Fred Hartman Bridge over the Houston Ship Channel at dusk

Thursday, September 17 · Independent city guide

What’s going on here.

Birds on a 500-acre peninsula. A Cuban at 4 a.m. A free ferry that still crosses the ship channel. HERE is the daily index of Baytown, Texas.

Baytown weather
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Eat · drink · do

The HERE list

CubanOpen

The breakfast Cuban, a cafecito, and the reason Decker Drive has a line at dawn.

4232 Decker Dr$

The peninsula

Most people on I-10 never get off.

The Baytown Nature Center is 500 acres of marsh, prairie, and three bays. 317 bird species. It is the civic argument that this city is more than a refinery and a freeway. Go at opening. Stay longer than you planned.

Nature Center guide

HERE, Saturday

The weekend, Wednesday night.

Five things worth leaving the house for. No crime blotter. No Facebook-group archaeology.

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