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Small-Town Dispatches: Two Brownwood Restaurants—One Classic and One New—Overwhelmed by Support

Small-Town Dispatches: Two Brownwood Restaurants—One Classic and One New—Overwhelmed by Support

Two Brownwood restaurants—one the city’s oldest and one of its newest—have received overwhelming customer support during the COVID-19 pandemic. The two establishments, Underwood’s Cafeteria and Teddy’s Brewhaus, each face unique challenges at the moment, but have risen to them to provide care and comfort for their community of nearly 20,000 located about 70 miles southeast of Abilene.

My Favorite Texas Trip: Two Couples Blaze Through Big Bend Country

My Favorite Texas Trip: Two Couples Blaze Through Big Bend Country

In the fall of 2018, my wife, Eileen, and I invited two friends to the outer reaches of West Texas for our annual couples’ trip. Our pals, Terry and Anne Marie, live in Philadelphia—I came to know Terry when we were roommates at the University of Virginia in the 1960s. While Terry spent some of his high school years in Houston, it had been many years since he’d returned to Texas. While Eileen and I had been to Big Bend twice before (and to other parts of West Texas too many times to count), Terry and Anne Marie had never been.

Summer Camp Getaways

If summer camp is in the cards for your youngsters, we think a getaway ought to be part of your plan, too.

Refueling along the Red River Valley

Refueling along the Red River Valley

In June Naylor’s story on roaming the Red River Valley, there’s plenty to do that works up a righteous appetite.

Playing Cowboy

Playing Cowboy

Texans known better than most: there’s something romantic about playing the part of a cowboy. Clint West of Wildcatter Ranch muses that maybe old westerns are to blame.

Texas to-do’s

Texas to-do’s

Sometimes you can spy a whooper or two in the marsh through a free telescope on the refuge’s observation tower.

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