

Attempt to Taste Every Macaron Flavor at Baker Lorraine

With new flavors daily, trying each one is a never-ending quest merely a challenge nosotros'll accept. Crafted daily from the crew led by chefs Anne Ng and Jeremy Mandrell, who trained at Thomas Keller'south Bouchon Bakery, the Parisian macarons live upward to the hype and are small plenty to easily justify having just ane every now and again. Pearl, The Rim, Medical Eye, The DoSeum, bakerylorraine.com

Know Where to Order Your Favorite Barbacoa

That in that location is such a thing as a Large Red and Barbacoa Festival (it'southward typically in May) should bespeak its importance to San Antonians. If yous don't accept a get-to for not-festival days, try El Milagrito, where the Dominicus breakfast special is huevos rancheros with barbacoa. 521 E. Woodlawn Ave., elmilagritocafe.com

Enjoy a Charcuterie plate (and support charity) at Cured

Chef Steve McHugh's restaurant is known—and named—for its cured in-firm foods, then the charcuterie plate is an obvious identify on the menu to start. The lunch, brunch and dinner charcuterie plates include items that have been cured between 30 days and a twelvemonth, cheese options that modify daily based on availability and Brewer'south Crackers. Plus, Cured donates a dollar from every plate purchased to a charity that rotates each calendar month, including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Club since McHugh is a non-Hodgkin lymphoma survivor.306 Pearl Parkway, Ste. 101, curedatpearl.com

Sample Your Way Through Pearl Farmers Market

While y'all'll detect plenty of seasonal produce and local products, y'all don't have to buy veggies to savour your time here. Come up hungry and swallow your mode through the delicious food from vendors, including CrepeLandia, Yapa Artisan Empanadas and Apprehensive House Foods.303 Pearl Pkwy., atpearl.com

Stand up in Line for Barbecue at 2M Smokehouse

Pitmaster Esaul Ramos doesn't open the doors until 11 a.m., just the lines course early on—oft equally early on as 9:30 a.g. on Saturdays and x or 10:30 a.g. on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. That ways you may be in line for an hour or more earlier you become to taste the juicy brisket, housemade sausage or Sabbatum-simply beef ribs, but trust us, it's worth the wait. Think of information technology as office of the experience and make a friend who volition share their table with you when you finally get to dig in.2731 S. W.Westward. White Road, 210-885-9352, 2msmokehouse.com

Have a Beer at the Oldest VFW in Texas

Originally congenital as a home for a local family in 1904, VFW Post 76 on the River Walk has been serving veterans since 1917. It notwithstanding serves veterans, through counseling on everything from job searches to VA benefits and more, but information technology's also open up to the public so veterans and civilians tin savour a beer and alive music with a view of the river.10 tenth St., vfwpost76ontheriverwalk.org

Order Tableside Guac and a Prickly Pear Margarita at Boudro'due south

You'll know the guacamole is fresh when y'all watch the avocados diced in front end of you and combined with tomatoes, orange and lime juice, cilantro and Serrano pepper. Pair with the restaurant's signature Prickly Pear Margarita and linger on the patio to enjoy the River Walk atmosphere. 421 E. Commerce St., boudros.com

Order a Puffy Taco from Ray'south Drive Inn or Henry'due south Puffy Taco

San Antonio can thank the Lopez family for the city'south signature taco. Originated at Raymond Lopez'south Ray's Bulldoze Inn (his brother Arturo at present runs the 62-twelvemonth-former West Side spot) and recreated past Ray and Arturo'southward younger brother Henry at Henry'due south Puffy Tacos, the puffed crispy tacos have become such a miracle that the Missions minor league baseball game team has Henry the Puffy Taco mascot. Ray'due south says information technology sells more than than 500 puffy chicken, beef, bean, picadillo and fish tacos daily.Ray's Drive Inn, 822 S.W. 19th St., raysdriveinn.internet; Henry'due south Puffy Taco, 6030 Bandera Road, henryspuffytacos.com

Sip a Cocktail at the Esquire Tavern

Originally opened in 1933, this River Walk staple boasts a 100-plus-foot bar (the longest in Texas) and artfully crafted cocktails like the Texecutioner and Commerce Street (pictured here). 115 E. Commerce St., esquiretavern-sa.com

Celebrate Derby Day with a Local Spirit

Seersucker Southern Style Gin (and Cinco Vodka) host a Derby Twenty-four hours viewing party, complete with cocktails, at their South San Antonio distillery while Angle Branch Winery's Derby Extravaganza party is the place for Hill Land vino and Derby-style hats. seersuckergin.com; bending branchwinery.com

Have a Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling Tour with Col. Mac

The beer and whiskey from the squad at this "brewstillery" is certainly memorable, but it's Col. Mac—an Army veteran and the father of founder Mark McDavid—who frequently leaves the most lasting impression on guests. Call ahead to come across if he's giving the Saturday tour and annals for an afternoon of stories that will go across the local brewing process. 4834 Cyclone Drive, drinkrangercreek.com

+ Detect your favorite local beer by playing brewery bout bingo and crossing off at least a scattering of SA'due south other craft breweries—from Freetail Brewing Co. to Künstler to Alamo Beer.

