My sister Jane was visiting from Ohio so I drove to San Antonio and we spent the night downtown and had dinner with our two brothers.
1. View from the hotel.
2. This is the alamo viewed from the side. The 2nd building in the back is the actual chapel. It was fun to watch all the tourists from our hotel window.
3. Another view from the hotel.
4. I love this top hat that was in the floor of an empty building. I think it was the old Frank Sol uniform and clothing building.
5. I dunno....a neat building.
6. I dunno...another building.
7. Paris Hatters...been there since 1917 and is still open. We should've gone in. According to Frommers, Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles, Jimmy Smits and Dwight Yoakam are among the folks who have shopped there.
8.& 9. This building is next to our hotel...it's a federal building...used to be the post office...not sure if it still is.
We could've spent a few days doing downtown and taking lots more pictures...it was kinda cold. I grew up in San Antonio so alot of these places are fondly remembered. I got a kick out of seeing the old Walgreens where Gene's Mom worked the food counter for years and years. I remember they used to have dyed baby chicks of various colors in their window for Easter.
We didn't even walk any of the famous riverwalk. We only had a few hours and decided to do other things...like eat mexican food and look at art.
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