Jawoll, Welcome to Texas: The Lone Star Starter Guide

Ach so, let me tell ya straight, Texas ain’t just a state – it’s a whole attitude. You land here and suddenly every Burger gets two sizes bigger, every pickup truck looks like it could haul a Bavarian mountain, und every sunset makes you think maybe der Himmel wants a raise. Folks say, “Everything’s bigger in Texas,” and scheiße, they ain’t joking. The Giant Boot-Shaped Land Texas is big. Not like, “oh, that’s large” – I mean massiv, mein Freund.…

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Texas Black Gold – From Spindletop to Friday Night Lights

Scheisse, you think beer foam is dramatic? You should have seen Texas when that first geyser of oil shot outta Spindletop back in 1901. Looked like a Bavarian beer keg exploded into the sky, only darker, gooier, and made everybody sehr reich instead of just tipsy. From Spindletop to Boomtown Down near Beaumont, that Spindletop gusher started it all. Before then, Texas was mostly cattle, cotton, and cowboys who smelled like cow patties instead of diesel. But when oil started…

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