Welcome to Pairings

There are miles and miles of Texas, and you can learn a lot about what Texans love about their great state in six days on the road.

A Trio of Pumps, Shamrock, Texas by Jann Alexander ©2015 It’s no secret that bad things come in threes. If you step off the sidewalk...

“You never know what doors are going to open up and why they are going to open up. You’ve got to be ready to walk through them.” —Lester...

Don’t Fence Me In by Jann Alexander ©2014 Existential Question: Does Texas have more wildflowers than fences? Answer: Maybe....

Texas Is So 21st Century Eat the Natural Meat by Jann Alexander © 2014 Texas Has Alternatives to Wally’s World Venison World, Not...

Drink Miller by Jann Alexander ©2014 Pop Beer Quiz! Pop a beer to answer a few questions about it on this holiest of beer-drinking days....

Willie Nelson Live, 2004 by Jann Alexander ©2014 It was May 2004 and there were so many signs in Austin, Texas, I almost ran out of...

Austin in Lights by Jann Alexander © 2014 Blue. Austin, Texas is so damn blue in spring. It’s Austin’s most consistent feature most of...

Terlingua Ghosts by Jann Alexander © 2012 The small town of Terlingua, Texas, near the Mexico border, is a former cinnabar-mining...

Tiny Bar, Big Crane by Jann Alexander © 2010 We’d honestly like to see more of the Tiniest Bar in Texas.  It’s just that these days,...

Health Camp Super Burgers Since 1949 by Jann Alexander © 2013 Call it Road Kill, because the large milkshakes at Health Camp really...