Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

"...Corpus Christi bridge. The last of the cranes are coming down as..."

May 1, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

News and events from Corpus Christi to Fort Davis

"...A bridge to the future. Work resumed on Corpus Christi’s Harbor..."

May 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Summer Fun: Conquering the Coastal Bend

Corpus Christi bike race bookends the end of summer

"...takes riders over the 243 ft. peak of the Harbor Bridge in Corpus Christi, which in 2011 had a..."

Aug. 30, 2014 Chronolog Post by Carmen Rising

Day Trips: Watergarden, Corpus Christi

Back and better than ever after seven-year dry spell

"...Museum of Asian Cultures & Education Center. With the Harbor Bridge in the background, the popular landmark is open..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Falling for The Fall Guy and the Joy of Practical Stunts

Powerhouse moviemaking couple David Leitch and Kelly McCormick team up with Ryan Gosling

"...“We dragged him across the harbor bridge at 30 mph. We hung him 16 stories..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: Nueces County Courthouse, Corpus Christi

Historic courthouse escapes wrecking ball for now

"...281 a few blocks from the bay and the Harbor Bridge...."

March 29, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Mike Cotten's BBQ, Calallen

Barbecue dynasty continues with third generation of pitmasters

"...Calallen and 1702 U.S. 181 in Portland across the Harbor Bridge from Corpus Christi. With a nod to his..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: USS Lexington, Corpus Christi

Old Navy warhorse retires to beachfront property and life as a military history museum

"...Permanently berthed near the Harbor Bridge, the old flattop was a floating city when..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Women

Thursday

"...and the more fast-paced instrumental guitar mazes of "Sag Harbor Bridge" and "Lawncare." Women obviously has late-1970s/early-1990s influences, but..."

March 20, 2009 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Texas Book Festival 2002 Book Reviews

Debut novelist and SWT grad Diana López "captures a Tejano culture in flux" in her Sofía's Saints, writes Sarah Hepola.

"...a child on his back, St. Christopher carries the Harbor Bridge and the Intercoastal Highway." These babies are not..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

Day Trips

The Best of "Day Trips"

"...wooden ships docked on the ship channel under the Harbor Bridge. It's a shame that they didn't prove as..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...The Waco Suspension Bridge over the Brazos River is indicative of the life..."

Nov. 28, 1997 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"..."rogue" states that deserve to be bombed for allegedly harboring bin Laden's money, the latter accusation made by James..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...to acknowledge the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor with some sort of smirking commentary on Christmas commercialization?..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...the spot. No distinction between terrorists and those who harbor them -- or their money. Cyprus, Panama, and the..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Column

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Our readers talk back.

"...the spot. No distinction between terrorists and those who harbor them -- or their money. Cyprus, Panama, and the..."

Oct. 5, 2001 Column

Postmarks Web Extra

Our readers' letters regarding the September 11 terrorist attacks

"...the spot. No distinction between terrorists and those who harbor them -- or their money. Cyprus, Panama, and the..."

Sept. 28, 2001 Column

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A plethora of environmental concerns are argued in this week's letters to the editor.

"...Bike Bridge Essential..."

March 31, 2000 Column

Day Trips

Rockport captures the sea breeze and the hearts of visitors.

"...5:30am-8pm to cater to the fishermen from nearby Rockport Harbor...."

Dec. 24, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Doris Miller Memorial, Waco

Memorial honors African American war hero

"...Waco honors a native son who served at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941...."

Nov. 11, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Summer Fun

Oh, Galveston

"...HARBOR HOUSE AT PIER 21 Any of the 42 nautical-themed..."

May 14, 2004 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Letters at 3AM

"...The Golden Gate Bridge: It is pure happiness to cross this bridge --..."

Oct. 18, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Day Trips

Texas coastal fishing piers provide the means to walk on water

"...longest piers on the Texas coast is actually a bridge with the middle cut out. In 1967, the highway..."

March 7, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Page Two

The real truth about (Hurricane) Charley, and the charmed life of President Bush

"...In 1973, I lived in Charlotte Harbor, Fla., for about three months. We had a beautiful..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Day Trips & Beyond: Gulf Shores Peninsula, Alabama

Gulf Coast vacation destination only feels like an island

"...saw no need to spend the money on a bridge over Perdido Pass to access the sand of the..."

April 27, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The USS Lexington has gracefully retired from fighting ship to military museum.

"...tower, or "island," as it is called, to the bridge and sit in the captain's chair. This high vantage..."

Nov. 9, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

The Gotham backlash continues.

"...and Liane Lefaivre, Classical Architecture: The Poetics of Order (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986)..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Column

Students Rally Behind Earthquake Aid Relief

Student group raised more than $20K for survivors

"...to at least 44,000, he said it's difficult to harbor hope. At least, he says, "in Turkey, nobody's talking..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Dex Wesley Parra

Listen to This: David Beck Breaks Down Bloom & Fade

Family ties and looking at life, track-by-track

"...woods. They came to a creek with a wooden bridge. Halfway across Abbey got spooked and together they fell..."

Sept. 22, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips: Texas Ferry Rides

Texas ferries are the best free rides in the state

"...Most traffic has shifted downstream to the Fred Hartman Bridge. The ferry runs Monday through Friday from 4:30am to..."

May 20, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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