I Like Texas........

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by lifesaver
Got the invite to BabyBake, but cant make it.

From who?! They better back it up. You were MY date last year.

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by aggieAXO
Can someone post the fiesta schedule pretty please.

Schedule of Events - Friday, April 21

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*9am-10am Fiesta® San Antonio Official Opening Ceremony
Alamo Plaza
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
10am-5pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
*11am-3pm Fiesta UTSA
UTSA Sombrilla
*Noon-1am Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
4pm-11pm A Taste Of New Orleans
Sunken Garden Theater, Brackenridge Park
5pm-11pm Fiesta Oyster Bake―The Heartbeat Of Fiesta
St. Mary’s University Campus, One Camino Santa Maria
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
7pm-11pm The WEBB Party
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave.
8pm-Mid Fiesta Jamboree - Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Doubletree Hotel, 37 NE Loop 410
8pm-Mid Incognito: Fiesta’s Masked Ball
La Villita Assembly Hall

Schedule of Events - Saturday, April 22

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*7am-11am Fiesta Mission 10K & Kids’ Runs
Mission County Park, 6030 Padre
*7:30am-3pm 10k Walk: Caminada de Fiesta
Army Medical Museum, Fort Sam Houston
*8am-8pm San Antonio Women’s Fiesta Soccer Tournament
FM Road 78 and FM Road 3009 in Cibolo
*9am-1pm Walk Across Texas
San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston
*9am-1pm Fiesta Track Meet
Alamo Stadium, 110 Tuleta
9am-5pm Fiesta Bird Mart
Live Oak Civic Center, 8101 Pat Booker Road
*9am-5pm Alamo City Fiesta Rugby Tournament
Brooks Field Park, 3606 Goliad Road
9:30am-1:30pm Everything's Coming Up Roses
Doubletree Hotel, 37 NE Loop 410
*10am-11am San Jacinto Memorial Ceremony
The Alamo
*10am-3pm Celebrations of Tradition Pow Wow (new event!)
San Antonio Botanical Garden, 555 Funston
*10am-4pm San Antonio State School’s Family Festival
San Antonio State School, 6711 S. New Braunfels
*10am-4pm Earth Day
Woodlawn Lake
*10am-4pm Paseo del Rio Children’s Festival
River Walk between San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Rivercenter Mall
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
10am-5pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
10am-6pm Fiesta Arts Fair
Southwest School of Art and Craft, 300 Augusta
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
11am-2pm Fiesta Olé Style Show & Luncheon
Oak Hills Country Club, 5403 Fredericksburg Rd.
11am-5pm Monticello Park Historic District Tour of Homes
Monticello Park Historic District
11am-11pm A Taste Of New Orleans
Sunken Garden Theater, Brackenridge Park
11am-11pm Fiesta Oyster Bake―The Heartbeat Of Fiesta
St. Mary’s University Campus, One Camino Santa Maria
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
*Noon-9pm West Fest
Madonna Center Sportsfield, 1906 Castroville Rd.
*Noon-Mid Piñatas In The Barrio
Avenida Plaza Guadalupe, 1327 Guadalupe Street
*Noon-1am Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
*1pm-2pm This Hallowed Ground
Alamo Plaza
3pm-9pm Feria de Sevilla in San Antonio
Charro Ranch, 6126 PadreDr.
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
6pm-9pm NAACP Youth Image Awards Banquet
Fort Sam Houston NCO Club, 1395 Chaffee Road
6:30pm-Mid Victorian Gala
Sheraton Gunter Hotel, 205 East Houston Street
7pm-11pm Colores de Fiesta Gala
Hyatt Regency Riverwalk, 123 Losoya
*7:30pm-8:30pm Investiture Of King Antonio LXXXIV
Alamo Plaza
7:30pm-Mid El Rey Feo LVIII Reception
Instituto Cultural Mexicano
*7:45pm-Mid Patriotic & Historical Ball
Villita Assembly Hall, 408 Villita Street

Schedule of Events - Sunday, April 23

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*8am-9am Fiesta Mariachi Mass
San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza
*8am-8pm San Antonio Women’s Fiesta Soccer Tournament
FM Road 78 and FM Road 3009 in Cibolo
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
*11am-4pm Israeli Festival (new event!)
Congregation Agudas Achim, 16550 Huebner Rd.
11am-5pm Fiesta Arts Fair
Southwest School of Art and Craft, 300 Augusta
11am-7pm A Day in Old Mexico & Mexican Charreada
6126 Padre Drive
*11am-8pm Fiesta De La Familia
St. Gregory Catholic Church, 700 Dewhurst
11am-10pm A Taste Of New Orleans
Sunken Garden Theater, Brackenridge Park
Noon-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
Noon-6pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
*1pm-5pm Family Funday Sunday
Tom C. Clark High School, 5150 De Zavala Rd.
*1pm-9pm Fort Sam Houston Fiesta Ceremony & Fireworks Extravaganza
Fort Sam Houston MacArthur Parade Field
*1pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
2:30pm-6:30pm Sticky Wickets Croquet Tournament
Blessed Sacrament Academy, 1135 Mission Road
*3pm-5pm Fiesta Teenage Coronation
San Pedro Playhouse, 800 W. Ashby
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets

