Fort Worth Magazine

1 week ago | fwtx.com | Brian Kendall

Last night, in a 7,000-square-foot home on a greenbelt lot overlooking downtown Fort Worth, wine was flowing, live music was playing, and people were conversing. And, in most cases, people were conversing about the Napa Valley-inspired home in which they were gathered. What was their favorite room? What did they think of the wall color or the cabinetry or the tile? After all, this incredible home is the reason these fine folks had converged on this Thursday night.

1 week ago | fwtx.com | Malcolm Mayhew

A few weeks ago, I was dining at one of my favorite new Fort Worth restaurants, Bocca Osteria Romana, trying out some of their new dishes — an experience I write about elsewhere in this issue.   As I often do, I was dining solo. Across the room, an attractive young woman caught my eye — and then apparently, I caught hers. She gave me a big Texas smile, then another one. This went on for a few minutes.

1 week ago | fwtx.com | John Henry

Ramona Bass grew up around ranching and conservation in and around San Antonio. She remembers like it was yesterday making her first visit to the Fort Worth Zoo four decades ago. There was no hiding the neglect that comes with limited resources that had taken its toll over the years. “I was just pretty horrified by what I saw. It was just sort of a forgotten little old-timey looking zoo with concrete pads and just big cats in tiny, tiny sort of cages,” she says.

1 week ago | fwtx.com | Stephen Montoya

By the time retired Fort Worth firefighter Wayne C. Brown stepped through the glass doors of The Nobleman Hotel in late May, the old firehouse at 503 Bryan Avenue looked almost nothing like the place he first reported to in June 1950. The ladder truck that once filled the bay—now the hotel’s reception area—was long gone, and the surrounding additions gave the space more of a resort feel than a firehouse.

1 week ago | fwtx.com | Stephen Montoya

By the time Cmdr. Chris Meek got the call, he already knew the stakes. The Navy’s Blue Angels — the elite flight demonstration squadron that turns heads and rattles windows with every pass — don’t just call anyone. But on May 9, the squadron’s commanding officer told Meek what every Navy aviator dreams of hearing: he’d been chosen as the next executive officer for the 2026–2027 show seasons.