Oh.My.Gosh! What a fun trip!!
We had the opportunity to head out to Texas to visit some awesome friends, Mathis & Nicki. We were so excited for the trip but I was OVER THE MOON when we got a package from them 2 days before we left with a Travel Itinerary of all the things we were going to do and see and most importantly, EAT while we were there. It also had the Texas Monthly magazine for us to get caught up on everything Texas before we got there. It was so amazing and so thoughtful for them to do that!
So on Friday night, we headed south to Charlotte so we could catch out flight early Saturday morning. We had the chance to go to dinner with Joel & Leigh and the girls to celebrate Joel's 40th birthday that was coming up on Monday. Even though we hit a LOT of traffic on the way down, we were still about to meet them at the Penguin Drive-In downtown for dinner. This place is so much fun and I am so glad we had a little time to hang out with them.
Saturday morning came early and thankfully we didn't have any issues with flights! We landed in San Antonio around 10 that morning and we hit the ground running! We headed immediately to THE place to see in San Antonio, The Alamo. Jed has always wanted to go to the Alamo because of Pee-Wee Big Adventure. He always wanted to go into the basement to get Pee-Wee's bike, but just like in the movie, we learned that there is no basement of the Alamo but Jed wanted disappointed for long. As we were headed to our next stop, Jed got to meet The Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart. He was over the moon when he got to get a picture with him!
Our next stop was the Riverwalk. This area is so much fun and Mathis & Nicki were gracious enough to be total tourists and get on the Riverboat so we could float down the river and learn all about the area. It was really interesting for me to learn that and see all of it from a boat.
After all the morning excitement, we headed to lunch at La Margarita's and had a chance to catch up with Mathis & Nicki before running again. We were able to walk though a ton of markets and shopping areas. The stuff was great but I wasn't ready to get anything yet since we had tons of shopping time ahead of us.
We spent the afternoon shopping and siteseeing. Mathis took us by where he worked, different areas of San Antonio and even made a trip to a wall of graffiti so we could get another picture on our bathroom wall.
After all of our touring around, it was time to slow down the pace. We stopped for happy hour for a few drinks before our dinner reservation. They found this way cool place that has the longest wooden bar in Texas called The Esquire Tavern. It was right on the Riverwalk. We weren't able to sit overlooking the river but I think we had a lot better seats to get the real atmosphere of the restaurant and we watched the Baylor Bears upset Kansas in basketball!
We had tackled a lot today so we decided to call it an evening after dinner but we had a great time exploring San Antonio.
Next Up: Gruene & the Gossip Brunch w/Texas Twist
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