Schedule of Events - Monday, April 24

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
*11am-12:15pm Air Force At The Alamo
Alamo Plaza
11am-2pm Fiesta Luncheon, Hat Contest & Style Show
Westin Riverwalk Hotel, 420 W. Market St.
11:30am-2pm Cutting Edge Fiesta Fashion Show
University of the Incarnate Word, UIW Sky Room, 847 E. Hildebrand
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
*4pm-5:15pm Pilgrimage To The Alamo
Alamo Plaza
*4pm-7pm Pin Pandemonium (Special Sponsor Event!)
Sheraton-Gunter Hotel, 205 E. Houston St.
*5pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
7:30pm-9:30pm Texas Cavaliers River Parade
San Antonio River Walk

Schedule of Events - Tuesday, April 25

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*9:15am-1:15pm Children’s Texas History Forum
Alamo Hall
*10am-5pm Fiesta River Art Show
San Antonio River Walk
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
10am-8pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
10am-8pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
*5pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
5:30pm-10:30pm A Night In Old San Antonio®, (NIOSA)
La Villita
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
*6pm-9pm San Antonio College 12th Annual Multicultural Conference
San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave.
*7pm-9pm Fiesta In Blue (Air Force Musical Extravaganza)
Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium, 715 Stadium Drive
*7pm-10pm Mariachi Festival
River Walk, River Bend and extension of Paseo Del Rio
9pm-11pm Cornyation
Sunset Station, Lonestar Pavilion, 1174 E. Commerce

Schedule of Events - Wednesday, April 26

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*9am-2pm Senior Fiesta
Crossroads Mall
*9am-2pm San Antonio College 12th Annual Multicultural Conference
San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave.
*9:30am-10:15pm Lackland Fiesta Military Parade
Lackland Air Force Base Parade Grounds
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
10am-5pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-5pm Fiesta River Art Show
San Antonio River Walk
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
*1pm-5pm Fiesta Flower Show
Woman’s Club of San Antonio, 1717 San Pedro
*3pm-Mid Air & Army Guard Fiesta
Texas National Guard Armory, 4255 IH 35 North
5pm-Mid Fiesta Gartenfest
Beethoven Garten, 422 Pereida at South Alamo
*5pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
5:30pm-10:30pm A Night In Old San Antonio®, (NIOSA)
La Villita
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
6pm-10pm A Taste of the Northside & Fiesta Open
Canyon Springs Golf Club, 24400 Canyon Golf Road
*7pm-9pm Fiesta In Blue (Air Force Musical Extravaganza)
Trinity University, Laurie Auditorium, 715 Stadium Drive
*7pm-10pm Mariachi Festival
River Walk, River Bend and extension of Paseo Del Rio
8pm-10:30pm Coronation Of The Queen Of The Order Of The Alamo
Municipal Auditorium, 100 Auditorium Circle
9pm-11pm Cornyation
Sunset Station, Lonestar Pavilion, 1174 E. Commerce

Schedule of Events - Thursday, April 27

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*9am-2pm San Antonio College 12th Annual Multicultural Conference
San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro Ave.
*9am-4pm San Antonio Cactus & Xerophyte Society Show & Sale
San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Avenue
*10am-3pm Fiesta Flower Show
Woman’s Club of San Antonio, 1717 San Pedro
*10am-5pm Fiesta River Art Show
San Antonio River Walk
*10am-5pm Randolph Art League Exhibit & Sale
Alamo Plaza
10am-5pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-6pm St. Philip’s College Culture Fest & Rib Cook-Off
St. Philip’s College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
*11am-1pm Navy Day at the Alamo
Alamo Plaza
*11am-8pm Palo Alto College PACfest
Palo Alto College, 1400 W. Villaret Boulevard
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
Noon-Mid 10th Street River Festival
10th Street and Avenue B
*4pm-5pm Marines at the Alamo
Alamo Plaza
*5pm-9pm Family Fiesta
Colonial Hills United Methodist Church, 5247 Vance Jackson
*5pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
5pm-Mid Fiesta Gartenfest
Beethoven Garten, 422 Pereida at South Alamo
5:30pm-10:30pm A Night In Old San Antonio®, (NIOSA)
La Villita
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
*6pm-Mid Fiesta San Fernando
San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza
6:30pm-10pm Navy Fiesta Reception
Fort Sam Houston Golf Clubhouse, 2901 Harry Wurzbach Highway
7pm-9:15pm Battle Of Flowers® Band Festival
Alamo Stadium
*7pm-10pm Mariachi Festival
River Walk, River Bend and extension of Paseo Del Rio
9pm-11pm Cornyation
Sunset Station, Lonestar Pavilion, 1174 E. Commerce

