Everything and Nothing
The Alamo Bowl is played every year between Christmas Day
and New Year’s Eve every year and is nestled in the heart
of Texas, San Antonio. The Alamo Bowl, which is played in the
Alamodome, has brought in an incredibly diverse group of people
to the city for more than a decade and has become one of the
more desirable non-BCS bowls that teams want to be invited to.
A 2004 survey proved something that Texans knew all along about
their city; it was ranked number six as the most popular destination
city nationwide and also ranked number four in the most pleasant
people in the nation.
The only thing warmer than the people in San Antonio is the
weather. The city hasn’t seen a significant amount of
snow since 1985 and has an average high temperature of 64 °F
in the month of December. So when the rest of the country is
busting out the winter blankets, the climate is still on the
warm side in the Alamo City.
With all the warm weather there would be no way that anyone
would have an excuse to stay away from the city’s biggest
attraction, the Paseo Del Rio, or the Riverwalk. It sits only
a stones throw away from the Alamodome and sits twenty feet
below street level while winding through the office buildings,
hotels and loft apartments of downtown San Antonio. Some parts
of the Riverwalk are quiet and serene almost like a park while
others are lively with music coming from one of the many clubs.
Plethora is the word that comes to mind when thinking of the
choices of food types on the Riverwalk. The Riverwalk houses
all kinds of restaurants from gourmet Mexican to Italian to
barbeque to soul food. Many of the establishments feature seating
right on the Riverwalk much like most European cafés.
In the core of the Riverwalk you can also find Rivercenter.
It is a massive three story mall that features all kinds of
stores that are found across the nation and even some that are
totally unique to San Antonio. While there you can go to some
of the sports bars like Hooters, or Champps to check out some
of the other college football action going on.
Right off the Riverwalk you can also find the one landmark that
can defines this great city, The Alamo. The Alamo was an old
Spanish mission that was built in 1718 and was permanently branded
into every Texas history book in 1836 when 168 Texans defended
the mission against a Mexican army of over 4,000. The Texans
fell like heroes, in battle, and the defeat then turned into
the Texas Army’s slogan of “Remember the Alamo,”
as they proceeded to defeat the Mexican Army in East Texas.
To this day The Alamo stands as a symbol of freedom for the
great state of Texas.
Other places to visit while in San Antonio include historical
Market Square. It’s one of the many places where you can
go and shop for South Texas cultured items and then walk next
door, take a seat and sip on a margarita. If shopping is your
thing then San Antonio is the place you want to be. The metropolitan
area features 10 malls and three major outlet malls are located
within an hour of the city. The night life of San Antonio is
rivaled by few cities and craved by many. The city has night
clubs spread all over the city and you can choose almost anything.
The city is famous for its Tejano clubs but if you don’t
like that you can check out the country-western clubs, or some
of the more futuristic techno clubs. If you don’t like
that you can go and check out some of the local jazz holes,
karaoke bars or cigar clubs. There really isn’t one distinct
culture or theme that encompasses the entire city. San Antonio
is the crossroads in the state and is the best example of Texas’
great diversity. You could probably say that San Antonio is
everything and nothing all at the same time.
