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After a Fire and a Pandemic, the New Braunfels Tradition of Wurstfest Returns
It was a sad year for sausage when, in 2020, the gigantic New Braunfels German food, beer, and music festival Wurstfest was canceled.
Sprechen Sie Texas Deutsch? How a Variation of German Once Ruled In Fredericksburg
Of all the towns where German is still spoken in the state, aka the Texas “German Belt,” that fading ember burns the brightest in Fredericksburg.
A Tale of Two Cities: Stephenville, Bandera, and the ‘Cowboy Capital of the World’
Texas is so large and so vast that it’s home to not just one town known as the “Cowboy Capital of the World.” It has two of them, in fact.
Surviving a Year Without Wurstfest in New Braunfels
Given the mummy’s curse totality of 2020, one could be considered trivial for being despondent, inconsolable, bereft over losing a single cultural event.
The Past and Future of San Antonio’s Historic Tienditas
Where I grew up in South Texas, a small tiendita was within walking distance of my grandmother’s house.
15 Years After Katrina, Transplanted Cajuns Call Texas Home
On August 28, 2005, I was a little girl sitting in the back seat for the longest road trip of my life.
Two Years After Fire, George Strait’s Tapatio Springs Back to ‘Having a Good Time’
It’s Friday and the Happy Hour crowd pours into La Cascada Bar & Grill at Tapatio Springs Hill Country Resort in Boerne like water on stone, a fitting allegory for La Cascada’s name and a harbinger of good times to come.
Schlitterbahn is Selling its New Braunfels and Galveston Waterparks
The Henry family of New Braunfels has agreed to sell its Schlitterbahn waterparks in New Braunfels and Galveston, more than 50 years after the business started as a small tourist camp on the banks of the Comal River. The San Antonio Express News and Houston Chronicle report Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts announced Thursday that it will sell the two parks to Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., which is based in Ohio. The Henrys will keep the Schlitterbahn waterpark and resort in South Padre, but it will be rebranded.
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