Have you seen the movie “Bernie” with Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughy? It’s a very funny movie about this East Texas funeral director who kills the town’s (Carthage, by the way) rich, old Cruella DeVille sort of lady….
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You know what I would never have put together? Thomas Jefferson and a great wine making region! So it turns out our third President is literally the father of American wine making, which is great because I am an American…
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Here in Texas we have Shiner Bock. We have Lone Star. We have Pearl. We even have world famous craft beer like St Arnold’s. Louisiana has a rich beer history as well, but Abita Turbodog might just be the flagship…
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Texas has always fascinated me. Of course I’m biased as I can be having been so fortunate to be born here. The thing about Texas is that it is literally the crossroads of America. If you drive I-10 from the…
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Snowbirds. Some folks love them, some folks cuss them, but they have a great idea don’t they? The idea of: we’re going to get as far as possible from that cold stuff back home. I drove a fair chunk of…
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With this Arctic Death Cold Front that has just arrived from the frozen gates of the North Pole, my thoughts have turned to the internet so I can find the warmest spot in America during the winter. You know what?…
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What’s life without a little pepper? We’re getting to that time of the year when things are winding down and folks are getting settled in for the winter. The good news for those of us on the Gulf Coast is…
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In this third part on the Civilian Conservation Corps built parks here in Texas, I feel I should repeat my opening paragraph from Part 1 for those of y’all joining us late in the program so to speak. In my…
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I’d like to re-state the first paragraph of my last blog on the CCC constructed State Parks here in TX: In my opinion some of the coolest places to visit are the older State Parks built by the CCC back…
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Sure everyone has heard of SXSW up in Austin, and the Austin City Limits Festival up in Austin, and the Fun Fun Fun Fest up in Austin, but did you know there are music festivals all over Texas that AREN’T…
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