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Real Estate Agents: Expand Your Brand Through Reviews Guest Blog Post by Matt Brown As social media becomes the norm for any business trying to expand its clientele, real estate agents have another very important way of networking. This industry thrives off of referrals and leads of satisfied customers. Now, these leads and referrals are happening online through local data providers and review sites. From the customer’s standpoint, their best referral may be from a satisfied stranger... - [Read more]

Texas Ranks Tops for New Jobs by Forbes in 2011 Texas Comptroller reports Forbes’ 2011 Best Cities for Jobs ranking in large cities. Texas came in tops in all three size of city categories. San Antonio was ranked 4th by Forbes for best big city for jobs. Best Big City for Jobs Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Best Mid-Size City for Jobs... - [Read more]

Cross-Cultural Curiosities by Celia Hayes So, whoever would have thought that there was historically such a strong German influence in South Texas, being that in the popular imagination, Germans, Southern good-ol-boy types and Hispanics could not be less alike? The mind boggles, upon first consideration, and then it starts to make sense. While Texas has never exactly been a cultural melting pot . . . but the three different ethnic groups have certainly melted a little around the... - [Read more]

Reviving the Garden: Tomato Victory  by Celia Hayes The curse on growing tomatoes in my garden has definitely been lifted: we have ripe red tomatoes on the vine, and promising clusters of green ones – and although they are not all very large, they are tasty. So the Topsy-Turvys do the trick as promised; even if they havent resulted in simply bushel-baskets of tomatoes, they have indeed tomatoes, which is about three steps farther than I have ever been able to go before. Next... - [Read more]

Wursfest, New Braunfels, Texas Follow me on Twitter @satx_randy Wurstfest is a unique celebration rich in German culture and full of Texas fun located in beautiful New Braunfels, Texas! Enjoy good fun, food, special events and the finest in Alpine and Bavarian Style Entertainment. During the 10-day festival, youll find a variety of entertainment, food and fun on the Wurstfest Grounds in Landa Park and many special events throughout New Braunfels and Comal County. The following... - [Read more]

San Antonio Real Estate Looking Up in Late 2011 by Kala Bell With the fall months dragging on, the San Antonio real estate market has seen some steady times recently. With the summer months ending, area numbers for September were pretty encouraging. The sales volume for the area was to be expected because of the economic situation of the country; however the San Antonio area boasts a different outlook than many of the markets across the nation. San Antonio has a great job market, at... - [Read more]

Weve Never Wondered About That . . . by Celia Hayes    We did our usual ramble through the yearly San Antonio Herb Market this last weekend; It used to be much more down-home and funky when it used to be held under the oak trees in Aggie Park, but a couple of years ago it moved to tres upscale digs at the Pearl Brewery, which allowed us to hit the weekly Saturday farmers market as well. Its been at least a year since we did the farmers market at the Pearl. To our delight there... - [Read more]

Frugality – Part Two   There are any number of ways to exercise second-hand frugality in San Antonio; one of our very favorite and every-day resources for second-hand books and movies is Half Price Books, which has several locations in San Antonio, although I’ve always been very fond of the location on Huebner. For extreme book frugality, though, nothing beats the regular library book sales, or the huge North East Independent School District PTA book sale, which is usually held... - [Read more]

20 Herbs to Remember The 20th Anniversary of the San Antonio Herb Market presents the "20 Herbs to Remember" ... at the Pearl Brewery Complex, 312 Pearl Parkway, San Antonio, TX. Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 9:00am to 4:00pm. The 2011 San Antonio Herb Market. The free SAWS-sponsored event features cooking demos, lectures, and activities for the kids! Purchase fresh herbs and other plants, handmade soaps, olive oils, books and other products to delight your herbal senses. Visit with... - [Read more]

Frugality – Part One by Celia Hayes I suppose I have come by the predilection for thrift in a fairly straightforward way – I inherited it. There are things that because my parents didnt do them, I never actually have or would in the foreseeable future. Like purchase an entirely new automobile. Do you know how much it depreciates, as soon as you drive it off the lot? I can hear Dad lecturing me, even now. At least two years old, lightly used, dealer warranty. Not even if I... - [Read more]

Italian Feast at Christopher Columbus Italian Society Hall in San Antonio This years festival and Italian dinner is over, but if you missed it, the Ladies Auxillary holds quarterly Italian dinners ... So, who would have guessed that there is a thriving little Italian community tucked away in San Antonio  ... well, if you have passed by at speed on the IH-35 North, just where the highway passes Navarro and Santa Rosa, you would have caught a glimpse of a tiny, ornate brick church... - [Read more]

Guest Authors and Guest Bloggers Wanted I, Randy Watson and owner of the www.satxproperty.com website and SATXBlog, invite other bloggers and authors to post quality content on SATXBlog. My SATXBlog includes very diverse topics and is open to anyone wishing to write/blog about general real estate topics or any/all things good about San Antonio or South Texas. Heres what I offer: I will publish your post on the SATXBLOG with your short author biography and your photo; in exchange for... - [Read more]

Evening With the Authors by Celia Hayes That was a wonderful time, although I didnt really get to meet any of the other authors. Readers of books and local supporters of the Eugene Clark library got to purchase books and talk to the authors, while sipping wine and nibbling on a scrumptious array of finger food, cheeses, sweets and whatever, provided and served by students from the Austin Community College Culinary Arts program. Each of us authors had a table with chairs around it,... - [Read more]

RECON Real Estate Center Online News October 4, 2011 Copyright 2011. All rights reserved. Material herein is published according to the fair-use doctrine of U.S. copyright laws related to non-profit, educational institutions. Items attributed to sources other than the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University should not be reprinted without permission of the original source. MORE BUILDING PERMIT DATA, MORE FLEXIBILITY  COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Weve made... - [Read more]

Road Trip: The Capital of Texas BBQ by Celia Hayes Having reason last Saturday to go up to Lockhart, to participate in an evening fund-raising event to support the Eugene Clark Library, my daughter and I thought;  lets drive up in the early afternoon and take a look at the sights of historic downtown Lockhart; a district of several blocks centered on the archetypal Texas courthouse in a square with a number of businesses housed in classic late-19th century or early 20th century... - [Read more]

Waxing the Cheese by Celia Hayes That is something which sounds vaguely like something which only ought to be done by consenting adults, in private and behind closed doors, but  . . .  well, its really rather prosaic, in the process of making cheese. Its the final thing done, before stashing the wheel of cheese in the lower shelf of the refrigerator to age for the required number of months. Well, to all but the parmesan; that variety ages, dries and hardens bare and un-waxed for a... - [Read more]

Rural In the City-Voelker Dairy Farm by Celia Hayes Within living memory, much of modern, built-up and suburban San Antonio was confined to well within the 410 Loop. I have friends not very much older than myself who can recall Nacodoches Road as a two-lane country road, doddling off into farmlands in the upland north of town, and those friends of my parents age remember that the airport was away the heck and gone in the middle of nowhere, and Broadway at 410 was a dirt road. Here... - [Read more]

Christopher Columbus Day Celebration and Festival 2011 Sunday, October 9, 2011, San Antonio, Texas FREE ADMISSION, FREE PARKING Who: The Christopher Columbus Italian Society of San Antonio, Texas What: Christopher Columbus Day Celebration When: Sunday, October 9, 2011 - 11am - 5 pm Where: Columbus Hall at San Antonios "Little Italy" 201 Piazza Italia San Antonio, TX 78207 Phone: 210-223-8284 Ciao a tutti! Parla come mangi ... "Hello everyone! Speak how you eat."... - [Read more]

Created Sunday, 10 October 2010 14:03 Columbus Day Celebration at Christopher Columbus Italian Society Genuine Italian Spaghetti and Meatball feast Sunday, October 10, 2010, 11-5 Hello everyone! Its Columbus Day weekend! Columbus Day is Monday, October 11, 2010. It is a Federal Holiday, so mail wont be delivered, US Government offices across America will be closed. Most bank doors wont be open. But, most Americans across the nation will be hard at work. However, on Sunday, October... - [Read more]

Texas Production and Consumption Indicators From the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts: Susan Combs Notes:The cigarette packages taxed number was previously based on cigarette tax collections. The cigarette packages taxed number is now based on the number of cigarette tax stamps sold. All historical cigarette package taxed numbers have been revised to reflect this new method. Crude oil and natural gas figures are net taxable values. Gasoline gallons include gasohol. Auto sale... - [Read more]