When I was 4 years old and our family was new to the neighborhood, I followed my nose, climbing a fence to peer down wide-eyed and hungrily into a barbecue celebration. [Read more…]
June Shorelines
Our best beach days are ahead
Spring break crowds fill Babe’s Beach from 89th to 61st streets in Galveston during spring break in March. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
As my mother read a paperback in the car, my brother and I — 10 and 9 respectively — pulled a float past breaking waves and drifted in the Gulf of Mexico for what felt like hours. [Read more…]
May Shorelines
Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
We asked on Facebook: What does your perfect beach day look like?
The show goes on, just differently
Do you remember where you were on March 11, 2020, when the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was canceled? [Read more…]
April Shorelines
Morgan Perez, from left, Kassidy Emerson and Riley Ball wait to show their lambs at the 2019 Galveston County Fair & Rodeo in Hitchcock. This year’s livestock show will be streamed online on the fair and rodeo’s website. Daily News file photo
We asked on Facebook: What do you like most about rodeo season and what did you miss most last year when the pandemic canceled it?
A legacy of hard work and family
When a group of locals got together last year to organize the first Dickinson Little Italy Festival, I was intrigued. [Read more…]
March Shorelines
Chef Rico Caminos serves up traditional Italian dishes at Riondo’s Ristorante in Galveston. Coast file photo
We asked on Facebook: What’s your favorite Italian dish and who makes it?
It was the best of times, and the worst of times
From a modern perspective, many grim aspects of Victorian life are best left in old, unsmiling photos. Impoverished children working in mines and factories, rigid class structures and the idea of “separate spheres” in which men were strong and women were weak, come to mind. [Read more…]
February Shorelines
Lance and Jayme Jones look up at the main stairwell in Bishop’s Palace in Galveston. Visitors can take
a self-guided audio tour through the Victorian-era mansion. Daily News file photo
We asked on Facebook: What, if anything, do you like most about the Victorian era?
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