June Luncheon at LIsa's Restaurant, July at Nicha's

PennSanAntonio's June and July Luncheon Updates

Hello All,

I'm posting this late--the June update was lost in draft status and I just today (Aug 15) found it again, so I added a report on July.

We held our June luncheon at Lisa's on Bandera at Woodlawn.  For most of us, this was a new place, and thanks go to Elaine Ayala for putting it on the itinerary.  Besides excellent Mexican fare (more Mexican than Tex-Mex), the restaurant offers a unique artistic experience:  The walls are adorned with the colorful artwork of San Antonio's own, original, Brother Cletus.  The restaurant is not far from the campus of Our Lady of the Lake, and Brother Cletus's studios are nearby.  If you don't already know about this artist, Google up his website, and also drop in at Lisa's.  The Penn diners this month were Elaine Ayala, Dave Young, Julianne LeGierse, John Ray, Toni Murgo, Iris Gonzalez, DaveYanez, and myself.

Elaine, ever inventive with our monthly schedule, promises to offer a breakfast outing soon, and she has other ideas as well.

July's meeting spot was Nicha's, on Roosevelt Blvd on the south side of town.  (Nicha is a nickname for Dionisia, one of the original owners.)  This is another bit of Puro San Antonio that everyone should check out.  It's across the street from the historic Mission Drive-In, the new and modern Mission Branch of the San Antonio Public Library, and just north of the San Antonio Missions National Park headquarters.  Sad to say, the only Penn lunchers that day were Elaine and myself!  That's a first and I hope last, but it did give us good opportunity to talk over ideas for future events.

Penn Happy Hour, Monday August 19, Paloma Blanca 5-8 P.M.

Penn Alumni Get-Together

La Paloma Blanca - 5800 Broadway, San Antonio  78209

Monday, 19 August, 2013

5:00pm - 8:00pm

Join local Penn alumni for happy hour at La Paloma Blanca.  It's time to bid adieu to the relaxing days of summer and reminisce about the 70-degree Philly weather!    Alumni, family and friends are encouraged to join us.

Colonel Michael Jaffee Retires From United States Air Force

Colonel Michael Jaffee celebrated his retirement from the United States Air Force in a ceremony held at The Luxury on the Museum Reach, May 26.  Michael, C'88 and W'88, is leaving the San Antonio Military Medical Center and will join the faculty at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville.  While at SAMMC and on deployment to the Middle East he performed important work and research in the area of Traumatic Brain Injury, a field he will continue to follow at UVA.

Brigadier General David Young III, USAF Retired, C'71, was the presiding officer at the ceremony.  The two are joined in this photo by Penn Alumni Club president Bob Weidman, Rear Admiral, USN Retired, C'63.

Penn San Antonio Alumni Summer Events Update

Our next alumni luncheon will be 11:30 a.m., Friday, May 31, at Simi’s India Cuisine, 4535 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 737-3166, on the city’s Northwest Side, just inside Loop 410. It offers a fabulous buffet. Please join us and let Elaine Ayala know via email at eayala@express-news.net if you’re planning to attend.

Here’s our schedule of luncheons to come:

11:30 a.m. Friday, June 28, Lisa’s Mexican Restaurant, 815 Bandera Road, (210) 433-2531, on the city’s West Side.
11: 30 a.m. Friday, July 26, Nicha’s, 3119 Roosevelt Ave. (210) 922-3330, on the city’s South Side, across from the old Mission Drive-In.
11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 30, Boiler House Texas Grill and Wine Garden at The Pearl, (210) 354-4644.
11:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27, The Cove, 606 W Cypress, (210) 227-2683, in the Five Points area, just outside the downtown area.
11: 30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 25, Bernard’s Creole Kitchen, 8535 Mission Road, in the Stinson Airport, on the city’s South Side.

Please note that Elaine has changed the July 26 location because the original restaurant is too small and too hot! (Good move, Elaine!)

And as usual, we will hold a Freshman Sendoff sometime in late July or early August.  Details will be posted here and sent to our ListServ subscribers as soon as available. 

Menu for Bright Shawl

Some have asked, so here is the menu for the Bright Shawl, where we will meet May 1:

http://www.brightshawl.com/ama/orig/Menus/Tea_Room_Menu.pdf

There is a daily encore plate that includes a hot entree and soup/salad bar for $10.95/person.  The daily encore is different every day and we won't know the day's selection until we arrive on May 1.  If a guest doesn't want to order the daily encore, all items on the tea room menu are available.

Buen provecho!

Special Event Luncheon--Honoring Penn's Association of Alumnae, May 1

This is my reminder to all of San Antonio's Penn alumni--not just our women--that we're gathering at the Bright Shawl on May 1 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Alumnae at Penn.  All of us have a lot to be proud of in the accomplishments of Penn women of San Antonio, but in a broader sense we're taking the moment along with Penn clubs worldwide, to mark this anniversary.  I hope many of you can join us.  Please let Sheila Mayfield know by April 29 if you plan to attend.

I've repeated Sheila's e-mail blast here for your reference. 
Ps. I'm told the Bright Shawl has a new and excellent chef and menu.

See you there!

Bob

Please join us for lunch at the Bright Shawl on Wednesday, May 1 at 11:30 AM to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Association of Alumnae.  Every woman that is a Penn Alum is a member of the Association of Alumnae, and we have a lot to be proud of in San Antonio and beyond!  The Association of Alumnae has done much to promote the tradition of women serving Penn and looks forward to meeting the needs of Penn women in the twenty-first century.

Our luncheon… 

Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 11:30 AM
The Bright Shawl
819 Augusta
San Antonio, TX  78215

http://www.brightshawl.com/

RSVP: sheila@alumni.upenn.edu

Please RSVP by Monday, April 29 via email so we can have an accurate headcount. 

Austinites:  Please feel free to join us!

Sheila Mayfield, WG'03
sheila@alumni.upenn.edu

Penn Alumni Club of San Antonio

http://www.alumni.upenn.edu/club/sanantonio.html

http://pennalumnisa.blogspot.com/