My favorite stop in San Antonio was the Menger Hotel (1859) located downtown, next to the Alamo. In 1898, Teddy Roosevelt used the bar to recruit Rough Riders which fought in Cuba in the Spanish-American War.
The first picture is from the bar, an exact replica of the House of Lords Pub in London. We had a couple of drinks there and chatted with the bartender, who dispelled the rumors we had heard about bullet holes in the wall from Teddy Roosevelt. The hotel also holds the unofficial title of "The Most Haunted Hotel in Texas" and claims to host 32 different spirits including Richard King of the King Ranch.
The second two pictures are of the lobby:
1.My feets and the tile.
2.My pixelated face and the lobby. Kinda creepy, right?
Click on the lobby picture and you might get an idea of how fabulous the wallpaper is. Reminded me of the movie Atonement.
1 comment:
theres the feets.
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