ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY

By Forest Riggs There are songs and then there are songs. With time and popularity, some become iconic and an integral part of popular culture. When young songwriter Jimmy Webb

By Forest Riggs Beautiful September has finally arrived. The crowded beaches have thinned, traffic along the Seawall is back to some degree of normalcy, the long lines in restaurants have

By Forest Riggs Three cheers for the Galveston Krewe of Bacchus! Like the legendary Phoenix, the Krewe is rising from the ashes and planning to fly high again. Over the

By Forest Riggs  There is a great deal that can be said about the summer’s intense heat and some of the descriptions can actually contain references to a female dog.

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