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2 weeks ago | texashighways.com | Tyson Bird

Growing up as a sixth-generation Fort Worthian, Jarred Howard recalls numerous summers celebrating Juneteenth, the day Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued a general order announcing the end of slavery in Texas and the liberation of enslaved people throughout the U.S. Now, on the 160th anniversary of the original declaration, Fort Worth’s highly anticipated National Juneteenth Museum is launching a festival, called Freedom Vibes, to mark the holiday.

2 weeks ago | texashighways.com | Tyson Bird

A guide to the state’s most reliable recreational river Recent years have not been kind to Texas rivers and the folks who enjoy them. Extended drought and a string of extra-hot summers have threatened the idyllic pastime of lazing away on a river, floating on a tube, or paddling a canoe or kayak. The Lower Guadalupe River, the 20 river miles below Canyon Dam, is the exception.

3 weeks ago | texashighways.com | Tyson Bird

When cooking is your life, you begin to ask some curious questions, such as How much should a lobster move around in the last hours of its life? For chef Hoi Fung, the answer is “very little.” That’s why, at his 20,000-square-foot restaurant in Houston, he sets the temperature between 35-55 degrees. “That’s my secret,” he says. “When the temperature is low, there’s not too much movement. They don’t lose weight. Same as you: You exercise too much, you lose weight.

3 weeks ago | texashighways.com | Tyson Bird

Texans know that in the summer, you should never be too far from a body of water. If you’re not lucky enough to have a pool or live near a lake or ocean, booking a room at a hotel with a pool is the next best option. These lodgings across the state offer swimming amenities that are far from your average hotel pool. Less than an hour outside of Austin in the Hill Country, Horseshoe Bay Resort unveiled its waterfront floating pool—the only one of its kind in North America—last Memorial Day.

3 weeks ago | texashighways.com | Tyson Bird

Open RoadA son of civil unrest finds equilibrium in the pool halls of AustinThe Grand is a deceptive place, more spacious on the inside than anyone imagines before entering. Open its doors in North Austin and the room rolls out for you, magically, like it didn’t exist before you crossed its threshold. A long hallway divides the room, and as you walk toward the bar at the end of the space like a billiards Moses, a sea of pool tables parts to both sides.