Pearls to Donuts

Saturday morning, the kids, grands, and Angus in one car, with my cousins Shirley and Jack plus Hershey and Harley and me in a second car, convoyed down to the Pearl Brewery for the Pearl Market which is more of an event than a Farmers Market. That pretty building in the background is the Pearl Brewery.

There were actually a lot more people than this picture seems to indicate.  I should say people and dogs. The whole area has been modernized with condos and apartments in the old brewery buildings and other warehouses.

This is the stable originally used to house the horses for the brewery.

We stopped for coffee at Local Coffee. There was a bit of a line but they are pretty fast. In the background you can see a Yoga group on the lawn.

Hotel Emma is also located at the Pearl. It is a really unique hotel. The décor utilizes a lot of the equipment left from the brewery.  There is a huge outdoor fireplace at the outside entrance to the hotel. This is the storage for the wood.

In the lobby area, several of the huge old storage tanks have been cut out with conversation pits inside.

Lots of people were relaxing and enjoying some snacks in the rest of the lobby area.

We found this tapestry in one of the hallways.

Back outside enjoying the market area. The market goes on every Saturday and Sunday. There are lots of booths with different types of food as well as items for sale. The area also has lots of different restaurants and other shops which are open all the time.

Nope, that isn't Harley. There were quite a few other dachsies strolling around.

This is Hershey with my cousin Jack and Harley with grandson Cameron.

The caboose was decorated for Christmas.

 

Steve and Helen met up with some friends and were going on to Gruene but we decided to save that until next Saturday. The grands opted to come with us. Our final stop on the way home was The Art of Donut. Our family foodie, Helen, happened to mention it and Jack and the kids thought we really needed to find it. After my phone sent me several different directions, I realized it was close to the San Antonio Zoo right off Hwy 281.

 

They have this showcase of donuts so you can pick what you want. Of course, it was after 2:00PM when we arrived so they were out of many of the choices. Shirley and Jack had a Cherry donut and Morgan and I shared the Blackberry donut in the lower right corner. Most of the flavoring is in the frosting which was quite strongly flavored. They don't look as big as they really are in this photo....more than large enough to share as they were about 6 inches across.

 

All in all, we had a great day. Jack and Shirley came over for dinner which was a pot roast fixed in the Instant Pot along with some homemade rolls and then the grands stayed overnight so we watched a couple movies.