The Plaza Hotel & Spa San Antonio and the Faded Jewel in the Alamo City's Crown
This ain’t just any hotel. This is a Marriott Autograph Collection property that is supposedly handpicked, boutique, and dripping in personality. You expect a little fire. You expect real service, not corporate cosplay. What you get is a half-formed concept that wants to be hip and historic all at once, and fails at both.
Hemisfair, the Hostage Zone and a Local’s Lament
Well, now we’ve got Hemisfair 2.0: a glittery, family-friendly, QR-code-scan-your-experience playground with just enough artificial turf and exposed steel to let you know the tech bros and nonprofit suits have had their way with it.
Ringing in the New Year, San Antonio Style
The Tower of the Americas rises with quiet confidence. Built by human hands, shaped by ambition, and still pointing forward decades later. Nearby, the Alamo stands as something older and heavier. A reminder that resilience here was never abstract or easy. It was paid for, endured, and remembered. And between them, the River Walk moves at its own pace, winding through the city as if to say that progress does not have to be loud to be lasting.
Before the Crowds Wake Up The Real Treasure of Mi Tierra Shines
The lunch and dinner menus carry a lot of expectation, and sometimes they struggle under that weight. Breakfast does not. It arrives humble and confident. Barbacoa and eggs. Potatoes cooked the way they should be. Refried beans that taste like someone cared about them. Warm tortillas that do not need explaining.