Visual Histories
One of the quirks of doing a strict photo-blog, a collection of images based solely on a specific location, one of the benefits is watching how a single image changes over time.
B & D Ice is a South Alamo staple. Seen here and then almost the same shot, maybe three or four years earlier.
I’ve maintained two central hypotheses about San Antonio. One, it’s the gateway to South Texas, and the loss of vegetation speaks to the drought conditions in the last few years, and two, San Antonio is way weirder than Austin, but no one cares.
“Keep San Antonio Lame.”
Right on.
San Antonio weirder than Austin? That, I find hard to believe. In what way? The way people dress? The kinds of stores/shops? The attitudes?
Yes.
Most common comment, I say, “Wow, that’s weird!”
San Antonio natives: “Eee, that’s nuthink, chew chould chee ees brother…”*
*Diction is way off, but you get the idea? “That’s nothing, you should see his (brother, mother, sister, etc.)”
*snicker*