Nora and Johnny Canales’s Love Story Began With a Grito
One night in 1994, Nora Perez stood onstage at a cavernous Corpus Christi nightclub, awaiting her turn to unleash a scream before a crowd of sweaty partygoers. As the prismatic stage lights glimmered ...
Can You Ever Leave a Difficult Childhood Behind?
Somehow I missed much of the late-fall hype surrounding the release of Sarah LaBrie’s No One Gets to Fall Apart (Harper)—the “Best Books of Fall” plug from Oprah’s website, the favorable New...
The Best Celebrity Cowboy Looks of 2024
When Beyoncé decided to hint at her forthcoming country album drop, she did so with fashion: a black, studded jacket from Pharrell Williams’s fall–winter 2024 Western spin on Louis Vuitton, worn ...
Buda Isn’t the Bland Suburb You Think It Is
I live in Buda, and I’ll be the first to admit that my city doesn’t always make the best first impression. As Interstate 35 wends its congested path southwest of Austin, passersby may experience t...
Liz Lambert’s Six Essential Christmas Gifts
In our series Stuff Texans Love, our state’s most stylish celebrities share their shopping lists. Hotelier Liz Lambert, the creative wunderkind behind projects such as Austin’s Hotel Saint Cecili...
Two Familiar Names Join Texas Monthly’s Staff
Texas Monthly is pleased to announce that Paula Forbes, a longtime Texas Monthly contributor and expert cookbook critic, will be our new senior food and drink writer. She’ll be taking the baton from...
Who Gets to Use the Abbreviation “UT”?
When the College Football Playoff begins this weekend, UT will take on Clemson in the first round. Four hours later, on another TV network, UT will take on Ohio State. Good thing Steve Sarkisian has t...