The Alamo Cenotaph can be found directly in front of the famous missing in the heart of San Antonio, Texas. I gather that plans to redevelop the Alamo...
I was wandering through some old pictures recently and found a collection of snaps taken in San Antonio last October during a visit by some Scottish friends...
Technically, this isn’t my photo since I’m in it and the shutter was pressed by Jennifer Navarrete, the FRC media relations person, who took...
A robot drive team seen through the perspex panel that separates humans from the robots at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Alamo Regional, St. Mary’s...
Continuing the theme of cool headgear at the FIRST Robotics Competition Alamo Regional, David, the Field Supervisor, was sporting not only the obligatory...
Bunny ears, graciously handed out by Team 4063 “TriKzR4Kidz” from Del Rio, Texas, were everywhere at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Alamo...
The stands at the FRC Alamo Regional in San Antonio, Texas were a fun place to be as team members led cheers, conga lines and dances egged on by a DJ playing...
A member of FRC team 3035 “Droid Rage” from Corpus Christi, Texas, sporting their signature top hat at the Alamo Regional in San Antonio, April...
I spent a fair bit of the weekend hanging out next to Luis, one of the robot inspectors at the FRC Alamo Regional. He had put colored duct tape to good...
What a weekend! The missing posts last week were due to the fact that I was down in San Antonio with our high school robotics team taking part in the FIRST...
Attendees play tubas at one of the instrument manufacturer exhibits at the Texas Music Educators’ Conference in San Antonio, on February 17th, 2017.
I had fun on Saturday visiting the Texas Music Educators’ Conference in San Antonio. The visit was primarily to hear my youngest play in the All State...
Yesterday was a big day for the Dripping Springs High School Tiger Band who travelled to the Alamodome in San Antonio to take part in the biannual UIL Class...
When I walked past this building in San Antonio a couple of weeks ago, my first thought was that the developer was obviously happy with the result. I then...
Downtown San Antonio has a fabulous diversity of architectural styles. The city’s high-rise core appears to have started developing rather earlier...
I’m pretty sure I visited San Antonio for the first time very soon after arriving in Texas. It was one of the few parts of the state that I had heard...
During our visit to the Alamo last Saturday, this gentleman, dressed in the uniform of a member of the Texas militia from the 1830s, gave a fascinating...
Drew and I spent the afternoon in San Antonio last Saturday. He had never been inside the Alamo so braved the crowds and wandered around that area for a while....
My sister-in-law just got engaged and had a lovely party down in the Japanese Tea Garden in San Antonio. This huge wood and stone gazebo is at the heart...
