Hiking + Biking

San Antonio Artist Captures Latino Community in Public Artworks

San Antonio Artist Captures Latino Community in Public Artworks

Driving northbound on I-35 through downtown San Antonio affords a clear view of the city’s Christus Santa Rosa ... Read More »

Quirky Quarters

Quirky Quarters

Sometimes when I travel and look for a place to stay, I just need a shower and a bed. But other times, the ... Read More »

Texas Two-Step

Texas Two-Step

It’s a pure Texas moment: I’m scooting my Justin ropers across the hardwood floor of Twin Sisters Dance Hall ... Read More »

TH Taste: I Fell in  Love with a  Mexican  Plate

TH Taste: I Fell in Love with a Mexican Plate

As the writer and producer of McDonald Observatory’s daily StarDate radio program, I visited El Paso nearly 20 ... Read More »

Roads to Freedom

Roads to Freedom

Before I met Cedric Fletcher, the man who would become my husband, I had never heard of the East Texas town of ... Read More »

Panaderia in Presidio

Panaderia in Presidio

The modest, unobtrusive, single-story building housing the Don Jose Panaderia alongside FM 170 (aka O’Reilly ... Read More »

Lubbock Lights

Lubbock Lights

For many Lubbock-area residents, the holidays officially begin when they make the trek to Texas Tech for the ... Read More »

An Artful Life

An Artful Life

Marion Koogler McNay left her heart in San Antonio. Twice. The first time, in 1917 at Alamo Plaza, she bade ... Read More »

TGIP: Thank God It’s Pie Day!

TGIP: Thank God It’s Pie Day!

The American Pie Council—Dutiful guardian of all things pie—has graciously given us an official occasion to ... Read More »

New Adventures in Old La Grange

On long trips, I like to break up the drive by exploring a small town along the way. Lured by signs promising a ... Read More »

Flights of Fancy

Flights of Fancy

South Texas offers the best birding opportunities in the state. Hundreds of species pass through the region ... Read More »

Marfa Light

Even though Marfa’s population is small (2,400), the ideas are grand in this Big-Bend-region hideout, and like ... Read More »

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