Travel & Outdoors
May 16, 2014
Untroubled Waters
Drifting down the river—and through the shops and restaurants—in quiet but quirky Bastrop.
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Texas Trip Guides
May 1, 2014
Trip Guide: Travaasa Austin
Plan a summertime weekend at this luxurious (and kid-free!) adult summer camp.
Texas Trip Guides
May 1, 2014
Trip Guide: Santa Fe
Plan a summertime weekend strolling through the streets of Santa Fe using this guide with tips on what to do, where to eat, and where to stay.
Travel & Outdoors
April 17, 2014
13 Summer Weekend Getaways
That's what summer boils down to: Thirteen opportunities to rip up your Friday-to-Sunday routine and go in search of adventure on the high plains. Or utter Relaxation along a languid East Texas river. Or cooler climes inthe historic heart of santa fe. Or the tastiest red enchiladas in El Paso.
Travel & Outdoors
April 16, 2014
A Summer Weekend in Santa Fe
Strolling for hours through the Southwestern city that got away.
Sports
April 9, 2014
Diamonds Are Forever
Catch a day game, snag a foul ball, and yes, go for that third hot dog.
Texas Trip Guides
March 10, 2014
Trip Guide: Dallas’s Lower Greenville
Meet one of the state's newest hip neighborhoods.
Travel & Outdoors
March 6, 2014
Greener Pastures
With its craft beers, kale smoothies, and vintage LPs, Dallas’s Lower Greenville stakes its claim as one of the state’s newest hip neighborhoods.
Travel & Outdoors
February 11, 2014
Can You Dig It?
Reading about old bones can be boring. Seeing them with your own eyes is a whole other story.
Texas Trip Guides
January 16, 2014
Trip Guide: Paris, Texas
Paris, Texas, has a lot more to offer than just jokes about its famous namesake.
Travel & Outdoors
January 9, 2014
French Connection
Paris, Texas, has a lot more to offer than just jokes about its famous namesake. (But those are fun too.)
Style & Design
January 9, 2014
Lucchese Like a Fox
Our unofficial state boot maker works to reposition itself as a luxury brand.
The Culture
December 6, 2013
A Room With a Brew
Even if you’re not staying the night, these five watering holes are worth a visit.
Travel & Outdoors
November 16, 2013
Bar None
Houston’s Market Square is one of the state’s most historical spots. Lately it’s also one of the hippest places in the country to get a drink.
Texas Trip Guides
November 15, 2013
Trip Guide: Historic Downtown Houston
Houston's Market Square is one of the state's most historic spots. It's also one of the hippest places in the country to get a drink. Here's your curated guide to enjoying urban life inside the Loop.
The Wanderer
November 14, 2013
InstaTexas: Looks Like Fall
It's officially leaf-peeping season. Here's where to catch the spectacular spoils of fall.
Travel & Outdoors
October 14, 2013
By the Starlight
You may go for the solitude, but in the stark expanses of far West Texas, you’ll still find plenty of friends.
Travel & Outdoors
September 23, 2013
The Texas Canon
Turns out the charming town of Gonzales is just as spirited as when it launched the Texas Revolution.
Travel & Outdoors
August 13, 2013
Southtown and Down
Remember the Alamo, but don’t forget San Antonio’s stately historic district and flourishing creative community.
The Wanderer
July 19, 2013
Ask the Wanderer: South Congress And Beyond
Jordan, Hey. I’m heading to Austin at the end of July and—having worked at Philadelphia magazine for a few years—I figured reaching out to you would be the best way to figure out what to do. A few college friends and I will be visiting a buddy
Travel & Outdoors
July 15, 2013
Come Padre
Whether man-made or natural, the charms of South Padre Island are pretty much impossible to resist (especially after a couple of turbo piña coladas).
Travel & Outdoors
June 27, 2013
Where to Stay Now, 2012
The Ten Best New (or Improved!) Texas Hotels
Travel & Outdoors
June 10, 2013
Take Me to the River
The Comal may be the shortest river in Texas, but it’s long on R&R.
Travel & Outdoors
May 13, 2013
Panhandling
Hiking rugged trails and slurping milk shakes in Palo Duro, Texas’s only slightly less grand canyon.
Travel & Outdoors
April 11, 2013
Taking Stock
Sometimes, even the Wanderer has to play tourist in her own hometown.
The Wanderer
April 5, 2013
The Texas To-Do List: Take a Glass-Bottom Boat Tour of Aquarena Springs
From the bustling cities to the Piney Woods and West Texas deserts, no state has as much to offer travelers as Texas. I keep an ever-growing Texas To-Do list; here’s one of my many entries.Last May, cranes lifted a 480-ton theater out of the San Marcos River. It was
The Wanderer
April 4, 2013
Ask the Wanderer: Best Texas Town to Live In? (The Votes Are In!)
Last week, I asked for a little help answering a California reader’s query about where in Texas he and his family should relocate. I was very happy to read all of your thoughtful comments, as well as the responses on Twitter and Facebook. Perhaps
The Wanderer
March 21, 2013
Ask The Wanderer: Best Texas Town to Live In?
Help some poor Californians out (figuratively and literally).
The Wanderer
March 20, 2013
The Texas To-Do List: Visit the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center
Spring is here, and with it another entry for the Texas To-Do List: meet one of Texas's oldest living things, a 1,230 year-old cypress tree growing in Orange.
The Wanderer
March 13, 2013
Ask The Wanderer: Weekend in San Antonio
I'm always fielding questions from my friends and family about the best things to do and see in Texas. (There's a lot.) So, I thought, why not share some of these exchanges with you? This week: a weekend in San Antonio.
