Mike Hoinski
@hoinski.bsky.social
magazine editor, Texas Highways
I commission and edit the Open Road essay series: https://texashighways.com/topic/open-road/
I commission and edit the Open Road essay series: https://texashighways.com/topic/open-road/
I will not surrender
November 30, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I will not surrender
We have great neighbors.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We have great neighbors.
My mom did it: the New York Times cranberry curd tart!
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My mom did it: the New York Times cranberry curd tart!
I was in the 4th row at last night’s queens of the Stone Age ACL taping and I’m very glad that when lead singer Josh homme flipped his cleaver in the air , while interacting w the crowd, he caught it cleanly on the down flip and it didn’t nick someone—though that would have been entertaining.
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I was in the 4th row at last night’s queens of the Stone Age ACL taping and I’m very glad that when lead singer Josh homme flipped his cleaver in the air , while interacting w the crowd, he caught it cleanly on the down flip and it didn’t nick someone—though that would have been entertaining.
Pastor
Bistec
Nopales
Bistec
Nopales
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Pastor
Bistec
Nopales
Bistec
Nopales
New Saturday ritual. Tacos al pastor at Paprika. Line was 20 people deep before the place even opened at 11.
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Saturday ritual. Tacos al pastor at Paprika. Line was 20 people deep before the place even opened at 11.
illustration: MICHAEL BYERS
November 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
illustration: MICHAEL BYERS
Best tacos in Austin? Visit Paprika on North Lamar and tell me otherwise.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Best tacos in Austin? Visit Paprika on North Lamar and tell me otherwise.
He died 9 years ago today. Last night I heard this same song on the finale of “The Lowdown,” and two nights ago I saw Cameron Winter and Geese. Eternal blessings to the one and only Leonard cohen.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
He died 9 years ago today. Last night I heard this same song on the finale of “The Lowdown,” and two nights ago I saw Cameron Winter and Geese. Eternal blessings to the one and only Leonard cohen.
Definitely my favorite print spread of the year.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Definitely my favorite print spread of the year.
I feel alive again after Geese.
November 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I feel alive again after Geese.
Bonus: A little detour on this hike yields one of the most epic views in Austin.
November 5, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Bonus: A little detour on this hike yields one of the most epic views in Austin.
"I spent over a year conceiving this publicly accessible, inner-city eco-hike from the karst preserve on Davis Lane to Barton Springs," @bobby-aleman.bsky.social writes. "It’s an almost 7-mile stretch as the crow flies, but my route would span 12 miles."
November 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"I spent over a year conceiving this publicly accessible, inner-city eco-hike from the karst preserve on Davis Lane to Barton Springs," @bobby-aleman.bsky.social writes. "It’s an almost 7-mile stretch as the crow flies, but my route would span 12 miles."
“If you could shrink down to the size of a raindrop and flow into one of these caves," the kiosk reads, "you’d travel for miles underground and end up at Barton Springs!”
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“If you could shrink down to the size of a raindrop and flow into one of these caves," the kiosk reads, "you’d travel for miles underground and end up at Barton Springs!”
Neil Young was playing today’s music 50 years ago.
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Neil Young was playing today’s music 50 years ago.
