Acclaimed Berry Best BBQ reopens in bigger digs
The great Berry Best BBQ moved from a tiny hole in the wall to a full-on restaurant. Read more...
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Author: Malcolm
6 Texas ghost towns worth your wanderlust
A great way to do a bit of Texas traveling – and stay the heck away from other people...
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New BBQ spot on east side offers more than BBQ
(This restaurant is no longer open). I first met T.J. Ragster when he was selling smoked chicken...
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New food truck on east side specializes in birria tacos and ramen
A new food truck parked on Belknap, called Calisience, is making a name for itself for its birria...
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Who Will Save Our City?
The day I lost my day job due to COVID, I came up with this story idea – a look at the...
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About me
I’m a Fort Worth native who’s been writing about my hometown since 1992, when I joined the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Over a 26-year career there — 14 years on staff and 12 as a freelancer — I traveled across town, the state, and the country, writing about music, pop culture, food, and people, both famous and unsung, from Billy Joel to a young high school couple in love in a small Texas town.
My work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel, American Way, Texas Music, Pop Culture Press, and MTV.com. I currently freelance for Fort Worth Magazine and CultureMap.
This site is an ongoing work in progress, updated regularly with new stories and older work spanning my now 30-year-plus career.