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A Dark & Stormy Twist

A Dark & Stormy Twist

On my first visit to the Railean Distillery’s new Buccaneer Bar—which opened the weekend of September 19 last year ... Read More »

European Flavor in Bay City

European Flavor in Bay City

Soft recessed lighting and exposed brick walls, smooth jazz on the sound system, and the mouthwatering aroma ... Read More »

Get Captivated

Get Captivated

While nothing matches meeting a wild sea turtle on a beach or in the ocean, coming face-to-face with one in a ... Read More »

Reptilian Grace

Reptilian Grace

Texans love sea turtles, and sea turtles love Texas. Five species—green, loggerhead, hawksbill, leatherback, and ... Read More »

Sunshine and Shipwrecks

Sunshine and Shipwrecks

Padre Island, the longest barrier island in the world, embodies some of the state’s most pleasurable assets, ... Read More »

Hello Beach!

Hello Beach!

After years of visiting Texas beaches whenever I could, this spring I made the leap and moved my family to ... Read More »

Reflections on Glass

Reflections on Glass

On my last day of a weeklong stay in Port Aransas, I set off to find a souvenir to remind me of the island until ... Read More »

Simply Palacios

Simply Palacios

An old, unlikely legend holds that Spanish sailors shipwrecked in Matagorda Bay saw a mirage of three sparkling ... Read More »

Grains of Inspiration

Grains of Inspiration

On a spring day, Lucinda Wierenga—better known on South Padre Island as “Sandy Feet”—puts the finishing touches on ... Read More »

Giddyup Zydeco

Giddyup Zydeco

Most people in the African-American rodeo scene are familiar with Pickett’s legacy in the sport, says Brian White, a bullfighter/rodeo clown from Midwest City, Oklahoma, who’s participating in the Cheek rodeo for the second time this summer. One of only a handful of African-American bullfighters in the country, White has worked for 20 years protecting bull riders after they get thrown. Read More »

Daytripper: Port Lavaca

Daytripper: Port Lavaca

Port Lavaca lies on a stretch of the Texas coast between Galveston and Corpus Christi that often gets overlooked ... Read More »

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