DISCLAIMER: This is going to be my attempt at over-simplifying wine. The goal today is to provide you with a working knowledge of how to pick what you like and not feel cray cray at the grocery store. Long story short there are HUNDREDS of wines but there are five major types of wine. Reds … Continue reading JUST WINE Series, Part II : How to Pick Wine and Not be Basic
Recently I received a request to cover my favorite food group- WINE! So this month I will doing a three part series on JUST wine: Part 1: Go Wine Tasting Part 2: How to Pick Wine (and not be #basic) Part 3: Which Wines Go with Which Foods Part 1: Go Wine Tasting If you … Continue reading JUST WINE Series, Part I : Texas Winos & The Great Vineyard Voyage
Did I tell you I have a soft spot in my dehydrated heart for sushi?….Because I do! *sips water* Sushi Zushi, located in the Lincoln Heights area of San Antonio serves up a humongous variety of sushi rolls and oriental originality. I have never seen a menu so large with so many cultural infusions.. Seriously- … Continue reading Sushi Zushi: Tough Name, Easy Eats
SEX, rape, and other normalized BDSM behavior. Here we go. #50Shades of Gray has been plastered all over my timeline, so I figured I might as will speak up. So before anyone goes into antics about the movie let’s just clean it up real quick-I have read all three books (yeah I know you’re judging … Continue reading Fifty Shades of “Rape”……?! Cast Your Vote Here
The Boiler House sounds like something out of a horror movie but the delectables inside are FAR FAR from Fright Night. (PAUSE) I know, I know, I know. I’ve been MIA. But what can I say?!?! I LOVE the holidays and I have to fully indulge (From December 8 through January 10) but that neither … Continue reading Boiler House Texas Grill & Wine Garden: Everything is Bigger Here
My MY! These ain’t yo’ Mama’s Mission Tortillas! Tacos and Tequila, otherwise known as San Antonio’s own TNT, brings together a sophisticated dose of Mexican cuisine and unsurpassed Southern Hospitality. My wife and I had the privilege of tearin’ up some tacos this past Sunday and every element of our meal was fantastic. SOOOOO lets … Continue reading TNT Tacos and Tequila : The Local Luxury
The Hangar Tavern is quaint craft beer and cocktail bar located on Brook Hollow Blvd near the Shady Oaks area in San Antonio- AND has a sister location, The Hangar, near the airport. Neat right? Today I’m gonna focus on the younger sister (because thats USUALLY how it goes. LOL I’m kidding.) If I were … Continue reading The Hangar Tavern & Craft Beer Comradery
“I haven’t seen a walk like that since Jurassic Park!” As a new resident in San Antonio I am always shocked at the metropolitan life so far removed from my country po’ dunk upbringing. Case and point->>San Antonio Fashion Week. This year I had the opportunity to model an avant-garde look (sounds so fancy) for the “Classics … Continue reading Fashion Week San Antonio 2014 #FWSA #Toni&Guy
If you thought that SeaWorld was just for Shamu the Whale and flipping dolphins then you are mistaken! SeaWorld’s Howl O Scream is a not-so-well-known Halloween haunt full of frightful surprises and…..you guessed it- COCKTAILS! You think: Theme Park ->Chaotic family unit-> Kids running all over the place, strollers bumping you into random bushes->extreme heat … Continue reading Howl O Scream @ SeaWorld & Surviving the (Cocktail) Curse
Between the Bexar County Courthouse, the tourist-y Segway tours, and the infamous downtown panhandlers (that San Antonio PD relentlessly cites for….being… homeless?), rolled a little Yao food truck worth a big ruckus. Yao by Bite Street Bistro is a food truck that typically fall under “cheap eats” category, and Yao packs an oriental punch distinctively different from … Continue reading Yao By Bite Street Bistro & How I UNLEASHED the Dragon
