May 1, 2024 | ANNUAL EVENTS, FOOD + DRINKS
Living and playing in the Upper East Side of Texas for more than six months of the year means easy access to fresh, locally grown produce. Rural folks and small town leaders know how to make a party out of anything and their markets are no exception. Find delicious...
May 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
From Big Bang to Young Sheldon, Now a Spinoff with Georgie and Mandy Houston born Jim Parsons won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy series four times for his portrayal of Sheldon Cooper in the television sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The show ran...
May 1, 2024 | FOOD + DRINKS
By Lyndsay Caldwell I love tamales. No matter if I’m buying them for a dollar on the beach in Mexico, by the dozen from a friend’s mom, or randomly from the meat market in Mount Vernon, I love them. I do not have time to make them. They are truly a labor of love and...
May 1, 2024 | ARTS + CULTURE, UPPER EAST SIDE TEXANS
By Tom Geddie Bart Soutendijk saw the writing on the wall. And the pictures, too. The former technical writer retired from the fiber optics industry and moved from Fort Worth to Quitman about 25 years ago with his wife, Liz, to pursue art full time. Writing — and...
May 1, 2024 | ANNUAL EVENTS, LIFESTYLE + ENTERTAINMENT
The Upper East Side of Texas is home to some of the oldest festivals and other special events in Texas. Long-standing car shows, holiday parades and events, rodeos, fishing tournaments, county fairs, and carnivals are too numerous to mention as are farmers’ markets,...
