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“Your destination is on the right.” The robotic monotone of my car’s navigation system let me know coffee was nearby. I’d punched in the address for Island Joe’s at the suggestion of a friend who told me this was the place to grab coffee in the Texas coastal town of Corpus Christi. My coffee needs…
It takes me about five hours to drive from my home in San Antonio to Alpine, a small West Texas town near Big Bend National Park. I wasn’t in a major rush on my most recent trip to the popular adventure-travel destination, so I left my car at home and bought a $47 ticket for…
A member of the family that owned New Braunfels’ Schlitterbahn water park for years has opened an RV resort in the city. Read the full article: 1024_TEX_Out&About_pg6
There’s nothing like dance hall sounds: the twang of a steel guitar, the sweet notes of a fiddle, boots shuffling across worn wooden floor boards. The Texas dance hall environment is pure nostalgia, wholesomeness and excitement rolled up into one package. From older couples who’ve been dance partners for decades showing they’ve still got it to twirling…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not the Christmas holiday season, which is indeed wonderful. But this is San Antonio, and if you don’t know that the most wonderful time of the year is Fiesta season, stick around. Someone will fill you in. Better yet, experience it for yourself. This year’s mega celebration runs…
I am trying to get better about submitting my work for awards and I finally got brave this year and threw a few of my 2025 pieces into the running for the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association Excellence in Journalism Awards. My article, You’re Probably Using Olive Oil All Wrong, written for Fodor’s…