Anvil Bar and Refuge in Houston, TX. Photo from http://blogs.houstonpress.com/eating/2014/07/how_houston_cooks_anvil_bar_refuge_mixes_things_up.php

•  Texas Tiki Week. Dallas recently hosted a Texas Tiki Week, including a few tiki dinners, a tiki cocktail crawl, and some tiki brunches. And all of the dumpsters are overflowing with little umbrellas and miniature leis, I bet! That’s okay: tiki is worth it!
• Absolut Texas is here. Absolut has released its Absolut Texas that mixes serrano chiles and cucumber to form something pretty unique. Makes a great cocktail, I hear. Wait to find a future post on the stuff right here!
•  Fit Foodie Cocktail Dinner. Sounds like a great event for all of you fit foodies in Austin, TX. The dinner isn’t until September, but register now to make sure you get a spot. 
• Houston videos. The Houston Press starts a video series about how Houston eats and drinks. Starting with a Stay at Home Cocktails favorite, Anvil Bar and Refuge.  
• Longhorn fans cry into their…Coke? The University of Texas has announced that it won’t be selling beer this year. Alas. 
• Halcyon’s new cocktail menu. San Antonio’s Halcyon Coffee, Bar, Lounge released its new menu with some fantastic-sounding drinks. Road trip!
• Musical betrayal and cheap beer. A review of Houston’s dive bar Alice’s Tall Texan is really just an excuse to talk about jukebox heroes and jukebox etiquette. Hear! Hear!
• A beer and coffee bar. Radio Coffee and Beer opens in south Austin. With 24 beers on tap, sounds like a destination place to me!
• “Cold beer and titties.” That was the slogan someone used as a campaign speech at the Texas Boys State conference. 
• Houston Height’s new Asian restaurant. Lillo and Ella, a new pan-Asian Heights restaurant has a great bar program, too! 
• Places to go in Dallas. If you’re looking for recommendations for a night out in Dallas, look no further than Marc Ramirez of Dallas News. He has six new places that should be on your cocktail radar. 
• A South African restaurant in downtown Houston. Springbok is Main Street’s newest restaurant, opening July 21. Can’t wait to try a Curry-infused Caiperenia! 
• Bag cocktails. I don’t know anything about them, but they make cocktails in a bag and they’re based in Galveston, Texas. Sounds good to me! Lieutenant Blender’s Cocktails in a Bag. 
• Non Texas Bonus. Texas Public Radio’s segment on a beer brewed from a whale fossil!

Don’t forget: about once a month, I will try to keep you abreast of happenings around Texas. If you are planning something cocktail, beer, or spirit related, and you want it featured in my Texas Cocktail News feature, just send it to me. Anything from news to menus to openings to special events. Send it to stayathomecocktails@gmail.com.