Day Trips

Sleep and shop 19th-century style at the Comfort Common Bed and Breakfast in Comfort, TX.

"...Comfort when it opened in 1880, the two-story limestone and wood building still holds center court in the best-preserved..."

Sept. 1, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Catch up on news from around Texas and travel destinations for fall

"...It’s time to get out and try some international food, dance at a music festival,..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Catch up on Texas travel news and plan some spring sightseeing

"...It’s April and the start of a festival season celebrating music, food,..."

April 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Event Menu

Eating and drinking, drinking and eating, all the while helping others

"...Long Center benefits the Breast Cancer Resource Centers of Texas. Tickets are $65, or $100 per couple. Make reservations..."

Sept. 10, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips & Beyond: November Travel Roundup

Port A's Harvey recovery, Millican's pecan pie, and fall travel news

"...Thank you, Lord, for the blue skies and bright sunshine of Texas autumn. This is why we..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Baby sea turtles, Elvis Fest, and more!

"...It’s time to get out there and work on the base coat of your tan. Festival..."

May 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-August Travel Updates

Foeder for thought and a beer for a good cause

"...August is really heating up, and following CDC guidelines is still the cool thing to..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Top 15 Austin Breweries

Our semiannual power ranking of local brewhouses

"...for first place but that would be so boring and dumb and bloodless. Local beer is all about the..."

Nov. 16, 2018 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Celebrity Judges

"...Randy Clemens: Clemens is a graduate of the California School..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Food Feature by Robb Walsh

No More Green Beer

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style

"...Though the well-loved and much-lamented Dog & Duck Pub isn't open to host..."

March 17, 2015 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

"...The courthouse in Waxahachie is the grandest of Texas county courthouses, with ornate trim, circular towers,..."

Sept. 4, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Booze, the Booze, the Booze We Choose

Seven swanky new swigs for your taste and relaxation

"...reason, maybe you haven’t previously heard of them … and if journalism’s about anything, it’s about informing the public,..."

June 9, 2021 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Contest

"...At the heart of the Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival is the contest itself. The blind-tasting competition for individuals..."

Aug. 26, 2005 Food Feature

Graphic Designers Tout the Tastiest Beverage Packaging in Town

Local beverage packaging designs quench our thirst for tasty graphics

"...it's no liquid refreshment; it's a composition of words and images and maybe, if it's the print edition, the..."

July 24, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Brain Boom

Austin's Techno Geeks and Slackers Cash In

"...gathered by working for larger firms. photograph by John Anderson Ten years of writing computer games for The Man..."

March 20, 1998 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Gay Place

Here and queer – UT Austin launches an LGBTQ Studies program

"...or does UT get queerer by the day? Tonight (and all day tomorrow – see below), the folks behind..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Column by Sarah Marloff

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons

"...museum is a mix of videos, photographs, timelines, posters, and memorabilia that show another side of Dylan. Even long-time..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...Joe and Barbara Day invite visitors to their home west of..."

Sept. 11, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Event Menu

Foodie events around town for the week of Oct. 16-21

"...• October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and in that spirit, all local Kerbey Lane Cafes (www.kerbeylanecafe.com)..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Top 20 Austin Breweries of 2020

It's time for our annual Central Texas Brewery Power Rankings

"...plan for most – if not every – Central Texas brewery was to go full steam ahead into SXSW..."

Nov. 11, 2020 Food Post by Eric Puga

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Texas fun is heating up with grape stomps, outlaw festivals, and rodeos

"...For the 394 wineries in Texas, the 2018 crop is looking like a..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

"...outside of New Braunfels captures the flavor of a Texas roadhouse diner. Heaping portions of chicken fried steak served..."

April 10, 1998 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Event Menu

Sample sausages and wines on the Kiolbassa & Kab trail, bourbons at Jasper's, and spa treatments at the Belmont

"...• The seven Hill Country wineries along the Fredericksburg Wine Road 290 invite..."

Sept. 19, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Qmmunity: Carnival of Queers

A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend

"...the carnival. A triforce collab from Louisianna Purchase, Bubu, and the Little Gay Shop, the Heel Country Fair hits..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

That Time of the Month

Christian Remde spans the calendar year with his Twelve Films Project

"...Christian Remde is red in the face. And in the back of his neck, and probably his..."

July 15, 2011 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Event Menu: June 20-26

Locally grown Tomato Me Crazy Day, red meat and wine pairings, and more

"...hospitable folks in Bryan are throwing the second annual Texas Reds Steak & Grape Festival in their historic downtown..."

June 20, 2008 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Event Menu

Oct. 4-18

"...Communities in Schools Central Texas hosts their 12th annual Food for Thought gala this..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

Eat the fresh eggs of the watchchickens at the Luckenbach Inn Bed & Breakfast.

"...The Luckenbach Inn Bed and Breakfast sits on a wooded hill overlooking Grape Creek,..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

day trips

"...The food at Hall's Walhalla USA has to be good. There..."

Nov. 10, 1995 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

The Hottest Commodity

Once green with envy, Texas now joins New Mexico in championing the chile … just in time for the 12th annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival!

"...when they smell New Mexico green chile roasting," says Hill Rylander, market master at Austin's Historic Farmers' Market. That..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Food Feature by Sandy Szwarc

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