Laura Mallonee

For writer @LauraMallonee’s latest, she faced one of her greatest fears: alligators. Read about her night with her father and a @TPWDnews biologist as they comb East Texas waters looking for beasts. texashighways.com/outdoors/facin…

It's a familiar story to hundreds of homeowners across central Texas, where many contractors operate as they please with little regulation and oversight. My latest for @texasmonthly texasmonthly.com/style/concrete…

The kicker? No one involved in constructing the pool thinks they're responsible for footing the bill. 3/

Imagine you spent six figures on a swimming pool—maybe so your family could have fun during the pandemic or stay cool during the triple-digit days of summer. 1/

Cutesy marketing aside, these agrihoods tap into a real demand in a screen-obsessed era and may offer practical solutions to issues like food insecurity, climate change, and the mental health crisis. Read my story @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/style/can-agri…

And here's a cow, which I'm guessing is the vegetarian version of "Eat Mor Chikn."

I spent the past several weeks researching agrihoods, a housing trend that lets Texans feel "country" while living in the 'burbs. What I discovered was both inspiring and sometimes gimmicky, like this peep board that welcomes potential buyers at one near Houston. A 🧵

The farm-meets-suburb developments offer a more community-oriented way of life, complete with fresh produce. Some Texas developers say they’re the way of the future. texasmonthly.com/style/can-agri…

"It was a problem," she says, "but you can solve problems."

Reporting this story felt like being on an episode of Antiques Roadshow, in the best possible way. texasmonthly.com/style/globe-co…

@TexasMonthly with a nice ADU article from @LauraMallonee ADUs are such a benefit to a neighborhood. If you're skeptical of that, please reach out to the great @JayCrossley to explain it to you. I ran out of patience in 2017, and it hasn't come back texasmonthly.com/style/accessor…

Cities across Texas are working to make ADUs easier to build. But outside Austin, their codes still contain "poison pills" that drive up costs and spurred one contractor in Houston to form an emotional support group (really). texasmonthly.com/style/accessor…

It was a total delight to profile the sculptor and furniture designer Danny Kamerath for @texasmonthly. texasmonthly.com/style/danny-ka…

In Texas, many Thanksgiving feasts end with the corn syrup-baked delight that is pecan pie. But this year, fewer of those pies might be made with local nuts. I talked to pecan farmers about the drought's devastating impact for @TexasHighways texashighways.com/travel-news/wh…

This could easily describe Austin today. It’s from Michael Sorkin’s 2009 book “Twenty Minutes in Manhattan.”

For some in Austin, six feet of wood doesn't cut it anymore. I wrote about the trend—and about how my own chain link fence challenged my thinking—for @texasmonthly texasmonthly.com/style/austin-f…

Decades before 3D printers, a machine called a Tournalayer could "lay" a concrete house in a single day, much as a hen does an egg. Activists are now working to save two of its last surviving houses in East Texas. My story for @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…