Archive for February, 2010

Riverwalk Survey: 87% of Visitors Agree

Riverwalk Survey: 87% of Visitors Agree

The world-famous San Antonio Riverwalk, with its world-class collection of local beads and tire-making facilities, has run a survey for the past year, in conjunction with the Federal Census Bureau. In the largest survey of its kind, which involved nearly 159,000 guests, visitors and conveners to the beloved river, the results are finally in, confirming what many locals knew all along: "Yes, it is." Local writer Brandan Moss reports. I first heard the news when leaving the Texan Institute of C

February 9, 2010 Comments Full Story

Nutritional Fight Spills Over Into Riverwalk

Nutritional Fight Spills Over Into Riverwalk

San Antonio has been a culinary center since its establishment in 1922. But the FDA's campaign to ban transfats has forced Nutrional Facts labels to be added to all taxis, hotels and riverboats within walking distance of Pat O'Brien's. Science editor Maria Frimble reports. The world famous Riverwalk is finally being Obamatized by the the FDA, and being forced to slap warning labels on most of its products. Several agencies have been critized in recent weeks for what's seen as an extreme 'Nann

February 1, 2010 Comments Full Story