AUSTIN—With the summer boating season winding down, many Texans are making plans to escape the unrelenting heat by hitting the water one last time. This holiday weekend, Texas Game Wardens are joining local law enforcement to patrol Texas lakes and rivers and remind everyone spending time around the water to…
By Family Features | Contributor Keep your game plan simple this season and light up the scoreboard with fan favorites like dips and wings. These versions are both easy to prepare and can be enjoyed fresh or made in advance and kept warm or reheated to energize your fellow diehards. Add Savory…
By Taylor Austin, P.R. Manager, State Fair of Texas | Contributor For the fifth year, the State Fair of Texas is offering SENSORY-FRIENDLY MORNINGS at the Fair every Wednesday of the 24-day event – October 4, 11, and 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Since providing a family-friendly environment is at the…
By Tanni Haas, Ph.D. | Contributor August is National Wellness Month, a great occasion to consider some of the basic questions parents have about vaping, like how many kids actually do it and whether or not it’s something they should be concerned about. For that reason, I’ve prepared a brief…
There are endless ways for you to save throughout the run of the 2023 State Fair of Texas, with a wide variety of discounts. One of the best ways to save is by purchasing a State Fair of Texas Season Pass. Experiencing everything at the State Fair in one day is nearly impossible – but here is the perfect…
By Jonas Bordo, CEO and cofounder of Dwellsy | Contributor You’ve read your lease (Right? Right!), and most of it looks acceptable—but there are a few things you’d like to add or change before signing. Maybe a parking space isn’t included in your rent when you thought it would be, or you’d…
By Elizabeth Lenart | Contributor New Friends New Life (NFNL) announces the 2023 ProtectHER Award Recipients: The Meadows Foundation, a New Friends New Life mission-defining partner which has provided transformative grant support to help remove barriers trafficking survivors face, and Yulise Reaves Waters, Esq., chief innovations officer, Lone Star Justice Alliance (LSJA),whose legislative and community advocacy…
Tanni Haas, Ph.D. In my family, school-day mornings used to be really stressful, with everyone running around like chickens with their heads off as we rushed to get ready and out the door. Things have changed. Through trial and error, and conversations with other parents, we’ve come up with six…
Recipe courtesy of Safeway and Albertsons Total time: 10 minutes Yield: 3 cups 1 banana 1/2 package (6 ounces) of Organics blackberries 1/2 lime 2 cups of Organics frozen mixed berries 1 cup plain of Organics Greek yogurt 4 fluid ounces of Organics whole milk 1/8 cup of Organics honey 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2/3 cup of Organics granola of choice Wash and dry banana and blackberries. Peel and…