Tuesday morning we took off for an overnight trip to San Antonio, to meet up with my Cousin Carol and her family. We both booked into a downtown Motel and had a great visit. We visited together for some time, then went sight seeing and out for dinner.
We arrived at the Riverwalk at sunset and started looking for a restaurant for dinner. There are so many restaurants to choose from, it is hard to decide.
The San Antonio Riverwalk is one of my all time favorite tourist attractions. It is lined with hotels, shops, boutiques, restaurants, cafes and bars on both sides of the river.
The architecture is stunning and unique at every turn.
Around every bend there is something different view to see. Our Riverwalk at home, is booooring. It goes on and on, same, same, same. But not this, every business front facing the river is unique.
We found an Irish Pub, we thought we might like, so we went in and ordered a drink, but as we perused the menu a couple of us couldn't find something we liked, so, we finished our drinks and moved on to find somewhere else to eat.
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Then we found "IT". "IT", was "Dirty Dick's Last Resort", it was hilarious. The place is a mess, the staff are trained to be rude to the patrons, they yell at you "What d ya want". They throw the napkin wrapped cutlery on the table, and say, "Get it yourself". If you try to ask a question, while she is giving you her spiel about the menu, she hollers "Shut Up, I'm talking". She had us in stitches. They had live "Jimmy Buffet" type music blaring through the place. They give each person a long strip of white paper, that we assumed was a place mat, but NO, your food comes in a stainless steel bucket, which you have to dump onto that paper to eat it.
Then to top it all off, once they have dumped your food at you, they hand make each person a large white paper hat. Not only do they make you wear this ridiculous hat, but these hats all have rude things written on them. Mine said "As seen on Golden Girls gone wild". Carol's said "When Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, he was flying my apartment key". And some of them were so crude I can't even repeat them here. But, everyone walks proudly out along the Riverwalk wearing them, with everyone stopping and asking to read your hat. Which you proudly display, because you survived Dirty Dicks.
It was so dark by the time we came out after dinner I couldn't really get any good pictures of the Riverwalk at night. It was beautifully lighted, but I didn't have my good camera with me with the proper settings to take pictures into bright lights. I only managed to get this one because I didn't include any of the lights in it. Oh, well, maybe next time. And there will be a "next time".
I did manage to get this one of a beautifully lit horse drawn cart, as we were waiting to hail a cab and go back to the Motel. Once back at the Motel, we talked and talked, till midnight.
ALL IN ALL THERE WAS A GOOD TIME HAD BY ALL
The five of us got together again this morning and lingered over Breakfast at IHOP before we parted ways and Carol, Rick and Mark continued on to Corpus Christie. And we returned to our little Paradise Park winter home. 
Traffic was light and it was clear sailing there and back. 
Tuesday morning we took off for an overnight trip to San Antonio, to meet up with my Cousin Carol and her family. We both booked into a downtown Motel and had a great visit. We visited together for some time, then went sight seeing and out for dinner. 
We arrived at the Riverwalk at sunset and started looking for a restaurant for dinner. There are so many restaurants to choose from, it is hard to decide. 
The San Antonio Riverwalk is one of my all time favorite tourist attractions. It is lined with hotels, shops, boutiques, restaurants, cafes and bars on both sides of the river. 
The architecture is stunning and unique at every turn. 
Around every bend there is something different view to see. Our Riverwalk at home, is booooring. It goes on and on, same, same, same. But not this, every business front facing the river is unique. 
We found an Irish Pub, we thought we might like, so we went in and ordered a drink, but as we perused the menu a couple of us couldn't find something we liked, so, we finished our drinks and moved on to find somewhere else to eat. 
Then we found "IT". "IT", was "Dirty Dick's Last Resort", it was hilarious. The place is a mess, the staff are trained to be rude to the patrons, they yell at you "What d ya want". They throw the napkin wrapped cutlery on the table, and say, "Get it yourself". If you try to ask a question, while she is giving you her spiel about the menu, she hollers "Shut Up, I'm talking". She had us in stitches. They had live "Jimmy Buffet" type music blaring through the place. They give each person a long strip of white paper, that we assumed was a place mat, but NO, your food comes in a stainless steel bucket, which you have to dump onto that paper to eat it. 
Then to top it all off, once they have dumped your food at you, they hand make each person a large white paper hat. Not only do they make you wear this ridiculous hat, but these hats all have rude things written on them. Mine said "As seen on Golden Girls gone wild". Carol's said "When Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity, he was flying my apartment key". And some of them were so crude I can't even repeat them here. But, everyone walks proudly out along the Riverwalk wearing them, with everyone stopping and asking to read your hat. Which you proudly display, because you survived Dirty Dicks. 
It was so dark by the time we came out after dinner I couldn't really get any good pictures of the Riverwalk at night. It was beautifully lighted, but I didn't have my good camera with me with the proper settings to take pictures into bright lights. I only managed to get this one because I didn't include any of the lights in it. Oh, well, maybe next time. And there will be a "next time". 
I did manage to get this one of a beautifully lit horse drawn cart, as we were waiting to hail a cab and go back to the Motel. Once back at the Motel, we talked and talked, till midnight. 
