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My Weekly Outfit Recap

Brighton the Day 11/15 5:17A Brighton

You know we love a weekly outfit recap around here, and this week s recap is no exception. There are some pieces I m seriously loving, like these high waist wide leg jeans . They re perfect paired...

How to Create the Perfect Holiday Tablescape, According to the Pros

Texas Monthly 11/15 5:08A Tommie Ethington

Turkey and mashed potatoes, cookies and eggnog, latkes and challah the holidays often center around food, and in the rush of list making and grocery shopping, it s easy to forget about the final...

Meanwhile, in Texas: No Turtle Soup for You

Texas Monthly 11/15 3:16A Meher Yeda

Two beloved snapping turtles were taken from a creek outside a Houston bar by one of its customers, who was planning to turn the animals into soup before outraged commenters on a social media post by...

The Texanist: Is the Dice Game Farkle From Texas?

Texas Monthly 11/15 3:01A David Courtney

Q: I recently participated in a hot dice tournament, which is basically a five-die version of farkle. I even wanted to yell Farkle! a few times but restrained myself. All of this makes me wonder:...

Meet the Man Who Supplies Wood to Your Favorite Texas Barbecue Joints

Texas Monthly 11/15 3:00A Daniel Vaughn

I used to be embarrassed to say I sold firewood, Javier Sanchez said. He and his father, Joel, own and operate Chief Firewood, in Smithville, an hour southeast of Austin, and supply wood to...

New Bilingual Book How To Make a Pollinator Garden Empowers Kids to Protect Pollinators

Murphy BubbleLife iReporter 11/12 9:49P Kathy Beazley

In a time when pollinator populations are facing critical threats, How To Make a Pollinator Garden (Como Hacer un Jardín Polinizador) is blooming with practical advice for children ages 6-12 to help...

Four Texas Barbecue Joints Now Have Michelin Stars

Texas Monthly 11/12 6:12A Daniel Vaughn

The only American-style barbecue joints in the world with a Michelin star are in Texas. CorkScrew BBQ, in Spring, and Interstellar BBQ, La Barbecue, and LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue, all in Austin, each...

‘Viva Tejano,’ a New Texas Monthly Podcast, Launches Today

Texas Monthly 11/12 4:47A Texas Monthly

Latin music s massive popularity made headlines earlier this year as the group of genres became the fastest-growing category in the U.S. On Tuesday, Texas Monthly launched a new podcast about Texas s...

TM Audio Exclusive: Girl in a Coma Is Still Representing “Nerdy Cool” San Antonio

Texas Monthly 11/12 3:00A J.B. Sauceda

TM Audio subscribers have access to this episode one week early. Visit our FAQ page to learn how to link your subscription to your podcast app. On the latest episode of Viva Tejano, host J. B. Sauceda...

Bobby Pulido on the Evolution of Tejano Music After Selena

Texas Monthly 11/12 3:00A J.B. Sauceda

Bobby Pulido is the definition of tejano royalty he grew up in the golden age of nineties tejano, and he s been one of its biggest stars ever since, including a three-year reign as the Tejano Music...

Gulf Coast Shrimpers Are Going Out of Business With Alarming Speed

Texas Monthly 11/12 3:00A Christopher Collins

Murry Kimball never wanted to be a shrimper. The 64-year-old spent much of his childhood learning the ways of the ten-legged crustacean; anytime school wasn t in session, he and his younger brother...

Can Holographic Doctors Save Struggling Hospitals?

Texas Monthly 11/12 2:00A Mark Dent

Sleek and white, the machine looks like a cross between a refrigerator and a phone booth. It s about seven feet tall and four and a half feet wide so large that movers broke the doorway squeezing it...

MRT presents their one-hour version of "A Christmas Carol"

Murphy BubbleLife iReporter 11/11 9:00P Davina Gazo Stampfel

MRTs beloved annual production of A Christmas Carol , is set to enchant audiences this holiday season. Each season more people are discovering this timeless story by Charles Dickens in a way that...

BOOK REVIEW - RICHARD COKE: TEXAN by Rosser Coke Newton, Sr.

Murphy BubbleLife iReporter 11/11 8:00P KAREN SIDDALL

Richard Coke: Texan by Rosser Coke Newton, St. Brimming with the passion of the past and the parallels with the present. Richard Coke: Texan is a new biographical account of the 15 th governor of...