A Week of Inspiration

Last week, I attended a filmmakers conference in San Antonio. The event is called In-Focus.
The majority of the attendees are wedding and commercial filmmakers. I went last year, when the event was in Charleston.

I feel like InFocus brings the most talented people in event filming together. The conference was a three day event. Two days were seminar style and there was one full day of hands-on sessions at a ranch. I arrived one day early to San Antonio to get settled into the hotel and explore the area. The hotel was directly across the street from The Alamo. Here are some of the pictures from my time at InFocus. If you are curious to know more about the conference, let me know. I'd love to go again, next year!

The Ranch


This wagon ride that shuttled us to and from classes

The majority of us had gear

So impressed with longhorns….

Hands on sessions


One of the keynote speakers lives in an airstream. He parked it on the ranch.

This is the interior. Kind of cool. 

After our sessions on the ranch, there was a mixer party.
Concert on the ranch

Roasting marshmallows and editing by the fire


Photo Booth

This was the hotel we stayed at…

My Week in Photos

The last bit of San Antonio pictures, actually I think Trey has a few more, but this is it for now...

While we were in San Antonio, Trey and Cheyenne experienced the mirror maze.

According to Trey, the maze is not as easy as you might think. It took him several minutes to find his way to the exit. At one point, he ended up back at the beginning. He thought he had reached the end. I explained to him, NO -- you are right where you started. Chey enjoyed the first minute of the maze and then she got scared. Trey finished by himself. I'm so proud of him!!! Haha!

They had to wear gloves, so their filthy hands wouldn't mess up the mirrors.

I had low expectations of Rainforest Cafe, but I was surprised, how good my dinner was! Cheyenne loved it too. I got a burger and kettle chips.

Walking somewhere downtown.

Sweet Dakota is a great traveler. Trey's pretty good too. I like how he drives when we travel and he has a great sense of direction. I on the other hand, get lost or off route even when I use my Ford GPS unit.

Here is a picture of the hotel gym. I used the gym one day, during our two night visit. I used the bike and then did some freestyle stuff without the machines. It took me two days to recover from doing over 50 lunges and 50 squats.

One of the patios at Rita's. Not much action, for a Sunday night.

We made a pit stop in Waco and Cheyenne harassed me with a knife. Something about giving her lifetime of candy or else.

Have a great weekend! I have a 10K to run, sometime this weekend. It's not a race, per say -- just a simulated one. It's on my training program.
So instead of trying to find a 10K and spend $25 - $35 for an overpriced run, I'm just going to pretend like my next run is a race.

Sights of San Antonio

The Alamo


Downtown Buildings





The Hotel Lobby of St. Anthony's



Bathroom Sink in the hotel room

 Saint Anthony

The Riverwalk

Our San Antonio Weekend Getaway

Cheyenne said her favorite part of the entire trip was staying at the hotel. I told her we were staying at a Princess Hotel and she like the sound of that, although her facial expression in this photo does not reflect that enthusiasm.

We stayed at St. Anthony's, in the downtown area. The hotel was built in 1909. I love old architecture and this place was a beauty. In my opinion, our hotel room was really small, but overall, it was a pleasant experience.

The first night, Trey and I let Chey sleep between us. When we're at home, we don't let her sleep in our bed, so she loved cuddling with us in San Antonio. She favored Trey's side, so I slept with ample room on a queen size mattress. At one point, Trey woke up in the middle of the night and asked me to pull Chey towards my side of the bed. The next night, Trey asked housekeeping for a cot.
P.S. Dakota slept in a pack n play.

The girls were treated like royalty, we pushed them in strollers and/or carried Dakota in a sling, while we explored the city. I want to be a kid again!

On the last day of vacation, we made Chey walk and by the time we were walking back to the hotel, she started complaining. Trey carried both of the girls. He's stronger than me, that's for sure.

I really enjoyed the riverwalk. It was peaceful. A lot of people had cameras out, so I didn't feel like the only tourist out there.

We discovered a nice breakfast place called Shearton Gunter Bakery. We ate there twice for breakfast and spent less than $15 bucks each time. If you go to SA, I highly recommend this place!
 
Outside on the patio at Gunter Bakery

Trey Looking through a brochure, trying to find something to do, there is so much to do in San Antonio, I want to go back and explore the market and missions.
One of our dinner treats was the Rainforest Cafe. The other place was Rita's Mexican Resturant.
This is the Ceiling at Rainforest Cafe.

San Antonio all I have to say is you make amazing breakfast tacos, your riverwalk is gorgeous, and your city smells like tortillas. We'll be back for sure!

San Antonio Weekend Getaway

We just got back from our trip to San Antonio. We stayed downtown and did all the touristy things, like walking through the Alamo....

Walking the Riverwalk....

And Indulging in some treats... Okay, that's not exactly touristy - but we still enjoyed it.
Can I applaud Dakota, for being a delightful travel baby, she was fantastic. However, she had one episode last night (not her fault),  we thought we were going to have to leave early because Dakota coughed on and off all through the night. I woke her up at 6 am and fed her and she didn't cough again. Isn't that strange? I think the hotel AC provoked her allergies, but what do I know? Since she was feeling better, we stayed until noon, in San Antonio, like we planned.

Dakota is probably too small for an umbrella stroller, but it was easier than lugging around a massive one, everywhere. We actually found this stroller on the Riverwalk at CVS for $20 bucks.

Cheyenne was good too. It was nice making family memories with the girls.

I have more to share about our trip, which I'll cover in another posts, very soon.