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houstoniamag.com | Emma Balter |Uvie Bikomo |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo
Image: Houstonia Composite/Shutterstock.comClean, friendly, and in stock. That’s the Buc-ee’s motto, and while we’ve found this to be mostly true on our road trips across Texas, let’s face it: Not all Buc-ee’s are created equal. Here is our definitive ranking of 10 locations in the Hill Country, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley, and the Panhandle. Just a normal, crappy gas station with the Buc-ee’s logo slapped on it.
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1 week ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Emma Balter |Uvie Bikomo |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo
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1 week ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Meredith Nudo
Houstonians proudly showing off a kite crafted at a Hands On Houston event. Image: Courtesy of Houston Center for Contemporary CraftHoustonia’s The Must List tells you about something going on in Houston that you absolutely cannot miss. Houston Center for Contemporary Craft vibrates with chatter and laughter.
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1 week ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Emma Balter |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo |Daniel Renfrow
ABandista at the Four Seasons pulls out all the stops. Image: Courtesy Four Seasons Hotel HoustonHouston may be best known for its food scene, but the bars here are equally deserving of praise. Whether you’re in the mood for the most sophisticated of sazeracs from a craft cocktail bar or simply thirsting for a Lone Star and a shot of whiskey at a neighborhood dive, there are plenty of watering holes in Houston where you can belly up, wet your whistle, and enjoy a drink or two.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Emma Balter |Uvie Bikomo |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo
Image: christoph hitzNot sure if you’ve heard, but Texas is quite large. This means that a fun road trip can stretch on for miles, and sometimes you need a little entertainment to make your drive through the flat expanse go by faster. Read on for our top podcast recommendations. For the best albums to listen to on a road trip, check out our music guide.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Uvie Bikomo |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo
ARE YOU READY for the 2025 hurricane season, Houston? We all remember last year a little too well. The first storm of the 2024 season, Hurricane Beryl, was a doozy. Despite only being a Category 1 hurricane, it wiped out power for more than 2.26 million people in the Houston area—more customers than any other time in CenterPoint history. Locals directed their anger at the utility company, which restored power to homes at a snail’s pace.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Meredith Nudo
Palo Duro Canyon offers some of Texas’s most dramatic and beautiful natural views. Image: EXPLORING AND LIVING/SHUTTERSTOCK.COMSince we live in a city that’s an hour away from itself, the Panhandle may as well be a different state as far as Houstonians are concerned. An equally flat, albeit significantly drier, state. Is Amarillo its capital? Lubbock? Is the roadrunner the state bird? How do they like their brisket? They do eat brisket, right?
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Meredith Nudo
Left to right: Skyler Sinclair, Rachel Omotoso, and Melissa Pritchett in the world premiere of instant classic Let. Her. Rip. Image: Courtesy of Melissa Taylor/StagesHoustonia’s The Must List tells you about something going on in Houston that you absolutely cannot miss. The best comedy requires two major ingredients: truth and timing. Laughter delivers catharsis. Laughter makes us fall in love with what we’re viewing.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Emma Balter |Uvie Bikomo |Sofia Gonzalez |Meredith Nudo
Image: Andrey Bayda/Shutterstock.comA road trip is only as good as its soundtrack. And with miles and miles to drive when traveling through Texas-size Texas, you’ll need more than just a few boppy tunes to keep you going. Country is a given, but we also love Bad Bunny bangers and good ol’ English punk rock. Take your pick from our top album recommendations. In this economy, aren’t we all $10 cowboys on a Texas vacation? Baby, that’s a fact, as this handsome fella from San Benito, Texas, would say.
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2 weeks ago | 
houstoniamag.com | Meredith Nudo
The damages left behind by extreme weather events like Hurricane Harvey aren’t repaired just from cleaning up and rebuilding. They leave behind legacies of both personal and generational trauma. Image: Mark HarrisRain sounds like bullets when it hits a metal carport roof. It’s no longer the earth’s lifeblood, the broth of hydrogen, oxygen, and the minerals and microbes it absorbs along the way. It’s a weapon, designed to shred the flesh and stop the organs.
