Back on the horse-Texas part One

After a maybe not-so-brief hiatus, it's back to blogging land. I think we'll start with Texas. So, about two weeks ago I went to Texas -- San Antonio, to be more specific. Yep, first time. It was not as big as I was expecting. However, it only took about 5 minutes to hear the first racial slur, something about curry and feet, which came from our cabby Skip Jennings. The trip was for several reasons: to see a Spurs-Lakers game in Texas, to get the band back together, and to eat red meat smothered in BBQ sauce. All were achieved. The game was a Laker loss but highly enjoyable all the same, even though the beer tasted a little funny in our souvenir cups. It was a good first night in a new town. We learned about the shady night life on our tour through a shabby neighborhood after the game, thanks to the one-toothed cab driver named wheezy. Had a few cutthroat games of pool and finished it off by avoiding going to jail for boat theft and enjoying 2 dollar carbombs in one of our many stops in an Irish pub. Damn it was a good day! Tomorrow we set off to eat our way to the Alamo.