LOCAL EVENTS
Keep an eye out next time you are in downtown because you might stumble upon a small stone heart that will lead you to a big connection. John Holloway is a local ice truck driver who has been hiding hearts around the square for the public to find. He posts location clues on the local San Marcos facebook page, and the comments explode with citizens excited for the new hunt. Eventually the heart is found and then posted about in the comments where John re- wards them with an invitation to meet at Cafe on the Square for a friendly chat and a free gift card to the cafe.
“It all started when a friend of mine came over — it was either my birthday or Christmas — and she had this little fabric drawstring bag and she said, ‘Here, I figured you’d know what to do with these.’ It was full of these little pewter hearts, and I thought, wow those are cool I guess maybe I’m supposed to hand them out,” Holloway said. “So I did. I would give them to people I knew; one of them I sent to Canada, to this lady I became friends with on Facebook. She’s still got it there. Now these hearts are everywhere.”
