Perhaps I’m overly harsh at times. Or a snob. Or harsh because I’m a snob. But when we have so many choices in the world for so many things, and when the free market dictates what businesses succeed and fail (no, we’re not going to talk about “too big to fail”), why wouldn’t we want …
Lots of people visit Kerrville, Texas during hunting season or the summer, when they drop their kids at one of the nearby camps, or simply because it’s a beautiful area. Out of appreciation for how Kerrville has grown qualitatively and also where it’s going as a small town, I wanted to review what I think …
Whether I travel to small towns for leisure or big cities for work, I take my travel yoga mat everywhere. I happen to think the Gaiam yoga mats are the best on the market, primarily because my yoga mat is foldable and can fit in a carry-on bag for flying. It also has no stink …
How could one not want to go to Utopia?! I mean, that’s a no-brainer. But what to do once you get there and are there restaurants in Utopia; that’s actually harder than you think. Because Utopia, population 227, is actually a census-designated place (CDP) by the Federal Register, meaning that there’s only enough of a …
In early October 2019, Karen and I drove to Grapevine, Texas for a conference. As one of the organizers, I got to do advance work in Grapevine and see some of the local sites in addition to the hotels. One place that the ladies out there — or the woman in your life, if you’re …
When I started visiting Kerrville, Texas, in 1996, one of the first things I did was to buy a snap shirt, or “western shirt,” as they’re also called. I called it a “pearl snap shirt” at the time, because it sounded more authentic. But many snap shirts later, I realized that you don’t need the …
You might not associate semi-rural Texas with bagels and cream cheese. Growing up in New York City, practically living off these daily or at least several times weekly, being distantly Jewish (great-grandmother was Jewish from Poland), and for a long time living about three blocks from bagel heaven (Zabar’s), I developed a certain…let’s say opinion …