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David Courtney

A Temple , Texas, native, David Courtney is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. He joined Texas Monthly in October 2005 and in July 2007 debuted his wildly popular advice column, the Texanist. He will be the recipient of many accolades, honors, and awards.

Features

The 40 Best Small-Town Cafes

Our exhaustive, exhausting, strictly scientific (and lamentably fattening) survey of the finest home cooking around, from Maxine’s on Main, in Bastrop, to El Paraiso, in Zapata. (December 2008)

BBQ08

Eighteen hungry reviewers. 14,773 miles driven/flown. 341 joints visited. Countless bites of brisket, sausage, chicken, pork, white bread, potato salad, and slaw—and vats of sauce—ingested. There are only fifty slots on our quinquennial list of the best places to eat barbecue in Texas. Only five of those got high honors. And only one (you’ll never guess which one in a million years) is the best of the best. (June 2008)

Child’s Play

Summer vacation is right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean you should panic. We’ve rounded up 68 of our favorite things to do with your toddlers, teens, and every kid in between. Dance the hokey pokey. Rope a horse. Eat way too many hot dogs. Zip down a waterslide. And yes, feed the animals. (April 2008)

Thank God It’s Friday

And Saturday. And Sunday. The arrival of fall means weekends spent watching football, up close and on-screen, and yet another opportunity to love the greatest game on earth for all the usual reasons. Forty-nine of them, in fact. (September 2006)

Water, Water Everywhere

From kayaking on Town Lake to mountain biking around Joe Pool Lake, from bass fishing on Lake Fork to horseback riding on the shores of Lake Whitney, here are some of our favorite things to do in, on, and around Texas lakes. (June 2006)

Reporter

Offering fine advice since 2007

Should men get pedicures? (December 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Can I buy my dateless daughter a homecoming mum? (October 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Can you ask your buddy to put sunscreen on your back? (August 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Can one have too many Texas tattoos? (June 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Help! My campsite neighbors are making love. Loudly. (April 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

How high is too high to jack up a truck? (January 2008)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Can you park in your friend’s front yard? (November 2007)

Offering fine advice since 2007

Is it okay to dip and spit at the office? (September 2007)

Offering fine advice since 2007

When is it okay to say you’re from Texas? (July 2007)

Traveling the Back Roads

Bob Phillips on the roads less traveled. (October 2006)