Mi Cocina Restaurant, Plano, TX: A popular local chain with great food
I generally shy away from chain restaurants, but sometimes a small, local chain is born because the restaurant is too good not to multiply into additional locations. Such is the case with Mi Cocina Restaurant in Plano, Texas, a happening suburb about 30 minutes from Dallas.
Downtown Plano: An Undiscovered Gem
Historic downtown Plano is an undiscovered gem filled with pubs and interesting restaurants, one-of-a-kind shops and antique malls, and even a rail museum.
Beaumont, Texas Highlights
Beaumont has more to offer than just terrific food. Gushers, gators, collectibles, orchids and more!
Beaumont, Texas: Cowboy Cajun Cuisine and More
Beaumont,Texas, is one of those towns that foodies pass by in route to food towns like Houston or New Orleans. They shouldn’t.
Plano Balloon Festival: Floating on a Cloud
It’s barely 6 a.m. and the sky is just dawning pink when we jump into the vans and head for Oak Point Park, the launch center for the annual Plano, Texas Balloon Festival.
Marriott at the Legacy Town Center, Plano, Texas
The Legacy Town Center is filled with shops, restaurants, apartments, and condos all in a peaceful, tree-lined setting that encourages people to walk, sit at cafes, and enjoy the sociability of a neighborhood.
San Antonio Wine & Food Festival
I’m in the land of the Spurs, roses, cattle, the River Walk and Alamo. But I don’t remember the Alamo.
Main Street Bistro & Bakery, Plano TX
When you walk in, you can’t ignore the dessert case filled with French-style pastries and desserts!
Birding the Border: Tales of the Rio Grand Valley
I thought it would be bird identification book or a book about the Rio Grand Valley’s birding hot spots. It’s neither.
Beaumont, Texas Highlights
Beaumont has more to offer than just terrific food. Between bites, go boating, check out a gusher, love an orchid, or grab a gator.
Jake Tortorice, Jr: Guardian of Tradition
“I can’t believe I own Rao’s Bakery,” says Texan Jake Tortorice, Jr., grinning like a kid. He’s standing in the bakery’s original Calder Avenuelocation where the iconic Rao’s Bakery was born in 1941 in the little southeastern Beaumont, Texas.
Mudbug Farmers Christine and Darby Douget
Darby Douget never expected to love raising crawfish. That’s because he’s done it since he was 12.
