Where to Celebrate Mardi Gras 2017 in Texas
Texans will have their own slice of N’awlins at Mardi Gras festivities across the state. (more…) Read More »
Lunar New Year 2017
Happy Lunar New Year! Festivals featuring lion and dragon dancers, firecrackers and great food mark the changeover ... Read More »
Holocaust Remembrance
One of the deepest scars in the history of humankind is the Holocaust. Friday, January 27 is International ... Read More »
Favorite Big Bend Mountain-Bike Rides
When out in Big Bend for the Chihuahuan Desert Bike Fest, I talked with multiple local riders to gather information for my story about mountain biking in the Big Bend region. I threw in an extra question for some of them: What’s your favorite ride? Here are their responses. Read More »
Laguna Gloria
You could easily get a crick in your neck from looking up at Tom Friedman’s stainless-steel sculpture Looking Up. ... Read More »
Abundance of Goods
When Athens voters decided to make the town wet in 2012, one couple in Austin —Bess and Mike Suarez—took ... Read More »
Playing Cowboy
Texans known better than most: there’s something romantic about playing the part of a cowboy. Clint West of ... Read More »
Super City
On Feb. 5, the nation’s eyes will be locked on Houston and the gridiron victories and defeats of Super Bowl LI. ... Read More »
Antiques Roadtrip Tips
As a first-timer wanting a peek into the enormous emporium that is Round Top Antiques Week, I chose to pack it all ... Read More »
San Antonio’s Grande Dames
Three grand San Antonio hotels, the St. Anthony, Gunter, and Crockett, opened in 1909. The timing is hardly a coincidence. Founded at the crossroads of early travel routes, San Antonio saw significant growth after Texas became part of the Union and again with the arrival of the railroad in 1877. According to the Texas Almanac, San Antonio was the state’s most populous city in 1909. And, says architect Irby Hightower, principal of Alamo Architects Inc., these hotels filled a growing need for lodging and places to conduct business. Even during tough economic times in the 1920s and 1930s, San Antonio prospered thanks to oil and ranching money. Through the years, these hotels made enough money to remain open but not so much to tempt their owners to tear them down and build something bigger. All three have continuously operated as hotels, and thanks to recent renovations, they retain their original grandeur. Read More »
Hunt County Heroes
The Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum in Greenville could just as easily be called the Hunt County Historical ... Read More »
Gone Ameripolitan
Veteran Austin honky-tonker Dale Watson says it’s gotten harder and harder to explain his music to strangers—the ... Read More »
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