South to San Antonio is much easier than Santa Fe to Austin. We were greeted with a royal welcome by Unity and Cristela. Their apartment feels like a wonderfully liveable art museum. Everything is imbued with creativity and clarity and comfort. Here are some photos of the place we were lucky enough to play in and stay in for a couple of days.
October 22, 2006.Ji was being his usual creative self playing windows and taking artsy pictures...House concerts are really the way to go. The feeling is very intimate and casual, we get to know the people we are playing for, and the overall performance experience feels more interactive and tangible. Our lovely hostesses put on such a glorious spread of food... here is an example of a "little" dish: figs sliced in half, stuffed with goat cheese, topped with an almond, and drizzled with honey. Yummmmm. And I don't even like almonds. I ate maybe ten of those little delights.
The next day we went up into the tower, and along the River Walk, and then ate dinner in a building that slanted so much there wasn't a right angle in the place. The surroundings were beautiful, and all the artists and fabulous people we met, plus our darling ones Unity and Cristela, made it very hard to leave San Antonio behind.