Food:In no other city in the country do people eat out so often as they do in Houston. And although Houston has literally thousands of restaurants of every type, the city’s cuisine is best known as Cajun and Asian. The Cajun food (which often comes with Creole flair as well) is very varied, and if i...

Food:Laredo is definitely a border town and proud, but its cuisine isn’t quite like all the other cities that specialize in Tex-Mex. It’s a town where the menus offer local takes on old themes. For example, a Laredo staple is a breakfast taco called a mariachi, and oh is it spicy. Another Laredo inn...

Food:Lubbock is the original home of Mexican food chain Don Pablo’s, but the local cuisine is a little bit of everything, from Asian to seafood to traditional American. Of course, expect some fine barbeque and, no matter what the type of cuisine, hearty portions.Music:Since it is the home of Buddy H...

Food:San Antonio, Texas’s capital of Tex-Mex and Mexican (and the birthplace of Fritos chips, at that), does not hold itself quite so ritzy as Houston and Dallas. Food is more affordable and restaurants are everywhere along the River Walk, although restaurants on and off Broadway are thought to, in ...

Food:Texas staples like barbecue and chicken-fried steak are found here, easily, but the food is diverse in a small town way, with a little bit of everything.Music:Local bands and country dance halls are the scene, here. This is also the birthplace of Scott Joplin.

Mexican is the specialty and if you want Mexican food so authentic that it’s in . . . Mexico, there’s Acuna just a border-hop away. On one side of the border, you can have all the Tex-Mex staples, fajitas, chalupas, and enchalidas. On the other side of the border, you can have those as well, but if ...

Yes, Guadalupe Mountains National Park is part of Texas. But prepare to set aside your preconceptions about a typical Texas landscape here. Sure, there’s desert all around. But things can get decidedly less dry in the stretch of mountains protected by park boundaries. Encompassing the state’s highe...

So you’re planning to toddle around one of the nation’s largest cities, Dallas, Texas, with young ones in tow. Madness? Not necessarily. Provided you make use of the city’s extensive selection of kid-friendly facilities and frequent its parks, there’s no good reason to leave this major metropolitan ...

Houston, Texas, is the nation’s fourth largest city with a cultural concentration to match its sizable population. In fact, it’s home not to just a resident symphony but also opera, theater and ballet companies, not to mention a whole host of museums. In fact, one could easily spend days perusing th...

With over a quarter of the population comprised of residents under the age of 18, it’s no wonder that the nation’s fourth largest city, Houston, Texas, boasts quite the selection of family-friendly activities. This means that the traveler traipsing through town with assorted young ones in tow has no...