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Kelsey Patterson

| photography by Alex Lepe | Fort Worth community leader and hands-on philanthropist Kelsey Patterson fights for the underdogs—two-legged and four-legged varieties. As a board member of...

By: Gail Bennison

Be Well/fwLiving

No Small Threat

While it normally would have been the powerful, razor-toothed jaws of a shark I’d be afraid of on a recent scuba-diving vacation to the Caribbean, I was instead fearful of a creature that could...

By: Jennifer Casseday-Blair

Solid Foundation

Building a home can be one of the most exciting (and stressful) things to happen in a person’s life. While the process will never go completely smoothly, choosing an experienced builder can...

By: Jennifer Casseday-Blair

Racking Up the Competition

Poached shrimp with white seaweed, braised chicken tacos, bacon and blue cheese-stuffed mushrooms and smoked bacon-wrapped scallops welcomed more than 200 hungry guests as they moved throughout Texas...

By: Kendall Louis

What’s Shakin’ With Local Bacon?

Who doesn’t love the salty-sweet, chewy-crunchy, artery-clogging goodness of bacon? While the addition of this powerful ingredient can sometimes be seen as a crutch, several local chefs are...

By: Jennifer Casseday-Blair

Off the Beaten Path

Next door to a 7-Eleven on Camp Bowie is the modest storefront for Samson’s Market Bistro, Fort Worth’s first East African deli, serving up traditional and unforgettable Ethiopian meals...

By: Jessica Llanes

American Way

While the fare served at Sushi Axiom is inspired by Japanese cuisine, there is little tradition found in its restaurant. From silverware present on the tables to fried rolls loaded with cream cheese...

By: Jennifer Casseday-Blair

Editor's Letter

Who’s Counting?

Y’all have a lot of opinions. This is the main thing I learned while evaluating the more than 126,000 votes for our 2016 Best Of list. Whether it was something as simple as a car wash, or...

By: Kendall Louis

The Yachtsman O.L. Pitts

| photography by Alex Lepe | O.L. Pitts, Fort Worth businessman, international sailboat racer, and staunch supporter of America’s Cup sailing competition, turned 100 on March 23. We recently...

By: Gail Bennison

fwLiving/Culture

Whimsical Book Teaches Children to Overcome Fear

| by Alexandra Plancarte | Fear is a universal emotion everyone has. We all have fears as adults and as children. It’s not up to us to overcome those fears, says Shalene Roberts, local author...

From the Ashes

Two years ago this month, tragedy struck Tokyo Café when damage from an early morning fire forced the restaurant to shutter. Although renovations were originally planned to take six to twelve...

By: Jessica Llanes

Threads Will Roll

| photography by Alexandra Plancarte | Colorfully painted trailers with built-in kitchens line the edges of the Clearfork Food Truck Park. Among the miniature mobile restaurants sits what could...

By: Nicole Crites

Bluebonett Circle Boutique Opens for Second Act

| story and photography Alexandra Plancarte | THREE opened for the love of fashion. It’s hard to miss the hot pink “THREE” sign and “III” decal stickers on the...

Local Vendors Combine Forces for Inaugural Shop Small Market

It started out as a small idea. Whitney Howell was on a popular buy/sell page on Facebook when she noticed that local businesses and independent artists were being banned from selling their handmade...

By: Kendall Louis

The Dog House

Craft Dogs. Crepes. Coffee. About the only thing connecting these three treats is an alliteration and a spot on the menu at Bentley’s, the new “hot dog joint” set to open on...

By: Kendall Louis

Avanti Immigrates West

Dallas-based Avanti Italian opened a Fort Worth location in the One City Place development (formerly Tandy Center) at the end of March. The Italian-Mediterranean spot has been an Uptown Dallas...

By: Kendall Louis

Parting Shot - May

This downtown building, known as the Historic 512, was designed by noted Fort Worth architect Wyatt C. Hendrick in 1928. It was originally an Elk's Lodge, and the building later became home to...

Flying Colors

Embroidered, embellished and emboldened – this year’s summer accessories aren’t for the faint of wardrobe. They are highly stylized with colors, patterns and no signs of matching....

Editor's Letter

Cheers and Tears

I remember the days of my early 20s when going out for any particular beverage at any particular place (after what I thought then was a long day of work) was considered “happy hour.” In...

By: Kendall Louis

Meet the Dean of TCU's College of Fine Arts

| photography by Alex Lepe | Dr. Anne Helmreich, the dean of Texas Christian University’s College of Fine Arts, loves teaching and interacting with people from all cultures and walks of life...

By: Gail Bennison

Colors and Patterns Transform a Monticello Remodel

| photography by Alex Lepe | Vivid color and natural light now pass through the entire Davidson home on Hamilton Avenue in Fort Worth’s Monticello neighborhood. An eclectic array of patterns...

By: Jocelyn Tatum

Volunteer Pilots Give Wings to Animals in Need

It was a cold February day in 2015 when Arlington Animal Services found a crippled corgi dog that was dumped in a city park. Emaciated and covered in fleas, he had wounds from dragging his useless...

By: Gail Bennison

Thailand's Top Must Sees

To simply say that Thailand is unique would be a tremendous understatement if not an outright insult to the kind of surreal experience afforded by a place as rich with splendor and ripe for...

By: Kyle Whitecotton

A Taste of Tanglewood’s Local Foods

“Eat,” says the vintage red sign hanging above the checkout counter at Local Foods Kitchen. Diners have proven very happy to oblige. Now 10 months old, Tanglewood’s easygoing,...

By: Celestina Blok

fwLiving/Culture

TCU Teams up With Zoo for Wild New Class

Just after Boudreaux the American black bear at the Fort Worth Zoo incorrectly selected the Carolina Panthers to win the Super Bowl by rummaging through a branded football for treats, it wandered...

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