by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | Featured, Meet Your Neighbors
It is no secret that there are some skewed perceptions when it comes to the neighborhood of 78209. One of the most common is that the community is akin to a private club in that, unless you were born into it, you will find it difficult to assimilate. Carrie Johnston...
by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | '09 Home, Featured
When Alamo Heights residents Jen and John Pawloski began looking for a nurturing nest for their growing family 12 years ago, the Arts and Crafts Anglo-Japanese bungalow was the last on the list. Jen recalls telling John...
by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | '09 Eats, Featured
Urban Taco, the bright and cheerfully contemporary restaurant at The Quarry Village that is the Dallas chain’s only away-from-home outlet, bustles at noon with English and Spanish speakers alike. The place comes...
by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | Featured, School News
The Martha Spoor Young Writers Fund was established in 2008 in memory of Martha Spoor, a lifelong resident of San Antonio, a 1987 graduate of Alamo Heights High School and an English teacher at the Alamo Heights Junior School. Martha’s greatest passion was teaching....
by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | '09 Archive
By now you are tired of the heat and wishing fall would soon arrive. In the meantime, why not pamper yourself, take care of yourself and make it all about YOU? Paint your nails, schedule your yearly physical, massage those aches and pains away, kick back a cool one,...
by 78209 Magazine | Aug 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
LA FONDA REOPENS If you, like the rest of Alamo Heights, have been suffering from La Fonda withdrawal, you will be happy to know that one of the neighborhood’s favorite spots for Tex-Mex is back in business. La Fonda Alamo Heights has reopened under new management at...
by 78209 Magazine | Jul 15, 2014 | Business Profile
San Antonio’s Kim Tucker Loves to Pay It Forward “Where are these cakes going?” That is a common question that Nothing Bundt Cakes owner Kim Tucker poses to her customers when they pick up an order. No, she’s not being nosy — she is genuinely curious. Kim is a...
by 78209 Magazine | Jul 15, 2014 | Featured, Meet Your Neighbors
It took Conrad John Netting IV 50 years to really “know” his father. The successful Alamo Heights-based CPA and long-term 78209 resident, born in 1944, six weeks after the combat death of his father, Conrad III, grew up with a few photographs, his mother’s...
by 78209 Magazine | Jul 15, 2014 | School News
Alamo Heights High School celebrated the educational journey of 369 candidates during graduation on June 5 at Laurie Auditorium on the campus of Trinity University. During the ceremony, AHHS faculty named Daniel Mays and...