Let James Beard Pick Where You Swallow

Brand reservations for dinner at Cured at Pearl, where chef/owner Steve McHugh is a three-fourth dimension finalist for the Oscars of food, the James Beard Awards (2016-18), or at Mixtli, where chefs Diego Galicia and Rico Torres were 2018 semifinalists. Other local chefs who've received semifinalist or finalist recognition in the past include Restaurant Gwendolyn'south Michael Sohocki; Jason Dady, of Tre Trattoria, 2 Bros. Barbecue and others; Andrew Weissman, whose current portfolio includes Signature, Moshe'southward and The Luxury; and Bruce Auden, of Biga on the Bank, which likewise received a recent nod for best service.

Fun

Party on a River Barge

While Get Rio's river taxi service and narrated bout are worthwhile on their own, the existent fun happens on their unique cruises. They've brought back dining experiences, with Range and Ácenar, and this summer launched fitness experiences that allow passengers to participate in yoga or cycle classes while floating. In the works are customized cultural tours that will focus on compages, horticulture, ghost stories and more. goriocruises.com

Dance to DJ tunes at Pearl Park

Audio Cream Airstream'south co-founders Danielle Collier and Andres Rizo curate lineups of DJs from San Antonio and elsewhere to bring tunes to Pearl Park each Wednesday from May through October. Even if you don't trip the light fantastic, the atmosphere is worth the trip. 303 Pearl Pwky., atpearl.com

Attend a Fitness in the Parks Class

Whether y'all're into yoga, Zumba, kickboxing, pickleball or excursion training, the urban center's Parks & Recreation Department has a class for you—and admission is always gratis. Join instructors at parks, community centers and libraries around boondocks for hundreds of classes in dozens of workout styles. In the summer, download the Fit Pass app (or pick up a paper version) and battle for prizes by earning points with each grade you take.sanantonio.gov/parksandrec

Lookout man a Motion picture with Slab Cinema

Information technology'due south been 10 years since Travis Park partnered with Angela and Rick Martinez to launch "Movies by Moonlight" each Tuesday during the summer. The couple—who got their start in San Antonio with a moving picture rental shop that occasionally showed movies exterior—have since expanded their business, Slab Movie theatre, to show films on inflatable large screens at the San Antonio Botanical Garden, Mission Marquee Plaza, several museums, Hemisfair and multiple neighborhood parks. Most of the screenings are free, picnics are welcome and the diversity of movies but continues to abound, from family-friendly flicks like Disney's CoCo and Jumanji (at Mission Marquee October. six) to classics and movies for adults, like Rear Window (at the Botanical Garden October. 26).slabcinema.com

Find Your Favorite Trail

San Antonio may be the seventh largest metropolis only it still provides endless opportunities for outdoor exploring on foot and on bike. Observe a path you tin call your become-to, whether the 2.6-mile Hillview Nature Trail at Eisenhower Park—which allows for a stop-off at the lookout tower—the Salado Creek Greenway trail that runs through McAllister Park, the 10 miles of hiking trails and Loma Country views at Friedrich Wilderness Park or the dog-friendly paved paths at Hardberger Park.sanantonio.gov/parksandrec

Schedule a Date Nighttime at Jazz, TX

The cozy cellar of Pearl's Bottling Dept. has been turned into a swanky jazz club-meets-authentic Texas trip the light fantastic toe hall—the perfect setting for a midweek or weekend appointment night. Live jazz, dejection or Texas swing is on stage each Tuesday through Sabbatum. Well-executed craft cocktails and cuisine add to the allure.312 Pearl Pkwy. Bldg. vi, Ste. 6001, jazztx.com

Celebrate a Holiday at the Zoo

Don Halloween costumes for Zoo Boo!, which includes family-style fun and trick-or-treating (no scares hither) every weekend from Sept. 22-October. 28, or make it the Christmas spirit with music, due south'mores and thousands of twinkling lights at Zoo Lights (nightly Nov. 17-Dec. 31).3903 N. St. Mary's St., sazoo.org

