Brownsville, situated at the southern tip of Texas, is right across the Rio Grande and U.S. border from the city of Matamoros, Mexico. It is a historic area with a pleasing mix of Anglo and Hispanic cultures. After Texas fought for its independence from Mexico in...
Spread out through the countryside of East Texas north of Beaumont are the 15 separate units that make up Big Thicket National Preserve. Called the "biological crossroads of North America," Big Thicket was established to protect an amazing diversity of plant and...
The San Antonio River Walk is saving me from obesity. I've been eating my way across the city for four days now, enjoying the best of San Antonio's food during the annual Culinaria celebration. The events have included elaborate lunch and dinner affairs, a Mexican...
Today I donned an apron, toque and rubber gloves for an intense training session at the CIA. The mission: South American ceviche. I'm not at Langley, but in San Antonio, at the 'other' CIA — the Culinary Institute of America. The organization is recognized as one of...
Sometimes a good meal can take you places. Today, brunch transported me from Texas into the colonial heart of Mexico. I'm in San Antonio for a few days doing research for an upcoming magazine article. It just so happens that my trip coincides with Culinaria, a...
One of the country's most "off-the-beaten-track" scenic treasures is Big Bend National Park in Texas. Unlike many park service units, Big Bend is not a place that one can just "stop by" along the way to another destination. It's just not "on the way" to anywhere...
I decided to make an overnight stop at Texas' Guadalupe Mountains National Park, which, although authorized by Congress back in 1964, is still one of our least known parks. In fact, my motor home was the only one there that night, although a few more hardy souls than...
Though I knew the epic importance of the Alamo from the John Wayne movie, I was interested in finding out where Hollywood ended and where the truth began at the Alamo National Historic Landmark. To prepare, I first watched The Alamo: the Price of Freedom at the...
At the Saeur-Beckmann Farmstead, I discovered what exactly Little Miss Muffet was eating when she was snacking on curds and whey in the traditional nursery rhyme. The living history farm portrays the working lifestyle of a 1918 Texas farm at the Lyndon B. Johnson...
Looking up, it seemed to be raining Christmas lights. The colored Christmas lights hanging down from the high branches of the cypress trees lining San Antonio's River Walk twinkled downward like water trickling down a waterfall. The 122,000 dazzling lights...
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