Tuesday, February 20 – It was cloudy and misting a little rain this morning in San Antonio, Texas, so we decided on a couple indoor activities. We read that the Texas Pearl Brewery and neighborhood was an interesting place to visit. It is the former Pearl Brewery that has been repurposed into a shopping, eating, hotel, and living area. It is also home to the Culinary Institute of America. We walked around main building that is currently a hotel, visited several of the shops and tried to get a feel for the place. It certainly is a beautiful repurposing of a former factory that's for sure!
Lots of specialty shops.
Luxury apartment living.
One of many upscale lounges.
The old reception area.
We then decided to check out the North Star Mall, which is the largest mall in San Antonio. We walked around for about an hour, stopping in a couple stores, but soon decided we weren't in the shopping mood.
These boots light up at night. Always bigger in Texas.
It was a good attempt to find an alternative is sitting at home, but we soon found ourselves back at the RV relaxing for the remainder of the day. Tomorrow is our last day in San Antonio and rain may be in the forecast again. We'll see if we stay home or spend our last day checking out other parts of San Antonio.
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
Rainy days are not always easy in the rv life, but glad y'all got out for a while and did some walking around that mall....now those are big boots and I bet they look interesting lit up at night.
ReplyDeleteMy uncle used to work for the Pearl Brewery. Any chance you got to sample at the Culinary Institute?
ReplyDeleteDays at home are good, too. San Antonio will still be there the next time you visit.
ReplyDeleteRain does put a damper on a great outside town. Glad you found things to visit out of the drizzle:) Gotta love those boot! Only in TX!
ReplyDeleteNice to get out and about, and find other things to do on rainy days. We take those days to do some inside cleaning and more reading and computing usually. Ten Thousand villages we have one in the Town of New Hamburg back home.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your last day there.
I am always glad when I read of old factories being re-purposed. Such a waste to have them sitting there rusting away and being an eye-sore.
ReplyDeleteWow, those were some BIG BOOTS! I'd love to see those lit up. I enjoy looking at buildings that have been re-purposed. I wish that could happen more often. I find it hard to spend much time in shopping malls anymore. I used to love shopping but now I just want to buy what is needed and leave. Never thought that would be me! Lol! Hope your last day in San Antonio is rain free!
ReplyDeleteI missed this post earlier. :-) We loved the Pearl Brewery! So cool the way they've repurposed it to make such interesting shops and great restaurants. Those giant boots are fun! Everytime we're in Texas I start wanting a pair of boots...
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