Cheer on a Child During Mutton Bustin'

The rules are uncomplicated: Wear a helmet and hold on tight. During each twenty-four hours of the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (Feb. 7-fourteen in 2019), the rodeo pros take a intermission and make way for 4- to 7-yr-old girls and boys to enter the AT&T Center arena. Each child is plopped atop a sheep and tasked with staying aboard the animal for at least 6 seconds. Their efforts are valiant—and ofttimes hilarious. sarodeo.com

+ If you honey the rodeo in February, get your set March through November at the Tejas Rodeo Co.'southward Saturday night rodeos and alive music. Make it early on for dinner at the Tejas Steakhouse & Saloon. tejasrodeo.com

Spend an Evening Looking for Ghosts

With 300 years of history, the Alamo City is rumored to take dozens of ghosts from centuries past. Pick from tours that include downtown walks and dinner or drinks between ghost sightings and prepare to go spooked.sistersgrimmghosttour.com, badwolfghosttours.com, alamocityghosttours.com

Observe Your Inner Kid at The DoSeum'due south ReDo Parties

These adult-only theme parties requite fun-loving grown-ups the adventure to channel their inner kid with admission to The DoSeum's interactive exhibits—including Petty Town where there'due south a mini-H-E-B and a new Whataburger food truck—plus activities and drinks. The next party is Oct. 26. 2800 Broadway, thedoseum.org

Practice Shavasana on the Hays Street Bridge

In an historic period when you lot can do yoga alongside kittens and goats, there's something to be said for the simplicity of the sunset. Join Mobile Om, which offers classes at breweries, java shops and other locations, for Wednesday or Fri evening "Vinyasa With a View" classes on the pedestrian Hays Street Bridge. Passing trains remind y'all you're practicing in the metropolis while the setting sun provides a relaxing backdrop.mobileomtx.com

Challenge Your Appointment to a Game at Hemisfair

If you visit Yanaguana Garden at Hemisfair, ane thing is certain: You will not run out of things to exercise. There are games to entertain at every plough. Let the kids roam the playground, from the big sand pit to the playscape and swings or the splash pad, while you head to the outdoor ping-pong or foosball tables or challenge your mate to a lucifer of life-sized checkers, chess or Connect Four. Advantage your efforts with a paleta from Paletería San Antonio, a local beer at Con Safos or a cold brew java from Republic Coffeehouse & Bakery. 434 S. Alamo St., hemisfair.org

Two-Step Under the Stars

The indoor shows at John T. Floore'due south Country Store have been a mainstay since the 1940s but information technology'south at the outdoor concerts behind the original shop where the true magic takes identify.14492 One-time Bandera Road, liveatfloores.com

Go Hugger-mugger at Natural Span Caverns

You'll have a whole new appreciation for rocks afterward walking 180 feet below the ground in Northeast San Antonio during Natural Bridge Caverns' Discovery Tour. See stalagmites growing upwards in various shapes from the footing and stalactites hanging in formations so beautiful they look staged during this 75-minute walk. Once you learn the basics, return for an Adventure Tour that provides the adventure to climb and clamber farther into the cave's depths. 26495 Natural Bridge Caverns Road, naturalbridgecaverns.com

Sing Along with Mariachis at Mi Tierra

You don't have to sit in the Market Square restaurant's Mariachi Bar for the gamble to be serenaded by classic mariachis. It'south the perfect spot to take out-of-boondocks visitors. Request your favorite carol and sing forth.218 Produce Row, mitierracafe.com

Ride All the Roller Coasters at Half-dozen Flags Fiesta Texas

From the sometime school favorites—Rattler (now Iron Rattler), Road Runner Express, Poltergeist—to the superhero thrillers, go your screams in on each of the coasters. The new Wonder Woman ride is a must for adrenaline junkies—the single rail coaster is the commencement of its kind in the earth and has a straight, ninety-degree drop, ii hills that afford plenty of airtime and a 180-degree stall.17000 I-10 W., sixflags.com/fiestatexas

Learn Something New…

At the San Antonio Public Library

With 29 branches and a Key Library downtown, there'south never a shortage of books and digital material. But what locals often don't realize is that each library hosts dozens of meet-ups and classes throughout the week, from computer basics and healthy cooking to foreign language and sewing. mysapl.org

