About.com - San Antonio

[Kori Ellis]

As some of you already may know, last month I was hired to do an ongoing writing job for About.com San Antonio.

Basically I will be writing articles about everything and anything San Antonio.

I would appreciate it if you all would support me in this endeavor, by reading my work. The site consists of everything from San Antonio Arts and Culture to San Antonio Restaurant Reviews to San Antonio Neighborhood Profiles and more.

Anything you would want written about the city can be addressed as well. I'm open for suggestions.

When you go to the site, on the main page you see is daily blog posts of mine. The actual meat of the content is in the sidebar under "Topics". I have written over 300 articles and blog posts in the last six weeks or so.

Here's a few examples of the articles:

Holiday Events in San Antonio
San Antonio Christmas
San Antonio Most Romantic Restaurants
Top San Antonio Sports Bars
San Antonio Zoo Photos

I will post in this thread every few days with new material for you all to read and I'd appreciate it if you would read the articles, as well as sign up for the About San Antonio newsletter. I let everyone pimp their stuff in this forum, so now I am pimping mine.

Thanks a lot.

Kori Ellis
http://sanantonio.about.com/

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

This isn't "Si San Antonio," is it?

[ChumpDumper]

"Slovenian Tourist Photos of San Antonio"

[boutons_]

Excellent attractions are SA Botanical Gardens, and the SA zoo which is 95+ years old, and recently got a buffing for its 95th anniversary, and one of the top USA zoos.

Parallel with your bird zoo photos, there zoo spends a lot of resources on its excellent and mature botanical installations/foliage (palms, bamboo, trees, exotic tropicals, foliage). Just like the San Diego zoo, if you go to the SA zoological gardens with your eyes closed to its botanical gardens, you're missing half the show.

There are some really amazing renewal/demographic projects going on, like the building of several downtown residential buildings, giving SA an (up-market) residential population to a downtown that has suffered residential flight for the last 50+ years. Somewhat related is the "in-filling" between downtown and N. Loop 410, with its battle over lot size and housing density.

Somewhat related to the downtown developlments is the renewal of Breckenridge Park, Sunken Gardens, and adjacent Broadway, and somewhat related to that is the extension to the north of the riverwalk.

[easjer]

Congratulations, Kori!

[angel_luv]

Will do all the above.

[ObiwanGinobili]

Awesome Kori!

[CharlieMac]

Let me know what you need on restaurants.

[tlongII]

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Hot, Flat, and Dusty - The "REAL" San Antonio

[Kori Ellis]

Excellent attractions are SA Botanical Gardens, and the SA zoo which is 95+ years old, and recently got a buffing for its 95th anniversary, and one of the top USA zoos.

Parallel with your bird zoo photos, there zoo spends a lot of resources on its excellent and mature botanical installations/foliage (palms, bamboo, trees, exotic tropicals, foliage). Just like the San Diego zoo, if you go to the SA zoological gardens with your eyes closed to its botanical gardens, you're missing half the show.

There are some really amazing renewal/demographic projects going on, like the building of several downtown residential buildings, giving SA an (up-market) residential population to a downtown that has suffered residential flight for the last 50+ years. Somewhat related is the "in-filling" between downtown and N. Loop 410, with its battle over lot size and housing density.

Somewhat related to the downtown developlments is the renewal of Breckenridge Park, Sunken Gardens, and adjacent Broadway, and somewhat related to that is the extension to the north of the riverwalk.

The Botanical Gardens are closed right now for remodeling, but that's high on my list.

Thanks for the other suggestions.

[SpursWoman]

Alamo Heights Grocery Stores:
HEB-Central Market 4821 Broadway (210) 368-8600
Cooper's Meat Market 6002 Broadway (210) 820-3838

You forgot the Gucc-E-B in Alamo Heights on Nacogdoches & N. New Braunfels. Where the slow, old ladies would do their grocery shopping when I was in a hurry on my lunch hour.

[SpursWoman]

That's very cool, Kori ... I was actually Googling something yesterday and noticed your picture on the top of one of the results ... before I saw this thread in the forum.

[SequSpur]

San Antonio is weak.

[sandman]

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Hot, Flat, and Dusty - The "REAL" San Antonio

That would be the "REAL" San Angelo. Get your Texas cities named after saints correct.

[baseline bum]

No article about Cherry Street?

[ShoogarBear]

Sorry, I only read Style.Defined.com

[Buddy Holly]

Kori, I sent you a PM.

[gameFACE]

Very cool. I'll try and think about some hidden "off the beaten path" places.

[boutons_]

SA has several old, distinctive private secondary schools of very different character.

Central Catholic (built 1932)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...st_High_School

Keystone School

TMI (SA military culture/bases tie-in)

St Mary's Hall

[CharlieMac]

The Electric Company and Cool Arrows are awesome San Antonio attractions.

[MannyIsGod]

We live across from San Antonio Academy. Its a weird school Stupid rich people.

[Zombie.]

Someone from CA running A SA info site Priceless

[MavTalker]

I was told in a chat room Kori was a Mexican is that true?

[1Parker1]

Interesting stuff. San Antonio seems like it has a lot of attractions...

If I ever visit, I know where to find the info

[rasho8]

You could do a thing on the Alamo City Ballet Co's Nutcracker?
Or not *lol*