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TEXAS TRAILS: WILD STRAWBERRIES

After a good night’s sleep in The Rock House — we slept right through a massive thunderstorm — Hilmar and I drove down to El Pescador to load up the caterer’s serving dishes and various other party...

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TEXAS TRAILS: RIBS, MOULES AND COUNTRY SWING

We picked up our SXSW badges in Austin on Monday, then had dinner at Lambert’s, the legendary Austin barbecue joint. The baby back ribs I had were magical, perfect — crispy on the outside, tender and...

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TEXAS TRAILS: ROCKERS

The next day I spent some time at Lake Austin, above, created by a dam on the Colorado River which runs through the city. That evening Hilmar took me to the tiniest bar in Texas. The window in the...

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TEXAS TRAILS: BORN ON THE BAYOU

Above is the elegant and comfortable garage apartment I was lucky enough to inhabit for SXSW, thanks to the kind hospitality of Hilmar and his wife Kaaren. I didn’t get pictures or video of several...

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TEXAS TRAILS: ROSIE AND DEANNA RAE

At the Red Rock Casino here in Las Vegas we used to have a branch of The Salt Lick, a famous Texas rib joint, but it closed a couple of years ago, to my intense chagrin. To my intense delight, Hilmar...

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TEXAS TRAILS: GRUENE

On my last day in Austin, Hilmar took me to Olivia’s for brunch. There I had the dish above — Oysters Benedict, Eggs Benedict on homemade bread with fried oysters. Why have I never seen this dish on...

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WESTERN TRAILS: HOME FROM TEXAS

The first day of my drive home from Seguin, Texas found me in Van Horn, Texas at a Ramada Express. I had hoped to find a Whataburger in Van Horn but there wasn’t one. Instead, I got directed by the...

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TABLETOP

. . . Gueune Hall, Gruene, Texas — the oldest dance hall in The Lone Star State. A lot of beer sloshed onto this table, a lot of moments memorialized with a knife blade over the years. [Photo by...

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PRICKLY PEAR BLOSSOM

. . . outside the gate of a ranch in Texas. [Photo via Hilmar Blumberg]

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CUATRO EQUIS

Memories of Texas — waiting for the spare ribs . . . Click on the image to enlarge.

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