iTexas Realty Co. Blog: January 2010

The weekend has not gone quite to plan..... 

The skies have been gray, but photographs needed to be taken for some properties.  It's been a bit of work to make them look their best - weather permitting.

When I finished, I looked through some other photos just to relax and found this one of a theater on a side street in Barcelona to share with you.

I am confident that this building has no bad angle, and that no amount of gray sky could dampen it's majesty.

It was a gray day when it was photographed and we sat at a cafe right across the street and had lattes while we waited for the dreary weather to clear.

I hope that your days have been sunny and that all of your photos come out perfectly!

--Sara

On a beautiful Winter Day, we took a walk in San Antonio's recently re-named , Phil Hardberger Park.  The park is 311 acres of nature in San Antonio's North Central, inside Loop 1604.

Brisco Middle School

Opening in August 2010. Residents of nearby Alamo Ranch neighborhoods will be excited to see Brisco Middle School.  It is the first Middle School to be built in the Alamo Ranch area, which is located southwest of 1604 and Culebra (outside Loop 1604)

For more information, location, proposed school boundary maps and updates go to Northside Independent School District's web page for Brisco Middle School.

For additional information, go to the Dolph Brisco Middle School website

Also in the Alamo Ranch area

2009 Hoffman Elementary School

 2011 "Westwinds area" Elementary School

The two new PGA courses are due to open for play January 22, 2010 are the AT&T Oaks Course and the AT&T Canyons course at the TPC San Antonio, which includes the world's largest Marriott Hotel and conference center.

The Oaks course will host the Valero Texas Open from May 13-16th.  Designed by Greg Norman, with help from Sergio Garcia, the par 72, 7,435 yard course is expected to be very challenging, according to pros who have tested the course.

In an Express-News interview, Cameron Beckman commented that "You can hit a tee shot and never find your ball- I don't care how many spotters are out there".  Sounds tough- but in my limited golfing experience that would be normal.  I hit the local "duffer" course with an extra dozen golf balls (used, not new) to sacrifice to the 'golf gods' as penance for not taking the game too seriously.

Anyway- for really serious players and fans, the tournament play in San Antonio just got a lot more interesting!

-Steve

Cibolo Green Elementary School Under Construction

Cibolo Green Elementary is scheduled to be open for the 2010 schoool year.  Cibolo Green will take students from these neighborhoods:

• Bulverde Village (Blackhawk, Creekhaven, Point (NEISD portion only), Prestwick, Stratford, Turnberry)
• Cibolo Canyons (Cielos, Palacios, Suenos, Vallitas, Ventanas)
• Fossil Ridge
• Fossil Creek
• The Mansions at TPC

For updates on the school and enrollment information: Cibolo Green Elementary School

For school boundary maps and additional information, visit NorthEast ISD

It has been a long real estate day, and at the end of one of those, I always need a little extra visual escapism.  This beautiful sunset was as we were leaving the port of St. Thomas, USVI.

Especially when it is winter and during a wicked cold snap, I love to see photos of the places that we have been and the wonderful times that Steve and I have enjoyed.

I hope that during these chilly winter days, your heart ifs full of the wonderful days past and those yet to come.

--Sara

Tuscany Heights Elementary School

There are a lot of exciting changes going on in the NorthEast Independent School District as two new elementary schools are set to open for the  2010-2011 school year:

It's exciting news as the greater Stone Oak area is still growing and some schools have experienced "capped grades".

Tuscany Heights Elementary will absorb students from these neighborhoods:*

• Canyon Springs (Estates, Links, Reserve, San Miguel, Waters)
• Las Haciendas
• Mansions at Canyon Springs
• Mountain Lodge (Fairway Bridge, Mountain Lodge, Mountain Lodge Villas)
• Northwind Estates
• Oaklands
• Retreat at Canyon Springs
• Summerglen
• Tuscany Heights

Tuscany Heights Elementary School
25001 Wilderness Oak
San Antonio, TX 78260

Tuscany Heights Elementary School website

*Although this information was current at January 9, 2010; any changes may be found by going to NorthEast Independent School District's website

For school boundary maps and additional information, see the NorthEast Independent School District Boundary Maps  

Hoffman Elementary School

Opening in August of 2009 with an enrollment capacity of 880 students, Hoffman Elementary is the first Elementary School built in the master-planned community of Alamo Ranch in San Antonio. (West of Culebra and Loop 1604).

Find out more about what's happening at Hoffman: Hoffman Elementary School website

More on upcoming schools and school construction projects can be found at Northside Independent School District's website

GO HAWKS!!!

Often, while cruising the streets of San Antonio, I run across an unusual street name:

Dancing Bear (Somehow, I always think of it with an alternate spelling...)

Mustang Ranch (Where the working girls can be found?)

Dull Knife (As in, "My Boss lives on Dull Knife". Wouldn't that be so fun to say?)

I admit that I am easily entertained, but what possesses the people who name these streets?

Sara

At about 7am, I spotted this little gray bird sitting so quietly, long wings folded tightly against the chill of a winter morning. 

I think that the thin pink and gray branches with the red and purple berries juxtaposed against the slightly textured coral stucco of the wall and the rough stacked stone made a beautiful composition.

All of that beauty, right outside the back door of my hotel.