June 2019
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In this issue: An Epic 367-Mile Road Trip Reveals the Best of the Texas Coast, 10 Can’t-Miss Beach Eats of the Gulf Coast, Escape to the Mother Lagoon for a Quiet Coastal Getaway
Issue Archives
Texas to-do’s
December 29, 2012 | By Helen Bryant
Sometimes you can spy a whooper or two in the marsh through a free telescope on the refuge’s observation tower.
Vitáme Vás to La Grange
December 29, 2012 | By Chet Garner
Contact the La Grange Chamber of Commerce at 800-524-7264; lagrangetx.org.
While some may only know La Grange for its infamous “chicken ranch” or through the music of bearded rockers ZZ Top, in truth this Texas town has much more to offer.
Scrapdaddy in South Texas
December 29, 2012 | By TH Staff
The saying “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure” certainly rings true for prolific art-car creator Mark David Bradford.
The Light Crust Doughboys
December 29, 2012 | By Gene Fowler
Founded by western swing legend Bob Wills in Fort Worth in 1931, The light Crust Doughboys were originally sponsored by Burrus Mill, the maker of Light Crust Flour.
Swinging into Texas History
December 29, 2012 | By Gene Fowler
“People say that, back in the ’30s and early ’40s, you could walk down any street in Texas and not miss a beat of the Light Crust Doughboys radio program,” says current Doughboys fiddler Jim Baker.
Centering on Abilene
December 29, 2012 | By Melissa Gaskill
Abilene
is on 1-20 about 150 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Taking it From the Streets
December 29, 2012 | By Lori Moffatt
Elizabeth Street Cafe
1501 S. 1st St., Austin. Call 512-291-2881; elizabethstreetcafe.com.
Rolling Out a New Dawn
December 28, 2012 | By Elena Watts
On December 22, the 100th anniversary of Lady Bird Johnson’s birthday, the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin unveils its redesigned, state-of-the-art museum exhibits after a one-year renovation.
The Scene in Gruene
December 28, 2012 | By Lori Moffatt
Seated at an oak-shaded picnic table overlooking the Guadalupe River, I’m digging into a tenderloin-and-spinach salad at the Gristmill Restaurant in the Gruene Historic District of New Braunfels and wondering what it must have been like here at the turn of the 20th Century.
Four Gruene Game Plans
December 27, 2012 | By Lori Moffatt
Float a stretch of the Guadalupe (arrange equipment and logistics through Rockin’ R River Rides).
The Mother Lode
December 31, 2009 | By Lori Moffatt
About 30 miles south of Waco, near the town of Moody, Mother Neff State Park spreads across 259 acres of limestone hills, Central Texas prairie, and riparian ecosystems—an idyllic setting for birdwatching, fishing, and events such as weddings and family reunions, but especially attractive to hikers.
