Easy Living, Texas Gulf Style
Wing shooters can experience some phenomenal hunts while slinging lead at doves during October. Photo by Capt. Nate Skinner
Whether it’s the pursuit of doves or deer, or preparation for duck season, the 10th month offers plenty of activities for hunters longing for the field, woods or blind. Cold fronts are starting to roll in, fall patterns are unfolding and things are beginning to feel like hunting season. [Read more…]
Paintings are stored in a vault at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston. The library has become a physical archive for thousands of pieces of original art. Photo by Kelsey Walling
The Rosenberg Library is perhaps one of the most majestic and interesting buildings in Galveston. It houses thousands of books, magazines, DVDs and newspapers. But behind those thick masonry walls are hidden treasures: artifacts, artwork, historical documents and soon-to-be-uncovered original architectural details. [Read more…]
Texas City’s 6th Street, in the heart of the city’s downtown area, has been rejuvenated thanks in part to a group of area shop owners. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Piper Homel, from left, Robby Wall and Lauren McFadden work in the kitchen at the Natural Living Cafe in League City. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
In a quaint yellow house surrounded by majestic oak trees in League City, Lisa Piper and her staff of employees and volunteers are busy waiting on customers who arrive to pick up fresh produce, buy herbs, or grab a smoothie or lunch. [Read more…]
Doug McLean pulls up rotted floor covering to reveal beautiful tile work at the W.L. Moody Bank building on The Strand in Galveston. The massive building is undergoing major renovations. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
As a child growing up in Galveston, Keith Bassett remembers going to Col. Bubbie’s Strand Surplus Senter, which occupied the entire 2200 block of The Strand in the island’s downtown. [Read more…]
Project manager H.P. Dodge operates a lift as restoration work continues on the old First National Bank building on The Strand in Galveston. The building is now home to the Galveston Arts Center. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
After 14 years, two hurricanes and $3 million, the First National Bank Building, 2127 Strand in Galveston’s downtown, is restored down to the flourishes beneath the cornice. Its structure and future are secure. [Read more…]
Galveston Arts Center teaching artist Cristal Aldrete helps with a student’s clay project in a classroom at the center. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Long the hub of visual arts on the island, the Galveston Arts Center is re-emerging as a source of creativity, inspiration, artistic energy and community pride after a decade of significant trials that included structural failures in its downtown building, two hurricanes and the grind of maintaining a steady flow of operating funds. [Read more…]
Two-piece suit: Goodwill, $9.99; cami: Value Village, $2; shoes: Steve Madden, $59.99; earrings: Burlington, $6.99; outfit total: $78.97. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Ashley Judge has loved fashion for as long as she can remember. [Read more…]
Tony Keill casts his line while kayak fishing in Salt Bayou in San Leon. Photo by Stuart Villanueva