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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Dec 14

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By rss@youtube.com (Naokosan) Author: Naokosan Keywords: san antonio texas TX alamo river walk boat ride christmas lights cosplay group Added: December 14, 2008

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March of 2009

 

Rate Opposition growing for Morriss/Gerault expansion

Original at scntx.com external link    Fri, Mar 13

 TX The plan is moving forward now in part because of upcoming construction at the River Walk at Central Park, a 158-acre development that includes a hospital, retail, offices and residential options, located north of FM 1171 and between Morriss and Long ...

Rate Lawsuit Stops Multi-Million Dollar "77 foot Cross" on Interstate 10 - Mass Media Distribution LLC

Original at mmdnewswire.com external link    Thu, Mar 12

Mass Media Distribution LLC (press release), FL The Garden is only 60 miles from the Alamo and San Antonio River Walk, the top two tourist attractions in Texas. Dr. Bruce Cook, a TCKF Trustee from Austin, TX recently stated: "I believe cities have a God-given destiny, just like people. ...

Rate Three more run for council as filing period closes

Original at scntx.com external link    Tue, Mar 10

 TX Hayden said another important issue to him is town development, particularly the River Walk at Central Park. “It is very difficult for developers to receive construction funding in the current environment,” he said. “With River walk being completed in ...

Rate Tribal land issues top push for Texas gambling expansion

Original at Dallas Baptist Standard external link    Tue, Mar 10

 TX While proponents of gambling expansion point to the revenue it will generate, Greg Gallaspy, executive director of a San Antonio nonprofit group called the Paseo del Rio Association that promotes and supports the River Walk, said gambling across the ...

Rate Letters: Asarco, city should work on using site

Original at El Paso Times external link    Sun, Mar 8

 TX The area between the Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino and the El Paso Town and Casino would undoubtedly create an attraction that would compare to San Antonio's River Walk. My letter is in reference to the asylum that Mexican citizens come to seek in ...

Rate Historic Pearl Brewery complex gets an extreme makeover in San Antonio

Original at Star-Telegram.com external link    Sat, Mar 7

 TX Special to the Star-Telegram/Judy Wiley SAN ANTONIO — Been to the River Walk? Done the Alamo? Well, that’s not all to see. One of the best destination cities in Texas is brewing up something new. The old Pearl Brewery property at 312 Pearl Pkwy. ...

Rate Geocaching: The new outdoor craze

Original at San Marcos Daily Record external link    Thu, Mar 5

 TX I screamed so loud I think you could have heard me all the way to the River Walk. That’s when I got hooked. I went out the next weekend and hid a cache myself. I’ve been geocaching ever since,” A cache always contains a logbook. ...

Rate Climb aboard Heartland Flyer for trip from Fort Worth to OKC

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Thu, Mar 5

 TX It's Oklahoma City's answer to Denver's LoDo, Fort Worth's Stockyards and San Antonio's River Walk. Winding through an area filled with lovely old brick buildings still bearing faded signs painted on the sides, it's a start. ...

Rate Kick back and relax as Texas Eagle rolls toward San Antonio

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Thu, Mar 5

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 TX The San Antonio River Walk is a $6 trip by cab from the train depot. A gaggle of preteen girls traverses the Texas Eagle's coaches from front to back, giggling their way south. A few more kids join them around a table in the observation car, ...

Rate Fire sweeps through Northeast Side business

Original at WOAI external link    Wed, Mar 4

 TX They have contracts, I know, for the City of San Antonio, and the River Walk. And they just made a beautiful piece for Shriner University." "They are devastated," added Zertuche. "They are trying to figure out...All their blue prints, everything in ...

February of 2009

 

Rate Pfeiffer: February brings major discomfort

Original at Carrollton Leader external link    Sat, Feb 28

 TX No pets, people, or pesky interferences, Two nights of royal treatment at a San Antonio River Walk hotel followed by two nights at a river-front log cabin in the Hill Country. No laptops, no television, no cell phone calls. Just the two of us, ...

Rate Mark Cuban criticizing the River Walk again

Original at WOAI external link    Thu, Feb 26

 TX SAN ANTONIO - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is running his mouth again about San Antonio's River Walk. Who can forget Mark Cuban this line? “We can kick their butts all the way back to that muddy *%$ thing they call a River Walk. ...

Rate Bud Kennedy: Texas wouldn't be the same without New Deal

Original at Star-Telegram.com external link    Fri, Feb 20

 TX Not only that, but imagine San Antonio without the River Walk. Imagine Texas without the $350 million in federal projects — $5 billion in today’s dollars — delivered by the New Deal through the Works Progress Administration and the park-building ...

Rate (SLIDESHOW) LV, HV, FM mayors optimistic about the future

Original at scntx.com external link    Wed, Feb 18

 TX Also, she said ground was broken for the River Walk at Central Park, which will include a Presbyterian hospital, retail shops, condominiums and other features. Costa said 2008 was a year of progress for Highland Village, with a new fire station being ...

