Mi Tierra is a San Antonio institution. What began in 1941 as a little three-table cafe for farmers and early-morning workers in the downtown market district has now expanded into a landmark restaurant that occupies an entire city block; it seats 500 people, is open… Read More
I just returned from the International Quilt Festival in Houston. Held every year at the George R. Brown Convention Center, it is the largest annual quilt show in the country, considered the second largest in the world after Tokyo. Even though this is Texas, let’s… Read More
Sandra Cisneros was in San Antonio last week, back from The White House after receiving the National Medal of Arts, to speak and read from her new book of essays, A House of My Own. As always, she was warm, funny, articulate, and very serious… Read More
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