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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK
THIS ISSUE contains our latest Readers' Choice
results (page 12). You may find some of the
responses predictable-for instance, Kincaid's
in Fort Worth, Hut's in Austin, and Chris Madrid's
in San Antonio have fared well in previous lists of
favorite hamburger places, and Fredericksburg,
Gruene, and Wimberley have scored high as favorite
small towns. But some responses we didn't expect.
Texas' best wacky attraction produced some ap-
propriately weird suggestions. Cows in plain
sight? Cockaroo the rooster? Duoco the Rough
Riders mascot? We love wacky Texas! And when
it comes to most beautiful building, overall, there
were 358 votes for courthouses-by far the favo-
rite-either in general or specifically. Small towns
garnered a huge response as well. Readers named
more than 400 individual towns as their favorites.
Among the responses we didn't print for best
Tex-Mex were "the one closest to where I am,
"there are too many to choose just one," and the
unfathomable (to me), "I do not eat Tex-Mex."
And how about these for best catfish restaurant:
"There are too many to name," "I'm still look-
ing," "I'm a vegetarian," and the lackluster, "I
do not eat catfish."
For favorite swimming spot, "my backyard
pool" actually came in fourth, and "I do not
swim" placed sixth, but we didn't want those
responses in our official totals-they really
wouldn't have been of much help to anyone look-
ing for a good place to swim.
Two of the more difficult categories to tally
were favorite scenic drive and favorite place to view
spring wildflowers. In the latter category, specific
highways came up repeatedly: Texas 6, Texas 16,
Texas 29, Texas 71, US 281, US 290, US 377,
I-10, I-20, I-35, I-37, and I-45. "My daughter's
yard," "my son's," "my farm," "my pasture,"
and "Texas Highways magazine" garnered votes,
too. The one response we couldn't recorrmend,
though, is "speeding down the highway."
As you can imagine, compiling the responses
into a comprehensive, accurate reflection of your
intended choices can be a daunting task. And it
is. I'd like to thank LaKena Cooks of Austin for
her diligence and dedication in turning the raw
questionnaires into a manageable digital file.
Thanks to her efforts, we are able to bring our
readers' favorites to print....
THIS MONTH, we also step back photograpAically
into the Texas of the late 1800s. Elizabeth Lewis
introduces readers to the work of Friederike
Recknagel, whose photography can still be seenin Round Top and San Antonio. Friederike's
photos at Round Top's Henkel Square are in the
old apothecary building, which is the main en-
trance to the square. Edward Henkel built the
apothecary building for Friederike's pharmacist
husband, Edward Recknagel. Friederike ran her
photography studio in a corner of the apothecary.
Following are addresses, telephone numbers,
and hours of the sites that display her work:
Round Top Area Historical Society-Museum, 304 N.
Washington, Round Top 78954; call 979/249-
5058 or Historical Society president Georgia
Tubbs at 979/249-3042. Hours: Fri-Sat 12-3 and
by appt. Texas Pioneer Arts Foundation's Henkel
Square Museum Village, Round Top; call Scotty
Lynch at 979/249-3308; e-mail: info@texas
pioneerarts.org; www.texaspioneerarts.org. Hours:
Thu-Sun 12-5 and by appt. Institute of Texan
Cultures, 801 S. Bowie, San Antonio 78205-3296;
210/459-2300; www.texancultures.utsa.edu.
Hours: Tue-Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5, closed Mon and
major holidays....
TOPPS
outfield CHICAGO WHITE SOX'
Scott Podsednik of West realized every ballplayer's dream
in 2005. He is immortalized on a baseball card and hit a
game-winning home run in the World Series.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Houston Astros for play-
ing in Texas' first World Series ever. The 2005
National League champions lost to the Chicago
White Sox, but the season provided thrills aplen-
ty. From being down 15-30 in May, the Astros
came back to play in their first World Series since
the franchise debuted in 1962. Congratulations
are also due to White Sox outfielder Scott
Podsednik, of West, Texas. In the ninth inning of
game two, the West High School graduate hit
only his second home run of the year to give the
Sox a 7-6 win. Podsednik is the only player in his-
tory to hit more than one home run in the post-
season after playing an entire season with none.
In game three, he became the player with the most
at-bats (eight) in a single Series game....
HAPPY NEW YEAR and Happy Trails.THE TRAVEL MAGAZINE OF TEXAS
H I G H W A Y S
GOVERNOR OF TEXAS
RICK PERRY
TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
RIC WILLIAMSON Chair
HOPE ANDRADE Commissioner
TED HOUGHTON, JR. Commissioner
JOHN W. JOHNSON Commissioner
MICHAEL W. BEHRENS, P.E. Executive Director
PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY THE TRAVEL DIVISION
Division Director DORIS HOWDESHELL
Publisher KATHY MURPHY
Editor JACK LOWRY
Managing Editor JILL LAWLESS
Senior Editor ANN GALLAWAY
Associate Editor NOLA McKEY
Associate Editor LORI MOFFATT
Assistant Editor MARTY LANGE
Photography Editor MICHAEL A. MURPHY
Art Director JANE WU
Associate Art Director JANE SHARPE
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Administrative Assistant LUPE VALDEZ
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