Rate LV, HV, FM mayors optimistic about the future

Original at Lewisville Leader external link    Tue, Feb 17

 TX - Also, she said ground was broken for the River Walk at Central Park, which will include a Presbyterian hospital, retail shops, condominiums and other ...

Rate Three file to run for town council

Original at scntx.com external link    Tue, Feb 17

 TX - Last year, Dixon and other candidates were faced with many issues, including controversial topics such as The River Walk at Central Park and urban gas ...

Rate Council members won’t seek re-election

Original at scntx.com external link    Fri, Feb 13

 TX - “Especially the River Walk at Central Park, the master plan on the west end of town that includes Canyon Falls and keeping the Cross Timbers natural and an ...

Rate Romantic dining available all around

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Feb 6

 TX Boudro's on the River Walk, 421 E. Commerce St., (210) 224-8484 — Order the special Feb. 13-14, from 3 to 11 pm Grilled beef tenderloin and baby lobster tail are served with Lyonnaise potatoes for $30 each. The dessert special is Baked Alaska for two ...

Rate East Side desperately needs even imperfect role models

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Mon, Feb 2

 TX The street-hardened comments of Brushaud Callis seem to come from a different world, and not from just two miles from the River Walk. “We told him plenty of times that his idea of wanting to leave the East Side, go get a master's and then come back to ...

Rate Entries sought for media awards

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sun, Feb 1

 TX open to professionals and students majoring in communications. For an entry form and requirements, visit wicsa.org. Previous Proliner award recipients will be recognized at AWC’s annual awards banquet 5:30-8:30 pm May 28 at the Westin River Walk Hotel.

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Original at istockphoto.com external link    Sun, Feb 1

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The River Walk in San Antonio, TX bustles with activity on a mid-summer's day. www.istockphoto.com

January of 2009

 

Rate Spaces: and#151; New meets Old World

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 30

 TX The large glass expanses in the living/dining area provide a view of downtown and trees along the River Walk. But they also soak up the brutal west sun. Though the windows had sun-blocking filament already, García added additional solar film to block ...

Rate Mayor backs 2-year tax freeze if city receives stimulus funds

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 29

 TX The mayor pointed to the San Antonio River Improvements Project as the “perfect type of shovel-ready project” that is ready for immediate federal funding. Hardberger has aggressively pushed expanding the 2-mile, world-famous River Walk by an additional ...

Rate Find burger bliss with these champions

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 29

 TX Waxy O'Connor's Irish Pub, 234 River Walk, (210) 229-WAXY (9299) The best burger on the River Walk is an unadorned treat; the secret is that the meat is freshly ground. The idyllic setting and a pint of Smithwick's add to its luster.

Rate Pub Crawl and#151; Mad Dogs

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 29

 TX Mad Dogs, which is on the River Walk in the Hyatt Regency, strives for more than tourist appeal. Snapshot: Mad Dogs is one of those rare River Walk bars that regularly attracts locals and out-of-towners. Located at one of the River Walk's key bends, ...

Rate Hockey trio finds home away from home

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Jan 28

 TX They like the people and know their way around town and enjoy the sights, especially the River Walk. Mostly, they're happy to be getting a chance to do what they love most – play hockey on a regular basis and possibly get a chance to carry their skills ...

Rate Historic and Design Review Commission accepting applications

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Jan 28

 TX Design Review Commission (HDRC) goal is to preserve, protect and enhance historically, culturally, architecturally, and archaeologically significant sites, structures and permits in Historic Districts as well as development along the River Walk. ...

Rate Pat Mozersky: Zuni Grill chef shares pork chop secrets

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Jan 28

 TX Dear Pat: My husband and I recently visited your beautiful city, and we loved exploring the River Walk. When we got hungry, we stopped to eat at Zuni Grill. It's such a fun, colorful place to dine, and the food was just wonderful. ...

Rate Critics' Choice and#151; Restaurant listings

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Tue, Jan 27

 TX - Chef John Brand sure hand helps keep this lovely restaurant among the best on the River Walk. Liberty Bistro, 200 N. Seguin Ave., New Braunfels (830) ...

Rate Doctors help Mongolian kids with ailing hearts

Original at Austin American-Statesman external link    Thu, Jan 22

 TX - Jan 22, 2009 by church members, invited to stay in often well-appointed homes, and taken to SeaWorld, Chuck E. Cheese's and the Christmas-light-festooned River Walk. ...

Rate Caldendar: Solamente en San Antonio

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 15    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 15, 2009 18; Main Plaza, located downtown adjacent to San Fernando Cathedral and the River Walk Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy free performances by conjunto ...

