Melon menu
Watermelon is the quintessential summer fruit. No cookout or poolside outing is complete without it. On its own ... Read More »
Pigskin Palaces
True Texas football fans we are. We stand in lines, endure the swelter of early-season day games, and pay top dollar in donations and seat licenses to cheer our college and pro teams. We turn out to watch the local boys play under Friday-night lights, whether on six-man squads with bleachers set up next to pastures or suburban dynasties in multimillion-dollar stadiums. Read More »
Summer Hideaways
Bald cypress trees tower over the bayous, sloughs, and ponds of Caddo Lake. When I was growing up in New York ... Read More »
Annual ranch roundup in Wichita Falls
Red sand flies across the arena as ranch cowboys show off the skills of their horses, which have colorful names ... Read More »
Green’s Sausage House dishes good grub in the traditional rural way
As a light rain falls, a crowd is gathering at Green’s Sausage House, a country café, meat market, and bakery ... Read More »
Slurp up hand-pulled noodles at Houston’s Let’s Noodle
On a sleepy Thursday afternoon just after the lunch rush, Let’s Noodle, a hand-pulled noodle shop in Houston’s ... Read More »
Alpine’s Saddle Up bar sets the right tone for classic cocktails and conversation
No television screens hang on the walls of The Saddle Club in Alpine. No loud music interrupts long and ... Read More »
Dive into a Texas swimming hole
When photographer Carolyn Tracy and I sign on to curate a guide to 100 of the best places to swim in the state, ... Read More »
San Marcos’ Mermaid SPLASH is a fine-finned fest
It’s not every community that can fondly recall the good ol’ days when mermaids would swim and play in the local ... Read More »
Cowboy up at Bandera’s Rancho Cortez
Even the quality of light looks different here, I think, watching as my boys amble down from a rusty wagon, ... Read More »
Houston Zoo’s new baby elephant
After a two-year pregnancy, the Houston Zoo's 26-year-old Asian elephant Shanti gave birth to a 305-pound female ... Read More »
An oasis in the West Texas desert: Chandler Ranch on Independence Creek
We were just a minute or two from pulling into Chandler Ranch when a roadrunner popped out of the roadside ... Read More »
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