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President Bush Visits The Editorial Offices This Blog

I'm getting calls and emails from friends asking me if it's really true.  Finally, the White House makes it official.

Yes, George W. Bush visited the Olmos Soda Fountain yesterday. 

Here's even more proof!

In the midst of several trillion dollars of lost wealth, he had time to stop by for a malt and visit to the editorial headquarters for this blog.

President Bush Visits The Editorial Offices This Blog

This is not a joke.

   

President George W. Bush stopped today to what serves as my editorial offices this blog. 

Read the story from the San Antonio "Express News" here.

My Robot Creative pal, Lara August, called me this morning to have breakfast, but I couldn't do it because of another meeting. 

Then, I hopped over to see PodCast Ready's Dean McCall for another meeting. 

Then, my stomach starts growling and  I decide to hop over to Olmos Pharmacy for lunch.

En route down US 281, I am driving by the airport, and see Air Force One taking off. 

Arriving to the Pharmacy 20 minutes later, proprietor, Betty Garza, informs me that our fearless leader of the free world, Secret Service in tow, stopped by and had a chocolate malt with First Lady, Laura Bush.

I guess when you are the President of the U.S., you can pretty much order up anything you want. 

So it really says quite a bit about Betty's place, where she's run a tight ship for 35 years.

Over the last 3 years, I've been doing lots of breakfast meetings, lots of interviews, and lots of posts at the Pharmacy. 

Sorry I missed you, Mr. President. 

And thumbs up to Betty for having Mr. Bush pick her place as the place in town (or the world) for a real home made malt.

photo (c)  San Antonio Express News

Social Media Club of Austin and San Antonio Meeting Coming Up Saturday, October 4

The Social Media Club Austin & Social Media Club San Antonio are coming together to meet and greet with Social Media Club Champions Chris Heuer and Kristie Wells.

The groups will get together in San Marcos, TX at Tres Hermanas Restaurant & Cantina.
Cocktails start @ 5:00 p.m. and dinner is optional.

Registration and information information is here.

Accordian Squeezbox Festival Coming to SA

October is around the corner and that means the 8th annual International Accordion Festival is on the horizon!

On October 11 and 12, San Antonio once again becomes the center of the squeezebox universe.   This is an extravaganza of global grooves and regional rhythms held every year at La Villita in the beautiful downtown Riverwalk area.

The 2008 schedule features some truly standout offerings of international talent from the world music pantheon.

This year experience the music of internationally-renown Panamanian pindin master Osvaldo Ayala, Serbian Roma world music dynamos Kal, the amazing Americana duo of Joe Ely and Joel Guzman, the border-crossing and genre-bending Rupa and the April Fishes and the remarkable return of legendary conjunto master Paulino Bernal.

Take a FREE trip around the globe with music that is dynamic and danceable, rhythmic and riotous.

On Saturday and Sunday, from noon to 10pm, enjoy free festival offerings on multiple stages throughout the historic grounds of La Villita (3 blocks south of the Alamo on South Alamo Street). Dance to more than a score of ensembles playing music from around the world. 

2008 special programs include the Roma Accordion Convergence – a meeting of gypsy accordion masters from Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania, sharing their musical expertise and traditions. The festival also hosts two Master Artist Workshops, with Panamanian superstar Osvaldo Ayala and conjunto pioneer Paulino Bernal.

Photo by Alan Weinkrantz (C) 2008

The International Accordion Festival is produced in partnership with the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, the Friends of the Canary Islands, the Consulate of Panama, the Consulate of Spain, the University of the Incarnate Word, Voice of Roma, Houston Institute for Culture, Fall Art Festivals and made possible in part through the support of Southwest Airlines, the official airlines of the International Accordion Festival, the Trust for Mutual Understanding, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, and the City of San Antonio Office of Cultural Affairs, Bud Light and Guaranty Bank.

San Antonio's VidaCare Wins "The Wall Street Journal" 2008 Technology Innovation Award

Congratulations to Dr. Larry Miller and his team at San Antonio based VidaCare who won The Wall Street Journal's 2008 Technology Innovation Award.

Read more here

OMG: We gotta Social Media Club in San Antonio

More intelligent life has been discovered in San Antonio.

There's now a Social Media Club in town.

Founders, Jennifer Navarrette and Louis Sandval, are our fearless leaders doing great things in our community.

Come join in!

Redbone Guitar Boutique Party Gala- A Splendid Time Guaranteed For All

A splendid time was indeed guaranteed for all at last night's Redbone Guitar Boutique party.
 
Richard Turner and his crew continue to tweak and make this into a destination to learn about guitars, music, Beatle culture and a whole lot more.

Even if you don't play guitar, you gotta stop by San Antonio's newest and coolest musical mecca.

Highly Recommeded

San Antonio is Going Green With Our Citizen's Poop

The San Antonio Water System will sell captured methane gas generated from the utility's treatment of 140,000 tons of biosolids, or sewage, from customers each year.

Read all about here on Huffington Post.

Join In For the Big Wrestling Match on Sunday June 15 @ 6 PM

Hey Everyone....what a great way to honor Dad on Father's Day with a family night out for some wholesome fake wrestling!

My trainer, Cameron Bates, (shown on the right) is one of the wrestlers who will be there.  Cameron does traditional wrestling, and he told me that the final big match will have some good old fashioned violence- something the whole family will enjoy.

There should be some good blood and guts, staples on their backs and of course my favorite, when someone throws tacks on the mat causing the wrestler much gain and probably very little gain.

Details:

The Venue
800 Lexington Avenue
San Antonio, Tx 78212

Be There!