Stillwater, Oklahoma, is one of the staple college towns set in the middle of Absolutely Nowhere, U.S.A.: 62 miles due west of Tulsa and 64 miles northeast of Oklahoma City. Drop a pin anywhere along the route between those two cities on Google Maps and you’ll see how seriously isolated Stillwater is. The city itself, however, […]
Austin, Texas, was my home from mid-2018 through mid-2020 and I got to experience the rabid nature of Texas Longhorn fans (though, as a born and raised Ohio State fan, it wasn’t jarring). Before landing an MLS team in 2021, Austin’s professional team is the Longhorns; the city is doused in burnt orange. The intense […]
It’s no secret that Texas is hot, especially in late August and early September. The sun beats down at a UV Index of 12 constantly, and there’s almost no escape from the suffocating heat. The first Saturday of September proved to bring some of central Texas’ worst, where the heat index was pushing 105º and a […]
It was in the fourth quarter of a Thursday night game against FCS opponent Northwestern State and Texas A&M was up 52-0. Students had class the next morning and others had work, but you’d still be hard-pressed to hear someone sitting next to you inside Kyle Field. The Aggies have a famously loud, large, and […]
In Norse mythology, Valhalla is a heavenly temple where those who were brave enough to sacrifice their life for their land spent all of eternity. At Rice University, Valhalla is a bar. Underneath the steps of the Civil Engineering building on campus sits what might be the smallest bar in east Texas and is run […]
