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Paddle Port O
I’m an occasional weekend paddler, launching a canoe or kayak about once a month with my trusty paddling partner and husband John. We’ll go for…
Daytripper
Daytripper: Balmorhea
Amid the prickly-pear cacti and rocky hills of West Texas lies a literal oasis in the desert. It’s a place where streams of blue water…
FOOD & DRINK
Return to La Carafe
Let’s face it: The city that produced the Astrodome and the Space Center has a reputation for focusing on the future. But downtown, near the…
People
Keeper of the Flame
In the 1960s at his Soho building in New York City, “minimalism” icon Donald Judd would take his phone off the hook and park his…
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Finding the Middle Ground
Over the years, we’ve taken a few trips out to West Texas as a family, and our parental choices as cruise directors/ vacation curators have…
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It's a blast!
As visitors approach Space Center Houston, the space-themed museum located adjacent to NASA Johnson Space Center, a massive new exhibit looms into view—a replica of…
FOOD & DRINK
Sister Act
"You need a dose of Farley Girls,” came the recommendation from a wise Galvestonian that Saturday morning.
FOOD & DRINK
The Doctor Is In
The door opens, and in strides a woman in dark blue scrubs. The doctor is in.
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Beach Rituals
My addiction to Texas beaches began literally overnight. I was in my early 20s and in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin.…
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Two-Wheel Touring
Lucky us: A brilliantly sunny morning greets us on the day we plan to see Galveston by bicycle. It’s been years since I’ve looked at…
CULTURE & LIFESTYLE
Sailing On
Aboard the Tall Ship Elissa docked at Galveston’s Pier 21, two boys pause near the wide base of a towering pole. They both lean back…
Family Travel
Finding your thrill
I sat cross-legged in the sandy dirt at the foot of a blueberry bush at a pick-your-own farm called Blueberry Hill Farms in Edom. It…
CULTURE & LIFESTYLE
Play Ball
From a perch beyond the left-field fence, the mid-summer scene unfolds like a real-life Field of Dreams. An afternoon thunderstorm gives way to puffy clouds.…
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From Scraps to Souvenirs
Galveston’s Ships Mechanic Row got its name back in the 19th Century when it was an artery of the island’s shipping industry, located just a…
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