Recipes
November 8, 2022
Spicy Paloma
While this cocktail is refreshing year-round, grapefruit season in Texas kicks off in the fall, making now an especially good time to enjoy it.
Round Top
Style & Design
October 13, 2022
How Round Top Became a Whole Vibe
Celebrities, influencers, and high-end shoppers are among the throngs that descend upon the tiny town’s biannual antiques fair, which has flourished—even during a pandemic.
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Art
June 2, 2022
Things to Do, Read, Watch, and Visit in Texas This Summer
Our staffers share the art and entertainment they're most looking forward to this summer, from an opera about Frida Kahlo to a true-crime book about a famous Austin gangster.
Texas Country Reporter
May 25, 2022
An Internationally Renowned Concert Hall in Small-town Texas
Pianist James Dick has turned a rolling pasture outside of Round Top into a haven for classical musicians from around the world.
Style & Design
October 26, 2021
Just Add Turquoise: How Round Top Inspired “Texas Boho” Style
Combine Dolly Parton with Stevie Nicks, and you get the idea.
Where To Stay Now
May 4, 2021
7 Nostalgic Texas Hotels With Vinyl Record Collections
With in-room record players, album lending libraries, and, in one case, a vinyl concierge, hotels around the state are embracing the record renaissance.
Style & Design
April 16, 2018
Women’s Adventure Group Brings Vintage Trailers to Round Top
For four days, Sisters on the Fly members from around the country camped in their retro Airstreams, Shastas, and more.
Style & Design
March 29, 2018
Ten Finds from the Round Top Antiques Fair
We hit Day One of the shows at Marburger and Excess Fields to show what you can find with some dedicated hunting.
Travel & Outdoors
November 22, 2017
Round Top is More Than Texas’s Antiquing Capital
With new shopping and hotel options, this biannual antiquing hub is now a year-round destination.
Style & Design
September 26, 2017
Look Inside an Antique Dealer’s Dream Home in Round Top
Amy and Brian Kleinwatcher, the owners of Old World Antieks, give us a peek inside their Round Top home built almost entirely out of salvaged materials.
Travel & Outdoors
November 21, 2016
The Gift Shops That Keep On Giving
A visit to these indie gift shops, which feature impeccably curated stock from makers around the world, is a gift in itself.
Travel & Outdoors
September 21, 2016
InstaTexas: Antiquing in Round Top
Accounts to follow and hashtags to search for the latest intel on Texas’s biggest antiques show.
Travel & Outdoors
September 16, 2016
A World Expert on Terror, Right Here in Texas
Austinite Lawrence Wright chronicles almost fifteen years of terrorism in his latest book, The Terror Years: From Al-Qaeda to the Islamic State.
Travel & Outdoors
June 30, 2016
Heeeeeeeere’s Johnny!
It’s another round of “Whiskey River” for honky-tonk crooner Johnny Bush.
Travel & Outdoors
June 10, 2016
Gunslingers, Folk Dancers, Fried Chicken, and More
The best events across Texas this week.
Travel & Outdoors
April 21, 2016
Where To Stay Next
Hotels on the horizon.
Travel & Outdoors
March 18, 2016
How to Navigate the Round Top Antiques Shows
Who's ready for some world-class junking?
Travel & Outdoors
September 25, 2015
Six Must-Attend Events: September 25-October 2
The state's top offerings, from the start of the famed State Fair of Texas in Dallas to the beginning of amazing Antiques Week in Round Top.
Texas Trip Guides
January 21, 2015
Trip Guide: Round Top
What to do in this Hill Country hamlet when not antiquing.
Where To Stay Now
October 12, 2012
Where To Stay Now 2012: The Ten Best New (Or Improved!) Texas Hotels
As a recent study of hotel booking trends pointed out, us Texans prefer to vacation in Texas. Since our last roundup of the state's most notable lodgings was in 2004, I thought it was high time to revisit the subject. So