Light rain fell from overcast gray clouds as Mitch Hagney gave a tour of land cultivated by indigenous people centuries ago at Mission San Juan Capistrano. Wearing a straw hat, he walked dirt paths leading to an acequia (irrigation ditch) fed by the San Antonio River that waters a 5-acre historic Spanish colonial demonstration farm. Hagney is [...]

Enjoy Evenings at Topaz eclectic summer pool parties at La Cantera Resort & Spa while benefitting local charities. The final two parties are scheduled, 7-11 p.m. July 27 and August 24. Evenings at Topaz, presented by La Cantera Resort & Spa, is a series of themed sunset poolside parties benefitting local charities. The final two [...]

The wine bar and cafe is open at The Rim with a second location near Pearl planned in 2024 There’s nothing wrong with the occasional mid-day glass of wine. That’s the message from Lauren Bailey, who was born in San Antonio and is now CEO/co-founder of Upward Projects, the restaurant group that owns Postino Wine Cafe, which [...]

Mercedes Bristol spent a recent Friday morning in her suburban San Antonio home sending emails, combing hair, answering calls and doing laundry for her grandson. She was tending both to her work as head of the nonprofit Texas Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and getting her youngest grandson Paul Chavez ready for a mariachi concert in the [...]

For some San Antonio-area students, summer is a time to getting away from the responsibilities that come with going to school. For others, it’s a time of going without the only guaranteed meal they’ll eat all day. But dozens of schools and other sites in the San Antonio region are participating in the federal Summer [...]

In the only partnership of its kind, the food bank farms five acres of National Park Service land as a historic demonstration garden to educate visitors to San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. It manages another 45 park acres, using modern farming methods to cultivate crops that will feed the hungry.