Vacationer Magazine • August 2022

The Rise of Drag Culture in Mexico

Drag shows are no new thing in Mexico. But in recent years, the popularity of events celebrating LGBTQ+ culture has grown exponentially. In June, Mexico City’s annual Pride parade attracted a record-high 250,000 people.

Tanglewood Moms • December 2022

Foraging Your Own Feast

If you’re cooking a big family meal this holiday season and are a few ingredients short, the supermarket might not be your only option. In fact, the freshest, most nutritious ingredients could be right outside your door.

Tanglewood Moms • February 2023

Discover Texas' Newest State Park

This year, Texas will celebrate 100 years of protecting and preserving historic, naturally significant, and beautiful lands in Texas state parks. Just in time to commemorate this milestone, Texas’ newest state park, Palo Pinto Mountains State Park, is set to open just 75 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.

Tanglewood Moms • May 2022

Reconnecting and Recharging: A Solo Trip to Costa Rica

One by one, the hotel guests began to gather, eyes fixed on a large tree in the middle of the courtyard. Through a maze of branches, we caught glimpses of a bright red macaw cracking nuts with its beak, unaware of the audience assembling below. Being from rural East Texas, I was stunned to see such an exotic animal. The wild bird eventually flew away into the mountains of Jacó, Costa Rica, but we all lingered, gawking as the sky was momentarily streaked with color.

Vacationer Magazine • September 2022

LGBTQ+ Culture Crawl Through Mexico City

The fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Mexico has been both turbulent and triumphant. Mexico City, the county’s capital, is sprinkled with reminders of past and present queer icons fighting to change the narrative. Here, history does not just live in books. It’s in the museums, universities, and tucked away on side streets you might just miss if you’re not looking.

Island Soul Magazine • September 2021

Beach Town Tranquility, Meet Big City Thrills

Every year, millions of people travel down Interstate 45 and cross the causeway to visit Texas’ beloved Galveston Island. They come for a relaxing weekend away from busy city lives, or to board cruise ships headed south.

Dallas Observer • September 2016

10 Best Texas Weekend Getaways, 2016

No matter how much you love your 9 to 5, chances are you’ll always live for the weekend. Make the most of those precious days off and start scheduling time...

Dallas Observer • August 2017

We Stayed in North Texas' Coolest Hotel Room, 16 Feet Above a Lion Enclosure

Science says a lion’s roar is audible from five miles away, but at the Center for Animal Research and Education in Bridgeport, all that stands between you and two big...

Dallas Observer • August 2016

Just Outside Dallas, You Can Sleep in a Treehouse and Wake up to the Scent of a Lavender Farm

I awoke to the fluting of Texas songbirds and the morning sun on my legs. The wind blew lightly through the canopy net enclosing the bed. Moments after I removed...

Arizona PBS - Cronkite Noticias • December 2021

The Femicides of Ecuador

The story was originally published in Spanish for Cronkite Noticias/Arizona PBS. This is the English translation.

Arizona PBS - Cronkite News • April 2021

Travel nurses, staffing industry pushed to the limits by COVID-19

On one of her first days working in an Arizona hospital, Kelsi Shawd placed the bodies of COVID-19 patients into cadaver bags. For months, Katherine Hall watched her patients suffer, not sure whether they would die or recover enough to go home.

Dallas Observer • January 2023

Indie Rock Band Big Drag Started as a Date-Night Diversion

Big Drag, a band based in Sherman, is another example of how major talent isn’t exclusive to major cities or with major record labels.In fact, the five-person, female-fronted indie rock band has so much in-house talent that the members were able to record and produce their debut album almost completely on their own.

Dallas Observer • July 2023

8 Places To Find Latin Dance Music in Dallas

Latin music is finally getting the limelight it deserves, and we can all agree it's been long overdue. In the past few years, superstars like Bad Bunny, Karol G, Rauw Alejandro, J Balvin, Maluma and Rosalía have all become household names, even among non-Spanish speakers. Of course, you don’t have to understand the words to feel the rhythm and move your hips to popular Latin hits — which is why more and more people have taken an interest in not just reggaeton but also salsa, bachata, cumbia, mer

Dallas Observer • June 2018

Post Malone, 'Donald Trump of Hip-Hop' Was Really Happy To Be Home Thursday Night

With a nickname like the “Donald Trump of hip-hop,” Post Malone has surely lived up to his reputation of achieving an unexpected amount of success. It's a pretty accurate moniker, considering he says some outlandish things but is somehow really successful. But unlike Trump, he's actually good at what he does.

Dallas Observer • June 2018

Meet La Zona, Fort Worth's Spanish-Style Cafe, Bar and Churro Stand

Dallas has its fair share of Mexican food, but authentic Spanish cuisine can be harder to come by. Enter La Zona, a new Fort Worth restaurant, bar, coffee shop and churro stand offering all things España.

Dallas Observer • June 2018

Dua Lipa Proves She's as Much a Live Performer as She Is a Recording Artist

It can be hard to trust record companies and believe that entertainers sound the same live as they do recorded. This especially rings true for electronic and pop genres. But sometimes, fans get really lucky, and an artist proves to be even better in person. Dua Lipa is one of these beautiful exceptions.

Dallas Observer • June 2017

10 Ways to Show Your Pride in Dallas This Summer

Big news around this year’s pride festivities includes Skittles receiving online backlash after selling bags of all-white candies to show their support for the LGBTQ community and Trump breaking former...

Dallas Observer • October 2017

Ramen, Funnel Cake and PB&J: 6 Eccentric Food-Flavored DFW Craft Beers

Between a ramen noodle-infused sour and Girl Scout cookie-inspired stout, these craft brews stand out as some of the most unconventional food-flavored beers in town.

Local Profile Magazine • March 2022

40 Years Young

While Local Profile celebrates its birthday this year, these 10 businesses also celebrate their staying power in Collin County.

Dallas Observer • March 2017

Brie Underhill Makes Comics That Encourage You to Be Your Own Hero

Comics have always been a family affair for Dallas artist Brie Underhill. Her grandfather helped shape her love for the art form by introducing Calvin and Hobbes, The Wizard of...