Posted By San Antonio Current Staff on Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:36 AM click to enlarge Facebook / Roger Zamarripa Jr. Roger Zamarripa Jr. created a puro set of Vans shoes for the company s Custom Culture contest. With early voting for San Antonio s May 1 election now underway, locals are keying in on stories related to issues on the ballot particularly since a few high-profile political endorsements came out this week. San Antonians were also concerned about Texas Country artist Shane Smith s lap dog Gretchen, who was in Smith s truck when it was stolen from Pearl Brewery earlier this week. Fortunately, Gretchen was later found and reunited with the musician.
Though Fiesta has been officially delayed until June and many of its hallmark events have been outright canceled a new tradition made its debut this week: a House Float Parade. Featuring more than 80 homes in the King William, Lavaca and Roosevelt Park neighborhoods, the House Float Parade features plenty of the hallmarks of Fiesta papel picado, garlands, wreaths and piñatas abound. But more than a few took the challenge over the top by collaborating with artists and choosing themes that run the gamut from playful and irreverent to poignant and political. We put together a virtual tour featuring several notable house floats, which will be on view through April 21. If you want to see them yourself, a full list of participating homes is available at ourkwa.org/housefloatparade.
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Like countless festivals across the globe, Fiesta has been in a hazy holding pattern since the COVID-19 pandemic reared its head in early 2020. Last March, the Fiesta San Antonio Commission announced that the 2020 celebration had been rescheduled from April to November due to safety concerns. While animated conversations ensued about a brisk Fiesta leading into the holidays, the postponement amounted to nothing more than wishful thinking. Amusingly, Fiesta diehards had no intention of waiting until November. Instead, they got creative in quarantine and found safe ways to celebrate in April. Folks took to social media and posted lively photos of women in flower crowns, dogs in serapes, doors decorated with wreaths, even chicken on a stick being sold curbside with the hashtag #AtHomeFiesta.