Ever since full-body scans became the norm at most US airports last Fall, I've opted for the extensive pat down instead. The thought of someone seeing under my clothes doesn't bother me as much as the potential radiation risks amplified by regular exposure to the scanners. And while the pat down is intrusive and slightly embarrassing, especially when they go inside the top of your pants, I guess Read more

Check out this creamy, comforting breakfast shared by thehungrytexan: Atole de Arroz is one of my all time favorite breakfasts, it's perfect to warm you up on a chilly morning! Do you have an image of something delicious that you recently made or enjoyed? Be sure to upload it in the Savory Sights group in our YumSugar Community! Read more

I have a serious crush on San Antonio-based Poteet Architects. In one single home, Poteet has captured everything I love about design, art, architecture, and houses. On the exterior, with its wrap-around porch and icing-like decorative details, the Capps residence looks like the vintage Victorians throughout the South — one of my favorite architectural styles. Inside, you're greeted with Read more

The small Southwestern town of Marfa, TX, may be just a dot on the map, but it has plenty to offer. Home to a vast collection of works and installations by renowned artist Donald Judd (who moved there in 1971) and a breadth of new gallery spaces, it is a destination for minimalism and modernism enthusiasts. It is also perhaps most famous for the Marfa lights, unexplained, spheric lights seen on Read more

YumSugar member Thehungrytexan has us craving barbecue with this savory shot: I love BBQ but I can't bring myself to fire up the grill in this heat! Next best thing, hit up our favorite BBQ joint. This was delicious and definitely hit the spot! How are you beating the heat with food? Share by uploading your food photos in the Savory Sights group in our YumSugar Community! Read more

Do you fancy yourself a princess? Do you have a hankering for clover-shaped designs? If you are affirmative on either of those, you may very well like this little piece of heaven deep in the heart of Texas. Originally constructed in 1925 as the San José Catholic Church in Austin, the mission style home was renovated in 2008 by Urban Nature and put on the market to many shoppers' delight. While Read more

Deep in the heart of Texas, there's a swanky new spot where people like it hot. One of the more charming cities in the lone star state, San Antonio has something to brag about — the newly renovated Hotel Havana. As a heat loving, Mexican food adoring, Texas fan, I can't wait to toss my bags on the guest beds of this new spot and enjoy a mojito. A historical place with bones to show for it, the Read more

Is In-N-Out, the cult California burger chain lauded by the likes of David Chang and Peter Meehan, finally becoming a national standby? Well, while the hamburger chain isn't expanding to the Eastern Seaboard just yet — it has unveiled plans to open in Texas. D Magazine first broke the news that In-N-Out would be opening its first Lone Star location in Garland, a suburb of Dallas. The Irvine, Read more

My custom-created Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream flavor has got everyone in the office talking about the all-time best ice cream flavors. PartySugar's top choice is cookies and cream, AlexisSF craves vanilla bean, FabSugar enjoys rainbow sherbert, BellaSugar aches for chocolate chip cookie dough, and TrèsSugar has an affinity for mint chocolate chip. My favorite? I'm a sucker for Bi-Rite Creamery's Read more