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New Braunfels

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    Go Way Out to Eat: 5 Favorite Dining Destinations

    Food & Wine magazine recently featured a series of articles on culinary destinations, or "...the world's best food pilgrimages," as they put it. While it was indeed interesting, I must say that places like Bangkok, Rome and India are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to food travels. The ... More >>

  • News

    April 26, 2012

    Newspaper Fights City Hall

    Food & Wine magazine recently featured a series of articles on culinary destinations, or "...the world's best food pilgrimages," as they put it. While it was indeed interesting, I must say that places like Bangkok, Rome and India are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to food travels. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    5 Reasons Why Texas Will Never Win "Most Peaceful State" (and Good Riddance)

    Maine has won the latest version of the United States Peace Index's "Most Peaceful State" competition. Texas? Forty-sixth most peaceful. This result simply means that Maine is a big pile of bo-ring while Texas is still holding it down with do-whatever-we-please citizens and outrageous criminals ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Upstart New Braunfels Newspaper Says Its Drivers Harassed by Cops

    In case you weren't aware, a war (of sorts) has been brewing in the otherwise sleepy hamlet of New Braunfels. Late last year, Leonidas Patrick "Mark" McGonical, a critic of a new can-ban law that keeps tubers on the Comal River from bringing disposable containers, launched a newspaper called the NB ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Mike Wiggins: Guadalupe County Judge, Former DPS Officer, Caught with Weed in Hotel

    Mike Wiggins, Guadalupe County Judge and a former DPS sergeant, has been arrested for having weed in a College Station hotel room. Wiggins, a Republican first elected in 2006 to lead the county, which is east of New Braunfels, was attending a convention there when the cops were called because a sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2012

    Wine of the Week: Natural Wine in Texas

    As we noted in last week's post on a new era of Nastiness and a call for civility in the Natural wine debate, it's not easy to define exactly what Natural wine is. As Eric Asimov wrote in his weekly New York Times column, there is no official definition or doctrine for Natural wine or Natural winem ... More >>

  • Music

    December 22, 2011

    Band of Heathens

    As we noted in last week's post on a new era of Nastiness and a call for civility in the Natural wine debate, it's not easy to define exactly what Natural wine is. As Eric Asimov wrote in his weekly New York Times column, there is no official definition or doctrine for Natural wine or Natural winem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2011

    New Braunfels Voters Ban Beer Cans for Tubers

    Better not have no PBR on you.​New Braunfels's new law banning beer cans for people tubing on the Guadalupe and Comal was upheld by voters yesterday. About 58 percent of the voters voted in favor of the ban, a convincing victory in a huge turnout. The new law was triggered by this year's dro ... More >>

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    TxDOT Sues Over Steamy Novel

    It's titled Don't Mess With Texas.

  • News

    September 1, 2011

    Head On

    Readers comment on "Knocked Out."

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2011

    Houston's Same-Sex Couples More Likely to Raise Children

    And they may just live in Houston.​The Atlantic's blog has crunched some numbers from a recent gay survey and census data, and it's found that when it comes to raising kids, Houston's same-sex couples are near the tops in the nation. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area had the seventh-highest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Going Tubing in New Braunfels This Weekend? Be Prepared to Wait

    Fun in the sun?​Earlier this month we listed five places to have water-based fun in Texas during the drought, and the spring-fed Comal River was one of them. We weren't alone in our thinking -- the river has become packed on weekends, to the point where officials say tubers have had trouble e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Texas School Buying "Smurf Turf" Football Field; Superintendent Speaks To Criticisms

    "Smurf turf" is coming to Canutillo High. ​West Texas' Canutillo Independent School District hasn't been bringing in much green of late so they've decided to sing the $350,000 blues. Last week, CISD board of trustees approved the installation of a "smurf turf" field that will replace, for "s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Schlitterbahn Just Got Awesomer

    One of the great advantages of living in Texas -- beyond the chance to vote for Rick Perry your entire life -- is Schlitterbahn, the renowned waterpark in New Braunfels. The Hill Country setting, the nearby Guadalupe -- whether you're on your own or herding kids, it's a unique and terrific place. ( ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2010

    BrewHaHa Grand Tasting

    Brittanie SheyA generous pour at the BrewHaHa Grand Tasting​See photos from the BrewHaHa in our slideshow. This weekend beer lovers gathered at Galveston Island's Moody Gardens for what organizers hope will be the first of many Brewmasters International Beer Festivals. Eating Our Words was th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Speed In A Hunstville School Zone, Get Fined $312

    Houston makes the top 10 list for big fines​The school year has begun in some places, and that means school zones are up and cops are watching for violators. In some places you can't text or talk on your cell in a school zone; in every place you can't speed in one.What are the worst places in Texa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    IllegalAlienReport.Com Lets You Report Those Invaders Anonymously

    Your country needs you to report online​Good news, Texas!!Not only is there finally a way to report all those illegal aliens you see stealing jobs everyday -- we mean besides just calling ICE -- but there's even more good news: the are only two places in Texas with illegal aliens!!So we have to wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    Chris Stokes, U.S. Marine, Gets His Stolen Medals Back In Memorial Day Miracle (Of Sorts)

