It’s great to be back in San Antonio, where I can keep track of local TV happenings once again — such as KENS’ dramatic noon-news changes.
On the other hand, my recent Tinsel Town trip was full of enough S.A.-related TV encounters to stave off too much homesickness. My favorite? Revealing party chat with Alamo City native Summer Glau, who sipped her drink of choice — bourbon — while sharing tidbits about her visits home.
Glau, who has carved a niche for herself with fan-boy-beloved roles in sci-fi and superhero shows such as “Firefly” and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” first said at an NBC media session that she’s thrilled to be in a more “adult” role on “The Cape.”
“I think I found just the right spot. I feel like I’m growing as an actress, and I love the family that I’m a part of now,” she said of NBC’s Monday night crime-fighting drama and her role as investigative blogger Orwell.
“She’s the girl I want to spend my days with,” she added.
The place Glau loves spending her days is Boerne, where she now owns a nice piece of land and big house. Glau said it’s the perfect spot to reconnect with her family when she returns to San Antonio.
“Boerne is my soul mate,” she said. “I get out there and I see those hills and I see those oak trees and it just relaxes me.”
She loves to take long runs there, she said, particularly when she needs to work off two of her favorite types of cuisine: Mexican and barbecue. Every time she flies to San Antonio, Glau elaborated, she must make an immediate stop at the Taco Cabana near the airport. Once in the Hill Country, she savors the food at Rudy’s Bar-B-Q.
P.S. If you happen to run into Glau when she’s back home, don’t hesitate to approach her. She loves being recognized, she said, and owes so much to her devoted fans. “I’m so blessed, and, you know, over the years, I’ve felt really supported, and I don’t want that love to go away.”