15 Highlights From My 2016 Texas Wanderings
The best sights, bites, and experiences from my travels around the state this year.
The Wanderer
Travel & Outdoors
July 14, 2016
Wandering Around Alpine
An Insta-dispatch from the flourishing West Texas frontier town.
Travel & Outdoors
December 23, 2015
Trip Guide: Dallas Design District
When you need a break from Uptown glitz, a scruffier, scrappier neighborhood beckons.
Travel & Outdoors
October 1, 2015
Five Ideal Fall Road Trips
The places I want to visit, the things I want to do, and the sights I want to see around the state as temperatures finally dip.
Travel & Outdoors
June 11, 2015
Higher Plains
Sometimes, when you want a lot of space, you need to go somewhere small—like Canadian.
Travel & Outdoors
April 16, 2015
I Beg Your Garden?
A century after it was first proposed, Houston’s Hermann Park is finally in full bloom.
Travel & Outdoors
January 14, 2015
Pastures of Plenty
Round Top, when there’s hardly anyone ’round.
Travel & Outdoors
November 14, 2014
Great Expectations
Stunning vistas, snorting buffalo, and dashed hopes at Cibolo Creek Ranch.
Texas Trip Guides
September 26, 2014
Trip Guide: Downtown Austin
The beating heart of the Capital City.
Travel & Outdoors
September 15, 2014
Capital Interest
What no one says about the most-talked-about city in Texas.
Texas Trip Guides
March 10, 2014
Trip Guide: Dallas’s Lower Greenville
Meet one of the state's newest hip neighborhoods.
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.)
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
August 13, 2013
Southtown and Down
Remember the Alamo, but don’t forget San Antonio’s stately historic district and flourishing creative community.
Travel & Outdoors
April 11, 2013
Taking Stock
Sometimes, even the Wanderer has to play tourist in her own hometown.
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.
Travel & Outdoors
December 1, 2012
Cliff Notes
With three days in Dallas’s historic Oak Cliff, my mantra was “Shop, eat, repeat.”
Travel & Outdoors
October 31, 2012
It’s Fine Bayou
Patrolling the placid waters, historic B&Bs, and treasure-filled antiques shops of Jefferson.
Travel & Outdoors
September 30, 2012
Toast of the Town
The best way to visit Houston is one neighborhood at a time. Let’s start with Montrose.
Travel & Outdoors
August 31, 2012
Cowgirl Up!
From horseback riding to grilling my own ribeye, three days in Bandera brought out my inner Dale Evans.
The Wanderer
August 22, 2012
Wandering Around the Great State of Texas
If you’ve already picked up your copy of Texas Monthly‘s September issue, you’ve noticed that the magazine has undergone a top-to-bottom redesign. In the new Touts section, you’ll find the debut of my Texas travel column, the Wanderer (or, as my colleagues like to call