Category: Sounds

Singing high praise for the trees Max and Minnie spared: ‘Last Farm in Town’

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last-farm-coverOkay, we’re behind the times. Last Farm Standing on Buttermilk Hill has no promotional video.

But, is this cool or not?

It has a song. A song recorded on August 30, 2013.

Well, okay. The book doesn’t own it.

But the song surely will become the official one of Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy, supportive caretaker of the former farmland on which Max and Minnie Voelcker spared the trees shading walkers and runners in Phil Hardberger Park.

This is what the vocalist, Michele McMurry, wrote about “Last Farm in Town” on August 31:

Doug (McMurry) and I recorded this song, which he wrote as a tribute to Phil Hardberger Park and the rich roots of the Voelcker dairy farm. Doug was inspired by a book titled “Last Farm Standing on Buttermilk Hill,” written by friend and colleague, Gayle Brennan Spencer.

As you may know, Doug is very involved with parks as a director of the Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy and former chairman of the City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Board.

The neat part was Doug playing my dad’s 1964 Martin (D28) guitar.

Enjoy …

“The Last Farm in Town” by Doug and Michele McMurry…

Oh, and the photo in the video is the interior of Max and Minnie’s milking barn.

Fiesta Arts Fair

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Uncharacteristically (for Fiesta Week) comfortable weather, plenty of elbow room to browse the rows of art and the lively music of Brave Combo added up to make Saturday an extremely pleasant day for taking in the Fiesta Arts Fair at the Southwest School of Art.

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If you are reading this on San Jacinto Day, Sunday, April 21, STOP! Get off the computer, and meander on over to the fair before it’s too late.

Bud Light Music Stage
11:30am – 12:30pm Choupique High Rollers
1:00 – 2:00pm Michael Martin & the Infidels w/ special guest Patricia Vonne
2:30 – 3:30pm Stephanie Urbina Jones
4:00 – 5:00pm Suzy Bravo & The Soul Revue
McNutt Garden Stage
12:00 – 3:00pm George Gaytan
3:00 – 5:00pm Juan Cabrera

Stepping out our door smack into First Friday

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When we first bought our loft in King William, we walked over to the patio at Azuca for lunch. It immediately hit us that we were going to live in the exact spot we would want to stay if we were on vacation in San Antonio – a block off the river, a quick walk into downtown, in the midst of an emerging restaurant scene.

Last night, we strolled through Southtown’s First Friday for about 20 minutes before sitting down with banh mi sandwiches from the Duk Truck at Alamo Street Eat to listen to a set by Mitch Webb and the Swindles. I snapped a few – well, a lot of – photos on the way, all taken within about a three-block radius of our house.

I would recommend any of the food stops in the photos, and I cheated by throwing in our favorite weekend lunch spot – Tre Trattoria Downtown.