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‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Has, Somehow, Inspired a Fragrance. I Tried It.
“Which movie would you want to smell like?” sounds like a prompt for a profile on a dating app for cinephiles. But let’s consider the question. I’d pick Top Gun over, say, Pretty Woman. A Jame...

Corpus Christi’s First Water-Desalination Plant Could Create “Dead Zones”
The dark hump of a bottlenose dolphin’s back cuts through the surface of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel, appearing briefly alongside a docked, Hong Kong–registered bulk-cargo vessel. This industr...

Visit Balmorhea State Park in Winter, and You’ll Have It All to Yourself
When Balmorhea pool threw a party for its grand opening over two days in June 1936, celebrants took part in all kinds of activities. A poster from the event breathlessly lists them: a bathing-girl rev...

This Dallas Inventor’s “Sound Toys” Appeal to Famous Musicians as Well as Kids
The motto was always “Build it, don’t buy it.” Richard Upchurch heard his dad say this constantly growing up. So when his beloved sixties-era Sony transistor radio broke, a young Upchurch didn�...

Destroying Paper Is a Sweet Gig, Until Someone Tosses a Gun Into Your Shredder
Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. Thomas Polinard, who is 42, is general manager of Shredco, a company that destroys and recycles documents in San Antonio.I woul...

A Panhandle BBQ Joint Gets a Fresh Update
Monte Neil was in fifth grade when his father, Glenn, opened WeekEnds BBQ in 2007 in Plainview, 45 minutes north of Lubbock. “When we started it, we didn’t know the first thing in the world about ...

You Can All Go to Hell, and Theo Rossi Will Go to Texas
When I arrive at his Dripping Springs ranch, Theo Rossi informs me that Willie Nelson has died. He’s referring to a goat he and his family named after the beloved Texas icon and who suffered from an...

This Catholic Liberal Arts School Is the Best-Kept Secret in College Football
Texas and SMU are still more than a week away from their first playoff games. The University of the Incarnate Word has been there, done that.This year, the not-so-little private Catholic university in...

The Texas School District That Can’t Stop Growing
By the middle of September, Kenzie Kingston has already shown half a dozen new students around her TikTok-famous campus. The senior and student ambassador at Walnut Grove High School, in Prosper, abou...

Bee-Sniffing Dogs Deployed by Texas Parks and Wildlife to Study Habitats
These pups help with pollinator conservation efforts...