Kellers Drive-in, DallasThe flashing red-and-green sign on Northwest Highway is as high-tech as it gets. Paul Burka, 41. He definitely deserves this spot on our Texas history A-Z list. The county courthouseWhen Im on the road, I make it a point to drive into county seats I havent previously visited and view the local courthouse. To me, Texas is Austin, a bunch of cool people trying to make a difference. Bill Hicks I like to say I live in Austin, Texas because I can live where I want to. Matthew McConaughey READ NEXT 21 Best Austin Swimming Holes in (+ Near) the City Theres so much music in Austin, and its all so different. Gary Clark, Jr. The most expensive, though, was always the Ricardo, a Mi Tierra exclusive named for the baker whod created this delicacy. More Colorful Texas Sayings Than You Can Shake a Stick At, At Texas Swingers Clubs, the Lifestyle Is Booming, My Life and Hard Times in the Junior League, The Beginnings of Casa Rio: A Piece of San Antonio Tex-Mex History, Willie Nelson Is Helping Billy Strings Stay California Sober on a New Duet, Willie Nelsons Son Lukas on Ancient Texts, Pearl Jam, and I Never Cared for You, Faith and Perseverance Drive This San Antonio Taco Truck, Ramen Del Barrio Is a Chefs Love Letter to His Mexican Upbringing, These Hearty West Texas Tacos Will Take the Edge Off a Hangover, Step Aside, Perrys: This 30-Ounce Smoked Pork Chop Is Ready to Take the Crown, Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part I: Candy Montgomerys Affair, I Biked the I-35 Hell Route From Austin to San Antonio So You Dont Have To, Texas-Style Pulled Pork Is Embarrassing, The Astrodomes Decline From Eighth Wonder to Eighth Blunder of the World, 15 Treasure-Filled Spots to Antique in Small-town Texas, Mosquito Hawks Are Flitting All Over Texas, Matthew McConaughey Is Monetizing His Whole Vibe, Love and Death in Silicon Prairie, Part II: The Killing of Betty Gore. Dublin Dr Pepper, a soft drink of cult status. Taken together they give a good idea of what Larry McMurtry might have accomplished if hed grown up in the eighties instead of the fifties and fallen in love with a guitar instead of a typewriter. Speaking of stunning, we have a magical grotto in our state. Sure we are. Lower Westheimer Road, between South Shepherd Drive and Brazos Street, HoustonThe collection of shops and restaurants here defies and defines the word funky and also happens to be one of the few parts of Houston where street life exists outdoors, even on the most blistering summer day. For recreating Archer City with his outlandish bookstoreonly to threaten to close it (the store and the town) down. Shes lucky. Lake Whitney is the perfect place to get away from the bustle of city life. It changes so often we never know what each day will be. Texas has four seasons: drought, flood, blizzard, and twister. This saying separates the seasoned boaster from the rest of the crowd. ), a counties-big vista across orchards and plowed fields, red rock walls built by the Civilian Conservation Corps, and a green tunnel of pecans, oaks, and sycamores with palmetto palms tickling their trunks. Sometimes Id ride in the bed, and wed stop every once in a while to look at a snake, an armadillo, or a cottontail. Houston in the early sixties yearned for recognition but, aside from NASA, had little to attract it. Hes so ugly his cooties have to close their eyes. The pachangaIts the heart and soul of politics, South Texasstyle, a combination beer bust, barbecue, dance, and political rally that gives voters a chance to meet candidates. a buzzard to guts; a sticker burr to bare feet); and I havent had so much fun since . Quick, before you pass out, veer off the highway onto Park Road 11 for a refreshing jolt of scenery. Skip Hollandsworth

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