Cut the Crape Myrtle! Texas Deserves a Better State Shrub
An apocryphal quirk of Texas history claims that we have the right to subdivide into five distinct states, and reading the headlines in Texas Monthly may have you thinking that we’re on the verge of...
An Austin Mother’s Decade-Long Search for a Cure
“Imagine you’re five years old, you’ve just had five margaritas, and your parents send you off to school,” says Alice McConnell, sipping hot tea at her kitchen table in northwest Austin. She i...
Hotel Herringbone Is Bringing a Bit of the Vegas Strip to Waco
Revamped from fifty shipping containers and an old city vehicle–maintenance warehouse and repainted black, Waco’s Hotel Herringbone still appears utilitarian from the street. Striking portraiture ...
Why So Many Fuzzy Black Caterpillars Are Crawling Across Texas
Ah, springtime in Texas. Perfect weather for margaritas on the patio, pollen-induced allergy attacks, and, in many backyard gardens, sidewalks, and roads across the state, an invasion of fuzzy black c...