Lynn Wyatt Is Still the Best Little Socialite in Texas
At 87, Houston’s global style icon is as dazzling as ever.
Kathy Blackwell edits and contributes to Texas Monthly’s coverage of travel, outdoors, style, and design. She also oversees many service journalism packages, including the 2023 National Magazine Award finalist "Springs Eternal." Before joining the magazine in 2017, she was a longtime senior editor at the Austin American-Statesman and served as editor in chief of Austin Way magazine. Originally from South Carolina, she moved to Texas in 2000 and is the proud mother of a native Texan.
At 87, Houston’s global style icon is as dazzling as ever.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Turndown service! Amazing cocktails! Small but expensive soaps! These ten new and renovated hotels (and ten more honorable mentions) know how to treat their guests.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Courtney Bond is an executive editor of Texas Monthly’s Food & Drink and BBQ sections. She occasionally writes about travel, too.
Going to Harry’s House—the singer’s six-night residency in Austin—with Texas State University’s Louie Dean Valencia.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Stephanie Moore and Jason Russel Waller’s country oasis includes a historic house, a massive workshop, and a Western-themed barn turned bar.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
An exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (France, that is) spotlights the work of a Texas filmmaker too often taken for granted.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
During Anne Rapp’s Hollywood career, she worked with the biggest names in movies. Now, at 72, she’s ready to tell her own stories about her Panhandle upbringing.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Turndown service! Amazing cocktails! Small but expensive soaps! These ten new and renovated hotels (and ten more honorable mentions) know how to treat their guests.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Courtney Bond is an executive editor of Texas Monthly’s Food & Drink and BBQ sections. She occasionally writes about travel, too.
After decades of visiting the fest, I set out to create an “age-appropriate” schedule packed with talks on menopause and death.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
At 87, Houston’s global style icon is as dazzling as ever.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
From cocktail napkins to children’s books, lingerie to cowboy boots, these are our favorite presents for Texans and Tex-stans this year.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
An editor reflects on the impact of Austin’s Curra's Grill on her life—and its mystifying, rich, and ever-popular frozen drink.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Going to Harry’s House—the singer’s six-night residency in Austin—with Texas State University’s Louie Dean Valencia.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
The restaurant, which will seat almost four hundred diners, is built around a historic building that was painstakingly preserved and updated.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
La Cantera and Lake Austin Spa offer many options for couples and friends. Massage table for two, anyone?
Cat Cardenas is a writer focused on culture, entertainment, and the state’s Latino community.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
A session with the Traveling Hypnotist felt like a massage for the mind.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Stephanie Moore and Jason Russel Waller’s country oasis includes a historic house, a massive workshop, and a Western-themed barn turned bar.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Presenting 30 ideas sure to please everyone from the newest Texan to the most stressed-out friend on your list.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
You’ll bring the party with you with one of these gifts for the host or gourmand.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
These budget-friendly options don't skimp on style (well, except maybe for the Whataburger socks).
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Here's how to welcome babies, kids, and, yes, Californians to the Lone Star way of life.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
This year, we could all use some calming presents, from CBD gummies to self-affirming candles.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
If you're Texan, you're already cool. These items just make it official.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Austin's Kathy Valentine takes us behind the scenes at the star-studded ceremony, which debuts on HBO this month.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Nao Tomii takes us along for the ride as he applies his background in sculpture to creating one-of-a-kind bikes in his studio.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Morgan Page and Dustin Rice spent nearly three years roaming the state for "Bones of Texas," which features images of long-gone communities.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
The best-selling debut author remembers the Permian Basin home she fled as soon as she could.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Sylvia Casares returns to her Brownsville roots with this frontera-style family dish.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
The Longview native and ‘Project Runway’ judge, who will cochair the Texas Medal of Arts, has spent the pandemic giving back in every way he can. Just don’t ask him to create right now.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Add these places to the list of stylish lodging options for travelers, with enticing restaurants and bars.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
An exhibit at the Centre Pompidou in Paris (France, that is) spotlights the work of a Texas filmmaker too often taken for granted.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Dallas-based sandal upstart Hari Mari has become a national force in the fashionable footwear industry.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
The kickoff keynote from the massively popular Houston author ended with a Townes Van Zandt singalong.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
The movers and shakers behind the state’s craft cocktail scene keep it interesting with these hot spots, all opened in 2018.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Even as new developments rise around it, Houston’s 19th Street remains a funky, independent haven for shoppers.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Over three installments, we follow a film team as they—by bike, horse, and canoe—document how a physical wall would affect the area, water, and its people.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Using their grandmother’s recipe—and a ranking system—the Ruiz women have gathered since 1972 to make tamales and strengthen ties.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
From Asian flavors to seasonal, live-fire surprises, some of Texas’s best chefs went for the unexpected at The Edge of Texas nighttime events.
Kathy Blackwell is an executive editor at Texas Monthly. She oversees the magazine’s travel and style sections.
Patricia Sharpe writes a regular restaurant column, Pat’s Pick, for Texas Monthly.