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…]
Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
Do you remember where you were on March 11, 2020, when the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was canceled? [Read more…]
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
When a group of locals got together last year to organize the first Dickinson Little Italy Festival, I was intrigued. [Read more…]
Chef Rico Caminos serves up traditional Italian dishes at Riondo’s Ristorante in Galveston. Coast file photo
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…]
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
On Jan. 1 each year, before we sit down to black-eyed peas, cabbage and cornbread, my husband and I partake in another New Year’s ritual. I call it “The Reading of the Calendar.” In this ritual, I take an inked-up calendar from the newly old year and recite aloud the highlights — day by day. [Read more…]
Coastal Texans are looking forward to cruises and travel in 2021. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds