SAN ANTONIO – Today @ 10:30 a.m., Brushfire Farms brings game day bites.
With the NFL season opening tonight, the founder and CEO of Brushfire Farms brought a full spread of South Texas-inspired game day food to the studio. The lineup included dove Lizzies (what the rest of the country calls poppers), Sabinal sliders made with locally sourced beef from Cattleman’s Beef Company, a Hondo summer salad with watermelon and mint, prickly pear barbecue micheladas built on a recipe from Sojourn, a downtown San Antonio bar, and prickly pear topo. The bacon in the Lizzies comes from Klein’s in Boerne, which recently earned a best bacon in America distinction.
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The demo walked through how to assemble a Lizzie: half a dove breast, a peanut M&M-sized dollop of cream cheese, and a fresh jalapeno spear, all rolled snug in half a strip of bacon. The key, apparently, is rolling away from yourself and not overthinking it.
Brushfire Farms ships nationwide and the founder flagged the holiday gifting season as a good time to stock up, with 10% off available for viewers with the code “SATX”. He also mentioned Stewards of the Wild, a statewide program through Texas Parks and Wildlife, for anyone interested in hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, or conservation. More at salive.com.
Travel Life with Adeina goes to Boerne
A travel writer who co-authored a guidebook on the area laid out a full day-to-weekend itinerary for Boerne, noting that several of the spots have only been open three to six months.
Start the day at The Art Spot on Main Street, a new wellness spot offering massages, facials, and pedicures. From there, lunch at Tri Pizzeria, a restaurant from a well-known San Antonio chef, where the menu includes cheese-covered deviled eggs and a choice of a jalapeno margarita or pineapple martini. Next stop is The Richter for boozy ice cream and what was described as a genuinely enormous cinnamon roll. In the evening, a new speakeasy called 12 to 12 has craft cocktails and a food truck outside serving street tacos.
A walk along Cibolo Creek is worth building in; after recent high water levels, the creek is flowing well and described as beautiful right now. Pioneer Meats is an international deli worth a detour, with South African-influenced sandwiches; the recommended order is prosciutto with fig jam on sourdough or ciabatta.
For an overnight stay, The Kendall is the writer’s top pick: a historic property with boutique rooms, several of which are pet-friendly, and a trail behind it along the Cibolo. New wine bar Davino Cellars brings in bottles from around the world. Pinchy’s Lobster and Raw Bar came up as a genuine favorite, with the lobster ravioli and the Bavarian pretzel both getting specific callouts. The itinerary ends in nearby Sisterdale at Blackboard Barbecue, where the ribs and truffle fries are the things to order.
The co-written guidebook is available on Amazon and at Barnes and Noble.
The Art of Four art exhibit comes to Our Lady of the Lake University
Our Lady of the Lake University is currently hosting an exhibition focused on artists of color, organized by someone who founded the effort out of a belief that these artists were underserved and underrepresented. The show, titled In the Eye of the Beholder, is part of a broader Hispanic Heritage recognition and follows an earlier Juneteenth exhibition by the same organizer.
The artists in the show work across a wide range of styles and materials, including carved and painted woodwork with burning techniques, crochet incorporated into fine art pieces, and pen-and-ink work both on paper and canvas. Several of the artists spoke to the personal nature of their work: one piece, recently named Victoria, was originally made at age 21 or 22 and revisited in a new version on canvas with oil paint. Mixed heritage, family identity, and the question of what it means to be seen in your own culture came up repeatedly across the artists featured.
Rio Grande Valley College - LVN TO RN PROGRAM
Rio Grande Valley College, which has trained more than 2,000 healthcare students over nearly two decades, is now actively recruiting in San Antonio for its LVN to RN Transition Program. The program is designed around working licensed vocational nurses who want to become registered nurses without stepping away from their jobs. It runs about 10 and a half months, meets three days a week (two days of classroom instruction and one clinical day), and carries a passage rate above 92%.
For a limited time, the college is offering free TEAS testing for qualifying prospective students. The TEAS is an entrance exam covering reading comprehension, science, math, and English. Completing it is the first step toward enrollment, and the college is encouraging interested LVNs to schedule a time to come in and meet with a representative in person. Graduates can move into acute care hospitals, dialysis centers, wound care, surgical centers, and home health, among other settings.
To learn more or schedule free TEAS testing, call 210-791-6162 or visit rgvcollege.edu.
