Park or Play for A Week or A Day at Texas' Great National & State Parks By Janis Turk Photography courtesy of Big Bend National Park, Enchanted Rock State Park by Siggi Ragnar I saw miles and miles of Texas, as the old cowboy song goes, and many of the loveliest...
BET ON A GOOD TIME with a Game-Changing Casino Resort Getaway By Janis Turk Let the good times roll and make your next vacation getaway a luxury casino resort stay. Most folks love to play quarter slot machines or try their luck at Texas Hold'Em tables,...
Enjoy a girlfriend sip trip along the 290 Texas Hill Country Wine Trail By Janis Turk Take your favorite Tervis cup, grab your girlfriends, and turn up the radio. Soak up the sun, and take a Hill Country sip-trip to some of Texas’ best wineries. We picked 10...
The Wayback, Austin The tranquility of the Texas Hill Country is minutes from town but miles from ordinary. By Carly Summers & Jenna McElroy When traveling from San Antonio to Austin, I always take the scenic route to enjoy the Spring wildflowers,...
Of course everything is bigger in Texas — and nowhere does big better than Big D.
Lucky for San Antonio folks, beachy good times are close at hand in Rockport-Fulton, two small adjacent coastal towns just a 2.5-hour drive from the Alamo City.
A popular reality home renovation show revamped this town’s reputation by letting the whole world in on a little secret that locals knew all along: Waco is wonderful.
Where can you go for a quick getaway trip with the kids or for a romantic weekend with your sweetheart? Where can you just steal away for a Saturday or for a Sunday drive?
De-stress Your Valentine’s Day: Revisit one of these laid-back weekend getaway destinations. With Valentine’s Day just a few weeks away, women are getting excited — and guys are getting nervous. "Should I order flowers, or will they just wilt and die? Should I get her...
Take a Cruise and Call me in the Morning By JANIS TURK “The cure for everything is saltwater — sweat, tears or the sea,” writes author Isak Dineson, and she’s right. There is no winter cabin fever that can’t be cured by a salty sea breeze, a piña colada on a sunny...
YEAR-ROUND FUN IN "THE CITY DIFFERENT" BY JANIS TURK “The City Different” seems an odd official nickname for a city as pretty as Santa Fe, New Mexico. However, this popular vacation destination’s century-old moniker conveys the message that Santa Fe is a city like no...
Do Dallas in Style the Summer Everything is bigger in Texas, and that’s certainly true of Dallas, a sprawling city of big business and buildings, big hats and big hair, flashy corporate suits and hand-tooled cowboy boots. Of its sibling cities—Houston, San Antonio and...
Plan a West Texas Road Trip the Family Will Love “I saw miles and miles of Texas…” goes the old Bob Wills classic, and those driving through West Texas will see just that — miles and miles of dusty two- and four-lane Texas roads with chaparrals darting across lonesome...
Take a Texas-style safari and support Wimberley’s big comeback. Last year’s devastating floodwaters didn’t destroy the beauty or the spirit of this delightful Hill Country village. Wild and wonderful Wimberley, a small Hill Country outpost just an hour from San...
Win big when betting on a gaming getaway Start rubbing your lucky rabbit’s foot, get your game on, and head for the border. Good times begin just across the Texas state line during a winning getaway stay in Louisiana. With nearly 30 casinos dotting the Louisiana map,...
This Spring Break Go to Snow Ski New Mexico By Janis Turk Looking for the vacation of a lifetime, one your family will never forget? Why not go to snow? Yes, even during Spring Break, into late March, snow is falling not far from Texas, so if your kids have never seen...
Texas favorite Gulf Coast destination enjoys a new Golden Age “Galveston, Oh Galveston, I can see your sea waves crashing,” sings Glen Campbell in a wistful song about a soldier who longed to return to his love—and his Texas hometown. Sure, the rest of the world may...
Cruise lovers sometimes claim that it can cost more to stay at home than to take a cruise out of Galveston. That may be a slight exaggeration, but it’s true that Texans can find affordable great-value cruise vacations with all the food, entertainment and excursions...