    One bad Memorial Day followed by one good one​A year ago, U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Chris Stokes was tubing in New Braunfels. His vehicle, parked at the Landa Park Rec Center, was broken into while he and his wife were on the river.Among the items stolen -- Stokes' Marine honor medals. Bummer o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 31, 2010

    Texas Traveler: AmeriVespa 2010, San Antonio

    Photos by Brittanie Shey​More than 30 scooter enthusiasts from Houston spent Memorial Day weekend in San Antonio representing the Bayou City at AmeriVespa, the largest scooter rally in the nation. Now in its 17th year, the event, which takes place in a new city each year, draws scooterists fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Jonathan Akinola, Secret Shopper Scams: Everyone's Warning About Them

    Let's be smart out there, people​What gig could be better than a "secret shopper"? Go spend someone else's money and get back at the useless sales staff who don't immediately bow to your every whim. (This is assuming, of course, that the entire idea of shopping doesn't sound like the freshest kind ... More >>

  • News

    February 25, 2010

    Thank God He's An Idiot

    Child-porn producer pleads guilty

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    New Braunfels Fights The College Kids With All Their Dang Noise

    ​If there's one thing that Texans have always prided themselves on, it's love of Big Government -- especially The Man telling you where, and with whom, you can live. Or at least that's how some folks in New Braunfels see it.Spurred by complaints over noise and parking issues, the NB Planning Commi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Lonesome Onry and Mean: An Artist Best In Texas and LOM Can Agree On. Seriously.

    While anyone who follows this column knows that Lonesome, Onry and Mean can't stand about 90 percent of what gets touted in Best in Texas magazine and labeled Texas/Red Dirt music, we have always had a soft spot for Stillwater, Okla., rockers Cross Canadian Ragweed. Our son took us to see CCR in Lu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2009

    Texas Traveler: Oktoberfests

    Photo by dave77459​The Texas Hill Country is full of place-names that make Texas Traveler yearn for her nth-generation German heritage. New Braunfels conjures up the scent of the bratwurst and sauerkraut my Moomaw used to make on weekend mornings (food which I loathed, by the way, until I turn ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 4, 2009

    Capsule Art Reviews: "The Art Guys: New Clichés," "Casual Encounters," "New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch"

    Photo by dave77459​The Texas Hill Country is full of place-names that make Texas Traveler yearn for her nth-generation German heritage. New Braunfels conjures up the scent of the bratwurst and sauerkraut my Moomaw used to make on weekend mornings (food which I loathed, by the way, until I turn ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 28, 2009

    Capsule Art Reviews: "Casual Encounters," "Literally Figurative," "New Art in Austin: 20 to Watch"

    Photo by dave77459​The Texas Hill Country is full of place-names that make Texas Traveler yearn for her nth-generation German heritage. New Braunfels conjures up the scent of the bratwurst and sauerkraut my Moomaw used to make on weekend mornings (food which I loathed, by the way, until I turn ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 21, 2009

    Clever, Funny and Disturbing

    Austin exports 20 artists and installations for a show at DiverseWorks.

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2008

    Slideshow: Snakes on an Album

    One of the songs slithering around Rocks Off's head lately is "Snake Farm," the title track to grizzled Hill Country troubador Ray Wylie Hubbard's 2006 album, where the singer and a comely employee of the ramshackle reptile house between San Marcos and New Braunfels get it on amongst the other&n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    Artist of the Week: The Favorites

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. We like to fancy ourselv ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Slip Inside This House: MP3s from S.J. and the Crossroads and the Six Pents

    Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to introducingliston@gmail.com. We like to fancy ourselv ... More >>

  • News

    April 17, 2008

    Death Threats and TAKS Tests

    Some TAKS tests are murder

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2007

    Book Her

    Some TAKS tests are murder

  • Culture

    May 26, 2005

    Motorcycle Madness

    Two-wheeled tours of H-town, East Texas and the Hill Country

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Place to Pretend You're in the Hill Country

    Two-wheeled tours of H-town, East Texas and the Hill Country

  • News

    May 27, 2004

    Letters

    Two-wheeled tours of H-town, East Texas and the Hill Country

  • News

    May 20, 2004

    Letters

    Two-wheeled tours of H-town, East Texas and the Hill Country

  • Music

    May 6, 2004

    Defending the Dirty Thirty

    And coping with Yankee slander

  • News

    April 22, 2004

    Bye-Bye Bongs?

    Tubing without beer bongs? Why?

  • Calendar

    March 11, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Tubing without beer bongs? Why?

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2003

    Hayes, Dude

    A fresh and brainy country alternative

  • Calendar

    October 9, 2003

    In the Crosshairs

    "Shoot to Cure" targets diabetes

  • Best of Houston

    September 25, 2003

    Best Place to Water-Ski

    Lake McQueeney

  • Music

    July 17, 2003

    Whatcha Gonna Do?

    Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

  • News

    April 17, 2003

    Letters

    Houston's Neutral Sisters look white, sing black and move to a reggae rhythm

  • Best of Houston

    September 21, 2000

    Best Adventure Race Series

    Texas State Championship Sprint Adventure Races

  • Calendar

    May 13, 1999

    Night & Day

    May 13-19, 1999

  • News

    April 8, 1999

    Pyramid Scheme

    Two, four, six, eight.Come and watch us levitate!

  • Calendar

    August 1, 1996

    Press Picks

    Two, four, six, eight.Come and watch us levitate!

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