The Era of Big Has Arrived in San Antonio
Growing up, I didn’t think big. I think a lot of us in San Antonio carry that, whether we realize it or not. I grew up in an inner-city neighborhood where most of my world existed within about a five-block radius. I didn’t get on a plane until I was 18. My life felt small, […]
I Could Live Anywhere: Chef Danny Parada, Director of Restaurants at Pullman Market
There’s a certain warmth to San Antonio that reveals itself slowly. It lives in long dinners that stretch late into the evening. In the way food becomes the ultimate unifier. In the feeling that the best gatherings are multi-generational, where extra chairs get pulled up so everyone can sit at the table together. After years […]
The Visitor’s River
Part 2 of a four-part Urban Nerd series exploring the three distinct personalities of the San Antonio River Walk. I’m embarrassed to admit this now, but for a long time, I had a terrible attitude about the River Walk. Not the whole thing. Just the part I thought didn’t belong to me. I saw the […]
I Could Live Anywhere: Daniela Oliver de Portillo, Multidisciplinary Artist
I never planned to root my artistic life in San Antonio. What began as circumstance has grown into a deep appreciation for the creative life this city makes possible. Since moving here in 2002 from Mexico City, I have lived and worked in San Antonio continuously, while traveling frequently to Mexico. Over the years I […]
I Could Live Anywhere: Inside Kelly O’Connor’s San Antonio Home Studio
San Antonio has given me something rare as an artist: the space to grow. Space to carve out a studio, space to raise a family, and space to experiment without fear. My practice is about piecing fragments together—collage, found images, bits of history and memory—and this city has allowed me to weave those fragments into […]
A Vote for San Antonio’s Future—Go Spurs Go
As we enter the final days of early voting, San Antonio stands at a crossroads that will define our downtown for generations to come. From the vantage of the Market Street Bridge, you’re able to look down on a simple yet stirring message painted atop our umbrellas: “Go Spurs Go.” It’s a statement of solidarity […]
This Isn’t About An Arena. It’s About A Mindset
Disclaimer: Dax has served for 6 years as a board member of Spurs Give, the non-profit of the San Antonio Spurs. This November, San Antonio faces a defining choice: whether to extend hotel and rental-car taxes to help fund a new Sports & Entertainment District downtown. It’s a decision about more than a venue; it’s […]
A Love Letter from San Antonio, for San Antonio
San Antonio is standing at a crossroads, and I fear too few of us understand just how important and fragile this moment is. The decision we make on the future of our downtown arena is not just about basketball, and not just about billionaires—it is about who we are, how we see ourselves, and whether […]
Urban Momentum: Southtown Aldea
Would you like to see the San Antonio of the future? I can show it to you today. Meet Southtown Aldea, a bold new development reshaping the edge of downtown San Antonio. Just across the street from Hemisfair, at the intersection of Lavaca and César E. Chávez, Southtown Aldea is stepping into one of the […]
Places to Beat the Heat in the Urban Core (Family & Kids Edition)
Summer in San Antonio doesn’t ask permission. It just shows up—with 100-degree days, sunbaked sidewalks, and the quiet hum of parents thinking, how are we going to survive this with kids? Fortunately, you don’t have to leave the urban core to find a little relief. Scattered across the city are thoughtfully designed spaces where families […]