The Economist: Long-term economic forecast for Texas Metropolitan areas
Wed, 12/29/2021 - 3:51pm
Metropolitan areas across Texas have regained most of the jobs lost due to COVID-19.
Metropolitan areas across Texas have regained most of the jobs lost due to COVID-19.
Stocks were barely higher Wednesday, putting the S&P 500 slightly above the record closing high it set on Monday.
It is that time of year when we all think of resolutions that will jump-start our lives for the new year.
The Taproom & The Porch, two long-standing San Marcos and Texas State University institutions, came under new ownership. The eatery and bar, located at 129 E Hopkins St., Suites 120 & 110, was purchased by new owners Sara LeVine and Samantha Strahan (pictured above) who bought the businesses om Travis Kelsey and Kevin Shea, who have helmed the combined restaurant and bar spaces since 1998. Submitted photo
The Taproom & The Porch, two long-standing San Marcos and Texas State University institutions, came under new ownership.
This recipe for “Philly Cheesesteak Dumplings” from “Judy Joo’s Korean Soul Food” makes for a great addition to any game watch party table. Photo from Metro Creative
Each year, football fans gather to watch their favorite teams battle it out on the gridiron. Those battles can get pretty fierce, and football fans know they’re best watched with some delicious food on hand.
Currently, five million people have passed from COVID-19. Photo from Metro Creative
When I think of dangerous animals and life-threatening diseases, I tend to consider lions, tigers and sharks for the animals and cancer for the disease. In truth, it’s not big animals we need to fear most, it’s tiny ones, like ticks, fleas and mosquitoes. And various plagues down through the ages have killed more people than any other single cause. Back in 165 A. D., soldiers returning to Europe from the Near East carried a virus causing smallpox. It ravaged a generation and killed five million people. In 542, bubonic plague, carried by fleas on rats, killed about 20 million people in Asia, North Africa, Arabia and Europe.
“Portrait of Bill Hutson Next to a Window,” c. 1981, sepia photograph, 11 x 14 inches. Artwork courtesy of the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College. All rights reserved. Photo by A. J. Meek
Bill Hutson’s “Homestead” with signs, symbols and numbers, acrylic on canvas, 1979–1990, 83 ¾ x 113 ¾ inches. Artwork courtesy of the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College. All rights reserved. Photo by Madelynn Mesa
The Art of Bill Hutson is a citywide exhibition celebrating the work of artist and San Marcos-native Bill Hutson. Five separate and overlapping gallery shows will serve as a homecoming of sorts for Hutson, born in 1936 and raised in the Dunbar neighborhood of San Marcos, who later became one of the most innovative artists of his generation.
Melinda and Nick Fore transformed their love of plants and vintage travel trailers into a pop-up nursery that sells live plants at a variety of local events and markets.
“You can just call us South Austin Succulents.” Leaf Porn has a plethora of succulents in stock. Photos by Melinda Fore
“You can just call us South Austin Succulents.” Leaf Porn has a plethora of succulents in stock. Photos by Melinda Fore
It’s a phrase that seems all-too-common these days: “When I lost my job due to COVID…” Yet for many people, Melinda and Nick Fore included, it presented an opportunity for new growth.
A monarch butterfly samples the almond bush verbena's blooms.
This scarlet-bodied wasp moth also enjoys taking a sip.
A great purple hairstreak also loves the sweet nectar of the almond bush verbena. Photos by Norman Winter
If you love flowers that are fragrant with non-stop bee and butterfly activity, then the sweet almond verbena or tree verbena is a must for your landscape. Those traits, coupled with drought tolerance and ease of growing, were just some of the reasons it was chosen as the Florida Plant of the Year in 2008 and will be a winner in San Marcos too.
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