Here's a quick snapshot of wonderful things to see in the San Antonio, and Hill Country area of Texas. I have a story in the Hamilton Spectator and a road trip story coming up in the Toronto Star Wheels section.

Kitchen garden sculpture at the J.W. Marriott in Hill Country Texas http://bit.ly/1J8iXqMKitchen

  

Carol Hicks Bolton's fabulous store in Fredericksburg Texas. Mysterious, sensuous, raw style decor

Raw linen bedding from Belgium

Taxidermy for your home

Thousands of square feet of curated decor

From the working farm at the LBJ Ranch in Johnson City

The Hangar Diner at the Fredericksburg airport, there's a retro hotel there too

Take a tour boat along River Walk to see San Antonio from the water

Happy to be there for the Tamale Festival. With 35,000 other people

A quiet moment at the Alamo

The National Park Service tours of the missions in San Antonio are moving and inspiring

There was a wedding in Mission San Jose while we were there