Saturday, October 07, 2006

Buying the New Yorker 1986 - page 48


A thousand words? Sounds like a challenge.

The goofy boat thing in the picture is a charter cruise boat on the San Antonio River. The San Antonio River seems to have had man-made canals added that do a couple of circuits through the downtown and pull up to various buildings. Boats can be hired, and then you can co-ordinate with various restaurants to have a catered dinner on the boat.

The picture in the ad looks a little daft - you can't see that it's in a river. The photos that I've been able to find of the area make it look quite attractive. But the area is not without its problems. The fact that they have an annual "Mud Festival" might raise a few flags, and recent comments from soft-spoken media magnate Mark Cuban should sum it up. ("Ugly-ass, muddy-watered thing.")

The bottom line seems to be: Interesting place to see. Don't fall in.

(That's no thousand words. Dang. I lose.)

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