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The Texanist: The Rio Grande Valley Isn’t Actually a Valley, Is It?
Q: Two friends at my weekly 42 dominoes game are from the Rio Grande Valley. When I asked them why Texans call a flat floodplain a “valley,”when a valley is actually the low spot between hills o...

How Goldee’s Barbecue Trained Some of the Best New Pitmasters in Texas
This week, two Texas barbecue joints have received serious accolades from national magazines. Barbs B Q, in Lockhart, was named one of Bon Appétit’s best new restaurants, and Jalen Heard, Lane Miln...

Can a Country Star Claim Both Nashville and Texas? Miranda Lambert Thinks So.
Miranda Lambert grinned as she stood on the smallest stage she’s played in years. She’d just debuted an irreverent, rowdy hook—“Are we in love, or are we just drunk?” from “Bitch on the Sa...

Why Many More Delivery Drones Will Soon Fly Dallas–Fort Worth’s Skies
One recent morning, eager to satisfy his breakfast craving, Robert Wunderlich stepped into his Frisco front yard and turned his eyes to the sky. He spotted a small dark object to the north, approachin...

‘Uncle Sam’ Was Hailed as a Comics Masterpiece, Then Left to Languish. It’s Been Reissued Just in Time for the Election.
When Alex Ross moved to Texas from Portland, Oregon, the first thing he noticed was how different the colors were. “It was less green,” he laughs, when I ask him what he remembers about making the...

How Many Texans Does It Take to Raise a 3,200-Square-Foot Flag?
Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Austin Lee, who is 33, oversees the raising of the iconic Texas and American flags at the Austin–area speedway as its senior ...

Near the Oklahoma Border, This BBQ Joint Is Pretty Much the Only Thing Keeping This Small Town Alive
In his book The Great Plains, from 1931, Texas author Walter Prescott Webb wrote that, geographically, the Great Plains begin west of the 98th meridian. The town of Stoneburg sits at 97.9 degrees west...

My Week at Midlife Wisdom Camp
I opened my eyes about halfway through the Japanese sound bath. Lee Johnson, a 65-year-old rancher and dead ringer for the actor Sam Elliott, was tiptoeing around the room in his white tube socks, eve...

Texas’s Willy Wonka of Food Is Full of Surprises
The summer sun is slip-sliding away when my pal Courtney and I arrive at a labyrinthine two-story compound that houses our destination: Ishtia, an unexpectedly experimental restaurant in the stunningl...

September 2024 Pit Perks
TM BBQ Club “Pit Perks” are exclusive perks and discounts that Texas Monthly’s network of barbecue joints generously offer to members like you each month. Proof of membership is required to rede...