Museo Alameda - San Antonio
Jan. 14th, 2008 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dalthauserI decided to get right to work on my 2008 Bucket list (http://eats-veggies.livejournal.com/59645.html) with Museo Alameda. It's free on Sunday, and I love free. I found the map I'd printed out from mapquest and off I went (I made maps of all my bucketlist locations so I couldn't use not knowing how to get there as an excuse).
Downtown San Antonio is slightly stressful to drive only because they always have freeway construction that causes them to put up high, very narrow, barriers to drive between. I got off the freeway and onto the main road the museum is supposed to be on - then I see a big sign for Market Square (a Mexican street market I've heard talked about on the news etc.). Yay - the museum is IN market square. A bonus!
Downtown San Antonio is slightly stressful to drive only because they always have freeway construction that causes them to put up high, very narrow, barriers to drive between. I got off the freeway and onto the main road the museum is supposed to be on - then I see a big sign for Market Square (a Mexican street market I've heard talked about on the news etc.). Yay - the museum is IN market square. A bonus!
I parked at a pay lot ($3) and walked across the road to the square.
There were some awesome shops all Mexican themed which I love only slightly less than Asian stuff.
I thought ofsahlah and her blue dogs when I saw some of this stuff. Maybe it was the bright rich colors.
I walked through a few of the shops and even tried on an Alpaca sweater (on the sale rack discounted from $299 to $149....).
The museum was very small but very nice. The current exhibits I found notable were the Huipiles and an awesome display on Celia Cruz including several of her gowns and lots of multi-media (on loan from the Smithsonian). There were also several artists on display (all paintings and murals). I couldn't take pictures inside obviously, but I snapped their plate and advertisement for free Sunday :-)
I loved the gift shop. They had a great sale table where I got a 2007 Museum T-shirt and took pictures of some of their Day of the Dead stuff.
On the way out I considered getting me some of that Evil Be Gone spray.....
After the museum I grabbed a Bean/Cheese/Guacamole Gordita at a street vendor. I wanted to ask them how they made the dough for the shell, but they were really busy.
All in all a good day, AND it cost me less (including gas) than if I'd have driven a few blocks to see a movie.
There were some awesome shops all Mexican themed which I love only slightly less than Asian stuff.
I thought of
sahlah and her blue dogs when I saw some of this stuff. Maybe it was the bright rich colors. I walked through a few of the shops and even tried on an Alpaca sweater (on the sale rack discounted from $299 to $149....).
The museum was very small but very nice. The current exhibits I found notable were the Huipiles and an awesome display on Celia Cruz including several of her gowns and lots of multi-media (on loan from the Smithsonian). There were also several artists on display (all paintings and murals). I couldn't take pictures inside obviously, but I snapped their plate and advertisement for free Sunday :-)
I loved the gift shop. They had a great sale table where I got a 2007 Museum T-shirt and took pictures of some of their Day of the Dead stuff.
On the way out I considered getting me some of that Evil Be Gone spray.....
After the museum I grabbed a Bean/Cheese/Guacamole Gordita at a street vendor. I wanted to ask them how they made the dough for the shell, but they were really busy.
All in all a good day, AND it cost me less (including gas) than if I'd have driven a few blocks to see a movie.
