Weekend happenings

One of my nephews and his new wife were here this weekend.  I say new wife because they have been married less than one year.  Not because he has run through 2 or 3 of them already.  I just wanted to be clear about that.  Anyhoo, they got here Friday night and we got to spend part of Jonathon's birthday playing cards and just being together.  It was a lot of fun.

All the other people who live here in this house were participating in a meditation retreat over the weekend, so nephew and wife and I went and picked up a friend on Saturday morning and went to the Farmers' Market.  I don't know if anyone outside of San Antonio knows about the Pearl Brewery. But this place was gorgeous in its heyday and it is becoming one of the up-and-coming places to do business.  You can read all about the goings-on at the website for the brewery and the Farmers' Market, if you are interested.

Oh!  And here is an interesting little bit of information.  One of San Antonio's best restaurants, the one that I always made sure to take visitors to, is located right next door to the Pearl Brewery and has been there forever.  So now the neighborhood is taking off and lots and lots more people are going there (previously it was a kind of sketchy place to go at night) and what happens?  The Liberty Bar packs up and moves! WTH???  Why now?  I don't know.  I have not made it to the new location yet, but it makes me sad every time I drive by the old, tired, leaning to the side building and see it empty.

So, back to the weekend story.  We roamed around the Farmer's Market and I bought some lovely fresh produce and I found some people who are raising Heritage Hogs.  I have never heard of Heritage Hogs, so I had to stop and check it out.  Go here and see the kind of hogs they are talking about.  I bought a roast and 1 pound of ground pork to try.  I have heard of Heritage varieties of turkeys but I had never thought of heirloom breeds of hogs before.

Then we did a bit more shopping and then went out to lunch.  Since it was getting so terribly hot outside, my new niece asked me to teach her to knit and crochet.  So we sat inside where it was nice and cool and played with yarn.  I love passing on my passion for knitting and crocheting.  It's a great way to relax, to create something and to just spend time together.  I really need to get a group going.

Nephew and new wife have already left and are headed back home.  We had a really good visit and I hope we get to do this more often.  I will try to remember to post something about the hog meat after I try it.

I hope your weekend was good, productive and spent in the company of loved-ones.