Hop To These Recipes for a Safe Easter at Home
Celebrate safe at home this weekend with these delicious holiday brunch recipes. It’s easy to create your own Easter brunch this year by following these recipes from Lake Austin Spa Resort’s Executive Chef Stéphane Beaucamp....
Five Minutes With the North Texas E-Flat Porch Band
In today’s stress-filled times, what’s not to like about music billed as “angst-free?” We sat down, pre pandemic, to get the backstory from this McKinney-based two-man acoustic blues band. The self-deprecating duo of Duane Brown...
#TXPlaylist Vol. 07, Monxi Garza’s Lockdown Listening
Music is such an important part of our creative culture, says Monxi Garza. That’s why the CEO and founder of SUAVS, an Austin-based lifestyle footwear brand, has started building a Spotify playlist of local ATX...
Five Minutes With Douglas A. Burton, Texas Author with a Wicked Hero Complex
Need a fascinating—and sometimes scandalous—escape novel to read while sheltering in place? How about one that also supports a local Texas writer who, due to the current lockdowns, has had all book events and tours...
Five Minutes With Texan Singer/Songwriter Chynna Taylor, The Voice Finalist
Despite now living far from the Lone Star State, former X Factor competitor and The Voice finalist Chynna Taylor returns as often as she can. What does this talented singer/songwriter miss most about Texas? "Whataburger,"...
#TXPlaylist Vol. 06, Lockdown Listening
I’m proud to be a native Texan and have packed this playlist with great Texas music. That said, I’ve also included one non-Texan band because the message of their song gives us hope that we’ll...
Austin’s Central Machine Works
Something special is on tap at this East Austin brewery and it’s not just the craft beer. This place is “neighborhoody!” Update: This review was written before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Central Machine...
Five Minutes With Trevor Romain, Best-Selling Children’s Author
Trevor Romain’s life-long mission is infused within the pages of his children’s books that empower and impart fearlessness in the youngest of readers. Romain is an award-winning author and illustrator, podcaster, motivational speaker and philanthropist....
#TXPlaylist Vol. 5, Lockdown Listening
In unprecedented times, music is solace for many of us. I’m an avid-bordering-on-rabid music fan and love going to concerts—in normal times. As the social impact of the epidemic took its hold in Texas, I...
