Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City!
After having to cancel two trips to the Big Easy in the past two years, I was finally able to make take the quick hour-plus flight for my first New Orleans trip in December. The city is always spirited, but it was especially nice to visit when the Fren…
Read MoreEven though travel prospects might still be a bit dicey, a top PBS host is planning a special escape this winter. A Texas escape. Travel expert Samantha Brown, the host of public television’s two-time Emmy winning series Samantha Brown’s Places to Love…
Read MoreA lot of new films were released on streaming platforms over the holidays. And for some reason, maybe because I was isolating over Christmas because of a Covid-19 exposure, I gravitated towards the most unsettling, but greatly thought-provoking, Netfli…
Read MorePUNTA MITA, MEXICO – The Puerto Vallarta airport was full of stylish travelers bustling around in sun hats, searching for their golf bags and suitcases full of beachwear. This discerning group was heading to ring in the 10th year of Punta Mita Gourmet …
Read MoreDana Holgorsen gets a Vulcan to hang out with him in the backyard, a fitting perch for a Roman God and the most interesting trophy of college football’s bowl season. Clayton Tune gets a win to build on as he prepares to come back as the rare four…
Read MoreThe week between Christmas and New Year’s is typically the highest grossing week of the year for movie theaters. With time off from school and work, it has become a holiday ritual for many to catch a flick on Christmas Day or during the holiday weeks. …
Read MoreFORT WORTH — Almost as soon as Kelvin Sampson enters the interview room in the back hallways of Dickies Arena, the University of Houston coach offers a quick direction to the two players walking in with him. “You guys had better put your masks on…
Read MoreFORT WORTH — Jamal Shead is not really a 3-pointer shooter. In a sport where it seems like everyone wants to be Steph Curry or Trae Young these days, Shead’s game can be refreshingly old school, built around throwback floaters in the lane. He too…
Read MoreOne of my favorite things about living in Dallas is how easy it is to get away to Austin. As a native Nashvillian, our state’s Capital is a perfect blend of Texas’s best and the funky vibe of my hometown—a hybrid of breakfast tacos and guitar-cla…
Read MoreMy husband and I have been playing golf for some 20 years and while we are merely passable golfers, we love the sport. So we figured that the Pixar Putt pop-up miniature golf game — which opens at Discovery Green this Friday, December 17 — would be a c…
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