Emma Life Blog

“Hay más tiempo que vida.”

(There is more time than life.)

— Traditional

“The inspiration for the paintings came from…the story, the narrative.”

— Lloyd Walsh
   Painter

“Charrería is…equestrian skills as an art form.”   

— Alberto Duran, President, Asociación de Charros de San Antonio

“No, there are no ghosts in this old building, but we have high spirits. And there is a sort of other-worldly confluence of coincidence about Cured.”   

— Steve McHugh, chef/owner, Cured

“This library is personal and particular and very human.”   

— Sherry Kafka Wagner, author, playwright, urban planner, historian

“What we do is who we are. Cooking, serving… it’s our oxygen and our religion. I want to say, ‘I made this. I did this.’ I’ll never not cook.” 

— John Brand, Culinary Director, Hotel Emma; Executive Chef, Supper