Schedule of Events - Friday, April 28

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
*9am-4pm San Antonio Cactus & Xerophyte Society Show & Sale
San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Avenue
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
11:50am Battle Of Flowers® Parade Vanguard
Parade Route
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
*Noon-Mid Fiesta San Fernando
San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza
Noon-Mid 10th Street River Festival
10th Street and Avenue B
*Noon-1am Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
12:45pm Battle Of Flowers® Parade
Parade Route
*1pm-10pm Fiesta World Class Jazz Concert
St. Mary’s University, One Camino Santa Maria
4pm-10:30pm Fiesta Fest 2006
Sunken Gardens Amphitheatre, Brackenridge Park
5pm-Mid Fiesta Gartenfest
Beethoven Garten, 422 Pereida at South Alamo
5:30pm-10:30pm A Night In Old San Antonio®, (NIOSA)
La Villita
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
*7pm-10pm Fiesta Square & Round Dance
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center, Mission Room, 200 E. Market Street
*7pm-10pm Mariachi Festival
River Walk, River Bend and extension of Paseo Del Rio
7pm-11pm Mr. Teen San Antonio Scholarship and Awards Banquet (new event!)
Randolph Air Force Base Enlisted Club, Bldg. 1039
7:30pm-10pm Fiesta Under the Stars
UTSA Sombrilla, University of Texas at San Antonio

Schedule of Events - Saturday, April 29

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
8am-11am Fiesta Pooch Parade
Alamo Heights Swimming Pool, 250 Viesca
*8am-5pm Fiesta Jazz Stage Band Festival
St. Mary’s University Center, One Camino Santa Maria
8am-5pm Roundball Ruckus 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Alamodome, 100 Montana, Parking Lot B
*9am-1pm Fiesta Grande Bicycle Classic
Texas Research Park, 14815 Omicron
*9am-4pm San Antonio Cactus & Xerophyte Society Show & Sale
San Antonio Garden Center, 3310 N. New Braunfels Avenue
*9am-4pm Fiesta International Lacrosse Tournament
St. Mary’s Hall, 9401 Starcrest
*9:30am-3pm Growing Up Female Workshop
Phillis Wheatley Middle School, 415 Gabriel Street
9:30am-6pm King William Fair
King William Historic District
*10am-2pm Conference on Healthy Choices
St. Philip’s College, 1801 Martin Luther King Drive
10am-5pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
10am-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
Noon-5pm Miss Margaret’s Victorian House Tour
409 E. Guenther Street, King William District
Noon-Mid 10th Street River Festival
10th Street and Avenue B
*Noon-1am Fiesta San Fernando
San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza
*Noon-1am Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
*5:30pm-7pm Consejo Reception
Menger Hotel, 204 Alamo Plaza
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
*6:30pm-8pm Fiesta Flambeau® Fandango 2.6-Mile Run
Parade Route
7pm-9pm Dance Kaleidoscope
McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College, San Pedro Avenue
7:35pm-10:30pm Fiesta Flambeau Night Parade
Parade Route

