ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY

ByForest Riggs Hot July is about gone and hotter August is upon us.  Originally name Sextilis by Romulus in 753 B.C., the month of August was eventually was renamed by

By Forest Riggs If you have ever wanted to test that old saying about it being “hot enough to fry an egg on the sidewalk,†now is the time. Hot

By Forest Riggs Dust off your red, white and blue and get ready to celebrate Independence Day, Galveston style! With a hot summer in full swing, Galveston is preparing for

By Forest Riggs | For more than a decade, businessmen and bar owners Todd MacKenzie and Tom Fiero have been perfecting their formula for developing and operating successful businesses on

By Forest Riggs As the old adage says, June is busting out all over! Well, not America’s favorite pearl-wearing mom June Cleaver, but rather the warm, summer month of June

By Forest Riggs |  You don’t have to be a meteorologist to know that summer is definitely arriving, and fast. Temperatures have been steadily rising for the past few weeks

By Forest Riggs –  Like the old saying states, April roared in like a lion (well, maybe a small one) and went out like a lamb. April was a fun

By Forest Riggs If you’ve ever had a fantasy of living a salty life on the high sea as a pirate, cabin boy, prostitute or stow-away (or just all of

By Forest Riggs Now that the chill of winter has passed and the “big†holidays and celebrations are behind us, it is time for Spring to arrive and bring with

By Forest Riggs Shiver me timbers! Spring, though it has tried, has not sprung. A clump of sand sitting in the Gulf of Mexico, Galveston has recently experienced a few