Spotlight (Archive)

Spotlight on Bastrop

February 25, 2009 | By

Bastrop had been on my mind since last fall, when I spent a couple of hours poking around the picturesque downtown, which nestles against the banks of the Colorado River southeast of Austin.

Spotlight on Texas Athletes

February 1, 2009 | By Marty Lange

It’s been almost a decade since I visited the splendid Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco.

Spotlight on Abilene

December 23, 2008 | By Lori Moffatt

I love gifts for special occasions, but I love the experience of travel even more. For a celebration this past October, my husband, Randy, and I headed west from Austin for Abilene, which promised a restored, 100-year-old downtown to explore and a 1930s bungalow to call home for the weekend.

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