From Corpus Christi to Port Aransas, Ingleside, Aransas Pass and Rockport, Caliente provides visitors information about the people, places to see and things to do in South Texas. Caliente is written by the staff of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the award-winning local newspaper - hence readers will get the insider's information on history, on interesting, unique things to do, attractions and side trips. Read on and you'll know the best places to go, eat, shop, dance, fish, listen to music and have good old South Texas fun!

Welcome to what we plan to be the first of an annual Guide to South Texas Living. This publication is meant to be useful and entertaining for newcomers and visitors alike.

Guide to South Texas Living

The latest publication from Caller-Times and Caller.com for visitors and newcomers to Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend. Check it out here.

Chef Brian Carson of the Republic of Texas Bar and Grill cooks up venison.

Corpus Christi variety at its best

LONGHORN STEAK AND ALE

Just by the name of it, you can probably already guess a lot about the Longhorn Steak and Ale even if you've never stepped foot inside. The menu includes steaks, chicken and some seafood. Oversized steak knives are placed at every setting to cut into that flame-licked steak, chicken or seafood. And there's the requisite Western décor about the place - from the barbed wire samples stapled to a Texas cut-out plaque to the handgun hung from a sign that says "We don't dial 9-1-1." Full Story

Ester, Dorothy and Janie Minten (from left), of La Gloria, say any time of year can be Christmas.

Christmas lasts six months at Minten sisters' house

The three sisters wear long skirts as they lead guests through their isolated ranch house, which is decorated for Christmas six months a year. Christmas trees are covered with spring flowers, a closet is transformed into a dramatic midnight snow scene, a bathroom is dedicated to Rudolph. Full Story

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