Schedule of Events - Sunday, April 30

*Free Admission for Fiesta spectators
8am-5pm Roundball Ruckus 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Alamodome, 100 Montana, Parking Lot B
*9am-1pm Fiesta Grande Bicycle Classic
Texas Research Park, 14815 Omicron
*10am-Mid Fiestas Fantasías
Market Square, 514 West Commerce
11am-7pm A Day in Old Mexico & Mexican Charreada
6126 Padre Drive
11am-10pm Mission San José Spring Fiesta
Mission San José, 701 East Pyron Avenue
Noon-5pm "Mexico in San Antonio: The Fiesta Tradition" Exhibit
Witte Museum, 3801 Broadway
Noon-6pm Retratos: 2000 Years of Latin American Portraits
San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones
*Noon-8pm Fiesta San Fernando
San Fernando Cathedral, 115 Main Plaza
Noon-10pm St. Luke’s Fiesta Finale
St. Luke’s Catholic Church, 4603 Manitou Street
*1pm-2:30pm All Veterans Memorial Service
Veterans Square, Auditorium Circle, Jefferson Street at East Martin
*1pm-Mid Fiesta Carnival
Dolorosa Street between Flores and Santa Rosa
3pm-5pm Dance Kaleidoscope
McAllister Auditorium, San Antonio College, San Pedro Avenue
*4pm-5pm Music From St. Mark’s: Celebrating Our Music & Heritage
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 315 East Pecan
*4pm-6pm Praise Dance Celebration
Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry
*4pm-8pm Reina de la Feria de las Flores Reception
El Tropicano Riverwalk, 110 Lexington Ave.
5:30pm-2am Tejano Explosion
Cattleman’s Square, corner of W. Houston and N. Frio Streets
6pm-9pm Miss San Antonio Scholarship Pageant (new event!)
Carver Community Cultural Center, 226 N. Hackberry


The Fiesta® San Antonio Commission
2611 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78215-1022

[Optimist Prime]

Sounds like a lot of planning goes into that.



Have fun.

[SATX*APhi]

Hey Andy, which events are you doing the last weekend of Fiesta? I was going to go up for Oyster Bake (the first weekend) but am reconsidering.

[adpi*violet]

This will be our first Fiesta. Mr. adpi*nurse and I will definitely try to go to at least some of the events. Don't know what yet though. We'll figure it out when it gets closer to the time. Anyone know what the parking situation is for the events? Do we park in one of the lots dowwtown by the river? Seems like they will all fill up fast!

[macallan25]

God I hate San Antonio

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by macallan25
God I hate San Antonio

SA sucks balls

[SATX*APhi]

Does anyone have XM Radio?

I'm all about the Cross Country radio station, channel 12. On my way to work today I was jammin out to "Texas On My Mind" by Pat Green. It's not all "Texas" music but they play a lot of it. And anyway, the music they play is a whole lot better than the stuff they play on the Texas radio station in my hometown.

PS - You can check out their website HERE.

[PiKA2001]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
SA sucks balls

Let me take that back and say that all of Texas sucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/...RpBHNlYwM3NTc-

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

[damasa]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
Let me take that back and say that all of Texas sucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/...RpBHNlYwM3NTc-

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

I like how they use the excuse that they are trying to crack down on drunk driving. They had a story on the news here in San Francisco this monring and it showed how four people who were on vacation were arrested because they were intoxicated at the bar in their hotel! The people were supposed to be leaving the next morning, returned their rental car like two days prior and they got arrested. That's jacked up.

I was also watching something on Good Morning America or something that and they had that podunk Catherine Crier on with her "YUPs" just gloating about how this is legal and how she fully supports it and some other blah blah.

[KSigkid]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
Let me take that back and say that all of Texas sucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/...RpBHNlYwM3NTc-

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

Now that is unreal.

[damasa]

Originally posted by PiKA2001




people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

I didn't know this was a crisis on the rise? Mass pato to pool jumpings? Who would have thought?!

People do stupid things all the time and they don't have to be drunk to do them.

[PiKA2001]

Who would have thought that this would happen in Texas of all places? I mean, that is the only state where I've seen beer stands inside of malls.

[lifesaver]

Originally posted by PiKA2001
Let me take that back and say that all of Texas sucks.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060323/...RpBHNlYwM3NTc-

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.

The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.

Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.

The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.

"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.

"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."

She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.

if you are on this board, you would be fine, because this isnt happening at anyplace any of us would ever be caught dead in.

You look at each city and where the top 10 DWI infractions came from (when they arrest someone, they ask them where they were drinking and thats how they populate the list). I checked out both Austin's list a while back and San Antonio's list (cant find it now) and I wouldn't go in 9 of 10 of those bars. In Austin most of them were East of 35 or a few of the fuck-em-up bars on 6th (chuggin monkey) and thats real fun about two times. Undergage UT freshmanchicks with fake ID's puking on my redwings isnt my idea of a chill evening. In SA, its icehouses on the hard-core southside, that ghetto ass Tejano place known as Graham Central Station or the big ass danceclubs. I think they have targeted Howl at the Moon recently, but while howl is fun, its been old now for about five years for me. So with one local exception, I dont plan on kicking back some brews with the local undocumented population, so I dont see it being a problem for me.

The undercover officers arent cool enough to get into most of the bars I drink at. If they flashed the badge to get in, they'd stick out like a sore thumb. Serously, its not the triendiest of people with an assload of game and education that decide to go make $21,000 a year being a TABC officer.

[texas*princess]