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Boots: Tour the Island’s Best and Most Authentic Places

Halloween Offerings If you’ve spent much of any time here, you’ve no doubt already heard your fair share of Galveston’s haunted history....

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Mother, Singer, Songwriter: Heather Little

Heather Little: Living A Real Life By Johnny Griffith Life is simultaneously many things at once: messy, beautiful, challenging, spontaneous, surprising. The...

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Galveston Island Brewing: Free Brewery Tours Every Saturday

Galveston Island Brewery (GIB) is a local brewery featuring an on-site taproom showcasing classic beer styles from around the world. The tap...

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Reading the Kids Back to School

By Gini Rainey “Mischief and Mayhem: Part I of the Faerlands Chronicles” by S. D. Nicholson I think you know me by...

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Buildings: Architecture as Art, Galveston’s Finest Collection

By Kimber Fountain │ Photos by Christa Schreckengost Galveston is home to one of the finest collections of architecture in the United...

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Pizza Galore on Galveston Island

Pizza is Our Favorite Food Group, No Really! Pizza. The one food that basically everyone on earth can agree is simply the...

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Statues and Monuments, The Gleanings of Galveston

By Kimber Fountain │ Photos by Christa Schreckengost The history of recorded civilization on Galveston Island spans a mere two hundred years,...

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A Good Pounding!

By Gini Rainey Good grief, that’s exactly what I deserve. I have been so over-whelmed with life in the past few months...

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5 New Reasons to Visit Galveston Island

Schlitterbahn’s New 8-Story Water Slide, Babe’s Beach Expansion Among Reasons to Head to Galveston This Summer You don’t need a real reason to head...

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Galveston Naval Museum: Explore Real Live History

There’s a lot going on at the Galveston Naval Museum this month. When you visit the Galveston Naval Museum, you will be...

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5 Things To Do On Galveston Island Without Hitting The Beach

Galveston Island is a beautiful, historic beach destination known for its great weather all year round. But, if you’re not a sand-between-your-toes...

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No Reason to Be Bored This Summer

By Gini Rainey “Four Three Two One” by Courtney Stevens Ms. Stevens has gone and done it again by creating a book...

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Mama Teresa’s Flying Pizza: Reborn on The Island

By Rob Lucey When Hurricane Ike wiped most of the structures off of Bolivar Peninsula in 2008, longtime dining destination Mama...

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Sea Side Reads

By Gini Rainey “BETWEEN WIND & WATER: 1898 GALVESTON” by Rosa Morgan Set in late 19th century Galveston, Ms. Morgan successfully brings...

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Camping Island Style: Galveston Fun

By Rob Lucey More than 40 million Americans go camping in the United States each year. While campers still hope to...

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Stuttgarden Coffee Haus is Open in Downtown Galveston

Stuttgarden’s new coffee house opens at 7:30am Monday-Friday and 8am Saturday and Sunday, and offers hand-crafted espresso drinks until the restaurant closes...

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Get a Bird’s-Eye View of Galveston Island 2 Ways

Although strolling along the Seawall and lounging on a sandy beach are some of the best ways to enjoy Galveston’s coastal charm,...

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Artists in the Kitchen

By Gini Rainey I have many passions in my life, mostly leaning toward my right brain, but after working for over 25...

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The Proletariat: Galveston’s Artists Celebrate New Multi-Use Venue

Written by Michael Alan Basham, Photographed by Sharis DeJaynes Forty years ago when things were just starting to coalesce on the Strand...

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The Boardwalk: Galveston’s Historic Pleasure Pier

By Kimber Fountain, Photographed by Christa Schreckengost The year is 1906. The citizens of Galveston have survived The Great Storm of 1900, which...

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Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

By Gini Rainey Today’s blog entry was written by my “Guest Writer” who, every so often, sends something along to me that...

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Smörgåsbord Is Ready!

By Gini Rainey I’m always on the lookout for good cookbooks that are either regional, ethnic or odd, and my sister scored...

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“A Little Weekend Time Traveling” At Visker & Scriveners Handcrafted Quills, Books and Oddities

Written and Photographed by Michael Alan Basham One steps off of the warmer westward exposure of the more modern day Victorian Tremont...

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Papa Loved Peppers!

By Gini Rainey I must apologize to any of my blog followers I might still have. With all of the life’s busyness...

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Island Treasure Hunts: A Fun Time for All Ages

By Terry Card Texans who live close to the heady atmosphere of space technology at NASA and Johnson Space Center will appreciate...

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Reading is Fun-damental

By Gini Rainey If you are anything like me, your life is so full of busy-ness that you pretty much need to...

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The Heard Gallery: A History of Art Downtown

By Terry Card Vincent Van Gogh/Ray Heard. How could those two names be linked in any way? What could they possibly have...

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Dressing, Dressing, Who’s Got the Dressing?

By Gini Rainey I just thought life couldn’t get more hectic last month. I was terribly wrong. So once again my Guest...

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Fall Is In The Air

By Gini Rainey After what seems like a very long time, the weather in our neck of the woods has finally caught...

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Fall Reading

By Gini Rainey The Waiting Room by Emily Bleeker Written by the author of When I’m Gone, this book has just as...

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Cajun Classics

By Gini Rainey When life seems to get a bit overwhelming, it’s great to know that, number one – you are missed,...

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Dash Beardsley Ghost Tours of Galveston

Join a haunted ghost tour like no other! Galveston’s oldest and longest-running ghost tour is owned and operated by Dash Beardsley, the...

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Fall Reading At Its Best

By Gini Rainey The Day John Died by Christopher Anderson Who has not been fascinated by one of the most famous families...

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Galveston’s Fantastic Bird Migration

By Jim Stevenson At the beginning of February, when thoughts are cluttered with Super Bowl, taxes and that special person on Valentine’s...

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Hurricane Tour During Hurricane Season…I Think YES

1900 Hurricane Tour Mark the 118 anniversary of the deadliest natural disaster in American history on this tour! This hour long driving...

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“Angel Talk” by Cathy Catching

Author Cathy Catching has written three wonderful books. The first book, “Angel Talk: A True Story of One Woman’s Miraculous Healing and...

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Some Things to Think About

By Gini Rainey “The Isle of Gold” by Seven Jane If you like to read adventure books that have everything from swashbuckling...

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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!

By Gini Rainey Well, it sort of feels like summer is over, what with school starting tomorrow here in Tyler, but some of us...

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Wasn’t That Just Yesterday?

By Gini Rainey It seems like just yesterday that my daughter Beth came home from middle school and announced that one of...

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Jump Into Something Interesting

By Gini Rainey “Checking Out of The Hotel Euthanasia” by Gerard Graham Here is a very interesting read that reveals a lot...

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Sin City of the South Tour

Explore Galveston’s Free State period from 1920-1958 with this hour long tour. Learn the history of gambling, bootlegging, and prostitution in Galveston....