Wildsam Field Guide: San Antonio

Tourist destination and model of diversity, San Antonio is a city with ancient roots, tapped into its singular river, the free-flowing lifeline of life past and present.

LOCAL STORIES, TRAVEL INTEL AND MODERN LORE, INCLUDING:

• An illustrated map of Tex-Mex cuisine
• Christmas tamales: deconstructed
• The best of Flaco Jiménez and George Strait
• Jack Kerouac’s “On The Road” stop in town
• A longform ode to San Antonio’s diverse musical history
• The story of Blues legend Robert Johnson
• Day trips into the Hill Country
• Insights from a fourth-generation healer
• An interview with the owner of a Texas dancehall
• The Charreada rodeo’s main events

Written by Joe Nick Patoski

Illustrations by Scott Campbell