Off-N-On
Cupp’s is home of the classic Texas diner cheeseburger. Back in the 1950s, Cupp’s had car service, and a young soldier from Fort Hood named Elvis Presley would occasionally sneak a double cheeseburger with bacon in the back seat of family friend Eddie Fadal’s Cadillac. During his six months of Army training in 1959, Elvis retreated on weekends to Waco, where Fadal, a former DJ whom Elvis met on one of his earliest tours of Texas, built an addition on his house for Presley and filled it with records and TVs. Willie Nelson, from nearby Abbott, has been eating at Cupp’s since the late ’40s. Read More »
To Dine For
Since my husband and I moved from Fort Worth to a ranch south of Glen Rose a decade ago, we’ve be-come impromptu ... Read More »
Crushing it at Messina Hof
On an uncharacteristically cool and overcast August morning, rows and rows of Lenoir grapes grow fat on the vines ... Read More »
Light of the Moon at SXSW
The 2017 SXSW Film Festival screened 258 films, including 130 features, that were selected out of 7,651 ... Read More »
Stories of the Wild
Watching Texas’ prairies and hillsides light up with seasonal wildflowers is a delight for the senses—a farewell ... Read More »
On Top of the World
In the Hill Country northwest of Uvalde, rocky escarpments cut an irregular edge across the horizon. Texas 55 ... Read More »
A Cornucopia of Country Charm and Wildflowers in Washington County
Without car horns, emergency sirens, or other urban sounds, I felt swathed in silence and didn’t even notice the mooing and clucking. That’s the bucolic beauty of Washington County, where the Blackland Prairie’s rolling hills are rich in Texas history, picturesque cattle and horse pastures, and fields of colorful wildflowers during springtime. I expected the rural flavor. What I didn’t expect was that Washington County would offer such a wide array of lodging, dining, and activities, from antiques shops to wineries, historical sites, and theaters. Read More »
The Heart of Country Music
Tracy Pitcox still remembers the first record he ever bought. “It was a cassette of Ernest Tubb’s album Thanks A ... Read More »
Pearl Jam
The town of Pearl, in Coryell County in Central Texas, has an estimated population of 125, but on the first ... Read More »
Beyond the Border
While drinking coffee in my room in El Paso’s hip new Hotel El Indigo, I can feel the pull of Mexico. From my ... Read More »
Trabajo Rústico
Dionicio Rodriguez’s cement sculptures look so much like tree trunks and branches, they even fool wily ... Read More »
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