‘Holidaze in a Glass”
Most cocktail recipes call for a dash or two of Angostura bitters, but this lush and spicy number uses the bitters ... Read More »
Daytripper: Monahans
There are times when the highways of West Texas seem to go on forever. Small towns and rest stops flash by with ... Read More »
Simply Adobe
Few things evoke the romance of the Old Southwest more than adobe. Houses made of earth seem timeless, older than ... Read More »
The Journey Abides
US 90 traverses the prickly, sunbaked hills of Southwest Texas, crossing box canyons and dry creek beds as it links the occasional town, Border Patrol checkpoint, and roadside attraction. Though it may appear desolate at first, there’s a rare beauty to this rugged countryside, which has supported human life since the end of the last ice age. Read More »
Literal(ly) San Antonio
On a 1709 expedition into the unsettled territory north of the Rio Grande, Fray Isidro Espinosa of Nueva España ... Read More »
Of Pork and Posterity
Like most Texans, I grew up loving pork: bacon, bratwurst, ham, carnitas, chops, loin, hot dogs, baby-back ribs, ... Read More »
Howling for Barbecue
At 5:30 on Saturday afternoon, my husband and I turn off US 67 onto twisty, narrow Somervell County Road 1004 ... Read More »
Gardens of Beer
Halfway through a pumpkin porter and a bluegrass song, my Thursday night is humming along nicely. I’m sitting ... Read More »
Gap Time
Each visit to Buffalo Gap proves more rewarding than the last. This tiny burg (population about 460) sits in a ... Read More »
Songs in the Key of T
A guitar-brandishing fiberglass jalapeño beckons from the sidewalk in downtown Irving. Walk a few paces more and ... Read More »
Hip, Hip, Hooray!
There’s a new sense of energy and possibility on the streets of downtown Waco—not a boom, exactly, but a steady ... Read More »
Get Your Kicks (and Souvenirs)
How can one explain the neon magnetism of Route 66? Before this summer, I could quote a few lines of the famous ... Read More »
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