This Week in Texas: A modern mountain home in El Paso

What Texans need to know to stay in the know. No Images? [Click here]( [Lone Star Beer]( [Texas Monthly]( [This Week in Texas] What Texans need to know to stay in the know Week of February 5, 2018 [A Family’s Dream Mountain Home in El Paso]( BY LAUREN SMITH FORD Every room has a spectacular view in this ultramodern house that makes the most of its surroundings. [Read Story]( OUR TOP STORIES [Talk Like a Texan: How Texans Use “Down,” “Out,” “Over,” and “Up”]( Prepositionally, you can go over or out to Abilene—depending on where you’re coming from. [Read Story]( [The Texanist: Why Don’t Breakfast Burritos Get Any Love?]( A Texas Tech undergrad makes the case for the breakfast taco’s not-so-poor relation. [Read Story]( [A Deep Dive Into How Dallas Got Its Name]( Prepare for a tale of blackface minstrelsy and swashbuckling high seas adventures, a whodunit with the last page maddeningly ripped out. [Read Story]( [Why Does Austin Want a Soccer Team So Badly Anyway?]( The largest American city without a professional sports team is awfully thirsty for a team that might not even have many fans. [Read Story]( [Lone Star Beer]( [The ‘National Podcast of Texas,’ Episode 6]( The engine that might get us to Mars and the unexpected pressures of taking a break in the music industry. [Read Story]( [A Texas Televangelist Says You Don’t Need a Flu Shot if You’ve Got Jesus]( Gloria Copeland’s anti-vaccination rhetoric comes a just few years after her family’s Fort Worth megachurch experienced a major measles outbreak. [Read Story]( [The Texas Winemaker Who Helped Put Willamette Valley on the Map]( Rollin Soles spent his college days hanging out with Robert Earl Keen and Lyle Lovett. Here’s how he became one of Oregon’s most prominent winemakers. [Read Story]( [FBI Investigation Finds No Evidence That Border Patrol Agent Was Murdered]( Despite some earlier claims, it appears that Rogelio Martinez was not the victim of an attack. [Read Story]( [Tastemakers: Austin]( [Tastemakers: Austin]( Supported by [Kissing Tree]( For the third installment of our video series,“Tastemakers: A Local’s Guide to Our Favorite Cities,” we go along for a ride in professional BMX rider Aaron Ross's 1985 Porsche 911 Carrera as he spends a fun-and food-filled day in his hometown, from hitting golf balls to enjoying his favorite grilled cheese. [Watch now]( EAT LIKE A TEXAN [The Most Expensive BBQ Sauce in Texas]( BY DANIEL VAUGHN Tejas Chocolate Craftory in Tomball spends some moola on its delicious mole. So don’t look for it on the counter. [Read Story]( WEEKEND READS [The Empire Strikes Back, Texas Republican Style]( BY R.G. RATCLIFFE Abbott and Patrick are bringing the power of incumbency to bear against a Rebellion of educators, business leaders and moderate Republicans. [Read Story]( FROM THE ARCHIVES T]([hat 70's Show]( BY JOHN SPONG In 1972 the Austin music scene exploded with a new, rootsy form of country that turned its back on Nashville and embraced the counterculture. Forty years later, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, and a host of other cosmic cowboys and redneck rockers remember the first Dripping Springs Reunion, the time Waylon Jennings almost got busted, and the birth of outlaw country. [Read Story]( [Lone Star Beer]( [Subscribe to Texas Monthly and Save!]( Get the best of Texas with Texas Monthly. [SUBSCRIBE TODAY]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Website]( Texas Monthly PO Box 1569 Austin, TX 78767 Texas Monthly has sent you this alert because you signed up to receive it either online at texasmonthly.com, at the website of one of our business partners, or when you filled out a reader response card. You may cancel your subscription to this and other Texas Monthly newsletters at any time. Please see our Privacy Policy. [Like]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](