Fourth of July Extravaganza with Robert Earl Keen

Photo credit | Tom Zinn Photography ©2009—–

Fourth of July for me and my family usually means a habitual trip to Port Aransas. This year, we’re looking for a bigger piece of sky for our celebration…and we’ve found it!

Despite not being a huge baseball fan, I am guilty of enjoying a San Antonio Missions game every now and then. I’m also a self-proclaimed member of the loyal Texas Country following. Add fireworks and you’ve got ‘the greatest show ever been gave’!

Come cheer on the Missions followed by post-game fireworks and a live concert on the field featuring Texas Country icon Robert Earl Keen. “Play ball!” at 5:05 p.m. on Saturday, July 4 at The Wolff (where’s The Wolff). The Missions take on Northwest Arkansas with the concert and fireworks show to follow immediately afterward. For ticket information, check out the San Antonio Missions website.

The H-E-B Fourth of July Extravaganza is presented by KRAFT and the San Antonio Express-News.

If you want to have even more fun, check out the other activities on the list. Other San Antonio bloggers have provided their take on some of the best activities in the area.

Take a look:

4. Fourth of July Celebration in Luckenbach, TX, by Luis Sandoval Jr.

3. Tubing on the Comal River (New Braunfels, TX), by Jennifer Navarrete

2. Celebration on the River (Kerrville, Texas), by Shelley Cook

1. Aqua Boom Festival on Lake LBJ, by Jessica Young

This blog post is part of the JW San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa “List of the Best Things to do in the Texas Hill Country” Blog Scavenger Hunt. The goal is to compile a list of the best ways to spend this Fourth of July (and any day of the year!) in the Hill Country. Bloggers from San Antonio, Texas and anywhere around the globe are invited to participate and share they favorite thing to do in the Hill Country. To participate and have a link to your blog featured in the JW San Antonio “List of the Best Things to do in the Texas Hill Country” blog post all you have to do is write a blog (length, style and everything else is up to you), include this paragraph at the end of your post and send us a link to it via Twitter at @JWSanAntonio. Visit our blog for more information about the Blog Scavenger Hunt. We can’t wait to read your post! Thank you for helping us discover the Hill Country – the home of the newest and largest JW Marriott Resort, opening January 2010.

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Coveroo Your Mobile Device

While hunting for swag at the Society for Information Display (SID) in San Antonio, I ran across the Coveroo booth where they were basically ripping cell phones from attendees’ hands and etching personalized designs onto them. Well, sort of.

“You want to do what to my BlackBerry?”

The San Francisco-based company is only several months old, and it has already redefined the personalized cell phone cover scene. No need to weigh your phone down with a bulky cover complete with scratch-off designs. Let Coveroo take a laser to your device. They can also finish it off in color with its new HighColor printing process. The color option will first be exclusively available for the new Marvel and NBA designs, along with the existing UCLA, Garfield, Hot Wheels, Star Trek, Streetfighter IV, and Resident Evil 5 artwork. Prices range from $9.95 to $59.95, depending upon your phone model and design choice.

About a month ago, Coveroo added superheroes and NBA designs to its lineup. So, I opted to show my undying dedication to the San Antonio Spurs. They even swapped my BlackBerry Bold cover for a titanium-colored cover.

FYI…for most iPod models, users can opt to buy a completely new device to get the custom artwork…OR Coveroo offers a send-in option for the iPod and iPhone, as well as for laptops, the Nindendo DSi, and other miscellaneous phones and PDAs.

So go quietly, my friends. Visit the Coveroo website for a lineup of devices and designs, and get etched!

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San Antonio River Walk Expansion - Canal Lock In Action

The talk of the town in the last few days has been the River North river walk expansion project in San Antonio…also dubbed the Museum Reach, which includes the section between Lexington Avenue and Josephine Street near the Pearl Brewery. Today was the grand opening of this section.

The section boasts a number of features including public restrooms, exhibits by local artists, pedestrian bridges, fish lunkers (shelters), and the lock and dam complex. The lock and dam complex takes approximately 8-10 minutes to allow entry and exit of the barge and to displace 40,000 gallons of water. My brother took a series of photos and turned it into a video montage of the lock and dam process. Enjoy!

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Storm Cloud Photo In San Antonio

As storms rolled through San Antonio tonight, the clouds produced resembled those in Independence Day when the UFOs entering the atmosphere…or like a fire crawling along the ceiling. Strange nonetheless. Although I snapped a pic with my BlackBerry and twittered it, I got home just in time to capture it with the Nikon.

Click for high res photo

These clouds are called mammatus clouds, which means “bumpy clouds”.

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Clever Advertising Slogan: Your Wife Is Hot

I’m no expert on effective marketing, but occasionally an advertisement catches your attention. In fact, some are so good you have to tell your friends and family all about it. Depending on the venue, the placement of some memorable ads can cost millions while others cost significantly less and are just as engaging.

Jon Wayne Air Conditioning in San Antonio has accomplished that with its ‘made you look’ slogan.

Jon Wayne Air Conditioning

I rarely notice billboards. In fact, I can’t think of one that caught my attention like this one since the GodSpeaks billboards.

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Justin Timberlake Hosts SNL. He’s a Mother Lover!

With Justin Timberlake making unforgettable Alec Baldwin-esque appearances on Saturday Night Live, my expectations were high for a homerun performance. He and Andy Samberg were back for a follow-up music video to Dick In A Box…just in time for Mother’s Day. It’s not the uncensored version, but you get the idea.

Streaming Video

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!

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Susan Boyle Is Not Delusional

If you’re fixed on American Idol this season, then you haven’t been keeping up with Britain’s Got Talent. The show that brought the world’s attention to Paul Potts, has brought attention to another astonishing performance.

When Susan Boyle walked out on the stage, she proclaimed that she wanted to achieve similar success to that of Elaine Paige. At the end of her performance, I expected her to drop the mic where she stood, and walk off the stage. Well…one out of two ain’t bad.

See the video for yourself.

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