As seen on SA Live - Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026

Today @ 10:30 a.m., Smoked turkey, night paddling on the river and dresses you make yourself.

GO’SHEN POINT BBQ THANKSGIVING FEAST

With the countdown to Thanksgiving ticking down to 16 days, the pitmaster from Go’shen Point BBQ laid out a full Texas-sized spread in the studio: green beans, stuffing, three cheese mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, cream corn, smoked ham, smoked brisket, a smoked turkey and a smoked Cajun turkey. Every item on the table can be ordered.

The carving lesson was the practical part. Skip the slicing knife, he said, and reach for a boning knife instead, which gets into the bird and lets you part out the leg and thigh cleanly rather than fighting it. As for the sides, the mac and cheese leans on Oaxaca cheese for the pull, plus a great deal of butter, and the green beans hide a little brisket and a sweet heat meat enhancer sauce. The stuffing recipe belongs to the pitmaster’s mother-in-law, and he said he can’t take credit for it. His own favorite is the Cajun smoked turkey breast, a recipe he created a couple of years ago.

Orders close on the 20th, and the place to put one in is gpbbq.com.

RACE THE RIVER PADDLING RACE

The 2026 Race the River grand finale brings a paddling race to the downtown River Walk on Friday, Nov. 13, with more than 150 racers already signed up. The watch party sits at the Arneson River Theatre, with lights, music and an emcee, and it costs nothing to show up and watch. Event details are at sariverauthority.org/events.

TORCHY’S TACOS FOOD DROP

Today’s food drop came from Torchy’s, and the headliner was a dessert that had been off the menu for two years: Nookies, fried chocolate chip cookie dough dusted with cinnamon sugar and finished with a caramel drizzle. They’re back for November. Also on the board, the taco of the month with grilled shrimp, crispy bacon, cabbage slaw, jack cheese and fried onions, and a pineapple margarita as the drink of the month. A copy of the founder’s book, The Devil Is in the Details, came along with the delivery.

FROCKTAILS AT ABBY’S ATTIC

A frocktail is roughly a girls’ night out crossed with a fashion show, and the whole point is wearing something you made yourself. The owner of Abby’s Attic Sewing Studio explained that the idea started in Australia around 2017 and has since turned up in Edinburgh, London, Paris, Atlanta and Austin. San Antonio’s event lands in April, and the studio is starting classes now because a party dress runs about six sessions once you’ve taken the basic Sewing 101 class.

On display: a sparkly vintage 60s or 70s party dress with pockets, a lighter garden party version in another vintage fabric, a men’s shirt upcycled into something distinctly feminine, and a jacket cut from an old quilt or comforter, a trend that doubles as a way to keep a family heirloom in circulation. Two of the studio’s teachers modeled outfits they made themselves. There was also a quick hemming demonstration that needs nothing more than a needle, thread and a folded piece of paper to measure against, followed by a turn at a Janome machine. The anthem of the segment was that the thing you make can be a tote bag or a ball gown, as long as you’re proud of it. Sewing 101 and Frocktails party dress classes are 10% off through the end of the month with code SALIVE1126.

DW BROOKS FUNERAL HOME CUSTOMIZATION

D.W. Brooks Funeral Home shows us far personalization now goes. Families are asking for it more than ever, they said, and the casket is often where it starts: the one in the studio combined Spurs and Cowboys imagery. Memorial blankets can be customized too, and so can the shape of the service itself, the idea being that it should reflect the life that was lived. One example they shared was a Spider-Man themed service for a child about a year and a half ago, where they brought in partner companies and transformed the entire funeral home after the boy’s mother mentioned what he loved.

The suggested first step is a phone call, including for pre-planning. Viewers who mention they saw the segment get 10% off for veterans and 5% off for all customers for the rest of the year, at need or pre-need. The funeral home is at 2950 East Houston Street, reachable at (210) 223-2045 or dwbrooksfuneralhome.com.