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A new pirate exhibit opens this month at Moody Gardens, just one of many pirate-themed adventures open to explore on Galveston Island. Why not make a mini-vacation of it?

By Cathy Hooley Spring cleaning can uncover heaps of old t-shirts that haven’t been worn in years but hold so many memories you (or your…

By Sara G. Stephens Zip up your flapper dresses and dust off your zoot suits. It’s time to get your Gatsby on at the “Pearls…

By Michael Thompson, Ph.D In a few months, some six million children in the United States will be preparing psychologically to go away to sleepaway…

By Sara G. Stephens Among the foodie-sphere, Galveston Island is widely hailed as a mecca of top-notch restaurants. The range and quality of food served…

By Marye Audet All those complex rules of etiquette boil down to one simple word. Respect. It means that you are treating others in the…

This holiday season, why not treat the family to something different and magical, like a tour of the “Winter Wonder Island of Texas?” Use Galveston’s…

You can boost a child’s sense of identity by keeping cultural traditions alive. By Marye Audet Teaching kids to embrace their heritage, who they are…

Time to dig through the closets, hit the thrift shops, or scour the costume stores. You have one month to prepare your Victorian look for…

By Alicia McClung-Hetz With their quirky one-liner satire and conflicting, often dueling, combative characters, it was nice to see America’s sweethearts Meg Ryan and Tom…