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The Texanist: Where Did the Phrase “Texas Leaguer” Come From?
Q: I recently learned that in baseball a pop fly that falls between the infield and outfield is known as a “Texas leaguer,” and now I’m curious about the term’s origin. Why is this particular...
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Taco of the Week: Puff-Chilada at Maria’s Café
Maria’s Café is a badly kept secret. Owned by Maria Beza, the South Texas Mexican diner has been slinging plates of carne guisada, brisket, combo platters, and breakfast tacos for almost forty years....
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How Close Are We to Creating Human Organs on a 3D Printer?
Sitting in his Rice University lab back in 2013, Jordan Miller was feeling stuck. The bioengineering assistant professor had spent months trying to do something no one had ever done before: create...
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The Texanist: Who on Earth Holds a Cookout at a Highway Rest Stop?
Q: As a Texan, I have traveled my fair share of Texas’s beautiful interstate highways, state highways, farm-to-market roads, and back roads. Often, as I gaze out the window during my travels, I have...
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Kindling Texas Kitchen Brings Big-City Flavors to Cibolo
This place better be good,” I muttered to myself as yet another passing eighteen-wheeler rattled the windows of our car. Several friends and I were on our way to dinner, and I was feeling guilty that I...
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The Best New Restaurants in Texas for 2020
What kind of food do they serve?” That’s the first thing friends want to know when I tell them about a new restaurant. More often than not, my answer is something like “eclectic” or “fusion cuisine” or...
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Is Houston’s Jonny Rhodes the Most Subversive Chef in the Country?
Anybody ever read a slave narrative by Frederick Douglass before?” asked Jonny Rhodes, the 29-year-old chef and owner of the Houston restaurant Indigo.Thirteen diners—a full house—were about to begin...
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The Legend of John Holmes Jenkins
Digital subscribers can listen to this article. Subscribe today for audio stories and much more. Already a subscriber? Log in. On the day John Holmes Jenkins died, he was searching for a grave. Finding...
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The Desk on Hancock Hill
The desk on the top of Hancock Hill is metal and dark gray, maybe from the sixties. Its drawers are banged up, and its top is graffitied with initials. When you get to the desk, someone might already...
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From the Editor, March 2020: Father and Son
John Quincy Adams is widely—and perhaps apocryphally—quoted as saying, “I am a warrior so that my son may be a merchant so that his son may be a poet.” It’s a noble sentiment, but what if one of your...
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Eyes on the Skies at Bentsen–Rio Grande Valley State Park
I can’t believe I’m sleeping out here tonight,” Emily says, as we walk three quarters of a mile down a lonely park road in the dark, our headlamps no match for the impenetrable forest on either side....
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What to See, Eat, and Do Near Bentsen–Rio Grande Valley State Park
After spending time at Bentsen–Rio Grande Valley State Park, you’re likely to become obsessed with winged creatures. So don’t miss the National Butterfly Center, which is right down the road as the...
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Lina Hidalgo’s Year of Living Dangerously
Harris County commissioner Steve Radack leaned into his mic and grinned. It was May of 2016 and the longtime Republican commissioner for Precinct 3 had a fly he wanted to swat. His target was...
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Gorgeous Photos of Texas Punk’s Glory Days
In the late seventies and early eighties, Texas punk rock fixtures the Big Boys frequently closed out their sweat-drenched concerts with a rallying cry: “Now go start your own band!” While plenty of...
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Waxahachie Art and Antiques Curators Live in a Gallery of Their Own
Julie and Bruce Webb love stuff and lots of it. More than thirty years ago, the Waxahachie couple began selling antiques and treasures found at flea markets and on their travels, eventually expanding...
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Through a Historic Trail Ride, Black Cowboys and Cowgirls Take Ownership of...
One overcast December morning at the 7W Youth Riding Club stables, in Tomball, Myrtis Dightman Jr. peers out from the brim of his black cowboy hat. “Mr. Myrtis,” as he’s known around the ranch, watches...
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Dining Guide: Highlights From Our March 2020 Issue
Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas...
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March 2020: Roar of the Crowd
Beto BummerAlthough I’m not a Texan, I was so inspired by Beto [O’Rourke]! I guess I still am; he made me better. It’s unfortunate that the Texas Monthly editors chose to bash him [“The Bum Steer...
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Meanwhile, in Texas
A California man trying to bring his pet possum on a passenger plane leaving from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was kicked off his flight and stranded in Texas for four days. The remains of...
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