HOSPITALITY ROOM (Rm. 530, Grand Hyatt)
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Sunday, October 10 |
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm |
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Monday, October 11 |
8:00 am – 4:00 pm |
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Tuesday, October 12 |
8:00 am – 4:00 pm |
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The San Antonio Ladies Petroleum Auxiliary welcomes you to the 2010 GCAGS Convention. Located in Room 530 of the Grand Hyatt, the Hospitality Room will offer snacks, information on interesting places to visit or eat, and a great place to meet with friends.
NOTE: Please be in the Hospitality Suite (Rm. 530) at the Grand Hyatt no less than 20 minutes prior to the departure time noted for each spouse activity, in order to check in and then proceed to the buses, which will depart at appointed time.
Flowers and Flavors/Central Market Style
Monday, Oct. 11 9:30 am to 2:30 pm
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Cost: $50 per person (includes lunch) |
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Maximum of 30 guests |
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A market with a passion for food…H-E-B Central Market is a place for people who are passionate about food, love to cook, or simply enjoy eating. Central Market encompasses 90,000 square feet of which 63,000 square feet is the retail/selling area. Rather than the standard parallel aisles, Central Market is composed of 14 separate markets under one roof.
On any given day…samplings of specialty foods include 68 varieties of extra virgin olive oil, 35 balsamic vinegars (ages 2-25 years), 235 salsas, 59 waters from around the world, 71 marinades and dressings, 479 teas, 250 jams and preserves, and on and on.
Central Market Cooking School…A state of the art facility where the emphasis is on new cooking and menu ideas. Sample the handiwork of the demonstration with lunch. A fall menu of soup, salad, and desert will be served.
A demonstration by the Floral Market will share new ideas, local flowers and a design of a Fairytale Pumpkin will delight for the upcoming holiday season. A lucky attendee of the tour will take home the pumpkin!
A tour of this newest supermarket concept and shopping time will be provided.
San Antonio Historic Homes
Monday, Oct. 11 10:00 am to 2:30 pm
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Cost: $45.00 per person (includes lunch) |
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Maximum of 50 guests |
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Considered to be the most beautiful neighborhood in all of Texas, the King William District, with all its tree-lined avenues, recalls a more gracious era. Prosperous German merchants, who made their fortunes in San Antonio in the late 1800s, built the grand homes of this area. Their homes are proof of their success and showcased ornately carved wood, delicately scrolled ironwork, and beautiful landscaping.
The Edward Steves Homestead is a stately, three-story mansion, located in the historical King William District on the east bank of the San Antonio River. It was built in 1876 for Edward Steves, founder of the Steves Lumber Company, and has been maintained since 1954 as a historic house museum.
Guenther House, the elegant home of Pioneer Flour Mills’ founding family, is located at the foot of the oldest historical district in Texas, the King William District along the San Antonio River. This stately home has been completely restored. Lunch on the Rooftop is provided along with a docent to give a history of the house, while having desert. The San Antonio River Mill Store showcases products used in the restaurant and much more!
After lunch, Richard Ramirez, a native of San Antonio, who grew up in the King William District will lead a walking tour of part of the neighborhood, providing family stories and neighborhood tales of some of the prominent families he knew in his childhood.
San Antonio River Cruise
Tuesday, Oct. 12 9:15 am to 11:30 am
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Cost: $25 per person (lunch on your own) |
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Maximum of 36 guests |
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Looking for something new to experience in San Antonio? Round out your San Antonio experience by boarding our very own private chartered River cruiser.
In May of 2009, San Antonio celebrated the opening of a new 1.3 mile expansion of the River Walk known as the Museum Reach. This section of the river is home to public art installations, which features local, national, and international artists. Each is unique and most are linked to a bridge or overpass and include waterfall, audio, and kinetic elements.
Wind your way past the San Antonio Museum of Art, now housed in the old Lone Star Brewery. Enjoy the magnificent architectural style of the buildings and views of the sculpture garden. Experience the only lock and dam system in the State of Texas. Designed to use the existing water pressure, the dam helps to overcome a 9’ variance in the channel.
One of the only remaining evidences of our French heritage can be seen in the French gothic style of the Ursuline Academy established in 1851 by French Ursuline nuns on the banks of the San Antonio River.
The turning point of the Museum Reach is the Pearl Brewery, built on the banks of the San Antonio River in 1883, utilizing the spring fed water to brew the refreshing, cold beer. Now the 22 acre, urban facility is a redevelopment project that has maintained the industrial quality of the historic site while creating livable space to dine, live, learn, and shop.
The charter will return back to the Grand Hyatt for lunch on your own.
Art from the Past and Present
Tuesday, Oct. 12 9:30 am to 3:30 am
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Cost: $55.00 per person (includes lunch) |
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Maximum of 50 guests |
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Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style home opened as the first museum of modern art in Texas in 1954. Today McNay Museum visitors are captivated by magnificent works of art by masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keefe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
This Spanish Mediterranean mansion, located in the heart of upscale Alamo Heights, houses impressive artworks from the 19th and 20th century American and European artists, in addition to one of the largest theatre arts collections in the United States. All 23 acres are as lovely as its collections, boasting fountains, streams, goldfish ponds, and Japanese-style gardens.
Lunch at Paloma Blanco will be a treat for the palate and the eyes. This is a wonderful Mexico City–type restaurant with delicious Mexican cuisine.
Round out your day with an experience known to few San Antonians. The Greenhouse Gallery of Fine Art is a traditional gallery featuring nationally and internationally known artists. As one of the most respected retail galleries in the United States, you can experience the emotion and exceptional light quality captured in the fine oil paintings by 21st century masters, the outstanding designs and vibrant color of art glass and bronze by leading artists.
