Alicia Cahill, owner of The Kitchen Chick in downtown Galveston, has hosted a Christmas cookie exchange for more than 10 years for girlfriends and their kids. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
One smart cookie
A beach house wonderland
Mercedes Perez, holds her micro teacup Yorkshire terrier, Mercy, in front of the Christmas tree in the living room. Perez has a decorated tree in every room of the house. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
A dozen Christmas trees deck the halls of this waterfront home with Gulf views
Making a strum-back
Angelle Warneke strums her blue, Kala Makala soprano ukulele. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
The ukulele is surging in popularity across the island
Southern comfort
When disaster strikes, an islander helps with heaping helpings of food
Rodeo on the water
Charter fishing boat captain Scott Hickman says he routinely finds balloon, styrofoam and other plastics floating in the water while out on fishing trips. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Boatmen who make a living off the Gulf compete to protect it
‘We’re lucky’
The Wileys are a multi-generational family of Galveston-based artists. René Wiley, center, stands with, from left, daughter Rachel Wiley-Janota, grandsons Charlie Janota, Jackson Janota, husband Ben Wiley, daughter Samantha Wiley and granddaughter Neva Wiley. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Family of fine art painters celebrates 10 years of working together
‘Settle in and relax’
Mary Warwick, left, the habitat and stewardship manager for Artist Boat, and Mort Voller, a member of the organization’s board, watch a gallinule and her chick from the Edward and Helen Oppenheimer Bird Observatory at the Artist Boat Coastal Heritage Preserve in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Galveston observatory offers good birding and stunning views
Birthplace of the space shuttle
Maxime Faget’s 1962 Dickinson Bayou home is designated a historic landmark by the Dickinson Historical Society and considered the birthplace of the space shuttle. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
NASA’s first reusable spacecraft began in the garage of this Dickinson house
‘I wanted to tell a story’
Logan Goodson stands in front of his paintings of the 12 astronauts who have walked on the moon in a special exhibit at Space Center Houston. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Paintings depict all the men who walked on the moon
‘An amazing house to grow up in’
The mid-century modern house that renowned architect O’Neil Ford designed for William Lewis (Bill) Moody IV and his wife, Darlene, sits on a more than 30,000-square-foot site on Offatts Bayou in Galveston. The abstract-shaped swimming pool is bordered by brick decking in a serpentine wave-like pattern and a raised planter crowned by a vase. Photo courtesy of Dan Young/TK Images