Rate Ted Neeley back in 'Superstar'

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Jan 14    20 related articles

Ted Neeley back in 'Superstar'  TX - Jan 14, 2009 Coming back to San Antonio: Ted Neeley, who plays the title role in the current tour, said he’s looking forward to re-visiting the River Walk during the ...

Rate Jim Beal Jr.: Guy Forsyth sings the blues at Jack's

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Jan 14    20 related articles

Jim Beal Jr.: Guy Forsyth sings the blues at Jack's  TX - Jan 14, 2009 And Butler also knows how to entertain a crowd, a skill honed, in part, by working happy hours at Dick's Last Resort on the River Walk for years. ...

Rate UFC has San Antonio in its sights for the fall

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sat, Jan 10    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 10, 2009 “Our fans would like to take a walk on the River Walk,” he said. Once described by Sen. John McCain as “human cockfighting,” MMA has crept into the ...

Rate Obama's choice of pastor drives split in party plans

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 9    20 related articles

Obama's choice of pastor drives split in party plans  TX - Jan 9, 2009 being held on the River Walk, citing Obama's decision to have evangelical Pastor Rick Warren deliver the invocation at his swearing-in ceremony Jan. 20. ...

Rate Signature could make marriage a write-off

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 9    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 9, 2009 Jensen approached the two and offered to marry them for $60 or more around the corner on the River Walk. But there was a problem, he said: They hadn't ...

Rate Local groups protest Gaza conflict

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 9    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 9, 2009 Houston-based diplomat said, suggesting Americans' responses would be exactly the same if they lived in fear every day of the River Walk being bombed. ...

Rate City Hall Annex may be demolished

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 9    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 9, 2009 approved conceptual renovation plans for the Esquire Tavern, which dates to 1933 and has long been known as a popular watering hole by the River Walk. ...

Rate Building San Antonio: S.A. should re-couple its mass transit system

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Jan 9

 TX - Jan 9, 2009 A new rail system would give San Antonio tourists a means of exploring the city that exists outside the River Walk, and residents a way to reconnect with ...

Rate GPS Mapping Helps Track Potential River Walk Polluters

Original at WOAI external link    Fri, Jan 9

 TX - Jan 9, 2009 News 4 WOAI) The City of San Antonio is building a new GPS map of the River Walk; but it is not for tourists. News 4 WOAI Trouble Shooter Jaie Avila ...

Rate Be a son or daughter during holidays; be a grownup at college

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 8    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 8, 2009 So when you came home last month and refused to go to the River Walk with the family but proceeded to jump online every day for a couple of hours just to ...

Rate Cuban's insult was blessing in disguise for San Antonio River

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Tue, Jan 6

Cuban's insult was blessing in disguise for San Antonio River  TX - Jan 6, 2009 Soda bottles, plastic cups and small toys were strewn among other debris as city workers hosed down silt on the River Walk walls. ...

Rate Draining of waterway shows another wild side to River Walk

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Mon, Jan 5

 TX - Jan 5, 2009 Although it's a concrete-bracketed tourist magnet, the River Walk started out as a natural bend in a natural waterway and retains an ecosystem, ... Tourists Disappointed By Drained River WOAI all 2 news articles

Rate A digital debate

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sat, Jan 3    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 3, 2009 They’re currently running commercials that show digital billboards popping up behind local landmarks such as the Alamo and the River Walk. ...

Rate Sulphur Springs QB makes himself at home in Alamodome

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 1    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 1, 2009 rest of the game and missed out on some of the celebration. “I couldn't walk around the River Walk that night because my ankle hurt so much,” Rollison said.

Rate Mending little hearts

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 1

 TX - taken to SeaWorld, Chuck E. Cheese's and the Christmas-light-festooned River Walk. And the death sentences have been lifted from their children. ...

Rate Clark, 38, was ex-librarian, park police officer on River Walk

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 1    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 1, 2009 Although she enjoyed her evening strolls on the River Walk, her real ambition was to become a police officer with the San Antonio Independent School ...

Rate Vision of a woodcarver: Exhibit celebrates lifetime of creating ...

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Jan 1    20 related articles

 TX - Jan 1, 2009 His work graced a sign that once greeted diners at Boudro’s on the River Walk for many years, one of many corporate commissions. Rendon’s carvings became ...

Rate Chef and restaurateur cutting his own culinary path in San Antonio

Original at San Antonio Business Journal external link    Wed, Dec 31

 TX - Dec 31, 2008 for dining styles that, prior to his entry into the market, didn’t really exist beyond the confines of the River Walk in downtown San Antonio, he says. ...

