Paula Allen
S.A. Express-News
San Antonio, TX, United States
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San Antonio Zoo has a long but spotty history with giraffes
The city’s first zoo featured animals from Texas and Mexico — but no giraffe. → Read More
Phil Romano’s 1980s dinner club and former North Side water park spark readers’ memories
Enoch’s Dinner Club on the Northwest Side preceded Fuddruckers and Macaroni Grill. → Read More
‘Goat gland’ doctor's son attended military school in San Antonio
John R. “Johnny” Brinkley III, enrolled at Peacock Military Academy at age 12 in early 1939, writes Paula Allen in the second of two columns. → Read More
‘Goat-gland’ doctor moved his family to Texas after troubles in Kansas
John Brinkley headed to Del Rio after losing his Kansas license in 1930. His son would end... → Read More
River Walk ‘surprise’ example of San Antonio recycling stone from demolished downtown buildings
Removal of freeze-damaged ivy reveals limestone block with A. Giles carved on it. Alfred... → Read More
San Antonio car dealer, peanut vendor linked by mysterious note on artwork by local painter
The artwork is “The ‘Hot Peanut’” by Lola Mueller, an award-winning painter and... → Read More
Mighty Treaty Oak survives poisoning attack by drifter
H. Ross Perot financed the quest to rescue the “living and fitting symbol” of Texas. It’s now stabilized, although not as symmetrical as it once was. → Read More
Venerable Grey Moss Inn survived the Depression but not COVID
The Helotes-area restaurant closed in 2020, 90 years after opening as a tearoom and... → Read More
Grey Moss Inn started as a part of a real estate promotion of Scenic Loop area
The popular place began as a tearoom, one of the advertised features of the Scenic Loop Playground subdivision, now known as the city of Grey Forest. → Read More
San Antonio airport’s wavy-roofed building was a millionaire’s ‘executive terminal’
The boutique terminal was built in the mid-1960s by the Business AirCraft Corp. and... → Read More
After delay, Texas history play debuted for Masonic visitors
“Five Flags Furled” by historian W. Frances Scarborough changed audience and content in the interim. → Read More
A look back at S.A.'s two Tipi tourist roadside attractions
San Antonio may be one of the few cities — if not the only one — to have had two roadside attractions featuring tipi structures. → Read More
Youngblood’s — ‘the biggest chicken outfit in town’ — fell to competition, money woes
The Texas company, which offered fried chicken, biscuits and honey for dine-in, take-out or catering during the 1950s and ’60s, was an early adopter of the farm-to-table concept. → Read More
Club Giraud transformed from wallflower buildings to social star
Club Giraud started as part of the Ursuline Academy in the 1850s before becoming a private club that supports Southwest School of Art. → Read More
San Antonio’s ‘favorite rural restaurant’ — Wolfe’s Inn — changed hands, not menu during its seven decades
Wolfe’s Inn could have been the setting for a Hallmark Christmas movie but was a real... → Read More
San Antonio Bears took on Detroit Tigers in historic exhibition game
Before there were Houston Astros or Texas Rangers, there were minor-league baseball teams... → Read More
Half a century later, lone fireplace still looms on empty West Side lot
The fireplace is the last remnant of a home in the Lake View area overlooking Elmendorf... → Read More
Foundation behind push for San Antonio’s Medical Center marking 75th anniversary
The San Antonio Medical Foundation was formed in 1944 to help push for a medical school,... → Read More
Tejano duo René and René enjoyed a brief, dazzling celebrity
René Ornelas and René Herrera had hits that reached the Billboard Hot 100, appeared on national television and shared bills with the Beach Boys and José Feliciano. → Read More
Argyle Club house evolved along with Alamo Heights
At the center of the large, plantation-style mansion is the original house, which has been identified as one of the two oldest structures in the community. → Read More