Photo Essays Archives

Escape to San Diego, 2008, Part I: The Coast

On: 06/29/2010

I grew very tired of whatever I had been doing. I decided to engage some temporary manifest destiny and go west to explore San Diego and its vast desert backyard. This is what I saw.

Summary graphic: Outside of a school bus, a man grins and holds one hand up making the “longhorns” gesture of UT Austin’s sports program. Inside the bus, an older man makes the same gesture.

Photo Gallery: The Old School BBQ Bus

On: 06/28/2010

In: Photo Essays, Texas BBQ

We were driving around Austin and saw what looked like a school bus that had been turned into some kind of giant smoker.

Summary graphic: Sliced brisket upon a simple tray. The food is way better than this photo shows.

Snow’s BBQ: The Best Brisket in the World

On: 06/14/2010

In: Photo Essays, Texas BBQ

We first visited Snow’s BBQ in Lexington, Texas in 2008, after Texas Monthly ranked them the #1 barbecue place in Texas. They weren’t wrong. We were wowed, and we’ve been back multiple times since that first visit.