December of 2008

 

Rate Hanukkah Celebration Draws Hundreds To River Walk

Original at ClickonSA.com external link    Mon, Dec 29

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Lubavitch.com  TX - SAN ANTONIO -- Hundreds of people packed Arneson Theater on the River Walk on Sunday night to celebrate the finale of Hanukkah. An eight-foot menorah was ... Hanukkah finale lights up River Walk San Antonio Express all 27 news articles

Rate 2008 Brazoria County year in review timeline

Original at Brazosport Facts external link    Sat, Dec 27

 TX - Dec 27, 2008 G. Richard Hurd, 54, who formerly managed San Antonio’s 180 parks, including the River Walk, starts his job as Brazoria County parks director. 18. ...

Rate Spaces and#151; Simple, functional midcentury designs make bold ...

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sat, Dec 27

 TX - Moe, president of Phelps Inc., which manages the Little Rhein Steak House and Fig Tree restaurants on the River Walk, found the signed Curtis Jere wall ...

Rate Jim Beal Jr.: Celebrate the new year, then head to Punkfest

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Dec 25

 TX - At The Landing on the River Walk, the Jim Cullum Jazz Band will serve traditional jazz. • Boardwalk Bistro has pianist John Sheridan and bassist Chuck Moses ...

Rate SAWS curbing risk of chlorine release

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Dec 24

 TX - There's thousands of people down on the River Walk, and it just made an awful lot of sense to get away from the chlorine gas and move toward the on-site ...

Rate The Solutions Man

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Dec 24

 TX - In February 2000, the Siskinds started Mark's on the River, a private club and bar on the River Walk. Siskind also is behind ACT Strategic and Sports ...

Rate Northwestern's Sutton ready to play

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Mon, Dec 22

 TX - Northwestern second-year coach Pat Fitzgerald speaks with reporters upon his arrival Monday at the Hyatt Regency on the River Walk in preparation of next ...

Rate Still no room at inn for Mary, Joseph

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sun, Dec 21

 TX - Dec 21, 2008 The San Antonio Conservation Society staged a downtown posada from 1966 to 2002, and for many years had it on the River Walk. San Fernando has held its ...

Rate San Antonio seeks $1 billion in stimulus money

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Dec 18

 TX - In the 1930s and early 1940s, the New Deal's Works Progress Administration and its funding left behind the first phase of the River Walk with 17000 feet of ...

Rate Search begins for coach/fundraiser

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Dec 18

 TX - I already can see the Roadx runners’ recruiting brochure, showing the River Walk at Christmas and a capacity crowd watching a game at the Alamodome. ...

Rate Cabin from 1840s may be moving

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Wed, Dec 17

 TX - By Scott Huddleston - Express-News A reconditioned 1840s cabin on the River Walk would be partially torn down under plans presented Wednesday to the city's ...

Rate Here's mud in your eye at San Antonio's fest in January

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Wed, Dec 17

 TX - Dec 17, 2008 It's San Antonio River mud. You can see a lot of it along the famous River Walk in January when the San Antonio parks department drains the river to clean ...

Rate Decision on new river trail approaches

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sun, Dec 14

 TX - Dec 14, 2008 “Think of this project as the River Walk in 1941,” he said. “Over the next 20 to 30 years, all kinds of changes will take place along the river — additions, ...

Rate San Antonio Offerings Flow Beautifully

Original at tylerpaper.com external link    Sat, Dec 13

 TX - Dec 13, 2008 Arguably, the best attractions actually are the hotels that border the square and the nearby River Walk. The ages-old Menger, for example, has lore dating ...

Rate Plug Pulled On City-Wide Wi-Fi Plan

Original at WOAI external link    Tue, Dec 9

 TX - Dec 9, 2008 So, the service is only available along the River Walk, and few people have been using it. City officials say it's unlikely the network will stay active ...

Rate NEW COLUMN: Building San Antonio

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Fri, Dec 5

 TX - Dec 5, 2008 People from out of town have a fondness for the River Walk that locals often don't share. Because we drive to get there, we don't experience it fully. ...

Rate Tours take in San Antonio from up above

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Thu, Dec 4

 TX - Dec 4, 2008 Express-News Staff Writer As a native San Antonian, I've seen every tourist spot in this city in every way it can be seen: Walking along the River Walk, ...

Year 2008

 

Rate Keeping fit in winter

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Sun, Nov 23

 TX - The holiday lights along the River Walk will be switched on Friday night. More than 6000 luminarias along the way will be lit at dusk Fridays-Sundays during ...

Rate Caisson unit at San Antonio post gives final salute to fallen soldiers

Original at Dallas Morning News external link    Thu, Nov 6

 TX - Nov 6, 2008 Surprisingly, the caisson section is little known in San Antonio. Few people know that, five minutes from the River Walk, soldiers and horses carry out more ...

Rate Local family says McCain is no Maverick

Original at San Antonio Express external link    Tue, Oct 14

 TX - Oct 14, 2008 His grandson, Maury Maverick, was a US congressman who returned to San Antonio to serve one term as a mayor and took pride in getting the River Walk built ...

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