Travel & Outdoors
March 11, 2013
Weekend at Boerne’s
There’s more to this former German colony than bratwurst and giant pretzels.
Travel & Outdoors
March 11, 2013
Treasure This
Every spring and fall, thousands of buyers head to Round Top Antiques Week, looking for the object of their dreams—or just a cheap doodad to hang from the rearview mirror. A field guide to separating the corny dogs from the nineteenth-century armoires.
The Wanderer
March 6, 2013
Ask The Wanderer: Hill Country Antiquing & BBQ
Coming to Austin and want a break from SXSW's landscape of rock shows and long lines? Here are a few small towns, just a stone's throw away, offering some of the state's best barbecue and most charming pieces of the past.
The Wanderer
February 27, 2013
Ask The Wanderer: What To Do In McKinney
I'm always fielding questions from my friends and family about the best things to do and see in Texas. (There's a lot.) So, I thought, why not share some of these exchanges with you? First up: McKinney.
The Wanderer
February 25, 2013
The Texas To-Do List: Ride Horseback Through Palo Duro Canyon
From the bustling cities to the Piney Woods and West Texas deserts, no state has as much to offer travelers as Texas. I keep an ever-growing Texas To-Do list; here's one of my many entries.
The Wanderer
February 19, 2013
Sneak Peek: In March, The Wanderer Goes To . . .
Sometimes the best vacations are staycations. Though I didn’t have to travel very far to get to my March destination—East Austin—it was a welcome change of scenery. There are far too many shops, restaurants, bars, and other discoveries in the neighborhood to hit them all in a three-day
Travel & Outdoors
February 12, 2013
East Side Story
Among the hipsters, galleries, food trucks, and old-timers in Austin’s trendy enclave.
The Wanderer
January 30, 2013
Calling All Weekend Wanderers
In Texas Monthly’s inaugural issue (forty years ago this month, in February 1973), writer Richard West exhorted “weekend wanderers” to pack up and embrace the three-day vacation. “With a little imagination, planning, and a basic Texas road map,” he wrote, “a very real quality of leisure and
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Where to Stay Now
The Ten Best New (or Improved!) Texas Hotels
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Travaasa Austin, Austin
A mere fifteen minutes after being buzzed into this secluded wellness resort about thirty miles northwest of downtown, I was floating in an infinity-edge pool with a margarita in hand. As I looked out over the wooded hills surrounding scenic (if drought-depleted) Lake Travis, I struck up a conversation with
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa, San Antonio
Situated on a six-hundred-acre spread thirty minutes north of downtown, this 1,002-room resort has half a dozen restaurants, a six-acre water park, a 36-hole golf course, and a 26,000-square-foot spa, as well as its own Starbucks and FedEx shipping center. It’s larger than many Texas towns, not to mention every
Where to Stay Now
January 21, 2013
The Inn at Dos Brisas, Washington
This secluded country escape roughly halfway between Austin and Houston should have a warning posted at its entrance: “Caution: Guests may become incurably spoiled. Stay at your own risk.” Once inside its gates, you’ll wend your way along a narrow road through acres of bucolic farmland, passing organic gardens, pastures
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Hotel Zaza, Houston
Every square inch of this 315-room hotel in the Museum District exudes the look-at-me personality of a Kardashian sister. Formerly the famed Warwick Hotel (which opened in the twenties), the twelve-story building was transformed into the glitzy ZaZa in 2007 (a sister property of the same name opened in Dallas
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Hotel Galvez, Galveston
Opened in 1911 as a triumphant symbol of Galveston’s rebirth after the devastating 1900 hurricane, the coast’s premier beachfront hotel unveiled an $11 million face-lift last year on the occasion of its hundredth anniversary. So while you’ll find much-needed upgrades throughout, the Queen of the Gulf still radiates the same
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Rancho Loma Restaurant + Rest, Talpa
The first thing I noticed as I pulled into this middle-of-nowhere retreat an hour south of Abilene was that I had no cell service (though Sprint customers should have better luck). The second thing I noticed was the achingly pastoral scene surrounding me: an organic garden verdant with heirloom tomatoes
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Riven Rock Ranch
The most strenuous task you’ll have to accomplish during your stay at this 210-acre working ranch may be uncorking the bottle of Texas wine that’s been set out for your arrival. Unless you consider strolling through a garden or floating the Guadalupe River (bring your own tube) to be unnecessarily
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
The Joule, Dallas
Housed in a twenties-era downtown high-rise, this boutique hotel boasts the only underwater bird’s-eye view of the city. That’s right: if you’re daring enough to swim to the glassed-in edge of the Joule’s heated rooftop pool, which juts out a dramatic eight feet beyond the building’s facade, you can peer
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
El Cosmico, Marfa
The first time I drove by hotelier Liz Lambert’s high-desert “kibbutz,” which sits on a large, flat plot of dusty land just off U.S. 67, I mistook it for a trailer park. Which it basically is, except instead of dumpy double-wides, it’s strewn with seven sleekly restored vintage trailers, from
Travel & Outdoors
January 21, 2013
Hotel Saint Cecilia, Austin
Is that Mick Jagger taking an evening swim? It’s hard to tell in the glow of the neon “SOUL” sign that illuminates the tree-lined pool at this coolly decadent boutique hotel, but spotting rock royalty here is about as surprising as encountering a lion while on safari in the Serengeti.
Art
January 21, 2013
Straight From the Art
From Fort Worth’s Kimbell to Houston’s Menil, Texas’s museums are home to some of the world's most important paintings and sculptures. To devise a list of our ten greatest works on view, we asked more than sixty curators, gallery owners, critics, and other insiders for their favorites.