In a Culinary Institute of America Kicking Camp

2- to 5-24-hour interval, hands-on cooking classes will give home chefs and kitchen newbies alike all the skills they need to turn out nearly-professional Mexican cuisine, grilled primary courses, hors d'oeuvres and more. There's even a skills development grade for parents and teens and then you can train your chef-to-be to assist with dinner subsequently schoolhouse. 312 Pearl Pkwy., Ste. 2102, enthusiasts.ciachef.edu/boot-camps

Alongside Artists at the Southwest Schoolhouse of Art

Printmaking, photography, ceramics, drawing and painting—you don't have to be working toward a career as an artist to tap into your creative side in i of the dozens of adult customs classes. swschool.org

During a Family Sleepover at SeaWorld San Antonio

Get a behind-the-scenes look at conservation efforts and watch the care routine for animals living on-site during overnight adventures meant for parents and kids (the next one, a penguin night, is November. 24). 10500 SeaWorld Bulldoze, seaworld.com/san-antonio

Arts & Culture

Accept in a Performance

San Antonians nearly learned the difficult way the importance of sustaining local arts organizations when the San Antonio Symphony threatened closure final season. The musicians have since seen an outpouring of back up and return this season with a full set of concerts at the state-of-the-art Tobin Center for the Performing Arts (showtime with The Return of Hadelich, Oct. 12-xiii) plus customs concerts meant to engage people outside of the performing arts middle. The Tobin too plays host to Ballet San Antonio (on stage Oct. xix-21 with Dazzler and the Beast), Opera San Antonio, Youth Orchestras of San Antonio (which will play Thriller in March aslope area bands) and others. Later on you've experienced the Tobin Center, reserve tickets for a more than historic theater experience at the Majestic Theatre, which hosts Broadway in San Antonio (Wicked is on stage through Oct. 14) and dozens of other touring performances. 100 Auditorium Circle, tobincenter.org; 224 E. Houston St., majesticempire.com

+ Support local actors with a show at i of SA's community theaters, including The Public Theater of San Antonio, the Woodlawn Theatre, the Magik Theatre, Archetype Theatre of San Antonio and the Overtime Theater.

Look for Fine art in Unexpected Places

The West and Eastward Sides are littered with public art—see them on a bicycle tour with San Antonio Mural Ride. The next time you're at a Spurs game, look around the AT&T Middle for more 200 pieces, including murals by locals similar Shek Vega and Cruz Ortiz. Academy Health Organisation'southward Sky Belfry features works by over 250 artists, including dozens from San Antonio. Once you first looking, yous'll see fine art all around the city. sanantoniomuralride.com; AT&T Center, ane AT&T Center Pkwy., attcenter.com; 4502 Medical Drive, universityhealthsystem.com

Spend a Day Getting Lost at the Major Museums

The art and artifacts are but the start of reasons to visit San Antonio'south major museums. Learn about dinos and Texas history at the Witte Museum, tour Marion Koogler McNay's erstwhile dwelling house-turned-modern-art-museum, view the Wild Due west through the lens of artists at the Briscoe Western Art Museum and get lost in four floors of Asian, American, European and Mediterranean collections at the San Antonio Museum of Art. Along with standard tours, each also offers dozens of special events, from film nights and toddler fourth dimension to cocktail parties and easily-on fine art classes. briscoemuseum.org, mcnayart.org, samuseum.org, wittemuseum.org

Beginning an Art Collection

Whether it's a culturally relevant print by Cruz Ortiz, a stylish Franco Mondini-Ruiz painting or a scene of everyday San Antonio life painted by Ana Fernandez, an original work created by a local creative person volition make your walls infinitely more interesting.

Do a Gallery Hop

Become a regular at Southtown'due south First Friday and Second Saturday art walks where yous can scan a wide array of art and savour alive music performances, pic screenings and free access to Blueish Star Contemporary and other art studios and galleries in the King William Historic District.Blue Star Arts Circuitous, bluestartscomplex.com

+ Once a yr, Bihl Haus Arts organizes On & Off Fredericksburg Road, which gives the public a chance to peek inside galleries and the private studios of local artists.

Attend a Creative Festival

Art festivals come in all forms hither. Artpace's Chalk it Upward! transforms Houston Street into a 1-of-a-kind art gallery total of intricate chalk murals. Luminaria, a gimmicky after-dark arts fest, takes identify each Nov. During Fiesta, the Fiesta Fine art Off-white brings in more than than 100 artists from around the country. artpace.org/chalk-it-up; luminariasa.org; swschool.org/fiestaartsfair

Larn About SA'south First Responder Heroes

Read nigh the l Medal of Honor recipients who served in the Army's medical department in a recently revamped hall at the U.Due south. Army Medical Section Museum at Fort Sam Houston. At the San Antonio Burn Museum, housed in the former cardinal fire headquarters, see artifacts and photos from over 100 years agone and let kids dress up and examination out the driver's seat of a 1953 Simms Fire Equipment Co. truck. Fort Sam Houston, ameddmuseum.amedd.regular army.mil; 801 Eastward. Houston St., sanantoniofiremuseum.org

Yell "Go Spurs Go!"

