(In praise of Paul: Thursday, he took off of work so I could spend most of the day at church doing planning for the coming year. How great is my husband?! And, Wednesday was our ninth anniversary, and he surprised me with a stunning gold necklace with pearl drops. Is this man great, or what?! I credit his jewelry shopping ability to genetics: His dad is an expert jewelry shopper!!!)
Anyhoo, back to our day.
The boys and I headed out around 8:45 this morning so Daddy could sleep in. We headed over to Benny's Bagels for breakfast. Yum-O! Mitchell had a Danish, Noah had a Screamerdog (breakfast sausage and cheese wrapped in bagel and baked), and I had an Asiago cheese bagel with chive-and-onion cream cheese topped with spinach and tomato. OMG. I could eat that every day and be a very, very happy woman!
Then, we headed down to the Pearl Farmers Market for some shopping. We scored with beets (never tried 'em - branching out!), carrots, mini yellow squash, peaches, pecans, olive twists from Biga on the Banks plus some sunflower plants. And, the plant guy was so nice he gave me a daylily plant as an added bonus.
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The Pearl - quickly growing into a cultural hot spot in San Antonio.
We hung out around the Pearl Brewery and listened to some brewery retirees talk about the old days. Pearl has a special place in my heart: My PawPaw drank Pearl. It was one of the last beers to go to the pop top. The boys were more interested in the water feature and the brewery train (which the guys called "The Trolley") than their stories of a time gone by.
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Pearl retirees telling stories of working at the brewery.
I, for one, couldn't think of a better way to spend my Saturday morning than spooking around the brewery, with all its history and its present and future ... all rolled into one today. Next weekend, the grand opening of the River Walk expansion will be held. Guess where it takes you now? The Pearl.
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Longhorn artwork at The Pearl.
After we left The Pearl, we headed over to Fiesta on Main, one of my favorite local shops. I picked up some great embroidered shirts plus a skirt. The boys each picked out a little bag.
Inspired by the fantastic flowers at Fiesta, I came home and began working on my own paper flowers.
What a wonderful day!
3 comments:
sounds like a successful day!
Sounds like a great day!
My dad still drinks Pearl ... my parents even had a cat named Pearl b/c she was first a stray who slept in a Pearl box on their front porch before they officially adopted her. Wow, that sounds so white trashy! :)
I like Pearl. People say it's cheap, but what they really mean is it's inexpensive. I think it tastes great compared to many other popular beers (Coors, Michelob, Miller). Maybe I'm white trash, too.
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