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The Curious Historical Trend of Photographing Children in Goat-Drawn Carts
Given the ubiquity of cell phones today, it’s hard to believe photographers once carved out a living taking novelty pictures of kids in goat carts.
How Fort Worth’s Dickies Went from Work Wear to Fashion Trend
When I was growing up in and around Fort Worth, Dickies was ubiquitous. Eating biscuits and gravy on Saturdays at the Bronco Café in my then-small hometown of Mansfield, I’d watch local ranchers and farmers clad in Dickies pants and dirt-covered boots read the local paper over coffee.
“Plogging” Might Be the Next Outdoorsy Trend in Texas
“Plogging” has been gaining popularity in the U.S. within the last few years. The term comes from the Swedish word plocka upp, meaning “pick up,” and “jogging.” Plogging isn’t limited to jogging—people can plog while walking, hiking, cycling, and kayaking. Cities such as Galveston, Dallas, Austin, and Houston have already seen organized plogging events over the last couple of years.
Transformed Shipping Containers are the Latest Lodging Trend
A few nights stay inside one of these Texas shipping containers could inspire your participation in the tiny homes movement, if not just allow for a great weekend getaway.
Texas Embraces the Cider Trend
Near the confluence of Bear and Onion creeks on a 20-acre ranch in far south Austin, I’m touring the fermentation room of Texas Keeper Cider, surrounded by stacks of tubs full of pale yellow and deep gold apple juice, which will soon become some of the state’s finest hard cider. Next door is the taproom, housed in a 19th-Century church/schoolhouse.
Get Your Money’s Worth at these Historic Texas Bank Hotels
If some of Texas’ historic bank-turned-hotel walls could talk, they would tell stories of wealth and loss.
Fort Worth Author Jeff Guinn Has a Thing for Madmen
Jeff Guinn looks like a benevolent uncle as he sits in the leather booth of Paris Coffee Shop, a historic diner in his longtime home of Fort Worth.
After More Than a Decade, Books Are Back in Brownsville
The window display of Búho’s downtown Brownsville storefront features a recently released Jodi Picoult novel, a Spanish translation of Deepak Chopra’s How to Know God, and the Dr.
Historic Spoetzl Brewery Eyes the Future with New Distillery and Barbecue Restaurant
Beer isn’t all that’s rolling off the production line at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner these days.
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