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I love to taste the local flavors of the places I travel. I also love ice cream, so when I spent a few days in Anchorage last week, I bee-lined it – twice – to an ice cream shop that uses local plants to concoct its uniquely Alaskan scoops. Read more: When headed to...

Texans, prepare to swing open the doors to the fantastic and surreal world of Meow Wolf. The Santa Fe-based company, known for its interactive and immersive art exhibits, will unveil its first Texas “portal” on July 14. The Dallas location, called The Real Unreal, has...

The current heat wave has me pressing an iced tea glass to my forehead and scanning airline schedules for flights to Colorado. Turns out American Airlines is operating daily non-stop service from Austin to Aspen this summer. And while the daily route was originally...

Add soaking in an inflatable pool on a deck in the Chihuahuan Desert to the list of things that make me happy. I spent a night at Paisano Azul Ranch in Terlingua, where you can rent a yurt or a small modern cabin, or pitch a tent alongside a cactus-covered hillside. I...

I detoured through the little West Texas town of Sanderson while heading back to Austin from Big Bend recently and discovered a new coffee shop called Ferguson Motors. I first wandered through Sanderson three years ago, when I wrote about the scrappy little town for...

​Add “dive-in” movies at Hotel Viata to the list of free stuff to do in Austin this summer. The hotel in West Lake Hills will host a movie night featuring a family-friendly film once a month. The first film showing is set for June 24, and the hotel even promises to...

My backpacking crew is headed east this summer, to hike a section of the Appalachian Trail. I can’t make that trip, since I’m recovering from knee surgery, but I joined the gang for a quick shakeout at McKinney Falls State Park this week. The 641-acre park, located at...

A leap into Barton Springs Pool can help keep you cool this summer – but first you’ve got to get there. I prefer traveling by bicycle, but that’s not always possible. If you do park at the pool, you’ll have to pay a $7 fee on weekends and holidays, payable at stations...

In 2019, a huge limb fell from the Cabinet Oak, the massive, 300-year-old tree just outside the doors of the Texas White House. But instead of tossing the wood in a fire or hauling it away, crews sawed it into chunks, then distributed it to more than 50 carefully...