{"id":97678,"date":"2025-12-22T22:16:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97678\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:16:18","slug":"the-year-in-texas-in-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/97678\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year in Texas, in Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our December issue, we published a roundup of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/interactive\/best-things-in-texas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Best Things in Texas<\/a>, a comprehensive survey of as many of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/being-texan\/beyonce-cowboy-carter-yeehaw-agenda\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">admirable aspects<\/a> of our state (people and places, critters and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/texas-tv-shows-movies-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">culture<\/a>) that we could fit between two covers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Central to this year-end package\u2014and all the work we do\u2014were the remarkable individuals we met along the way: the ones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/arts-entertainment\/best-texas-books-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">writing books<\/a> we love, the ones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/texas-sexual-abuse-lawsuit-nda-ban\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fighting for important legislation<\/a>, and the ones <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/news-politics\/new-texas-state-parks-expansion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">carving out hiking trails<\/a> at our new state parks. They proved that our state is vast, diverse, and vibrant enough that simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/being-texan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">being Texan<\/a> has developed into its own unique tradition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This year, our photographers captured that tradition by shooting an assortment of such Texans\u2014from famous figures like Scottie Scheffler to beaming seafood-restaurant customers\u2014and the many things they\u2019ve created, whether fields of solar panels or a heavenly brisket-trim cheeseburger.\u00a0 They photographed actor Glen Powell, his family, and his dog; they embedded with a Baylor secret society; they shed light on trailblazers like Opal Lee, who\u2019s devoted her life to improving the lives of others; and they rushed to the Hill Country in the wake of the July Fourth flooding in order to document its devastating aftermath.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In other words, they reflected in images a core mission of Texas Monthly: to represent the identity of our state in all its wonderful variety. On behalf of\u00a0Texas Monthly\u2018s photo department, here\u2019s a collection of our favorite photos from this year.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/baylor-noze-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Members of the NoZe Brotherhood during their beautification ritual on the Baylor campus last October.\" \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"Members of the NoZe Brotherhood during their beautification ritual on the Baylor campus last October.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/baylor-noze-hero.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Jeff Wilson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-BBQ-Top-50-2025-daynes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-BBQ-Top-50-2025-daynes.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Brittany Conerly<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/working-life-falconer-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"falconer with hawk\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"falconer with hawk\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/working-life-falconer-5.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Andrea Mendoza<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-rice-vs-solar-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"aerial photo of solar panels\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"aerial photo of solar panels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-rice-vs-solar-6.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Nick Simonite<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opal-lee-vertical-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"portrait of opal lee\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"portrait of opal lee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/opal-lee-vertical-hero.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Shayan Asgharnia<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/semi-modulators-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/semi-modulators-10.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Chad Wadsworth<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bighorn-sheep-capture-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bighorn-sheep-capture-featured.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Hannah Gentiles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wten-2025-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of chef slicing tuna\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photo of chef slicing tuna\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/wten-2025-7.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Bethany Ellen Ochs<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/noah-hawley-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/noah-hawley-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Peter Yang<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/weekender-rockport-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of customer eating seafood at table\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photo of customer eating seafood at table\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/weekender-rockport-5.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Mackenzie Smith Kelley<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-florence-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photograph of football game\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photograph of football game\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-florence-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by John Davidson<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/coordinates-buffalo-bayou-cistern-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Inside the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern in downtown Houston, on June 12, 2025.\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"Inside the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern in downtown Houston, on June 12, 2025.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/coordinates-buffalo-bayou-cistern-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Arturo Olmos<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-education-arts-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"mariachi photo\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"mariachi photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-education-arts-2.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Desiree Rios<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hill-country-wine-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/hill-country-wine-2.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Brian Finke<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/glen-powell-15.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of glen running after dog on football field\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photo of glen running after dog on football field\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/glen-powell-15.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Sami Drasin<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-potter-county-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Members of the Panhandle Trail Riders Association riding at the Cross Bar Management Area\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"Members of the Panhandle Trail Riders Association riding at the Cross Bar Management Area\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/letter-from-potter-county-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Bill Sallans<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tm-talks-tina-knowles-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"portrait of tina knowles\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"portrait of tina knowles\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tm-talks-tina-knowles-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Erik Carter<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/working-life-shred-co-san-antonio.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/working-life-shred-co-san-antonio.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Josh Huskin<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-education-opener-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-education-opener-featured.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Jeffrey McWhorter<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/guadalupe-flood-3b.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/guadalupe-flood-3b.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Jordan Vonderhaar<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tm-talks-poppi-allison-ellsworth-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"portrait of ellsworth holding a glass of poppi\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"portrait of ellsworth holding a glass of poppi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tm-talks-poppi-allison-ellsworth-hero.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Chad Wadsworth<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/deadly-passage-part-two-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of crosses\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photo of crosses\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/deadly-passage-part-two-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\tA train passing by the 53 homemade crosses on Quintana Road, in south San Antonio, that memorialize a 2022 migrant disaster. | \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/interactive\/san-antonio-53-migrant-deaths\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stay Strong, My Brother<\/a>\u201d\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Elliott Woods<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/waco-daycare-featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of woman in prison\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1280\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"photo of woman in prison\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/waco-daycare-featured.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\tMarian Fraser at the Dr. Lane Murray Unit prison, in Gatesville. | \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/true-crime\/marian-fraser-waco-day-care-death-benadryl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Baby Whisperer<\/a>\u201d\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Trevor Paulhus<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/paul-cornish-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/paul-cornish-1.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Shayan Asgharnia<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scottie-scheffler-11.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Scheffler at Royal Oaks, on November 1, 2024.\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"Scheffler at Royal Oaks, on November 1, 2024.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/scottie-scheffler-11.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Peter Yang<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tex-mex-la-garrafa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tex-mex-la-garrafa.jpg\"  data-\/>\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photograph by Daniela Loera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In our December issue, we published a roundup of the Best Things in Texas, a comprehensive survey 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