Notes on Life, Death, and Family From a Hill Country Deer Blind
"We both watch the blood and steam spill out into the winter air. At this point, it is not unusual for at least one of us to cry."
Emily McCullar was hired as Texas Monthly’s front desk receptionist in 2014. She worked her way through the fact department before becoming a staff writer in 2019. She has written about celebrities, literature, music, film, politics, and history, and she likes to think of herself as a Matthew McConnoisseur. Her writing has also appeared in the New York Times, and New York and was longlisted in The Best American Sports Writing.
"We both watch the blood and steam spill out into the winter air. At this point, it is not unusual for at least one of us to cry."
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By Dan Solomon, Emily McCullar and Aaron Boehmer
What makes someone a Texan?
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By Doyin Oyeniyi, Emily McCullar and Dan Solomon
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Andy Cohen, please heed this modest proposal.
The empire of Chip and Joanna Gaines has lasted twenty years. Where will we be in twenty more?
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Matriarchy Build connects home-improvement-seeking customers with a database of vetted tradespeople, all of them female or nonbinary.
A night at the YouTube-influencer circus fights.
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By Emily McCullar and Dan Solomon
“You don’t even need Disney or Universal. Texas itself is its own brand,” says Lizzy McGee, who is working to bring a Lone Star–centric amusement park to Houston.
Anglers love to hate this slimy Texas fish, but its parental skills are unmatched.
The award-winning hitmaker is just as obsessed with ‘Vanderpump Rules’ as we are.
This bizarre species has a more potent sting than a Portuguese man-of-war.
The British Consulate feted the crowning of a new king. H-town’s finest strapped on their fascinators to attend.
In his Art of Livin’ live stream event, the Oscar-winning actor turns full lifestyle guru, with the help of Tony Robbins.
The windswept outpost of Lobo is for sale.
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Collected in 1941, A. buceei languished in a drawer for decades.
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When Adrian Layne saw her best-selling print on Target items, she was flattered. Then she was furious.
A stubborn and savvy group of franchisees turned the Midwest-based dessert chain into a Lone Star institution beloved for its steak fingers and Hungr-Busters.
May we suggest tickets to Cancun?
By Emily McCullar and Dan Solomon
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It’s impressive, really.
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The legendary actor was feted at a glamorously hammy gala celebrating the Center’s collection, which is a treasure trove of film history that every good fella should study.
The classically trained Houston pop star played a two-hundred-year-old crystal flute at a D.C. concert, causing a meltdown in some corners of the internet.
The 48th annual event in Brady rekindled both treasured and painful memories for a writer who’s been attending since infancy.
Bobby Finger, host of the popular celebrity podcast ‘Who? Weekly,’ treats his subjects gently and imbues them with wit.
Fancy a selfie with state icon Tex Randall? Perhaps a date with a llama? Pull over and stretch your legs at these can’t-miss pit stops.
To his 650,000 Instagram followers, he’s a pioneering “grandfluencer.” But to his adoring second-grade students, he’s simply Mr. Randle.
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Meatheads from around the country fly in to the 30,000-square-foot gym in the Houston suburbs where you’re no one if you’re not flexing, vlogging, or networking.