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I decided to write this blog to document our new life in San Antonio, Texas. Quite an adjustment coming from Baltimore, Maryland. I thought this could help other East Coast transplants who have moved to the great state of Texas. Everything here is different- weather, shopping, food, culture, wildlife and language.

If you are new to San Antonio and have items that would help others adjust please add your comments- photos of armadillos are most welcome!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Helotes Country Club

This weekend we made a trip to the Helotes Country Club. Yes. Really. This place has been around for over 40 years and not much has changed. Certainly a lot of ambience! Don't expect to eat or drink anything except beer. That's right. Just beer. We are in Texas afterall. You have the option of sitting inside or outside on the benches. I took a lot of pictures because words just can't describe this place.

For all my friends from past drinking clubs (A.O.D.C. and T.T. members) eat your hearts out! This place would have been our first stop every year. Puts the Northside Tavern on Greenmount Avenue to shame!















Easy to read signs. Friendly customers. We met a lovely man who lost his wife 2 years ago and comes here on a regular basis to get some friendly conversations. The night we visited there was a Randy Travis concert down the street. We could actually hear the music. Lots of Country Music acts perform here. Maybe we'll take a trip out here to see Willie Nelson next time he's in town. But we'll probably just listen while we have our beer sitting outside on the benches.










I am sure you wonder about the inside of the Country Club...well, it won't disappoint you. Check out the charm and the old world atmosphere. If the walls could talk in this place!




















Since I am trying to do a full review of this establishment you will all want to know about the bathrooms. I didn't visit the men's room but the women's room was terrific.  It's all about Texas...because everything in this state is really just all about Texas...




So, if you're planning a trip to Texas and want to see what living here is all about, plan a trip to the Helotes Country Club.  No membership fees required!
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3 comments:

  1. SpunkyOctober 27, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    I love this blog! What a dump!

    How about one on Sebastian & how well he's doing,
    or the River Walk?

    I'd like to see your neighborhood, and your new trees and your backyard!!!

    Miss you

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  2. India in TexasOctober 27, 2011 at 9:18 PM

    The River Walk!? That would be like writing about Harborplace! But I will give you an update on Sebastian and the habañero peppers I'm growing.
    And by the way, it wasn't a dump it was just a picturesque Texas jewel.

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  3. DSpears04October 7, 2012 at 9:54 AM

    Thanks for the Blog on our home away from home... :) The only place you can hang your fresh kill from hunting in a game cooler for storage before processing then go inside buy a beer or 10 for $2.25 each, hear some old local stories while you decide if you need to buy a measuring tape or other tool off the ceiling then go outside on the picnic tables aka the "cheap" seats and listen to live music either drifting up the hill from a concert at Floore's Country Store or some local musician picking guitars, plucking a bass wash tub, even a harmonica & banjo now & then singing on the infamous picnic tables, even in the winter with a firepit to sit around. Can't forget to mention the exceptional bartendresses that always have your beverage of choice waiting for you when they see your car drive up.

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