Winding up the month

Wow, have i been busy this month. Last i mentioned that we were heading out to Luminaria and it turned out pretty good. We did alot of walking and stuff .










For the most part we just took random pictures and enjoyed being out in the nice weather. At the time it was a nice change from the cold winter we had. These are pictures of the entrance to Hemisfair Park and the official Luminaria logo being projected on the side of a building.

We mostly concentrated on one stage, since there were 9 of them and caught several acts.

There was an Irish dance group,

An Aztec dance group

and a Mariachi group from Our lady of the Lake University. They were all pretty good with the exception of the Mariachi group. the music was pretty good but the singers were weak. For that kind of music you need singer with "omph" to match the fierceness of the music but it sounded like they couldn't hold their own. With the exception of the young man that sang "El Rey" because he had the audience singing along with him.

On the 17th Sylvia and I headed over to the AT & T Center to catch Bon Jovi. After 26 years, he finally decided to come back to San Antonio. It was a sold out crowd of over 17,000 people. We had good seats but as luck would have it, the crazy people in front of us never sat down, so we had to stand most of the time to be able to see anything. I snapped a few pictures but had a hard time getting some really good ones. this one is a close up of Jon.

Last night we went to the Freeman Coliseum to see Juanes. This was a smaller venue and it wasn't full but the audience was a lot more receptive. The show was fabulous with all those lights and stuff and he didn't just perform the songs, he put on a show. It really rocked. I had better luck with the pictures because we were sitting closer and I was ble to get some pretty good ones. This one is a wide picture of the whole band.

And this one is a close up of Juanes himself.

I got a new tour t-shirt but unfortunately they didn't have too much merchandise on sale, i would have wanted a poster or something.

On the 23rd it was time for musical theatre. We went to see West Side Story at the Majestic Theatre and i had heard that this version was a little different and boy was it. Not too much, mind you, but the "rumble" scenes had more violence and cussing, sometimes in Spanish. There was also more Spanish dialogue and more singing in Spanish. We went on a Tuesday but it looked like it was full. I does, after all, only play up to tomorrow, just short of a week.Unfortunately we can't take pictures of these performances at all.

I already have my tickets for Rock of Ages in May. Can't wait. Compared to this month, next month is gonna be boring because as of now, I've got nothing on my schedule.

Allergy misery

Well, folks, it looks like the oak season is among us and I've already started suffering. a couple of nights ago i had trouble sleeping because i was a little wheezy. the next night wasn't so bad and last night i was finally able to get some good sleep.but it's only getting started. this morning I took a Claritin and because it doesn't last the 24 hrs that it should (it stops working after only 4-6 hrs, I opted to try Allegra. It's now OTC so we'll see how that goes. Wish me luck. I'll start taking it tomorrow to hopefully have it in my system before the pollen goes crazy. Last year it was bad, I had to wear a face mask. We'll see.

Last Saturday we headed over to LUNA http://lunalive.com/ to catch 'for the first time ever in SA' the band from Austin called Hard Proof http://hardproofmusic.com/. they play this really cool Afrobeat music. At first i was a little disappointed because it's all instrumental, no vocals at all, but once I got used to that, it totally rocked. We had to leave when they took a break because my ears were clogged up because the music was so loud, but it was good music. I bought their CD to play at home and work at a much sensible volume. But i thought it was totally funky music. Loved it. Specially since LUNA is a non-smoking venue, i love going there because you can listen to music w/out the ugly smoke. I did a review for this show for examiner http://examiner.com/ but i couldn't put this picture up because I'm still iffy on the whole idea of how to go about getting their consent to put up their picture.

On Sunday it was time for Decadent Desserts at the Witte Museum. http://wittemuseum.org/. It was supposed to start at 6pm but when we got there at 5:30ish the lines were already forming outside, it was crazy. Can't say i blame them, it was an all you can eat buffet for only $10 or $15 at the door. we opted to wait until the day of the event, in case we couldn't make it. The doors didn't open until almost 6:30 but it was well worth it. At least in the case that there were a lot of dessert to chose from it was insane. I had so much food i thought i was gonna puke cause i had rice pudding, cake, ice cream, chocolate covered almonds and other nuts, ice cream cake, chamoy, bunuelos. OMG, you guessed it. i even tried some cranberry juuice and vodka. I was in a sugar comma when we got home and i passed out on the couch by 9:30. we didn't stay that long, cause there's only so much you can eat and we didn't want to bring anything home, and the museum was closed to the public, so we left early at around 8:30 or so.

This is some of the stuff i ate, they were also giving out some samples like the little bad of rice you see. It was okay, but i couldn't eat too much. It was my first time there and I really wanted to see what it was all about but now that i have, I don't think i'll be going next year. I also reviewed it for examiner.

They had tables outside for us to eat and enjoy.All in all, it was an okay thing.

Tonight we're going to Luminaria. I'll take plenty of pictures to share. I'll probabley review it too, we'll see. I'm sure I'll have plenty of opinions there.

New month

Well, well, here it is the beginning of March already.been gone awhile cause i've been really busy, what w/work and stuff, plus i write at least two articles a week for examiner.http://examiner.com. february came and went and we celebrated valentine's the usual way, just going out to dinner.we don't really make a big fuss, everyday around here is valentine's.

but this month will be a busy one. just this weekend alone we have 3 events to go to, can't wait.maybe tomorrow we'll go to sam's burger joint again for a free blues concert.maybe.saturday is the opening of the bakeryat CIA, a concert at luna and on sunday at the witte museum they have the decadent desserts event.the bon jovi and juanes concert are this month too, plus we're gonna go see West Side Story too, can't wait.there's tons of other stuff to do too, the Luminaria is this month too. Whew!