The San Marcos Daily Record staff gives recommendations on what to do in our community
Wehavealotgoingonthisweekendand many visitors coming into the Hill Country ahead of Monday’s eclipse. Therefore, my goal is to be as chill as possible while remembering that the streets and stores may be a little more crowded than usual, so please go easy on our Little HEB. First up on the fun things list is Backbone Tavern’s Cajunfest and Gumbo Cookoff this Saturday starting at 8 a.m. In addition to some of the best dang gumbo you’ll taste west of the Neches, this event will feature brass band music, a live screen printing, vinyl records, adult snow cones, a tattoo popup and boudin. Tickets are $10 or $20 to judge, and are available at devilsbackbonetavern.com/live-music. Two markets to check out on Saturday: The Vanilla Bean Market on the Square from noon to 5 p.m. and Abracadavar Witches Market at Wake the Dead Coffeehouse starting at 5 p.m. Vanilla Bean Market will have 50 vendors with music, food options, jewelry and more, including curated vintage clothing and handmade goods. Wake the Dead is stop #42 on the MotherShip San Marcos Studio Tour, too, so check out some amazing artists and their art while you’re there. Then hang around until 6 p.m. for the “When the River Speaks” publication party and poetry open mic, presented by the San Marcos Public Library.
Work on the new end-zone complex continues to take shape. The cover was recently added which be on top of the new weight room that will also have additional seating for those in attendance.
Daily Record photo by Colton McWillliams
Taking Shape
Cities and small towns in Texas from the Mexico border to Texarkana are bracing for a flood of visitors ahead of next week’s solar eclipse, with some local leaders warning their residents to prepare by stocking up on food and water and staying home on Monday.
Fins Up for Mermaid Society SMTX! AquaReinas Mary O’Hara and Laura Cordona (above) handed out free cupcakes over the Easter weekend to celebrate the nonprofit organization’s 9th birthday on Saturday, March 30 at the San Marcos Dive Shop. The AquaReinas gave out free cupcakes to passersby to commemorate the day. O’Hara and Cardona both serve as executive team leaders for Mermaid Society SMTX. Bottom left, the Mermaid Society SMTX, which was founded by July Holbrook, is an eco-friendly education and stewardship community united by the symbol of the San Marcos Mermaid. Bottom right, O’Hara (center) celebrates with San Marcos resident mermaids-in-training Moira Mae Adams (left) and Penelope Louise Adams (right).
Daily Record photos by Celeste Cook
Mermaids celebrate 9 year anniversary
Lillian Dees
Lillian Dees, a Texas State University alum, former director of the LBJ Student Center and senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, has designated the Lillian Dees and Darla Wood Endowed Scholarship in Sociology as the beneficiary of a generous estate gift.
In a confusing back and forth related to a proposed development on Lindsey Street, the council voted against one of the agenda items due to the lack of a supermajority, approved two of the agenda items and postponed one of the items.
DEAR ABBY: It seems I am a human landfill into which people dump their trauma. I’m not sure how this happened. It started three years ago, when an estranged friend called me and talked for more than an hour about what had led to him getting fired from his job. I was touched that he had reached out, and I expected us to resume our friendship, but he wasn’t interested in much more communication.
The San Marcos GI Forum is hosting the state organization’s mid-year Board of Director’s meeting at the San Marcos Chapter facilities 415 S. Mitchell Street in San Marcos.
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