All Wheels Welcome: Inside San Antonio’s Slow Sunday Motor Club
Between the church bells and train horns of a Sunday morning in downtown San Antonio, there is another sound echoing down E. Houston Street, for those who know to listen for it. From far and wide, every week, cars of this decade and ones long past hum their way to Estate Coffee. Settled evenly between […]
The Quiet Giant: In His Own Words
Part Four of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant, the final installment, a candid Q and A with Pat Matthews on venture capital, ambition, geography, and San Antonio’s place in the startup world. In Part 1, “The Quiet Giant: The Unlikely Path to Venture Capital,” we saw how a kid from Virginia […]
The Active River
Article 4 of a four-part Urban Nerd series exploring the three distinct personalities of the San Antonio River Walk. One of the reasons I have such strong opinions about the River Walk is simple. I have lived on or next to all three of its personalities: the Visitor’s River, the Local’s River, and now the […]
What Would San Antonio Be Without Public Art?
If San Antonio Lost Its Color Presented in partnership with the City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture San Antonio would feel emotionally unrecognizable without color. Imagine driving into downtown beneath gray concrete overpasses stripped of their painted murals. Imagine Southtown without walls layered in color and storytelling. Imagine the River Walk without […]
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, […]
Texas Fashion Week 2026: The Looks, Designers, and Ideas Shaping San Antonio’s Creative Future
From The Monarch and Frost Tower to the Historic Westside, Texas Fashion Week showcased the creativity, community, and cultural momentum driving a new era of fashion in San Antonio and across Texas. Texas Fashion Week 2026 showcased a new generation of designers turning ambitious ideas into reality. Across the week’s presentations, collections ranged from bold […]
The Local’s River
Article 3 of a four-part Urban Nerd series exploring the three distinct personalities of the San Antonio River Walk. In 2017 I bought a house in Tobin Hill that I probably had no business buying. It was rough, the kind of house where even the listing photos seemed to be warning you about the foundation. […]
The Quiet Giant: The ProsperOps Bet
Part Three of a four-part Urban Nerd series on The Quiet Giant – how Active Capital is pulling off the most unlikely venture story in Texas. One of the things I love about the Rackspace network is that it never really goes away. Rackers are scattered across the tech industry. Some have started companies. Some […]
Where San Antonio Is Watching the Spurs Right Now
As the Urban Nerd, I normally spend most of my time talking about downtown, walkability, urban districts, and the city core. But I wanted to break from that a little for this article because one of the things I love most about the Spurs is that they are one of the rare things in San […]
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 […]