The quintessential canticle for whatever true Spurs fan—shout it from the rafters at the AT&T Center during a game, from your car after any playoff win or at the Tv set from a group watch party. spurs.com

Score actress points by giving your devotion to at to the lowest degree one other team, whether the San Antonio Rampage (the AHL affiliate of the CO Barrage), San Antonio FC or the SA Missions, which are advancing to Triple A play next year.

Know How to Go Dwelling house Without Using I-35, I-10 or 1604

If there'due south no traffic, we all know the main thoroughfares are no problem. But one fender bender and your commute home tin can go an hours-long commitment. True locals know how to avoid (or at to the lowest degree lessen) the blow with back-road routes that keep them moving.

Shout "Evidence the states Your Shoes"

Whether the Boxing of Flowers Parade that started San Antonio'southward almanac Fiesta tradition, the Fiesta Flambeau Parade or the Texas Cavaliers River Parade, experience at to the lowest degree 1 Fiesta parade and participate in the decades-long tradition of asking the royal ladies to evidence y'all their shoes, which are often glitter-covered cowboy boots, light-up flip-flops or other fun-infused footwear.fiesta-sa.org

Crack a Cascaron

Whether busting confetti-filled eggs on unsuspecting heads at NIOSA (Night in Old San Antonio) during Fiesta or gently bursting them over the heads of kids during Easter egg hunts, you're non a San Antonian until you lot've croaky a few cascarones.

Shop Local

Support your neighbors and have home unique goods from locally owned boutiques and makers. Once you lot start looking, you'll meet local shops all around town, only Pearl, Broadway, Alamo Heights and Olmos Park all boast strong communities of homegrown retailers. A few of our favorites include Roo & Me for kids, Feliz Modern for gifts and tchotchkes, Sporting District for men and Aquarius for women. rooandme.com, felizmodernistic.com, sportingdistrict.com, aquariusboutique.com

Take a Christmas Photograph in front of the North Star Mall Boots & a Jump Snap in a Field of Bluebonnets

The star-shaped white Christmas lights are on by Thanksgiving—because nothing says, "Happy Holidays from Texas" similar a photo in front of 5-ton boots. Come spring, your social media feeds will be filled with Texas' land flower. Join the fun with a photo of your kids—or your pet or yourself—plopped downwardly in a Loma Land field full of bluebonnets. North Star Mall, 7400 San Pedro Ave., northstarmall.com

Wear a Local Tee

Whether a taco-themed T-shirt past BarbacoApparel (now bachelor at select H-E-Bs), a Bexar Goods Co. design—the "Battle Your Bexar" tee featuring a boxer and a bear is a fave—or an Alamo Outdoor Co. shirt similar the "Campsite Texas Tee," y'all can literally wear your Alamo City pride on your sleeve.barbacoapparel.com, bexarappurtenances.com, alamooutdoorco.com

Host an Airman for Thanksgiving

San Antonio isn't known equally Military machine City USA just for the sheer number of military personnel living here—the moniker also comes from the Alamo City's welcoming spirit. Assist keep it going by participating in Operation Dwelling house Cooking, which pairs men or women in basic training at Articulation Base San Antonio-Lackland with families willing to add an extra place at their Thanksgiving table. Call 210-669-7067 to participate.j bsa.mil

Fully Explore the Missions

You can't split a identify from its history and that seems especially truthful in San Antonio. The Alamo is a must, but don't forget to go beyond information technology and see the other missions—Espada, San Juan, San José and Concepcion— that landed San Antonio a UNESCO World Heritage site designation in 2015. Cocky-guided or National Park Service tours are bachelor at each and there'due south a Mariachi Mass at noon each Sunday at Mission San José that acts as a cultural portal into San Antonio for visitors and tourists alike. Along with walking each mission's grounds, Peachy Bike stations at every mission allow for you to ride forth the Mission Achieve from one site to the adjacent. Paddle boarding and kayak tours also are bachelor for those who want a view of the missions from the h2o. nps.gov/saan

+ One More to See: Already explored the San Antonio Missions? Take a quick day trip to Mission Espiritu Santo in Goliad.

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