Extraordinary Texans – ’16
What does it take to be extraordinary? The Texans in these pages have each made their marks in vastly varied ... Read More »
Navigating the Past
The first words out of my son Byrdie’s mouth when I pick him up from school are usually, “Did you know that… ?”, ... Read More »
Handsome Hides
Ensconced at his Ranch in British Columbia, Canada, legendary leather wizard Al Stohlman was focused on his ... Read More »
Live from the Hills
From a rise overlooking this Hill Country valley, the elements that create Utopiafest’s celebration of music and ... Read More »
Theaters Under the Stars
Just after sunset under a wide-open Texas sky, a colossal outdoor movie screen towers over a sea of cars. In the ... Read More »
Piece of My Heart
This summer marks 50 years since a 23-year-old from Port Arthur moved to San Francisco to become a pioneering ... Read More »
Duded Up
Bucked off a bronc and knocked unconscious, Florence Hughes Randolph lay on a stretcher at the 1929 San Antonio ... Read More »
Equine Shrine
Horse racing was “the NFL of colonial times,” we’re told at the start of our visit to the American Quarter Horse ... Read More »
Sleep Tight!
A few years ago, I took a canoe trip on the Rio Grande through Big Bend National Park’s Santa Elena Canyon. Our ... Read More »
Pioneers of Posh
It’s safe to say that an elegant, 19th-Century mansion was not what I was expecting to see as I drove down a ... Read More »
Hail to the Boys of the CCC
When I was a child, Texas’ state parks were beloved vacation destinations. I became intimately familiar with ... Read More »
The Fast Lane
You see yourself behind the wheel of a super sleek and beautiful exotic car that is one of the most powerful, high ... Read More »