Archive for December, 2008

San Antonio Shopping

This Christmas it looks like the San Antonio hotspots are Marshalls, Ross, BestBuy, and North Star and Ingram Park Mall.  Barnes and Noble also appears to be conjuring business this holiday season.  The hot items are iphones, itouch, and ipods in the electronics section.  Per usual, clothes are also at the top of shoppers’ wish list.  If you want to avoid the headaches of crowded malls, you can always surf the net for better deals.  The advantages to this are you can find coupon codes and avoid the masses.  Of course, the fallback is you can’t see the item in person, but if you already know what you’re getting that’s no problem.  Shipping costs shouldn’t be too much of a concern for you.  Most stores offer free purchases on shipping if you buy over a certain amount or sometimes as an incentive for stopping by their website.  Make sure to search around for deals on the particular website you’re shopping at before checking out.  You never know what you’ll find.

San Antonio Traffic

If you’re going north on 281 or south on 410 during rush hours, you know all about San Antonio traffic and how bad it can get.  Notice the “s” at the end of hours as the stereotypical 5-6 is dreaming.  I think it’s more like 4-7 in the evening.  410 isn’t really that bad in the morning.  Bandera and Fredericksburg Road are two pretty major roads that can become backed up.  Part of the reason for that is there are so many traffic lights.  Another reason is those sectors have become a very popular place to live.  Of course, 1604 can have drivers parked on the highway.  My proposal to you is to avoid driving then when possible.  Adjust your hours because you lose so much of your efficiency when you are inching your way home.  This is an especially realistic scenario if your work allows flexibility in your hours given you still produce at the accepted clip.