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UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. Down in the valley there were three farms. The owners of these farms had done well. They were rich men. They were also nasty men. So begins Fastastic Mr. Fox, Roald Dahl's tale of a truly cunning fox who rallies his family and...
Constitution Day celebrates the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. I've written before about how to order your own pocket U.S. Constitution. Today, in honor of Constitution Day, I am giving away two books (Hip...
The San Antonio Botanical Garden is hosting Nature Connects: Art with LEGO® Bricks, an exhibit featuring giant LEGO sculptures, through January 4, 2015. My family and I attended the opening day events on September 6, and I got to talk with artist Sean Kenney about...
My blogger friends and I recently took a hard-hat tour of the construction site for The DoSeum, the new-and-improved San Antonio Children's Museum, set to open in mid-2015. If you've been holding back from joining the San Antonio Children's Museum, now is the time to...
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. It's the "Summer of the Body" at the Witte Museum, with two exhibits for your family to enjoy: the H-E-B Body Adventure and Grossology. We have a family membership to the Witte and visit regularly, but earlier this summer we got a...
My kids and I marched in the Monte Vista Historical Association 4th of July parade and picnic again this year. It's a family tradition—here's an earlier post. Here is a photo gallery with some highlights from the 2014 parade and picnic. For the parade, everyone...
Richard Whitmire's new book, On the Rocketship, starts off right, with this dedication: To the true disruptors: Rocketship parents pressing for better middle schools and high schools. The author gave me a copy to give away to my readers. To enter the giveaway, leave a...
BASIS San Antonio has completed its first year of operation. Here is an earlier post about its opening in August 2013, and a post about the dedication ceremony in September 2013. My kids weren't old enough, or I would have enrolled them in BASIS for 2013-14. But I...
UPDATE: This giveaway is now closed. The San Antonio Symphony is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a concert and celebration on Saturday, June 14, 2014. An anniversary is a good time to reflect. I shared some deep thoughts in this recent post, and here are some...
The results are in from the May 2014 runoff primary election. How will these results impact education in San Antonio, Bexar County, and Texas? What can we expect at the general election on November 4, 2014? U.S. Congress Will Hurd defeated Francisco "Quico" Canseco in...
Historic Travis Park just got a makeover, and the newly-refurbished park is now a fun place for everyone to play in downtown San Antonio. On a breezy spring morning, I walked through the park with my son, F.T., to see the new features, including landscaping and...
How will you escape the heat this summer? Two of my favorite ways are swimming in the pool and going to air-conditioned museums. The Witte Museum has plenty of air conditioning, as well as free covered parking in the shady Brackenridge Park garage. And, to take the...