Hoot Sweet!
It’s a few minutes before happy hour on a Wednesday afternoon, and I’m playing a game with myself at The Owl, a ... Read More »
Dining on the Dock of the Bay
Inside Dirty Al’s at Pelican Station in Port Isabel, I have a front-row seat for watching the Laguna Madre: A ... Read More »
Dog Days of Summer
I’m at the “coolest honky tonk on the Texas Riviera,” so claims the large, plywood sign outside. Having passed by ... Read More »
Southeastern Spice
Watching an alligator glide through a murky bog, I’d have sworn I was in Louisiana. But no, this gator—one of a ... Read More »
5 Must-Try Restaurants in Port A
My annual summer vacations to Port Aransas consist of two things: beach-bumming and restaurant-hopping, and I’m ... Read More »
PieShake!
Pie captured my heart decades ago, when it was a menu staple of the small-town cafeteria where my extended family ... Read More »
Czech Mates
Spoetzl Brewery, founded in 1909 and now the fourth-largest craft brewery in the United States, has made quite a ... Read More »
A Tasty Tradition
San Antonio has so many historic places it could take an out-of-towner a lifetime of visits to see them all. I ... Read More »
Taste 290
Driving to Fredericksburg from the east on US 290, it’s easy to notice that spring adores the Hill Country: ... Read More »
Walk the Wine
Last April I set out to experience the Granbury Wine Walk, an annual wine and food celebration that not only ... Read More »
Roasts and Toasts
At 10 a.m. on a recent Saturday at Casa Brasil Coffees in Austin, I’m sitting at an L-shaped bar scattered with ... Read More »
The Deviled Egg and I
In a past life I wrote for Bon Appétit and other national food magazines—and the benefits such a career confers ... Read More »
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