The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Texas Longhorns shirt seen in San Antonio.

Aside from being a funny shirt, this also desribes our recent trip to San Antonio fairly well.

The good: We were able to salvage the last half of K's vacation and spend a few days in San Antonio. We used Hotwire (as we always do) to book a riverfront hotel on the Riverwalk. We had beautiful weather while we were there (74 degrees at one point,) ate at two of our three favorite San Antonio restaurants, discovered two new favorite San Antonio restaurants, had a lot of fun visiting parks, playgrounds, the children's museum, and enjoyed our first letterboxing adventure (more on this in the next post.)

The bad: The reason we only had half of a vacation was because the closing on the sale of the Grand Prairie house was postponed again and yet again. Although the weather was perfect for our full days in San Antonio, we had non-stop rain for the drive in both directions. After paying the non-refundable cost of the Riverwalk hotel on Hotwire, I checked to see if the lights were still up on the Riverwalk and discovered that the river had just been drained for its annual maintenance. Yes, our hotel was on the Riverwalk ... about a mile from the main touristy part of the Riverwalk area. The great deal on our hotel was also offset a bit by the $16.25/day self-parking fee.

And the ugly: The day before we left San Antonio, our agent reluctantly called to tell us that after all the postponing, the buyer's financing had fallen through, and that we are going to have to put the house back on the market. *sigh* The bloody nose Layth got by running smack into part of an airplane in the children's museum wasn't very pretty, either. Torn between protecting my new top and comforting my son who may or may not have had a broken nose, I hesitated only a moment (shame on me for even that moment!) before scooping him up, bloodying my top, and taking him to the bathroom for cleanup. (His nose was not broken, for the record, and kudos to whomever treated the fabric of my top, for the blood came right off with wet paper towels.)

My reviews are available for the following places in San Antonio:
Crowne Plaza Hotel - Riverwalk
Le Peep
Luciano Ristorante Italiano
Magnolia Pancake House
Golden Wok
Colonial Room Restaurant
San Antonio Children's Museum